With that in mind, Han Li temporarily stowed the Heaven Controlling Vial away. His plan was to continue to let it absorb moonlight every night to see if any changes arose.

As for the maturation of the Soulbirth Flower that was required to refine his Earthly Deity Avatar, he would just have to find another way.

Thus, he returned to his secret chamber and made his way over to a wooden table.

At this moment, there was a jade plate sitting on the table, and on the plate was a head-sized blue object. It was none other than the head of the Earthly Deity Avatar that had previously been worshipped in the underwater cavern.

During his previous visit to the underground cavern with Luo Feng, he had borrowed the head for examination.

He picked up the head from the jade plate before placing it onto the ground, then sat down onto his cushion with his legs crossed and began to chant an incantation.

A layer of azure light rose up over his body, then enveloped the blue head and carrying it forward, suspending it in mid-air in front of him.

He then began to make a series of strange gestures with his hands, like the movements used by people from primitive, savage tribes when praying to the heavens. At the same time, he began...