With this advancement, the sixth-rank Demon Soul Generals, including Fairy Peiyu, not only had purer and more harmonious source power, but also saw an astonishing increase in intelligence!
Previously, only those at the very top of the ranks had been granted a trace of authority over the Soul Refining Banner by Shen Mo, thereby "awakening" a portion of wisdom and independent consciousness. Ordinary Demon Soul Generals remained muddle-headed, acting solely on instinct and the banner master's commands, utterly devoid of intelligence.
Yet as the Demon Soul Generals' strength steadily increased, their degree of awakening also grew higher. At present, the intelligence of sixth-rank Demon Soul Generals like Fairy Peiyu was no different from that of ordinary people!
Of course, even if they possessed intelligence no less than that of ordinary people, they were still, in essence, souls controlled by the banner. Their form of existence was exceedingly peculiar: they were neither cultivators, demonic beasts, nor spirits, nor were they of the Heavenly Demon kind. They could not be regarded as ordinary living beings.
Take Fairy Peiyu now. She looked no different from a living person and had even recovered her memories of "cultivating in the Moon-Deriving Sect" and "transforming into a Heavenly Demon to ravage the mortal world." Yet she was no longer the Moon-Deriving Sect's peerless disciple, nor was she a new talent of the Heavenly Demon race...
Through his connection with the Soul Refining Banner, Shen Mo had peered into her innermost thoughts.
After obtaining a trace of authority over the Soul Refining Banner, she had gradually developed self-awareness, only to be reborn after advancing to the sixth rank. To her, the memories of the past were like watching another person's experiences; they did not even count as wisdom inherited from a past life!
Thus, she felt not