Surrounded by a crowd of burly men, Little Flame was captured, as one might expect.
Actually, he could have put up a bit more of a struggle. He discovered that Qiu Wuji was not as strong as he had imagined, while Father God of the Heavenly Dao used a bizarre hodgepodge of fighting styles. The others from the Black Room simply knew nothing of the subtleties of a Primordial Spirit.
In particular, Qiu Wuji seemed unable to use the Primordial Spirit confinement techniques she possessed in the World Within the Book. She could not restrain his Primordial Spirit at all; even if she blocked his path, she could not capture him.
And the others were nowhere near capable of destroying the Primordial Spirit of a Tribulation Transcendence cultivator, however weakened he might be.
If he really tried to run, he seemed to have a chance...
Then he saw Father God of the Heavenly Dao casually produce a pearl.
His Soul-Reposing Pearl.
That pearl was where his Primordial Spirit resided after his body was destroyed. In theory, it served as a temporary substitute for his body-the only place currently capable of containing and imprisoning him.
How could this world have a Soul-Reposing Pearl? This was blatant cheating.
Viewed another way, was this not also the Heavenly Dao's net of fate, with nowhere to escape?
It had merely taken tangible form.
In the end, Little Flame could not withstand the crowd hemming him in from all sides. Qiu Wuji forcibly pressed him into the pearl, then placed a Sealing on it. To the onlookers, this fit perfectly with Chu Ge's earlier explanation: Sixth Baby had been practicing her fire Esper Ability, and an out-of-control Fire Spirit had escaped.
This fire Esper Ability appeared to be a summoning type, too. It seemed somewhat