Although Tianming was happy, he was also calm and lost in thought.

"I assume the innate godchild is the person in the crystal coffin, and the soul of the innate godchild is the person in Ling’er’s body. The acquired godchild is Ling’er, and her soul is the mortal soul. It sounds like the innate and acquired godchild have to fuse into a new body in order to produce some sort of change. For example, the resurrection of the dead. A new body can only have one soul, so that person wants to be the soul."

Tianming turned to Ye Lingfeng, eyes gleaming. "So what you’re saying is, the only chance for Ling’er to live is for you to kill the soul of the innate godchild and completely destroy her when the two souls are combining?”

"That’s my guess, but I don't quite understand what to do then. The Soulfiend didn't clarify, either. It can only eat the two souls,” said Ye Lingfeng.

"We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it. Since the innate godchild will be at her moment of weakness,...