On an overcast day, in an unlit room.
Yue Wen sat upright and motionless before a mirror covered with black cloth.
A closer look would reveal that although this "Yue Wen" had flawless features and a perfectly matching build, he showed no trace of life. He was not even breathing.
This was a body Yue Wen had grown using growth Dao rhythm. Strictly speaking, it was a part he had cut off himself. Given the strength of Yue Wen's current fleshly body, this severed part was still "alive"-just not quite so "alive."
It was neither a purely lifeless object refined into existence nor something with a spark of lively vitality.
His real body was behind the mirror. With a thought, he activated his newly acquired Dharma Body ability, Night Concealment, and vanished into the void in an instant.
Then he activated the Sword Heart Resonance Method, establishing a connection with this counterfeit puppet body.
The best thing about this new ability was that he could still use certain supernatural arts while invisible without worrying about immediately breaking concealment. It was leagues above his old Trace-Hiding Art.
All of this was a trap Yue Wen had prepared for the Mirror Nightmare Wraith. He intended to lure it out with his puppet body and make it replace that body.
Once the Mirror Nightmare Wraith used its uncanny ability to replace the puppet, it would become identical to the puppet in every respect, including its restricted physical movement.
Then it would be a sweet, soft little Nightmare Wraith Creature incapable of resisting, and Yue Wen could deal with it however he liked.
This was the tragedy of Nightmare Wraith Creatures. However advanced their Dao practice, they had to act according to their own rules. If those rules remained unknown, that was one thing,