After briefly explaining what he was about to do, Li Ling began roaming the surroundings, probing the Heavenly Dao and searching for traces of energy.
This step resembled the soul-summoning methods commonly used by the Netherworld Sect: searching the place of death for dispersed spirit vitality and tracing lost particles of spirit resonance, Ying spirits, and the like.
Fortunately, this place was seldom visited, with very little interference from other living beings. Du Shi had been a ghost; had the human yang qi of a bustling world swept over her, the vast mortal world would have washed the grains of sand away like a surging river, making them difficult to find.
When the Netherworld Sect encountered such circumstances, they relied on the methods of mighty experts and the Dao Artifact known as the Soul-Summoning Banner.
This was their old trade. Several Dao Paths were connected to it, and they possessed the corresponding powers of law.
But Li Ling was not using the Netherworld Sect's methods. Instead, he pushed his Fragrance-Sensing Talent to its utmost limit, bringing his spiritual consciousness into the profound mysteries. Through the power of law of his Phantom Floating Fragrance, he penetrated the realm of laws at the level of Xiyi.
He unfurled his divine domain, instantly enveloping the surrounding heavens and earth to form an enclosed space.
Then he condensed seawater into platforms. Driven by the water-control law, columns of water rose and transformed in midair into tables and incense altars. He placed an incense burner upon one and inserted a carefully refined stick of spirit incense.
"What is that?" Zhao Ziren asked, unable to restrain himself as he watched from the side.
Li Ling said, "I have confirmed that your wife Du Shi's spirit resonance does indeed remain here. I am about to use a