Watching the thin black streaks constantly shooting around him, Qin Fengming's eyes flashed with brilliance. A trace of comprehension suddenly emerged, like a bright meteor tearing across the sky in the pitch-black night and illuminating the entire land beneath it.
In an instant, he finally understood the true conspiracy behind the entire matter of the Banner Wielder selection held by Yellow Springs Palace.
All the Ghost Commander cultivators participating in the final Banner Wielder selection had already fallen into Yellow Springs Palace's scheme the moment they entered Yellow Springs Palace and received the black token before them.
That wisp of soul essence within the token had been collected by Yellow Springs Palace cultivators through a secret technique in this hidden valley. Since those soul essences existed here, they were undoubtedly connected to the Restrictive Spell at the entrance of this secret realm.
With Qin Fengming's understanding of arrays and soul techniques, combined with what he was now witnessing of the Heavenly Dipper Array's operation, he instantly saw through Yellow Springs Palace's sinister intentions.
The thin black streaks constantly shooting and flashing around them were clearly trying to enter their bodies and imprison their souls.
Although he did not know how powerful these black streaks would ultimately be, seeing the other Ghost Commanders beside him still caused Qin Fengming's expression to change drastically.
Those cultivators were being pierced by hundreds of sword flashes, which firmly imprisoned them atop the stone pedestals. Although the black sword flashes varied in number, their total energy was astonishingly similar.
Qin Fengming naturally understood why those sword flashes had not entered his body. It was because the soul that had already transformed into a solid body contained not the slightest trace of his own soul essence.
"Yellow Springs Palace's intentions are truly sinister. They're actually feeding