Chapter 501: Soul Imprint (2/2)

He had called himself Gui Mo. Ghosts gave themselves names when they reached a certain rank; before then, they just remained unnamed.

Xue Wei was curious as to why he chose precisely this name, but he did not ask. Instead, he tried to understand the ghost realm better.

When a person died in a world that was not connected to the Ten Courts of Hell, their soul would then end up in the Ghost Realm.

When a new soul appeared in the ghost realm, all their memories would have been wiped clean, and they would be like a newborn baby in the world of the living.

However, while they had to relearn everything that they had to know, they did not die instantly, but instead, they had certain instincts that told them to hide and bide their time.

The atmosphere was not only full of heaven and earth essence; it was also full of death energy and soul power.

Even the weakest soul would be nurtured by these energies and slowly advance. While they could not be considered genuine ghosts, some souls who had enough strength could even consume a ghost.

The world was very different from the one Xue Wei came from. He understood that ghosts were a completely different entity from that of the souls.

Although they were not considered living beings, they were not dead either. They were a mixture right in between the two.

They couldn't give birth to other ghosts. The only way to become one was to die and evolve from a soul.

Xue Wei was deep in thought. It turned out that although they could not reproduce, ghosts still had feelings, and that emotions such as love existed in this world of the dead.

However, most ghosts never dared to become lovers unless they unconditionally trusted their partners, as it was seen that beautiful female and male ghosts would end up consuming their partners.

Since the world was cannibalistic, it was hard to trust another person, but even so, the strongest ghosts all had partners.

Another good thing about being in the ghost realm was that monogamy was the way to go. You could hardly trust anyone, so finding casual flings was not very common.

Xue Wei could not help but worry. In case this Li Zhiqing had managed to become a ghost, she would be so old that she would likely be an ancient and powerful ghost by now. What if she had found a new partner?