The young man vaguely sensed something was wrong, but for the moment, he could not work out where the problem lay.
After pondering for a while, he still decided to devote a sliver of his attention to his descendants, lest he overlook some genius.
Meanwhile, ten thousand miles away, Xu Changxing had just inspected his Primordial Spirit seals.
To prevent the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox in this plane from sensing this drop of Heavenly Demon Blood Essence, he had already sealed both items under layer upon layer of Primordial Spirit power before entering the passage.
Only after confirming that the seals were undamaged did Xu Changxing let out a long breath and begin regulating the surging qi and blood within him.
That mouthful of demonic energy from the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox had been terrifyingly powerful.
Had Xu Changxing's body not already reached mid-stage divine connection, and had he not relied on the passage between the two realms to offset most of that strike's power, he would most likely have suffered irreversible injuries by now.
Even so, the qi and blood within him were in utter turmoil.
Had that Heavenly Demon not fled so quickly, he would have been the one scrambling to escape.
In that case, not only would Xu Changxing have failed to bring back the Heavenly Demon Blood Essence and the severed section of fox tail, but even the Greenwood Sword might not have made it back.
Fortunately, that had not happened.
The gains from this venture were extraordinarily rich.
In truth, the real gain was not the drop of Heavenly Demon Blood Essence or the section of fox tail, but the transformation of Xu Changxing's Primordial Spirit.
Previously, he had relied on legendary power to step into void refinement, but he had not managed to control this intangible