As for what came next, the three of them and Ghost Soul would naturally, under He Song's control, each join either Blood Demon Sword Lord's camp or that of the current Soul Locking Sect Master.
After that—
They only needed to lie low and wait for Blood Demon Sword Lord and the current Soul Locking Sect Master to determine the victor.
By then, at least two of the four puppets would be able to truly infiltrate the Soul Locking Sect.
As for the other two puppets, once the victor had been decided, they might also avoid the fate of perishing by defecting at the last moment or through other means.
This would preserve He Song's strength to the greatest extent possible.
As this plan rapidly took shape in He Song's mind,
He Song quickly had Ghost Soul invite the three Nascent Soul cultivators, one by one, into his cave abode.
In truth, this was a move born of necessity.
Although turmoil had already erupted within the Soul Locking Sect, that did not mean the demonic borderlands had fallen into chaos as well.
News concerning Blood Demon Sword Lord had not yet reached this place.
In other words—
The demonic cultivators here still maintained an immense degree of vigilance.
Therefore, it was not feasible for He Song to invite those three to some other remote location.
After all, no one knew whether, after accepting another's invitation and truly arriving at such a secluded place, a great number of righteous-path cultivators might suddenly appear nearby.
And once such a situation arose, the consequences were naturally plain to see.
Thus—
He Song could only let Ghost Soul bear a little suspicion.
He would invite the three separately into Ghost Soul's cave abode, then dispatch Evening Snow, whose strength had reached the Nascent Soul