Li Yan began condensing the spell once more. This time, he used the "Cloud Book Soul Condensation Art," following the reverse fusion method of the three souls and seven spirits, making the seven spirits begin merging from back to front.
In merely a few breaths, Li Yan had completely reverse-fused and overlapped the seventh through fifth spirits. He then guided the fourth spirit forward, bringing it close to the three spirits he had already condensed.
At the same time, he continuously activated the "Cloud Book Soul Condensation Art" in his hands. The instant the fourth spirit drew near, Li Yan used the spell to overlap it. Yet at the very moment it approached, the fourth spirit abruptly slipped to one side.
Li Yan's heart jolted, but his hands remained as steady as a rock. In that flash of lightning and spark, his will followed his intent, and just as the fourth spirit was about to merge, he firmly nailed it in place.
In that instant alone, sweat broke out heavily across Li Yan's forehead. The overlapping phantoms of the fourth spirit and the latter three spirits were less than half an inch apart.
Had Li Yan's cultivation not been so profound, the fourth spirit would have merged just then. After its sudden deviation, it would inevitably have become misaligned with the phantom formed by the latter three spirits.
The result would not merely have been the tangled souls and spirits Yu Banjiang had suffered. The "Cloud Book Soul Condensation Art" Li Yan was casting would have been unable to overlap the subsequent soul phantoms.
This technique could only take shape in accordance with the workings of the Heavenly Dao. One error would lead to a succession of deviations afterward. For Luo Youhuang to return to normal after that would be