Upon realizing the imp had gone back to its insolent way of talking, Xu Qing clenched his hand into a fist. A loud crunching sound rang out. The jade slip shattered.0

Xu Qing sat down cross-legged in the dao sermon area and waited patiently. Eventually, he felt a familiar sensation in the palm of his hand as the jade slip yet again formed anew.0

Xu Qing paid close attention to the process. It started out as a dot in the middle of his hand. Then more dots appeared until they formed a thread. The thread rippled and distorted, grew larger, and eventually created a flat surface that resembled the jade slip as it had looked in the second world. It seemed to be absorbing something marvelous from the world around it, as it eventually gained true height. And then... it became a real jade slip.0

Xu Qing paid very close attention the entire time. Truth be told, this wasn’t the first time he had studied it as it formed. He had done the same thing on the previous occasions. After multiple inspections, he felt that he had a basic understanding of what was going on.0

The jade slip is an object that starts out as nothing but turns into something. For it to come from...4