The furious finger wanted to flee. But the violet crystal made that impossible. Īt wanted to fight back, but īt was being imprisoned in Xu Qing. Although the mutagen pouring into the finger was īts own mutagen, which meant īt might have been able to break free from Xu Qing, the fact that Xu Qing had experienced the beginning of a nascent soul tribulation, and boosted his cultivation base so much, meant that the violet crystal was even more effective than before.5

Because of all that, though the god’s finger still wanted to be free, there was no way it would happen in a short time. The finger knew that īt would need an incense stick’s worth of time, whereupon it could be free, and might even be able to turn the tables and possess Xu Qing. Except, that wasn’t going to happen.3

After īt awoke, it sensed that īts true form had already perished. That left īt with mixed feelings. On the one hand, the terrifying situation in the outside world was very worrisome. On the other hand, īt now had a much better chance of developing a new true form. Seeing how Xu Qing was rushing forward toward the small-scale broken face, and noticing the shocked look on that face, the finger’s thoughts raced. However, no matter what ideas īt came up with,...0