"We are, after all, merely spirits of the dead. Unlike living beings, the soul power we accumulate naturally carries deathly energy."
"Without living organs to regulate it, and after dwelling in cold, gloomy environments year after year, once our soul power grows too abundant, it means deathly energy has also taken deep root and flourished within our soul bodies. Under such circumstances, deathly energy gradually begins affecting our underlying consciousness."
"The most obvious change is that controlling the rise and fall of our emotions becomes much harder than before. It may not lead to emotional breakdowns, but once we become trapped in some knot of the heart, we can easily deal with matters emotionally."
At this point, Frod gave a bitter smile. "Some time ago, a group of gifted students from Fire Hill Academy took advantage of Yada's kindness during the orphanage's illusion trial and turned around to toy with him. Yada was naturally gentle by nature, and deathly energy did not affect him much, so he was not particularly angry. But Sunny... her eyes turned red with fury, and she nearly lost control and killed those people."
"Fortunately, I discovered Sunny's abnormality in time and stopped her. In addition, Sunny had been playing the Butcher in the illusion, and Fire Hill Academy's guide did not realize the severity of the issue, so no future trouble came of it."
"But that was not the end. During one exchange with Neya, I discovered that my own emotions had also become unusually agitated. Only after careful study did I realize that it was due to excessive soul power and the contamination of deathly energy."
"However, I was once a transcendent, and my research into souls was relatively thorough, so I can suppress deathly energy to a certain extent. But Sunny and Yada