"What’s so impressive?" Tianming arched an eyebrow. He had a hunch that Gujian Qingshuang was being sarcastic.

Sure enough, the man’s blood-stained face was twisted in a scornful expression. "You want to control our lives, force us to obey your orders, and take over the Azuresoul Palace with just an insignificant ability? If it was that easy, those top-ranking experts could take down the sect with a snap of a finger."

"They don't have my bonegnaw ants.” Tianming said.

"But they also have ways to make living worse than death!" Gujian Qingshuang grit his teeth.

"It's not the same. I can monitor your every word and deed at any given moment. Even if you resist and choose to die, I’d be losing a pawn, but you’d be losing your life. If you die, someone else will take over the Azuresoul Palace. And perhaps that person will be easier to control than you!" 

The bonegnaw ants were an upgrade from the Latticeheart Curse. Once the ants had entered his body, Gujian Qingshuang wouldn’t be able to hide anything even...