In the enormous crater, Li Muling fought back her tears as she kept digging. She refused to believe her brother had died just like that.
At some point, Niu Hun appeared behind Li Muling and handed her a Special Treasure called the Soul-Seizing Bottle.
"Sorry we arrived too late. His Divine Body is most likely gone. Try this Soul-Seizing Bottle first. If you can find his remnant soul, perhaps Yun Che can bring him back to life once he gets out."
Li Muling whipped her head around. Through her tear-blurred eyes, she saw Niu Hun's face covered by black cloth. Trembling, she accepted the pitch-black Soul-Seizing Bottle, which radiated a chilling aura, her fingertips icy.
"A remnant soul... does my brother still have a remnant soul?"
Her voice carried a barely perceptible trace of hope, though she knew full well that expecting Li Xuanfeng to have left a remnant soul after a self-detonation of that magnitude was already asking too much.
Niu Hun did not answer. He simply stood there quietly, the aura around him as cold as ever.
Around the crater, the scorched earth left by the explosion still radiated residual heat. Chaotic energy from the dissipated Divine Power filled the air, along with a faint smell of blood.
Li Muling lowered her head and looked at the Soul-Seizing Bottle in her hands. Intricate runes covered its surface, and a faint suction seemed to be drawing something toward it.
She took a deep breath, wiped the tears from her face, and aimed the bottle's mouth at the crater. Following the method Niu Hun had described earlier, she infused a faint strand of Divine Power into it.
The Soul-Seizing Bottle began to tremble slightly. Wisps of faint light gathered inside, and before long, an extremely weak, almost transparent soul silhouette