Daoist Chan Ming repeatedly attempted to seep his divine aura into Zhang Yu's body, but because of the Opening Seal, he was never able to succeed.
Even when his divine aura briefly merged with Zhang Yu's, there was ultimately no way for them to become completely one, and thus no way for him to seize it for himself.
To his senses, Zhang Yu was like a Reflecting Shadow separated by an entire world realm. They seemed able to overlap, yet could not truly unite.
This situation was undoubtedly exceedingly dangerous for him. His existence lasted only this brief instant. If he had no lower-layer vessel to rely upon and could not occupy a body to anchor himself in the world, then without any force acting upon him, he himself would disperse first.
Moreover, he sensed that his true name was dissipating far faster than it should have been.
This was in fact because Zhang Yu's sword technique, Sever All Absolutes, which had severed his upper and lower selves, was taking effect. It was continuously eradicating him at this very moment.
The reason it had not killed him outright was merely that the Upper Self he had acquired seemed to stand slightly higher. Yet even so, it was being slowly eroded. Before the sword force completely eradicated him, if he could seize a body and ascend to the upper realm, he could evade this calamity. Otherwise, there was nothing more to say.
After repeated attempts, he found that he ultimately could not achieve his original goal. At this final juncture, he still had one method to try to salvage the situation: return to the Upper Layer.
For until this moment, Daoist methods such as his "Chanming Only Himself" and "Divine Renewal Rebirth" were still operating. Or rather, it was only because