Surging, immense memories flooded in, accompanied by chaotic, bloodthirsty, brutal mental contamination.
The female statue was of no low rank. Even after part of her spirit body had been severed, she could still drive an early Level 7 Day Wanderer insane. But Zhang Yuanqing was different.
He specialized in Solar Power. His spirit body was tougher than those of Day Wanderers at the same level, and with the power granted by the Phantom God's Heart, he could barely manage to devour spirits across levels.
As he suppressed the invading chaotic consciousness, he digested the memory fragments.
Very soon, he figured out the female statue's identity. She was none other than the Yaoguang Sect Leader who had led the Shu Mountain disciples against the rebel army.
After the Yaoguang Sect Leader died, the Shu Mountain disciples built Yaoguang Hall for her and offered incense to her every day. Yaoguang's remnant soul attached itself to the divine statue, nourished by the faith and incense offerings, and gradually recovered.
For a long time, she had served as the sect's guardian deity, silently existing within the statue as she received the disciples' offerings and worship.
Of course, ordinary disciples did not know she existed.
Only the elders who had built the hall and statue for her knew that her remnant soul was attached to the divine statue. They had entrusted the sect's supreme treasure, the Immortal-Slaying Flying Dagger, to her care, so that she could protect the Southern Garden.
Until one day, black smoke from the main hall spread into the Southern Garden. As a yin spirit, Yaoguang could not resist the contamination of yin energy. She fell into a state of pure resentment, instinctively slaughtering the living creatures nearby.
Faith and incense offerings could restore a remnant spirit's power and allow it to