Using the Taiping Talisman's Heart-Confounding Talisman to control a powerhouse with a Lord template was Bai Xiaowen's first attempt.
Bai Xiaowen knew his own limits. True Essence Force had given him the potential of a King Tier powerhouse, but using spell talismans powered by True Essence Force to control a Lord was still impossible.
Controlling a Lord meant bringing everything about them—their identity, status, and the forces they commanded—under one's own control. The benefits were astonishing. From the standpoint of balance, the Spirit Realm Rules would not allow such mind-control skills to have too high a success rate; there were bound to be harsh requirements for success.
A King Tier against a Lord, with an advantage of one priority point, was nothing special.
Back on the Dark Age Plane, when Bai Xiaowen controlled Lord-tier demon generals, he had first killed them, then used Dark Rebirth to make them serve him.
Now, to ensure success in controlling Xiao Xing, Bai Xiaowen used Death God's Power.
Death God's Power was at least a full tier above True Essence Force. It might even have been of a higher grade than the power possessed by Divine Scions.
After all, Divine Scions should have fallen somewhere between King Tier beings and true gods. They were still some distance from genuine deities. The power level of Death God's Power came from the Death God and already belonged to true Divine Might.
The black talisman power surged into Xiao Xing's Sea of Consciousness like a force that could not be stopped.
Xiao Xing had never imagined Bai Xiaowen's spell talisman assault would be so fierce. A chilling sense of losing himself welled up within him. His face flushed red as he exerted every ounce of strength, circulating his Spirit Sense to resist.
Bai Xiaowen swiftly occupied most