"Yes!" In Kong Tai's mind, Bi An nodded, "This is it."
"Although one layer looks very fragile, shattering at a touch, several layers can be added to achieve a cumulative effect."
"Although the demon's power is strong, due to the death of its master, it now only possesses instinct. And the space you've created is a relatively independent one, capable of sealing the demon's power within it."
"I'll give it a try." Kong Tai dispersed the space in his hand and nodded, indicating he understood.
Then he walked forward, speaking as he went, "Let's get this straight, if it doesn't work, you can't blame me, okay?"
"Don't worry, it will work. I'm not afraid, what are you afraid of?"
Upon reaching this point, Bi An actually became more composed.
Although among the divine race, he was not yet fully grown and was still very young, after such a long period, this fellow was already an old monster.
He stood before the colorful energy cluster, entwined by Bi An's roots.
Kong Tai could clearly feel the violence within the energy cluster.
This seven-colored energy seemed to blend endless emotions, accompanied by an ultimate allure akin to divinity. Even he, standing here, could feel his mind tremble, as if wanting to sink into it.
Glancing at the roots wrapping around the energy cluster, a flicker of realization appeared in Kong Tai's eyes.
No wonder Bi An was struggling.
Clearly, Bi An's divinity was in a stalemate, about to be worn away.
Kong Tai observed that the roots enfolding the cluster of light energy were no longer purely red, but had already been stained with a layer of color by the energy cluster.
Though slow, Kong Tai could still discern that the color was gradually deepening.
When Bi An's roots were completely colored, that would likely be the moment of his submersion.
He reached out and covered the roots. Kong Tai's brow furrowed, and the space above his palm fluctuated violently, layers of space gradually condensing in his hand.
"Bi An."
Once prepared, Kong Tai shouted.
"Coming!"
As Bi An's voice echoed in Kong Tai's mind, a gap suddenly opened in the roots before him.
The moment the gap appeared, the energy cluster within seemed to come alive, finding an outlet and surging towards this opening.
"You must block it."
Whether Kong Tai's space could truly seal the energy of an adult demon, Bi An wasn't entirely sure.
But having reached this point, he couldn't afford to worry about it.
If he waited any longer, he would cease to be himself.
"Thankfully, phew~"
Gazing at the space in Kong Tai's palm, which seemed like a bottomless pit that only consumed, voices of relief from both Bi An and Kong Tai simultaneously sounded in Kong Tai's sea of consciousness.
"Haha!! Finally, I'm free."
As the colored energy diminished, more roots detached themselves and waved within the underground space.
Expressing Bi An's changed mood at this moment.
How many years...
He had waited for this day for many, many years.
Even though his life was incredibly long, in this space where he was the sole inhabitant, tens of thousands of years, if not for beings like him who could endure solitude and pass the time by sleeping, even he would have faced problems.
When the cluster of colored energy was completely absorbed into the space in Kong Tai's palm.
The entire world seemed to have gained something.
Gu Yina and the others, who were in the outside world, were as if teleported, repelled by an inexplicable force from the island where the temple was located, appearing on the sea outside the void petals they had just entered.
The sea had also changed. It was completely still, like a mirror.
Gu Yina and the others stood on the mirror-like surface, staring blankly at the awe-inspiring scene before them.
Before their eyes was a flower so immense it blotted out the sky.
This flower was originally illusory, but now it was solidifying, its colors deepening. And its tendrils, reaching into the void, were now glowing with the same light as the tendrils on Bi An's flower.
This light seemed like the origin of light illuminating the world. When it shone on people, it felt incredibly comfortable, like returning to a warm bed in winter.
Hum~
Silently, as if a door had opened before them, Kong Tai slowly emerged from the void, walking from afar towards them.
And in his palm, a spherical cluster of light, filled with constantly swirling seven-colored energy, was appearing.
The moment the light cluster appeared, it instantly drew everyone's gaze.
"Kong Tai, what is this?"
Looking at the seven-colored light cluster in Kong Tai's palm, those who had eaten Devil Fruits felt a sense of déjà vu.
However, compared to the allure of the Devil Fruits, the seven-colored light cluster in Kong Tai's palm was clearly more tempting.
In their eyes, this sphere of light was not just a light sphere, but a divine medicine, capable of transforming their very lives.
Seeing their reactions, Kong Tai immediately drew his palm inward. As his palm contracted, the light sphere also gradually shrank, and the enticing aura of submersion gradually receded.
When the light sphere finally transformed into a glass ball with seven-colored swirling clouds in Kong Tai's palm, everyone could no longer feel the allure emanating from it.
"This is the energy I extracted from Bi An's body," Kong Tai said, juggling the glass ball casually in his hand, and smiling at everyone, "It's also this thing that has been troubling Bi An."
The demonic energy, just as Bi An had said, could indeed be sealed by his space.
This thing, despite appearing to be alive, acted entirely on instinct.
After being sealed into space by Kong Tai, it had quieted down completely. If no one disturbed it, it would remain so indefinitely.
Catching the glass ball, Kong Tai then tossed it into his Dimensional Bag.
He couldn't leave this thing here. Who knew if someone might enter this place in the future and find his spatial sphere.
If this thing were to enter the outside world, it would be a disaster.
After all, the space he had created, while at its peak in this world, wasn't yet beyond its peak.
Therefore, once someone reached the level of a Yonko, they could break his spatial sphere.
His Dimensional Bag, however, was different. It was an independent space. Even if he died in the future, that space would completely seal itself upon his death.
After all, his dimensional space was unlike this place. Although this place was independent, it was still attached to the outside world.
Then, he turned to join everyone in observing Bi An's transformation.
Actually, Kong Tai had been mistaken earlier. He had originally thought that the void flower in the outside world was formed by Bi An's domain.
But now it seemed this was his true form. The island everyone had landed on was the core of the flower, and the temple on the island was Bi An's heart.
Although this heart was somewhat too small relative to his true form.
Before long, the illusory petals before everyone's eyes fully solidified, revealing a giant flower identical to the Bi An flower on the stone platform in the temple.
At this moment, the entire world recovered.
The clouds moved, and the sea beneath their feet also moved.
Of course, with Kong Tai present, the sea surface beneath their feet remained like a mirror, carrying them without the slightest disturbance.