The Iron-Armed Azure Ape frowned at the Symbiosis Tower. He did not answer immediately.
Instead, he slowly turned around, putting his back to Lan Changsheng and facing the depths of Sunset Forest, where his tribe had once roamed. His blue-gray back was taut, and his left hand unconsciously rubbed his chest. The old wound seemed to ache faintly again, along with his newly regrown eye and his already healed right arm.
His claws unconsciously dug into the cracks in the stone platform, sending fragments of stone pattering down.
"Roar." Was this the only way for Soul Beasts?
"No. Since it's called 'symbiosis,' of course humans won't take precedence." Lan Changsheng knew what the Iron-Armed Azure Ape was asking. He understood that this was also something many Soul Beasts worried about.
But now was not the time to dwell on that. He planned to finish it first, then perfect it.
The tower suddenly blazed with light.
Golden light surged from the palm-sized, translucent tower in his hand, scattering into countless tiny motes in midair and showering in every direction across Sunset Forest.
Lan Changsheng sat cross-legged beside the little tower, his eyes closed as he spread his perception outward.
At that same moment, the forest erupted with activity.
With the Symbiosis Tower at the center, a dozen, then dozens of souls in the surrounding area were awakened at once.
All kinds of soul fluctuations surged from across the forest. Some had died of old age in their dens, some had failed their tribulations and had only a breath left, and some had had their throats torn out by natural predators. There were also several lingering souls filled with resentment, whose bones had been dug out by humans before they died.
They sensed the Symbiosis Tower's guidance and slowly made their way