Xiao Hua opened his mouth, and a cluster of Buddhist fire sprayed out, landing directly above the humanoid phantom. The Buddhist fire burned faintly as it gathered into a ring. Xiao Hua narrowed his eyes at the phantom emerging from the golden core. He knew clearly that this phantom was the will left behind by the golden core's former owner. Once his Buddhist fire descended, it would surely burn away countless thoughts and karmic ties, just as it had burned the Buddhist Sarira, which would greatly benefit Li Zongbao's forging of a new golden core. Yet at the same time, if Li Zongbao did not undergo the process of subduing the residual will within the golden core, it would inevitably leave behind a grave hidden danger in his future cultivation.
Xiao Hua hesitated for a moment. The ring-shaped Buddhist fire did not descend, while the phantom within the golden core urged the core to resist the suction force born from the vortex! Although the phantom's control over the golden core was instinctive, its resistance was obvious. Like a boulder amid a raging gale, the golden core stood firm in midair without moving in the slightest.
Xiao Hua waited for half an hour. The suction force remained a suction force, like a violent wind; the golden core remained a golden core, and even the phantom had not dimmed by half a fraction. Xiao Hua simply sat cross-legged in the distance, opened his mouth, and expelled Lingmou Zhu Fire, helping Li Zongbao refine the Immortal-Piercing Whip!
A full ten more days passed before the golden core's phantom began to fade. Strands of light and shadow fell into the vortex! The golden core, firm as a rock, began to show signs of loosening...
Another ten days later, the phantom was pulled into wispy