Corpses Vanished Without a Trace, the Hidden Hand

How much could a cultivator's lingering wisp of soul interfere with the living world?

Those at Qi Refining were ignorant and uncomprehending. Even if they clung to the mortal world, they could do little more than disturb someone's dreams.

A Foundation Establishment True Cultivator might preserve the instinct to seek the Dao even after losing clarity of mind, gathering Yin Qi until they became a Ghost General.

Only those who had formed a Golden Core possessed Divine Sense. Even a lingering wisp of their soul had a chance to return to the Great Dao and walk the path of a Ghost Cultivator.

But even then, a Ghost King born from a Golden Core Cultivator needed a long time to find their way back without an exceptionally favorable environment.

By comparison, Nascent Soul Cultivators, who bore the title of "True Person," were different indeed.

Even if someone scattered the five energies in their chest and the three flowers above their head, and shattered their Nascent Soul, the lingering wisp of soul that remained still retained the essence of a Nascent Soul.

With that wisp, a Nascent Soul Cultivator could interfere with the living world and wield all manner of powerful abilities.

They could not match the strength they had possessed in life, but they still held an overwhelming advantage over ordinary Golden Core Cultivators.

At that moment!

With Han Zhan's help, Luo Chen's Water Mirror Art instantly steadied.

Even as Demon Qi surged across the battlefield and spiritual energy churned in chaos, the water mirror still displayed the scene across seven hundred li of Profound Rock Island.

The image was tiny, difficult to make out with the naked eye.

But Luo Chen had cast the art himself. His Divine Sense was embedded within it, allowing him to carefully select the parts