“Once Sutherland’s soul enters a living person’s body, the original soul and the soul will repel each other, ultimately harming both. However, the undead bodies of ordinary mutants are simply not enough to hold such a powerful soul as Sutherland.”

"Therefore, the elders at that time began to study human cloning technology, hoping to replicate a soulless body of Sutherland from his remains, in order to minimize the mutual repulsion between the body and the soul."

"And so, centuries passed. The Elders succeeded in human cloning technology, and we successfully created a replica of Sutherland to house his soul."

"However, after such a long period of time, coupled with countless failed experiments, Sutherland's soul was already shattered and even mixed with fragments of the souls of other experimental subjects."

"When the elders placed Sutherland's soul into the clone, for some unknown reason, an accident occurred, and a violent impact occurred between the body and the soul. Sutherland's soul was once again severely damaged in that spiritual fusion."

Eliard let out a long sigh: "That spirit experiment destroyed most of the séance room, but in order to stabilize people's emotions, the elders deliberately announced that the experiment was a success, claiming that Sutherland's soul was successfully summoned using a clone of him as a medium."

"After that experiment, the elders began to think outside the box. They began to hypothesize that if they didn't use the human body to store the human soul, but instead used a biological organism with sufficiently strong physiological functions to hold the human soul, would the effect be better?"

"As a result, the resurrection worms used for soul conversion came into the elders' view."

"The Soul-Returning Worm is highly compatible with souls. No matter what kind of soul it is, it will not have a rejection reaction with this wonderful worm. The only problem is that this worm can only transfer souls. It is too weak to store souls."

Todd said in a low voice, "So, you've set your sights on the tyrant again."

Eliard: "That's right, the Tyrant has the power to evolve and enhance organisms. If we use the Tyrant to strengthen the Resurrection Worm, and with the Resurrection Worm's excellent soul compatibility, we can safely and stably preserve Sutherland's soul."

Todd: "An elder passed the trials of the Shadow Kingdom and brought back the Tyrant."

Elijah: "Yes, the elders once asked Meredith to give up a little bit of the tyrant within her, but she refused. As a result, one elder sacrificed himself for Sutherland."

Todd shook his head and said, "You can't blame Meredith for this. The Land of Shadows has its own laws, and I know them better than anyone else."

Elijah: "I wasn't even born then, and I don't want to judge the details. The key point is that the Tyrant Resurrection Worm experiment was a success. It perfectly matched Sutherland's soul, giving him a safe haven where he no longer had to worry about the reality of his soul collapsing."

Todd looked at Illid: "However...?"

Eliard sighed: "However, the Tyrant Resurrection Worm constantly needs the Tyrant's nourishment, otherwise it will become unstable and even show signs of rage. This is because the Elder Council must constantly supply Sutherland with fresh Tyrants to maintain his body's balance."

Todd: "The result is that Sutherland's body becomes larger and more dangerous, and gradually begins to teeter on the brink of collapse. Everything comes back to what I said at the beginning: Sutherland will eventually go mad."

Elijah looked up: "Todd, after all I've said, haven't you figured it out yet?"

Todd asked, puzzled, "Understand what?"

Eliard: "Ten years after his death, Sutherland returned to the Council of Elders, and for the past thousand years, he has coexisted with the Council. He sees the world through the eyes of the Council, and he hears the voices of the outside world through the ears of the Council. His thoughts and decisions are conveyed to each generation of Elders and continue to influence the direction of the entire alien race."

"Do you really think Sutherland couldn't foresee the day when the Tyrant Resurrection Worm would spiral out of control?"

Todd was startled: "You mean, Sutherland had already foreseen that the Tyrant Resurrection Worm would become uncontrollable?! Then why did he keep feeding on the Tyrant, which would only hasten his demise... wait..."

Todd suddenly stopped talking and stood there frozen.

Some images and words, like scattered puzzle pieces, appeared and disappeared in his mind; he saw some things, some vague things.

Todd knew that Sutherland was definitely plotting something.

However, he just couldn't figure out the crucial piece of the puzzle.