If Heaven hadn't given birth to me, I would be arrogant.

"Huh?" Seeing this scene, the old Taoist suddenly froze. He carefully examined Zong Ze's body. Suddenly, he said, "Something's not right! Only six of the three souls and seven spirits have returned? Where did the other spirit, which governs the balance of power, go?" As he said this, the old Taoist suddenly stomped his foot, and the ground trembled slightly: "Damn judge, come out here!"

"Whoosh!" A wisp of green smoke rose, and then a man wearing an official's hat with a fierce expression appeared in the stone chamber. Upon appearing, the man bowed and said, "This humble official, Judge, greets the Great Sage!"

"Judge, I have a question for you!" the old Taoist said viciously. "I just used my master's spirit pendant to reshape this brat's physical body and summon back his three souls and seven spirits, but only six spirits returned? Where did the first spirit go? Did you secretly keep it?"

"Great Sage, you are wise!" The man who called himself the judge hurriedly replied, "How dare I forcibly retain Young Master Zong's soul? When Young Master Zong came to my underworld, his soul was already gone! I heard from Ksitigarbha that it was because too many people died unjustly in Baidi City that Young Master Zong's soul dissipated in Baidi City before going to the underworld in order to resolve the resentment!"

"Damn it!" Upon hearing this explanation, the old Taoist suddenly flew into a rage again: "It's all that old pig's fault! He insisted on dragging me to drink that Jade Emperor's immortal wine, making me arrive a step late. What am I going to do now? Without the Soul Essence, this Daoist can't manifest a body. Without a body, no matter how much I cultivate, I can't transcend the tribulation and become an immortal!"

At this point, the old Taoist paced angrily back and forth in the stone chamber. Every now and then, he would yell at Zong Ze, who was still in a daze, "Why did you swallow that poison pill so quickly? Couldn't you have waited a few days?"

"Great Sage, I do have a solution!" the man who called himself the Judge suddenly said. "Please hear me out, Great Sage!"

"You have a solution?" Upon hearing this, the old Taoist suddenly appeared in front of the judge and said, "Tell me quickly, if it's a really good idea, you'll be rewarded handsomely!"

“Great Sage, Zongze is currently only missing one soul. We can wait until someone born with a single soul dies in the womb, then directly possess that body, and he will have the soul again.”

"Single and Soul?" The old Taoist muttered a couple of times, "Do such people even exist? Aren't these people born to die? I've never heard of them?"

"Great Sage, those infants who die in the womb are actually born without a soul! They are usually like this young master, lacking one spirit or one soul! Those lacking multiple spirits or souls are very rare. As for those born with only one spirit or soul, they are even rarer, appearing only once every thousand years! However, since such people usually die as soon as they are born in the womb, it is normal that you have never heard of them!"

"One appears every thousand years?" the old Taoist muttered to himself. "Wouldn't that mean that young Master Zong would have to wait a thousand years?"

"No need for that!" the judge said with a fawning smile. "Six hundred years have passed since the last appearance of a single soul, so Young Master Zong only needs to wait another four hundred years! I will go back and cross Young Master Zong's name off the Book of Life and Death in a moment, and he can wait in peace for the appearance of a single soul!"

"Hmm!" The old Taoist nodded and said, "Now that things have come to this, this is the only way! Go back and take care of this matter!" After saying that, the old Taoist patted the judge on the shoulder like an elder brother patting a younger brother on the shoulder: "You did a good job. I'll reward you next time we meet. Go!"

Watching the judge dissipate in a wisp of smoke, the old Taoist glanced once more at Zong Ze, who was still somewhat dazed. He shook his head, extended a finger, and a beam of purple light shot from it, flying into Zong Ze's brain: "This matter was my oversight. Now I'm giving you this Nature's Heart Sutra. If you fail to possess someone, this is my compensation. Becoming a permanently carefree wandering immortal will at least make me remember you as my junior brother. If you succeed in possessing someone, I will naturally come back to find you. With this Heart Sutra as a foundation, cultivating the Immortal Transformation Technique will be much more efficient! Alright, I won't waste any more time with you. If you mess this up, I'll have to go back and get a scolding!"

After saying that, the old Taoist priest vanished in a flash of white light, leaving only Zong Ze, who was still floating in mid-air, dumbfounded, in the empty stone chamber.