Quanzhen School
Compare Campany's translation, "As for the sort of beings they are, they have no physical forms but are nevertheless real, of a type with our cloud-souls and numina, ghosts and spirits ("hunling guishen" 魂靈鬼神)". Among present-day Quanzhen School Daoists in Chengdu, Arthur says they remain awake in meditation all night on each new moon to effectively hinder the Three Worms' damning travels. "The idea here is that if adepts successfully hinder the Deathbringers' travels for seven consecutive "gengshen" nights, the Director of Destiny will fire these supernatural entities from their appointed positions, and they will die."