Old Daoist Lin's head fell to the ground and rolled twice down the steps, a smile still on his face.
Zhang Yu's sword had been swift as a flash of light, wholly beyond the man's perception. He had not reacted at all. With a single stroke, Zhang Yu severed his life force and extinguished his Primordial Spirit.
Zhang Yu looked up. That mass of crimson-red mist was still circling within the King's Ark.
After a Void-Lodging cultivator's worldly body was destroyed, they would not be completely annihilated. A thread of their divine qi would remain entrusted elsewhere, and so long as that thread was not removed, they might yet return.
But Old Daoist Lin had attained his achievements through the grand array and used a clever shortcut, entrusting his divine qi to the array itself. Though this was certainly less secure than entrusting it to the void, a return from the void took ten or even several dozen years, whereas as long as blood qi and essence remained within the array, returning through it required little time. This was likely also a precaution he had made to keep this battle from slipping beyond his control.
However, Zhang Yu had slain his body with one sword strike. Through that contact, he had now more or less found where the man had prepared to entrust his divine qi.
His gaze extended outward and fixed upon the grand array. Divine light shone from his eyes, and in but an instant, he saw a thread of divine qi resting upon a certain array nexus.
At that moment, the essence blood and primordial qi contained within the array could be seen gathering there, attempting to condense a body anew.
Although the body had yet to take shape, the man's will had long since permeated the