Under normal circumstances, Soul Beckoning should only draw out one's soul. The movement of the 'corpse' could only mean one thing—the soul was glued to the physical body.
Under such circumstances, it would be even more difficult to wake the Draconic Granite Beast up!
"Humph!"
With a light harrumph, Zhang Xuan flicked his finger, and the Five Elements Formation Flags which he'd had the others prepare beforehand were immediately lodged into the ground.
The gathering of the Five Elements to complement Yin-Yang!
This was yet another technique of the soul oracles, Soul Cleave!
A human soul comprises three hun and seven po, and the same applies to beasts as well. Due to the long dormant state of the Draconic Granite Beast, a portion of his hun and po had been fully integrated into his body over time, making it difficult to extract his soul.
Zhang Xuan was intending to use Soul Cleave to tear off the integrated hun and po from the entire soul so as to augment the extraction process.
Hun and po are both regarded as the constituents of a soul in Chinese folklore, and the two words add up to form hunpo, which is the word for 'soul' in Chinese.
It is a traditional belief that the soul consists of three hun and seven po.
There's a common saying that after one's death, all seven po will dissipate while one hun will go to the tomb, one hun will go to the ancestral tablet, and the last one will go to hell to be judged and reincarnated.
Hun refers to the consciousness and sentience one preserves even when torn from one's body. It is believed to be the yang part of the soul.
Po refers to the consciousness and sentience one possesses when inside one's body. It is believed to be the yin part of the soul.