A short while later, the Youjing Body sat in the Supernatural Affairs Bureau's Confidential Interrogation Room, obediently holding his hands behind his back like a well-behaved child.
He had once thought he was the toughest of the Three Dharma Bodies, the one with the most backbone. Now he suspected that under Perfected One Nagiko's iron palm, even a corpse puppet would open its mouth and confess every bad thing it had done since childhood.
"Start talking." Perfected One Nagiko sat opposite him. "We already know a few things about your Soul-Controlling Sect. If I catch even a hint of concealment or a lie, everything you just experienced will have been nothing more than an appetizer."
"I'll talk. I'll tell you everything." The Youjing Body nodded repeatedly. "This all starts with my master, Immortal Lord Biyue."
"Immortal Lord Biyue?" Perfected One Nagiko frowned. "Why does that name sound familiar?"
A subordinate beside her ran a search, then reminded her, "During the chaos in Northern Sky over three hundred years ago, there was a demonic cultivator by that name. She specialized in the Soul Dao and kept living people captive for Soul Breath Harvesting. The local Righteous Path sects in Northern Sky tried to surround and eliminate her, but she controlled their souls and had them burn and slaughter their way through their own sect grounds, destroying more than a dozen major sects. Only after the Five Great Immortal Sects began hunting her did she vanish without a trace. No one knew whether she was alive or dead."
"She's still alive?" Perfected One Nagiko looked at the Youjing Body.
"That's right," the Youjing Body answered. "Back when I... when I was still whole, I accidentally stumbled upon her absorbing people's living souls... She originally intended to kill me, but once her divine