After all, this was his own resurrection ritual, so Wang Yun treated it with utmost solemnity. In the end, before Xiao Yan and the Pill Tower Ancestor, he performed an astonishing feat.
He truly molded the energy extracted from those medicinal herbs into a physical body, after which his soul emerged once more from Yan Xiwen's body.
Once he appeared, Xiao Yan immediately noticed that his soul was clutching the Source Spirit Pattern Crystal tightly. Just as he had said, this seemed to be the key that allowed his soul to transfer smoothly from its original body.
Once a soul reached the Spiritual State Soul, it could remain outside the body for a long time without perishing. But that was all—it merely would not perish. If one wished to be reborn, one option was to forcibly seize another person's body, as the Soul Clan did. However, the risks were immense. A moment of carelessness could lead to backlash from the original owner, and since it was ultimately the forcible occupation of another's body, one's strength would be almost impossible to improve.
The other option was to be like Xiao Yan: gather numerous rare and precious medicinal herbs, while also finding a suitable body specifically for the deceased, allowing them to return to life.
Wang Yun had shown Xiao Yan a third path—a resurrection method that was far simpler and faster.
As Wang Yun's soul departed, Yan Xiwen lost all support and collapsed to the ground. Xiao Yan helped him up and examined him with the energy of the Heavenly Flames, discovering that his soul was still relatively unharmed. He simply might not have fully regained control of his body yet.
After settling Yan Xiwen, Xiao Yan watched as Wang Yun's soul completely merged into the energy body he had molded.