Time flew like a shuttle; forty years passed in the blink of an eye.
Burial Immortal Sea, on a certain Nameless Wasteland Island.
A Blue Palace over thirty meters tall stood upon the wasteland island. The plaque bore the three large characters: "Profound Water Palace."
The sea was calm, and the sky stretched cloudless for thousands of miles.
Inside Profound Water Palace, within the Refining Chamber.
Wang Changsheng sat cross-legged on a pale cyan meditation cushion, his face slightly pale. A great pile of Refining Materials was scattered around him, while a gleaming golden Gold Devouring Ant Queen lay curled up in a corner.
Before Wang Changsheng stood a three-legged giant cauldron as tall as a person. The cauldron was entirely azure, with several Blue Lotuses carved upon its surface. Azure Flame burned beneath it.
After a while, Wang Changsheng changed his hand seal and sent one into the Azure Cauldron. Its lid flew up, and yin winds rose on all sides as eighteen small banners glimmering with dark light flew out. The banners emitted astonishing fluctuations of yin qi, their surfaces flashing with dark light.
Over the years, Wang Changsheng had refined no small number of magic treasures. This set of banners had been refined from Ten-Thousand Year Ghost Yin Wood and the hides of Fourth Order Yin Beasts.
Heavenly Ghost Banners. Ye Haitang still did not possess a Lifebound Treasure, so Wang Changsheng had specially refined this set of magic treasures for her.
The Heavenly Ghost Banners needed to absorb a vast number of Ghosts and Essence Souls before they could gain power. The more Ghosts and Essence Souls they absorbed, the greater their might. Many magic treasures used by ghost cultivators worked this way.
"So many years have passed. I wonder whether Haitang has achieved Nascent Soul