But surprisingly, his divine sense smoke was even more mixed than Shen Qingsheng's, perhaps due to his age, his distracted thoughts, and excessive greed.
Added to this was the fact he had been bitten by corpse spirits, his divine thought already tainted with impurities.
Therefore, the smoke burnt from his divine thought wasn't to every ghost's liking, naturally making its effect somewhat weaker.
Though weaker, he was still a Golden Core, thus more "resistant" to burning.
They continued walking a good distance until he showed signs of divine sense exhaustion.
"Switch again," said the elder.
So the one being lit as the human lamp was swapped out for Shi Tou.
Shi Tou's divine thought was much better than Mr. Hui's; his thoughts seemed much less complex, and his greed not as intense.
But being a Body Cultivator, he was somewhat dull-witted, not fond of thinking.
Thus, the smoke from his divine thought had a somewhat bland scent.
But with the cover of the Divine Mist Lamp, the quality of the human lamp wasn't that significant; as long as it could be lit, it sufficed.
Thus, they continued traversing the golden Taoist Field.
Unknown how long they walked, the towering Divine Temple was already in sight, and the emperor's tomb of the Great Wilderness seemed also to be just ahead.
Yet at this moment, Shi Tou's divine sense was nearing exhaustion, the human lamp about to extinguish.
There was still a small stretch of path to leave the Taoist Field.
Shen Qingsheng, Mr. Hui, Shi Tou had all been used as lamps, the only one left was Mo Hua.
These demon cultivators naturally wouldn't use their own divine thought as a lamp.
But Mo Hua...
Young Master Xuan was somewhat hesitant; he had a great use for Mo Hua, reluctant to truly use him to light the lamp.
If it burns out his mind, he'd lose an excellent servant.
The elder was also hesitant.
But seeing the human lamp nearly depleted, there seemed no other choice.
"Light it," said the elder.
"Alright."
Young Master Xuan thought for a moment, nodded, and took the gold hoop from Shi Tou's head, turning it to fit onto Mo Hua's head.
Mo Hua wanted to resist but didn't dare move.
After all, at present, he was a "puppet" of Planting Devil in Taoist Heart, not allowed to have independent consciousness.
Moreover, surrounding him were Golden Core Demon Cultivators, each stronger than the next.
"If it's lighting the human lamp, then so be it..."
At most, it's just draining some divine sense, probably nothing too significant.
Besides, divine sense exhaustion, damage, even divine sense depletion, he'd long grown accustomed to, so draining some divine sense wasn't much of an issue.
Mo Hua stood motionless, letting Young Master Xuan put the human lamp's hoop on his forehead.
Afterward, Young Master Xuan began lighting the lamp.
The human lamp shone for a while but with no reaction.
"What's going on?" Young Master Xuan was startled.
The elder frowned.
Mo Hua hesitated for a moment and was unclear, so he introspected with his divine sense, sensing what was happening, and gradually understood.
His divine thought was like a complete union with the Dao, fused and inseparable, like a copper cast, unmovable by the human lamp.
Unable to draw on divine thought, naturally the lamp couldn't be lit.
With the elder and Young Master Xuan watching him, he had no choice but to "loosen up."
He voluntarily released a portion of his divine sense, feeding it to the human lamp for burning.
The human lamp slowly ignited.
"It's working..."
Young Master Xuan nodded slightly, breathing a sigh of relief.
But the next instant, he was stunned.
The human lamp's light grew brighter and more brilliant.
A strand of pure golden smoke drifted into the sky.
Then everyone felt as if the entire sky "boomed" with an explosive sound, the winds and clouds shifted, the previously fierce sinister aura surged like a monumental tsunami.