Tang Qiying had died in Sound Valley. Xiao Yan had seen it with his own eyes, and there was no doubt the man had been dead. Now he had returned to life, but a crucial step had been seizing Huo Xuan's body. Xiao Yan did not know how he had done it. One thing was certain, though: Tang Qiying had gained Huo Xuan's Dou Qi cultivation through brute force. His soul power was still his own.
That had been Xiao Yan's greatest advantage against Tang Qiying. Tang Qiying's soul had not even advanced beyond the Mortal State Soul, far weaker than Xiao Yan's Heavenly State Soul. Xiao Yan could have called it absolute suppression.
But now, as a second head emerged, Tang Qiying's aura grew more sinister and terrifying. His soul power surged all the way to the Heavenly State Soul!
Invisible soul pressure bore down on Xiao Yan. In an instant, Tang Qiying had raised his soul power to the same state as Xiao Yan's, erasing the greatest gap between them.
Once the twisted face behind him had steadied, the pain on Tang Qiying's face gave way to triumph. "Xiao Yan, I've prepared for this day for far too long. I know every trump card you have. Don't think you'll make so much as a splash today."
Seeing Tang Qiying like this, Xiao Yan made no rush to attack. Instead, he gave a cold laugh. "Tang Qiying, stealing someone else's body was bad enough. Now you've made yourself into something neither human nor ghost. Looking at you, I'd say your birth parents made a fine decision. You really did deserve to be abandoned!"
Xiao Yan's loathing for Tang Qiying had reached its peak when Huo Zhi was injured. Tang Qiying's neither-human-nor-ghost appearance made him physically sick, so Xiao Yan