According to legend, the human soul was a trinity of caelum, terra, and vita, the essences of sky, earth, and life themselves. Among the three, only vita exists within the body itself, while caelum and terra were external.

Caelum, as its name suggested, existed in the sky or heavens. It was the connection between man and the world, allowing them to intuit and comprehend heavenly will. Terra, on the other hand, was centered around the body and spread out across space and time. It could sense what would happen days into the future, and even cross spatial boundaries. Deja vu was commonly explained as the terra part of the soul having been to that place and time beforehand.

Caelum and terra weren't things that could be detected by normal folk. In fact, what was widely considered the spirit of the body, the white mist within the sea of consciousness, was actually vita. In fact, vita was the foundation of the human body and what controlled it. As such, Tianming was really curious as to how it could be stolen in the first place.

The moment he conceived of that thought, the red dots on the outer circle of the Plundering Eye suddenly entered the inner circle of the Taiji Eye. At that moment, the whole Plundering Eye was no longer separated by inner and outer circles and had turned entirely red. A huge wave of soul power blasted out of his arm, covering the entire battlefield in an instant.

"This is...."...