The Situation

Under Tianye's control, wisps of black qi began seeping from Mu Nuo's brow, rapidly spiraling into its palm and condensing into an ink-black sphere.

As the black sphere steadily solidified and grew, Mu Nuo, whose power was being drained away, swiftly regressed from the appearance of a thirteen- or fourteen-year-old youth to that of a six- or seven-year-old child.

Seeing the change in its physique, Xu Yuan's brows unconsciously drew together slightly.

Xu Yuan had actually always been curious about how this little ghost had come into being, and in what form it existed in this world.

If the Insect Saint and the previous generation's Great Desert Goddess giving birth to Mu Xingyi had been an ancient beast's scheme, ten thousand years in the making, to break through the reproductive barrier, then Mu Nuo's appearance directly shattered the established rules of the current world.

Madam Wan was not a creature transformed into a ghost under the influence of Ghost Mist. From the very beginning, her existence had been an ominous thing formed entirely of pure soul power.

That meant Madam Wan had no gender, no organs with which to bear offspring, much less the ability to mate with another and give birth to a child.

Xu Yuan had considered this question more than once, yet even after racking his brains, he could not understand how Mu Xingyi, a corporeal living creature, had coupled with a soul-body ghost to produce offspring.

But judging from the scene before him, Mu Nuo's body truly was unusual. Though corporeal, it was not made of flesh and blood; its dissipation was based on the passage of years.

As he was pondering this, Tianye's faintly astonished voice quietly entered his ears.

"Xu Yuan, I don't think I can kill this little ghost."

"What?" Xu Yuan instantly