"His primordial spirit hasn't truly vanished; it was merely hiding within the Devouring Pagoda. When he took you as a disciple back then, it was ultimately just to bide his time for resurrection. Surprised?"
It seemed his guess had been correct: the primordial spirit was indeed his master, Bai Yanyan. Initially, he had believed Bai Yanyan's primordial spirit had completely perished, never expecting that it had survived and hidden itself within the Devouring Pagoda.
As for whether Bai Yanyan truly intended to use this opportunity to resurrect and deal with him, as the Ten Desolations Corpse Emperor claimed, that was merely the Corpse Emperor's one-sided account, and he could hardly take it at face value.
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