Yao Pei suddenly reached out and captured a faintly translucent shadow that bore a strong resemblance to Hu Jiaode. It was semi-transparent and slightly blurred, looking like three overlapping identical figures. Their misaligned edges revealed their fragmented nature.0

Hu Jiaode’s soul had already dispersed, but his Three Corpses still lingered in the mortal realm.0

Qi Xuansu immediately realized that Yao Pei was using the Soul-Searching Technique.0

The Three Corpses retained fragmented memories from their host’s life. Upon turning into ghosts, they could even mistake themselves for their original host. However, these memories were incomplete and chaotic, rendering the ghosts incapable of rational communication. They could only be suppressed or exterminated. Only an extremely rare few could develop sentience over time, but even then, they would be entirely separate entities, disconnected from their former host.0

Using the Soul-Searching Technique on the Three Corpses was akin to rolling dice—whether anything useful could be extracted was purely a matter of luck.0

Since the Three Corpses lacked a physical body, they were incredibly fragile without...0