The Third Sanctuary was established much earlier than the Eighth Sanctuary, so its level of technology, as well as its experience in dealing with Evil Gods, is far superior to that of the Eighth Sanctuary.
Even, they had scientifically classified Evil God invasions into four urgent types: Summoning, Possession, Clone, and Descent.
Summoning is the most common level, and it's the way most Evil Gods interact with the real world.
Typically, it involves an Evil God cultivating Believers in the real world through various means, after which the Believers conduct rituals, using "sacrificial offerings" as the "price" to summon the Evil God.
This level of invasion does not require intervention from the Security Bureau and the Political Department.
Because, the Evil Gods summoned with "sacrificial offerings" as the "price" can only communicate with the real world. Or they may briefly use power close to that of a First-Order Catastropher.
Not only is the power they can utilize small, but their existence is also very brief and does not have much impact on the real world.
Therefore, Sanctuaries will pay attention, but will not intervene too much—most they will do, after the Evil God has returned, is to round up their Believers in one fell swoop.
Compared to "Summoning," the next level, "Possession," is much more serious.
"Possession" is when the Evil God descends their consciousness and a portion of their power into the real world through a "sacrificial offering" or a "medium."
They impose their consciousness onto the "sacrificial offering" or "medium." Using the "sacrificial offering" or "medium" as the cost, they wield their power.
This level of Evil God invasion necessitates immediate elimination by the Security Department and the Political Department upon discovery to avoid more severe consequences.
The previous Larilo was an invasion of this level.
Aside from "Summoning" and "Possession," the third level of invasion is called "Clone."
This level of invasion is extremely serious.
"Boundless Heart Sea" being a Spirit World, whether it's "matter" or "power," to bring it into the real world requires paying a "price."
The stronger the power descending, the higher the "price" that must be paid.
Thus, for an Evil God to invade, they must try to "save" on the "price" in any way they can.
Like "Summoning" and "Possession" involve using Believers or things from the real world to "save" on the price.
While "Clone" and "Descent" do not try to save at all, they forcibly pay the price and descend "a part of themselves" or "their entire being" into the real world.
The advantage of this degree of invasion is... it doesn't require insiders in the real world, and although the strength might wane due to the transported forces, the Positional Frame still remains that of the Main Body's.
Many common Cataclysmic treasures or Catastrophe Powers are ineffective against it.
However, there are also several disadvantages.
The first drawback is that it consumes a lot of power, and the second is that it's difficult to conceal—after all, the power of the Evil God is like a firefly in the dark in the real world, which can be easily detected by the Security Department and the Political Department.
Therefore, many Evil Gods will combine the second and third types of invasions, "Possession" and "Clone."
Firstly, they use "Clone" to forcibly Descend, and then they find a suitable vessel to forcibly "Possess."
In this manner, since there's a physical body from the real world to conceal them, it becomes very difficult for the Security Department and the Political Department to find any related clues—like last night, Guan Xiao and Miao Xiaoxiao didn't detect any traces of Cataclysmic Power.
But this method also leaves traces...
Shen Lingshuang's brain raced as she carefully recalled the content her father had casually explained to her...
She remembered her father once saying that the method of invasion by an Evil God's "Clone," due to the "Evil God" being too powerful, is actually something ordinary people are unable to bear—having such an Existence attached to their body and Soul.
Therefore, probably to vent that force or possibly under the influence of the "Evil God's" aura, they often exhibit certain traits!
For instance... someone who has never been to school, yet can recite dozens of poems.
Or... someone who is bad at math suddenly knows very advanced mathematical knowledge overnight.
Or... someone who cannot paint suddenly can produce extremely beautiful paintings.
Besides these external displays of talent, a person possessed by an Evil God might also suddenly become obsessed with something and unable to extricate themselves, consuming their spirit every day.
—This too is to release the stimulation of the Evil God on their Soul.
As for methods to deal with "Clone" invasions... Shen Lingshuang remembered there seem to be two ways.
One is exorcism. This method is straightforward; it involves gathering masters and forcibly executing the person possessed by the Evil God, and then destroying the Evil God's Clone.
The second is... encirclement and rescue.
Shen Lingshuang remembered her father coming home very happy once.
Because after half a year of planning, they had finally succeeded in killing an Evil God.
So, Shen Lingshuang had inquired about the process out of curiosity.
Possibly because her father was happy, he explained to Shen Lingshuang in detail.
Turns out, the "encirclement and rescue" method took advantage of the Evil God Clone's connection to the Main Body and the characteristic that to descend power from the Boundless Heart Sea requires a colossal "price."
Several masters deliberately consumed the Evil God Clone's power in the real world, then gave the Clone the hope of escape.
They allowed the Evil God Clone to continue transferring power from the "Boundless Heart Sea" non-stop.
Since each transfer requires paying a "price," the more the Evil God transmits, the more it consumes.