The Blood Sovereign had reversed life and death, struggled free from death, and become a living soul thanks to the Tome of Life and Death. However, his three peers remained dead. The Shadow Sovereign, Corpse Sovereign, and Fog Sovereign were the most terrifying vicious ghosts in the Tomb of the Original Emperor and also its guards.

They had been guided into manifesting their forms by the tomb’s rules, as opposed to exercising their own thoughts and consciousness. The three were truly dead, having completely dispersed upon the wind and their true spirits scattered. No one would be able to resurrect them unless they also controlled all of life and death in a manner similar to the Tome of Life and...