But there was nothing.
The cultivator was alive and well.
Song Yan continued to ponder.
The essence of malice is the fragments of karma lingering in the world that react over time within a sealed environment of Profound Qi.
The karma fragments of ordinary people and Refining Profound cultivators are weaker, so they merely form Evil Qi; Crimson Palace cultivators yield Slaughter Liquid; only Purple Mansion cultivators can form Frozen Malignant Energy.
Of course, there might be other ways this forms, but after all, he had only come from a small place and had not seen much.
Ultimately, malice is a special manifestation of cause and effect.
So it can be frozen, it can be washed away.
And every divine soul is densely covered in karma.
’If so...’
Song Yan suddenly had an idea.
...
By dusk, Song Yan and Pei Xuehan returned to their original spot.
Today’s harvest was rather good.
Altogether they collected the frozen malignant energy from six demon beasts, and another Crimson Palace cultivator’s divine soul.
After some inquiries, Song Yan learned that the information was similar to the last; this cultivator also hailed from a vassal state of the Baihong Ancient Tribe.
So, he once again sent the cultivator into the Myriad Souls Banner, then planted the banner behind him and said, "Unleash."
Countless souls surged out, blotting out the sky, a ghostly wind howled, the surroundings instantly turning eerie and dark.
Song Yan took a deep breath, raised his hand, and summoned a coffin.
The coffin was thick and made of metal.
But soon, red spikes protruded from inside the metal.
With a cracking sound, the entire coffin, as if made of paper, was pierced a thousand times by the red spikes within.
Song Yan squinted, watching, and when the red spikes came toward him, he raised a finger, and dense numbers of evil souls immediately lunged at those red spikes.
The red spikes were frozen malignant energy.
When encountered by evil souls, a fierce reaction ensued between the two.
Frozen malignant energy instinctively seeks to possess life, sensitive to divine souls, and in every body, it prefers to bind rather than kill the soul.
At this moment, the frozen malignant energy was like molten steel, and the evil souls like icy water, and with a sizzling sound, the weak evil souls were easily bound by the strong frozen malignant energy.
Normally, by this time the fusion would be complete.
But this was the Myriad Souls Banner.
Within it were more than twenty thousand souls.
Song Yan expressionlessly continued to maneuver the evil souls towards the frozen malignant energy.
The frozen malignant energy was like a rat in a rice jar, crazily binding the divine souls.
Binding and binding, it became saturated and couldn’t move anymore.
Song Yan beckoned with his hand.

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