As the stream of light flew away, that dreamlike, fantastical haze of shifting radiance thoroughly dimmed and vanished!
As Shen Mo knew, Evil Spirits, being "a lingering wisp of resentment from the will of heaven and earth in a withering world," were difficult to truly destroy. The Evil Spirit of the Zuo Li Kingdom had most likely gone elsewhere or temporarily concealed itself. Perhaps it would not be long before it emerged into the world again.
"Fellow Daoist Qingyun, that streak of light was..."
The silver-haired boy and the other two surrounded him with puzzled expressions. The instant the stream of light flew out, their five senses and divine consciousness had vaguely detected something. Now, they merely wished to confirm it with Shen Mo.
"It was a remnant soul of Fellow Daoist Yu!" Shen Mo said with a complicated expression, then spread open his palm.
A dim, blurry phantom floated above his palm.
Its features could not be made out, but from its familiar aura fluctuations, Shen Mo could still recognize it as Consort Yu's soul.
However, a complete Divine Soul possessed three souls and seven spirits, while Consort Yu had only a single Embryonic Light soul remaining!
Shen Mo did not know whether the Zuo Li Kingdom within the Evil Spirit had truly existed in the history of the artifact-body world. Yet one thing could be confirmed: before this world completely withered away, there had indeed been a female cultivator named "Consort Yu." The remnant soul in his hand was irrefutable proof!
The true "Consort Yu" had already died and fallen when the artifact-body world perished. Only half a wisp of fragrant soul remained, relying on the vessel of the Evil Spirit to descend into the Profound Yellow Immortal Realm.
Only within the Evil Spirit land could her soul