Xu Shang felt a shock in his heart as he realized he had overlooked a crucial fact. It wasn't simply that he had killed the Great Sun Golden Crow; rather, in the process of refining its wings, he had triggered a restriction planted deep within its body.
Members of the Great Sun Golden Crow clan are born with restrictions placed upon them by the powerful elders of their race. Once the body is refined by an outsider, this restriction automatically activates as a self-protection mechanism for the tribe.
"I actually forgot," Xu Shang thought, "that the Great Sun Golden Crow regards being refined as a disgrace. They scorn such a fate." The existence of this restriction allowed the bird's soul to remain intact during the refinement process and even exert influence over the refiner.
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