"You're courting death!" roared the Nine Yin Venerable, rage soaring in his heart. With a low growl, his hands formed a strange seal.

His entire body radiated a dense, ink-like black light that flowed up and down like water. Upon closer scrutiny, many fine black threads were mixed within it.

These threads, fine as hairs, continually shot out from the black light, disappearing into the void in the blink of an eye, leaving no trace.

"Be careful!" The Xi Ying Clone's figure flew backward, the Blood Puppet Armor on his body bursting with blood light, wrapping around him in layers.

On the other side, the Silver Kong Tree Demon's surface flashed with silver light as it directly escaped into the void.

Seeing this, the "Evil Eye Venerable" possessed by Yuan Ming did not retreat but advanced, continuing to pounce toward the Nine Yin Venerable. In an instant, he was less than thirty feet away from him.

From his sleeves flashed spirit light, as several magic treasures shot out, emitting dazzling rays of light, striking fiercely towards the Nine Yin Venerable.

Luo Yongqi and the other two, seeing the "Evil Eye Venerable" charging forward, dared not retreat, yet neither did they dare to advance, so they stood in place manipulating their magic treasures to attack.

For a time, booming noises erupted. No fewer than seven or eight magic treasures from different directions simultaneously aimed at the Nine Yin Venerable. Various colored lights interwove mid-air, illuminating this area with blinding radiance.

However, at that moment, the trio's bodies suddenly stiffened, as if filled with lead, unable to move even a finger.

They couldn't mobilize their mana or soul power at all, and the magic treasures they had summoned also stalled, then began to fall with diminished spirit light.

The "Evil Eye Venerable's" body also stiffened in place, unable to move. The magic treasures he summoned naturally lost control, but his divine soul was unaffected, while it seemed as though the Evil Eye Venerable's divine soul was frozen in place just like he was.

"It seems I am not affected by the Nine Yin Venerable through possessing this body via the Stealing Heaven Tripod..." Yuan Ming thought to himself, activating his divine sense to probe the condition of the Evil Eye Venerable.

Many black threads, difficult to detect, had appeared within the divine soul of the Evil Eye Venerable at some unknown time, extending outward. It was unclear whether they had permeated from the outside or were emitted by the divine soul of the Evil Eye Venerable himself.

In short, the divine soul of the Evil Eye Venerable had become like a puppet on strings, completely controlled.

As for the body and mana of the Evil Eye Venerable, they were also controlled by these black threads.

While pondering, Yuan Ming tried to mobilize all his soul power to assault the black threads that restrained the body and mana of the Evil Eye Venerable.

Meanwhile, the Nine Yin Venerable brushed his hand across his chest as countless fine threads appeared on his broken bones, flesh, and even internal organs, rapidly merging together and healing.

The previously concave chest swelled rapidly, and within a few breaths, it had returned to its original condition, as if he had never been injured.

His gaze swept over the immobilized "Evil Eye Venerable" and Luo Yongqi and the others, then he shifted his eyes away.

Those restrained by his Nine Yin black threads would be unable to break free for at least half a month.

"Now only you remain, how do you wish to die?" the Nine Yin Venerable asked, looking toward the Xi Ying Clone who had retreated a great distance, as he floated forward.

The Xi Ying Clone did not hesitate, turning and fleeing into the distance, disappearing in an instant.

The eyes of the Nine Yin Venerable flickered slightly, not pursuing, and he let out a quiet sigh of relief.

Although the wound on his chest had been healed, the Black Claw Treasure wielded by the Evil Eye Venerable contained a bizarrely potent poison that had already seeped into his internal organs.

On the surface, the Nine Yin Venerable seemed unharmed, but in reality, his combat power was reduced to less than thirty percent. He had no choice but to bluff and scare away the Xi Ying Clone.

"I was really careless..." he muttered to himself, then took a deep breath and mobilized his profound mana to suppress the intrusion of the strange poison while gesturing with his hand.

The immobile "Evil Eye Venerable" flew towards him and landed by his side.

The Nine Yin Venerable pressed his palm against the head of the "Evil Eye Venerable", activating the Soul Searching Divine Ability to examine his memories.

However, with a soft "puff", the Nine Yin Venerable's abdomen was pierced through by an arm, a bloody hand emerging from behind, the deed of the immobilized "Evil Eye Venerable."

"How is this possible!" The expression on the Nine Yin Venerable's face was one of complete disbelief.

The "Evil Eye Venerable" also had his eyes wide in shock, showing an astonished expression.

Using divine soul power, he had barely managed to break the black threads on his right arm. He had been gearing up for this attack for a long time, hoping to take advantage of the Nine Yin Venerable's distraction to kill his Nascent Soul in one fell swoop.

But there was nothing inside the Nine Yin Venerable's Dantian, not even a Nascent Soul!

The "Evil Eye Venerable" moved his arm as if to do something, but the Nine Yin Venerable, finally reacting, roared furiously, spitting out several Black Needles aimed at the "Evil Eye Venerable's" head.

Under Yuan Ming's control, the "Evil Eye Venerable", except for his right hand, was still controlled by countless black lines and couldn't move. He had no choice but to summon a small amount of recently restored mana to bring forth a Bronze Round Shield to block the Black Needles.

Yet, the Black Needles turned shadow-like and penetrated the Bronze Round Shield, entering the "Evil Eye Venerable's" forehead.

A terrifyingly sharp Qi Force burst from within the Black Needle, similar to the Soul Destroying Sword Energy, but even more fierce, easily shredding the "Evil Eye Venerable's" divine soul.

Yuan Ming felt darkness before his eyes as the possession abruptly ended, and his consciousness returned to his original body.

He was about to stand up when overwhelming agony swept over him, his Nascent Soul within him suddenly tore apart, rapidly disintegrating, appearing as if he was about to have his soul shattered just like the Evil Eye Venerable.

It was the shared damage from Black Incense Possession!

Yuan Ming clasped his head with both hands, enduring the severe pain with all his might, and summoned the Night Parade of Hundred Demons.

The blurry image of the Heavenly Ghost Wanderer emerged from the chart, placing a single hand on Yuan Ming and activating the Divine Soul Transformation Three-Eyed Soul Pigeon's Substitution Divine Ability.

With a soft "bang," one of the Heavenly Ghost Wanderer's Sea of Consciousness's Three-eyed Soul Doves burst apart.

The collapsing momentum of Yuan Ming's Divine Soul dissipated, but only by a large margin, not fully substituting all the damage like before.

Although he couldn't substitute all the damage, he had managed to gather his strength, operating the Moonlight Technique at full force, attempting to collect his dispersing Divine Soul.

Meanwhile, the roots of the Undying Tree within his Dantian frenziedly grew and entwined around his Nascent Soul, wrapping layer upon layer, firmly enveloping his Nascent Soul.

The Undying Tree infused demon energy into the Nascent Soul, and billowing Undying Black Fog surged out, aiding him in stabilizing his Divine Soul.

After a long while, Yuan Ming opened his eyes, the power of his Nascent Soul's Divine Soul was mostly stabilized.

Yuan Ming looked at the Heavenly Ghost Wanderer and furrowed his brows slightly.

Ever since learning that injuries inflicted upon hosts during Black Incense possession would be returned to himself, he had been contemplating a solution, and, after much thought, decided to rely on the Substitution Ability of the Heavenly Ghost Wanderer.

The main reason why he had dared to manipulate the Evil Eye Venerable into reckless attacks was his reliance on the Heavenly Ghost Wanderer's Substitution Ability.

Only, it turned out that the Substitution Ability wasn't as effective as he had imagined, only substituting a large portion of the damage.

"Could it be that as my Cultivation grows higher, the gap between myself and the Heavenly Ghost Wanderer grows wider, and the efficacy of the Substitution Ability begins to wane? It seems that in the future, I must be even more cautious when using Black Incense on others," Yuan Ming muttered to himself.

Solving this problem might only be possible by enhancing the Heavenly Ghost Wanderer's strength.

However, the Heavenly Ghost Wanderer had been refined into a Ghost Slave and was not a living person anymore, so he probably couldn't do anything about it.

"To enhance the Heavenly Ghost Wanderer, others might not be able to, but you can," Fellow Daoist Qi Ye's voice suddenly sounded.

"How so?" Yuan Ming waved his hand, calling forth the Shura Blood Devouring Map, and asked.

"The Night Parade of Hundred Demons was refined by the Shura Master imitating the Shura Blood Devouring Map. This map has not completely wiped out the vitality of the Ghost Slaves; if you can find them a healthy, vibrant body for possession, it's not to say they will completely become a normal Divine Soul, but they can regain some vitality. The Heavenly Ghost Wanderer was originally at the pinnacle of a Soul Cultivator for love witches, with your resources on Divine Souls, it should not be difficult to promote them to Sleeping Witch Realm," Qi Ye said.

"This method seems feasible; when you speak of a body full of vitality, could it be you mean the Undead Tree Puppets?" Yuan Ming thought for a moment and spoke.

"Exactly, the Undead Tree harbors unimaginable vitality, and only an Undead Tree Puppet can restore a Ghost Slave," Qi Ye said.

"Thanks for the guidance, Fellow Daoist Qi Ye," Yuan Ming nodded slightly, expressing his gratitude with a bow.

"It's a trivial matter, not worth mentioning," Qi Ye laughed, but inwardly he was secretly pleased.

Because of his previous mistake, Yuan Ming had lost Elder San Jue as a Returning Void assistant. Yuan Ming hadn't said anything, but the trust between them had noticeably cooled off. After his efforts over this period, their relationship seemed to have mended somewhat.

Yuan Ming fell into deep thought; Qi Ye's method was worth a try, but he didn't have an Undead Tree Puppet at hand and needed to refine one first. Catch the formatted version at *.

He put away the Shura Blood Devouring Map and the Night Parade of Hundred Demons, took out a Green Spirit Communication Talisman, and once again contacted his Xi Ying Clone for an update on the situation.

Xi Ying Clone quickly responded that the Nine Yin Venerable had already left, and she was continuing to collect Divine Souls from the battlefield with Yinkong.

"The Nine Yin Venerable has left?" Yuan Ming was quite surprised.

At their level of Cultivation, physical injuries were insignificant. Even if limbs were lost or the heart gouged out, as long as the person wasn't dead, various Spiritual Medicines and secret techniques could be used, and recovery wasn't particularly difficult.

As the leader of the Six Venerables of the Wu Yue Sect, the Nine Yin Venerable surely had access to potent medicines and methods to recover his Physical Body. His own Black Silk Divine Ability even had the power to heal physical injuries, so why would he suddenly retreat?

Could the Evil Eye Venerable's Black Claw Treasure have additional effects apart from its powerful attack?

Yuan Ming pondered for a while, then decided not to rack his brains pointlessly. He took out another Green Spirit Communication Talisman, reminding his Xi Ying Clone to be careful. Given that the Stealing Heaven Tripod needed time to recover, he wouldn't be able to assist with possession again in the short term.

After taking care of all this, he sat down cross-legged.

His recent possession had been very fruitful. Not only had he severely wounded the Nine Yin Venerable, but he had also eliminated the Evil Eye Venerable. Controlling the host with Black Incense proved even more useful than he had anticipated.

As long as the enemy's appearance was known, they were almost certainly doomed!

The only regret was that the damage incurred after possession would return to him.

"No, the Heavenly Ghost Wanderer must be rapidly enhanced in strength, or else I cannot fully wield the power of Black Incense Possession, and my future actions will be restrained," Yuan Ming stood up with resolve, collected the surrounding silver barrier, and left the underground with Vajra.

He flew into the sky and quickly determined his location, then headed straight for a nearby underground city.