The strange fog covering the body of the fat ball, the liquid metal avatar, was naturally the handiwork of Daozi.
This was mainly to enhance the effect of "boosting Tyrannical Song's prestige"!
After all, many Immortals were aware that Tyrannical Song had a 'liquid metal avatar' known as fat ball Song Shuhang, and a good number of them had been beaten up by 'fat ball Song Shuhang.'
If Tyrannical Song were to devour a 'ruler of the Netherworld' at this moment that was quite similar to fat ball Song Shuhang, it would feel like he was swallowing his own clone, which would definitely diminish the prestige-boosting effect.
Moreover, there were layers upon layers of 'Heavenly Dao Seals' around the fat ball ruler. If these seals were to be seen, wouldn't it let people know that the 'fat ball ruler' had been subdued before being devoured?
How would that show off Tyrannical Song's awesomeness?