The entire Dao Seed began to swell amid the tremors. Rings of purple halos flashed from within the Dao Seed, like a butterfly breaking from its cocoon, like blossoms bursting into bloom. Moreover, these halos did not disperse after rushing out of the Dao Seed. Instead, they condensed—some into rings, some into clouds, some into granules—scattering around the Dao Seed...
The strangeness was not limited to the Dao Seed. As that fragrance spread, Xiao Hua's Scattered Infants began to expand at extreme speed. Even the hundred-odd Scattered Infants that had never revealed themselves gradually emerged, scattering beside Xiao Hua's Scattered Infant! Before these Scattered Infants could begin expanding, the purple halos had already fallen upon them. Beneath the Dao Seed, whether it was Xiao Hua's Scattered Infant or the hundred-odd others, none could maintain their spirit bodies any longer. They began collapsing at tremendous speed, and strands of inexplicable mist flew out from the collapse and dissipated into the void!
Yet Thunderclap True Person, seated cross-legged in the lower dantian, did not collapse at all. On the contrary, his Law Body grew increasingly distinct. Purple radiance even flickered within its outlines as his figure expanded.
"Damn it..." Seeing this, Xiao Hua had already understood somewhat. "This Dao Seed is the seed of a Dao Fruit. This Xiao merely needed to absorb this Dao Seed and let it slowly merge within my Scattered Infant. As I gradually nurtured and comprehended it, allowing the Dao Seed and Scattered Infant to become one, the Dao Seed would sooner or later grow into a Dao Fruit, and this Xiao would sooner or later harvest that Dao Fruit! But there is Primordial Violet Qi within this Xiao's lower dantian. Once the Primordial Violet Qi entered the Dao Seed, it began sprouting before it had even