Old Man Mu's corpse still could not be found. After the fire had died down, more than 100 people formed a single row and combed the remnants of the Flower Soul Forest, trying to find evidence of his body, but all they could discover were mutilated remains belonging to the dozens of soldiers from the Great Snowmountain who were killed by the All Annihilating Formation.
As such, Gu Shenwei had to remain in the capital for two more days and he continued to send out large numbers of his men to search for any remains. They nearly unearthed the entire ground where the forest used to stand, but to no avail.
Eventually, everyone had to agree with Shangguan Fei's deduction: "As the fire raged on, Old Man Mu panicked and triggered one of his booby traps. He ended up being cut to shreds by his very own formation; his remains is surely among that pile of bones."