Perhaps Zi Qingyun's ghost had struggled too fiercely inside the corpse skin. A line split open right down the middle of her forehead, and a wisp of energy shot out. But the corpse ghost was formidable as well. This skin had already developed intelligence—how could it possibly let Zi Qingyun escape? A mass of black-red aura suddenly coiled around Zi Qingyun's remnant soul, binding it fast and showing signs of dragging it back!
"Zi Qingyun!!!" Nunu screamed. In truth, she was probably calling out to herself as well. I was frantic too, and immediately cast the Ghost-Control Art, trying to suppress the corpse ghost's soul. Unfortunately, Fan Tiansheng had been controlling the corpse ghost all along, rendering my Ghost-Control Art completely ineffective.
The soul nurtured inside it was incredibly powerful too—a ninth-tribulation energy body. With Fan Tiansheng controlling it, it was even more extraordinary. At most, Zi Qingyun was merely a strand of ghost aura. Only because she had just absorbed some energy and forcibly carried part of it out could she struggle this fiercely. If her opponent had been a ninth-tribulation Corpse Immortal rather than a pure energy body, she would have been devoured clean long ago!
I suddenly understood Fan Tiansheng's plan. This corpse ghost looked so much like Zi Qingyun, and he had captured it and nurtured it into a pure energy body, allowing it to devour all the ghost aura on the sixth level. Now, with Zi Qingyun's main soul taking up residence inside it, everything became clear. Fan Tiansheng intended to hold the Son of Heaven hostage and command the feudal lords!
He was a ghost cultivator, unlike Zi Qingyun. By indirectly reviving Zi Qingyun and using the corpse ghost that had devoured her as a puppet, commanding the entire Immortal Nation would be no