Shen Mo had originally planned to recall the Devil Ancestor's Soul General, which had become Wang Wuyue's heart-devil tribulation, and use it against the Heavenly Locust Mother before him.
Wang Wuyue was himself a mighty Celestial Immortal, protected by the Eternal Immortal Lamp. Now that he had retreated back into the Immortal Court, with powerhouses such as the Faceless Buddha and Saint Bai helping him suppress the heart-devil tribulation, it was nearly impossible for the Devil Ancestor's Soul General to devour his soul body and Dao Fruit.
In a few years at most, Wang Wuyue's heart-devil tribulation would likely be resolved, and the Devil Ancestor's Soul General would also "perish in body and soul."
The Devil Ancestor's Soul General's Great Dao was anchored to the Soul Refining Banner. Even if it vanished utterly from this world, Shen Mo could re-form it through the Great Dao imprint, but doing so would consume an enormous amount of mana and heaven-and-earth spiritual qi.
However, allowing the Devil Ancestor's Soul General to continue harassing Wang Wuyue was not without benefit to Shen Mo.
At the very least, it could keep Wang Wuyue well-behaved for several years, effectively tying down one of the Immortal Court's peak combatants while greatly depleting the fuel within the Eternal Immortal Lamp and the power of the Faceless Buddha and the others!
In other words, whether to recall the Devil Ancestor's Soul General depended only on Shen Mo's weighing of gains and losses; it had nothing to do with the broader situation.
Now, facing the Heavenly Locust Mother, who possessed the cultivation of an Immortal and the fruit position of a Celestial Immortal, turning the Devil Ancestor's Soul General into her heart-devil tribulation and devouring all of her soul body and Dao Fruit could swiftly secure victory... After all, Shen