The Vermilion Bird within Brahma Temple did indeed sense the trace of true spirit she had left behind.
Her situation was different from everyone else's. The others had all been "exiled" to the Mortal World in their entirety. Only she had left a trace of true spirit in the book, secretly hidden away by the Buddha Ancestor.
What did the Buddha Ancestor stand to gain by hiding this trace of true spirit, yet giving up on keeping it beside him and letting it reincarnate "at the Vermilion Bird's own request"?
Of course, there was only one reason-the Buddha Ancestor had taken in this trace of true spirit to control her. But the Vermilion Bird was a sacred beast representing the laws of the four directions, not someone anyone could subdue. Discovering that he could not control even this remnant of true spirit, the Buddha Ancestor had taken an indirect approach.
After passing through the Buddha Ancestor's Reincarnation Law, she could only return to the Immortal Path by cultivating Buddhist teachings or using Buddhist treasures to form a body. With such close ties to Buddhism, she would naturally be brainwashed by its teachings, becoming close to him by instinct, like Dabei, and obeying his decrees.
The Vermilion Bird had known this perfectly well, yet her hatred for Father God had driven her to do it anyway.
In the end, she had not learned a single word of Buddhist teachings, and the Buddha Ancestor had failed to brainwash her. But she had still used a Buddhist Treasure for her body, and that was something he could control.
He had his own secret art that could forcibly control Qingyan's body.
During the battle in the temple just now, the Vermilion Bird had already been paying him little heed. She had actually blocked the