Having made his decision, he no longer hesitated.
In a few strides, Lan Changsheng reached the small tower standing beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
He took a deep breath and pressed his palm against the illusory, hazy screen of light outside the "Symbiosis Tower."
He sank his mind completely into the "Symbiosis Tower."
By now, the number of souls inside the tower was approaching a thousand.
The Earth Bear's soul sat cross-legged in the center, with the other points of soul-light revolving around him. At the very top were the three remnants that all belonged to the Iron-Armed Azure Ape.
After several days of cleansing within the "Symbiosis Tower," the vicious, baleful aura within all the souls had dissipated. Only pure soul essence remained, tranquil and peaceful.
Lan Changsheng's consciousness continued downward, reaching the true core of the "Symbiosis Tower": the little silver-blue tower woven together from a portion it had separated from itself and the Aromatic Silk Beauty.
Within it, he sensed two familiar auras: his own origin power and that of the Aromatic Silk Beauty.
With the Aromatic Silk Beauty as its seed and an offshoot of the Blue Silver Imperial Emperor Grass as its roots, it had grown in the soil of Life Divine Power.
Though very faint, it already possessed a "spirit"! Real, vibrant, and unique!
Lan Changsheng did not forcibly pour power into it. True "awakening" was not pulling up seedlings to help them grow, but rousing them.
He whispered beside this "spirit's" ear, telling it about his ideals, about how it had been born, and about his hope that it could help him in the future.
Finally, Lan Changsheng said to it,
"You already bear the hopes entrusted by Soul Spirits and witness the symbiosis between humans and Soul Spirits. You