After a moment's thought, Li Ling set his musings aside and used the Myriad Wonders Incense Transformation Art to produce Formless Incense, concealing himself completely.
After advancing to the nascent soul realm, he faced increasingly powerful enemies, and others at the same realm were everywhere. An ordinary nascent soul spirit soul could no longer roam unchecked.
But by using Formless Incense to erase his own karma, he could still hide without a trace.
This was a supreme secret art of the Incense Path. Ordinary people had no way to counter it and did not even know it existed.
Li Ling drifted toward the Treasure Ship like a wisp of smoke. Before long, he reached the deck and saw the demons and fiends crowding it.
The Dragon Palace had now become a ghost ship in every sense. Looking through his Dharma Eye, Li Ling saw ghost souls and corpse ghouls roaming everywhere, all beings from the shadow world of Netherworld Soil.
Banners and pennants hung high from the surrounding masts and buildings. Chilly winds gusted, and paper money whirled through the air.
Strange laughter rang out as paper effigies of golden boys and jade maidens floated past, seemingly chasing one another at play.
Meanwhile, resentful ghosts hid in dark corners, sobbing softly.
Suddenly, a brilliant light appeared in the sky ahead of the Treasure Ship. Waterlike ripples spread, as though the ship were passing between two worlds and returning to the world outside.
In the blink of an eye, the boundless sea surrounded them, and all the demons and ghost wraiths immediately fell silent.
The doors in the ship's tower opened, and a group of cultivators walked out.
"We've finally returned to the world of the living!"
Some could hardly wait to take flight, keeping well away from the things on