A Mortal’s Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu’s Rebirth as the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor - Chapter 129

Chapter 127 Planning, Situation, Hong Fu’s Nascent Soul Formation

Pseudo-Spiritual Root Can Also Form a Core!

“I wonder if Senior Sister Xuan’er and the others have formed their cores yet?”

“And Master…”

After completing his core formation, Han Li didn’t rush out of seclusion.

At this moment, his golden core was unstable, and he needed to spend more time stabilizing it and his realm to avoid a tragic outcome.

Throughout history, there have been countless examples of people who, after successfully forming their initial golden core, became so overjoyed that they forgot themselves, resulting in the instability of their golden core and its sudden collapse.

He didn’t want to be used as a negative example by future generations.

After stabilizing his golden core, he didn’t rush out for a stroll, but instead began to peruse the accumulated communication talismans.

These were all people who had been alerted by his core formation.

Picking up one to examine it, some of the information inside made him raise an eyebrow, some made him frown, and some made him rub his temples.

Among them, he kept a few jade slips sent by a few core-forming forces such as Red Moon Island and Miaoyin Sect, which he might be able to use in the future. As for

the others, like those who wanted to be his concubines… these weren’t genuinely interested in him; they were clearly using their looks to sell themselves, some even just looking for a better option and he just happened to be their turn.

He crushed these jade slips, which were useless to him.

Then there were those who wanted to become his disciples, but he didn’t lack disciples, only a few slots for avatars.

These were ones he could consider.

“No rush to leave seclusion; I need to cultivate for a while longer, and it’s best to wait until things calm down.”

On the Holy Mountain, countless cultivators formed their cores each year, sometimes more than a dozen, and there were even instances of two people forming their cores on the same day.

He had witnessed all of this in his earlier years.

In short, in the Chaotic Star Sea, one more or less of him wouldn’t make a difference to the Core Formation stage.

Time flew by.

Another two years passed.

In these two years, he diligently stabilized his Core Formation cultivation and used up a large number of Core Formation-level pills he had stockpiled, significantly increasing his magical power. Two years of training were equivalent to six or seven years of arduous cultivation for an ordinary dual-spiritual-root Core Formation stage cultivator.

Furthermore, he also split off a new divine consciousness to control his second external avatar—

the half-finished Wind Spirit Root corpse of Senior Brother Lu.

This body had been possessed by a cultivator from the Spirit Control Sect, who restored and modified it with Golden Core essence, significantly enhancing its potential.

Now, he named it “Wind Soul,”

alongside Zhang Tie’s “Curved Soul” and the “Fiend Soul” of the Fiend Core clone.

First clone, the eunuch clone: Fiend Soul.

Second clone, Senior Brother Lu: Wind Soul.

Zhang Tie’s Curved Soul has not yet been used as an external avatar.

It’s worth mentioning that his initial split divine consciousness, after decades of cultivation and strengthening within the Fiend Core clone, especially through the qualitative transformation of condensing the Golden Core using the Blood Condensation Five Elements Pill, was greatly enhanced.

Originally, he was merely splitting off a single divine consciousness to control the clone.

Unexpectedly, the split divine consciousness had grown to a level far exceeding that of an ordinary Pseudo-Core cultivator.

Its strength lay between the Pseudo-Core and Core Formation stages.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to achieve perfect harmony between man and god, and fully control the immense power of a Core Formation cultivator.

And if that were all, it wouldn’t be a problem.

The key was that before forming his Core, he had tried to reclaim this portion of divine consciousness to strengthen his main body’s divine consciousness, thereby increasing the success rate of Core Formation.

Divine consciousness originates from the same source; splitting it out is difficult,

but reclaiming it is not.

He had indeed managed to reclaim half to strengthen his main body’s divine consciousness.

After reclaiming half of the Fiend Core clone’s divine consciousness, the Fiend Core clone could still move freely and stably mobilize the true essence and power of a Core Formation cultivator.

However, this clone had suffered a significant loss of vital energy, taking two years to recover. Furthermore, the Fiend Core clone’s reactions were slower than before. Although still much faster than a Pseudo-Core cultivator, it was no longer comparable to a true Core Formation cultivator, belonging to the weakest Core Formation stage.

The main point is: not the best, but better than the worst.

Admittedly,

retrieving the divided spirit from the clone’s body further reduced the clone’s overall strength.

However, it increased the main body’s spiritual power.

Moreover, this growth occurred during the Foundation Establishment stage. For a Core Formation cultivator, this divided spirit is nothing, only one-seventh or one-eighth   of their original

strength. But for a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator in the Core Formation stage, the spiritual power carried by this divided spirit is an absolute boon. It’s at least comparable to the entire spiritual power of a Pseudo-Core Formation cultivator. Even after he mastered the third level of the Great Evolution Technique, it still brought him nearly a third of the main body’s spiritual power.   It was precisely because of this integration of spiritual power that his Core Formation process became exceptionally easy.   It was a natural progression,   without any bottlenecks.   The process was so smooth that it might even be smoother than the Core Formation process of a genius with a Heavenly Spiritual Root?   From this, he came to a conclusion:   using divided spirits to train weak clones, and then using the clones to nourish the main body after they grow stronger.   This is very demonic,   but extremely effective.   ”Speaking of which, those high-level cultivators, especially those Nascent Soul cultivators of the demonic path, are so fond of consuming vast amounts of resources to cultivate clones. Could it be that they’re taking a shortcut to enhance their divine sense?”   Although the increase at one time isn’t much, even a small amount is still valuable. Moreover,   once the number increases, it’s highly likely to be “abundant and plentiful.”   There are only four limitations:   First, the clone technique must not threaten the main body.   Second, the number of clones the main body can create.   Third, the resources required for the clones to rapidly increase their cultivation.   Finally, there’s the vast amount of time measured in decades or even centuries.   ”The Xuan Gu lineage, what a pity.”   If Ji Yin Xuan hadn’t murdered his master, he might have received significant training from Xuan Gu in this area.   Perhaps, at the Core Formation stage, this method could allow his divine sense to far surpass that of his peers?   ”And the Six Extremes True Demon Art of the Six Paths Supreme Saint, could it also have a similar method?”   Harvesting clones to strengthen oneself?   He’s familiar with this approach.

With this understanding, Han Li became increasingly wary and fearful of the Six Paths Supreme Saints and the likes of Extreme Yin.

If the Demonic Path was like this, what about the Righteous Path?

“The Demonic Path uses other people’s bodies to cultivate their own second and third avatars; how does the Righteous Path operate?” “

Does the Righteous Path’s One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones use their own body to cultivate their second and third avatars, even their second and third Nascent Souls?”

…

Two years passed, allowing the vital energy lost by his Fiend Core clone to largely recover.

At the same time, he helped his second clone, Feng Hun, improve his cultivation,

advancing from the Qi Refining stage to the Foundation Establishment stage.

During this time, he repeatedly studied the wind-attribute cultivation techniques inherited from the Blood Forbidden Land. The more he understood, the more awe he felt for the ancient Lord of the Forbidden Land.

Very strong.

Extremely strong.

A top-tier ruthless character even among those in the Nascent Soul stage.

After cultivating the techniques recorded in this inheritance, his second clone, Feng Hun, would undoubtedly possess top-tier secret techniques among those of the same level.

If he no longer needed this clone in the future, he could also reclaim the avatar’s spirit, strengthening his own primordial spirit and divine consciousness.

The only pity was that his clone couldn’t cultivate the Great Evolution Technique.

Otherwise, he would truly be able to take off from the spot.

“Next, I’ll go to the outer star sea to search for the top-grade spirit mineral veins of Biling Island.”

Although pills refined from high-grade demon cores could increase his cultivation speed,

pills refined from sixth-grade demon cores were only considered high-quality pills for him at the early stage of Core Formation. The effect on increasing his cultivation wasn’t very good. Relying

solely on high-quality pills, he wouldn’t be able to reach the late stage of Core Formation before the Void Heaven Palace opened.

Especially the bottleneck at the peak of the mid-stage of Core Formation, that was a considerable hurdle!

If he were to attempt to enter the Void Heaven Palace with only the cultivation of the mid-stage of Core Formation, it would undoubtedly be fraught with difficulties and extremely dangerous!

The key point was: without the support of late-stage Core Formation cultivation, he simply couldn’t act alone on the third floor of the inner hall of the Void Heaven Palace.

He also couldn’t break the restrictions to obtain treasures.

The first floor of the inner hall was prepared for early-stage Core Formation cultivators. As long as an early-stage Core Formation cultivator could demonstrate strength close to or comparable to the mid-stage of Core Formation, they could break the restrictions to obtain treasures.

The second level of the inner hall is reserved for mid-stage Core Formation cultivators. Only those approaching late-stage Core Formation strength can break the seals on the treasures and retrieve them.

The third level is reserved for late-stage Core Formation cultivators by the Ice Soul Fairy.

Cultivators there must possess the strength of a Pseudo-Nascent Soul cultivator.

The fourth level is for Nascent Soul cultivators.

Without Nascent Soul cultivation, it’s difficult to survive on the fourth level, as the ancient puppets there are comparable to Nascent Soul cultivators.

The fifth level contains only the Void Heaven Cauldron.

It’s also a battleground for Nascent Soul cultivators.

After each battle, Nascent Soul cultivators return to the fourth level to retrieve their treasures.

Many early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators in the Star Sea who have been stuck at their bottlenecks for years have been able to break through the initial shackles and enter the mid-stage Nascent Soul stage thanks to retrieving treasures from the fourth level. That level even holds the opportunity to break through to the late-stage Nascent Soul stage.

Therefore, he must accelerate the improvement of his magical power cultivation.

He must reach the late stage of Core Formation within the remaining fifty years to have a chance to retrieve the items from the third floor of the inner hall.

But how easy is it to improve cultivation at the Core Formation stage?

Unless he obtains a seventh-grade demon core to refine a rare pill, thereby increasing his cultivation efficiency by two or even three times, he might be able to catch up in time.

However, he and his Fiend Core clone, with their early Core Formation cultivation, have no problem purchasing sixth-grade demon cores. Not a problem at all. For the past few decades, he and his Fiend Core clone have changed their appearances, with the Fiend Core clone wearing a mask, purchasing one or two sixth-grade demon cores and a few fifth-grade ones every two or three years through different auction houses in Tianxing City, as well as buying some Star Sea spiritual herbs for alchemy, without causing any trouble.

They even occasionally managed to obtain a sixth-grade demon core with a special bloodline.

However,

once he, with his early Core Formation cultivation, tries to access the even rarer and more sought-after seventh-grade demon cores, a big problem arises.

Even the most ordinary seventh-grade demon core, upon its appearance, would alarm countless late-stage Core Formation experts. This is because late-stage Core Formation cultivators who wish to improve their cultivation and accelerate their progress can only rely on the inner cores of seventh-grade demon beasts to refine pills.

Among them, seventh-grade demon cores with special bloodlines, and those at the peak of the seventh grade, would even alarm Nascent Soul stage cultivators.

This is clearly not a piece of the pie he can touch,

even though he possesses as many as 2.7 million spirit stones.

In short, he cannot touch it.

Touching it would inevitably lead to problems.

He would be coveted by mid-to-late-stage Core Formation cultivators,

and targeted by those with even higher cultivation levels. Since

seventh-grade demon cores are unreliable,

he must find another way.

Azure Spirit Island is an excellent choice.

There, high-grade spirit stones comparable to seventh-grade demon cores are plentiful, and there is at least one top-grade wood-attribute spirit stone.

Furthermore, the accompanying top-grade spirit vein is a great aid to cultivation.

Cultivating with a top-grade spiritual vein is comparable to constantly taking d*rugs.

At that point, his concern won’t be about insufficient pure spiritual energy, but rather whether he can absorb it all. It will be about his refining efficiency.

“Fortunately, I have the assistance of the Fiend Soul, and over the past few decades, I’ve already realized most of the medicinal power of the Heaven-Mending Pill. After my spiritual root has been refined, my cultivation efficiency is very close to that of a dual-spiritual-root cultivator.”

This has also significantly increased his speed of absorbing and refining spiritual energy and medicinal power.

Otherwise, while focusing on the third level of the Great Evolution Technique, it would have been impossible to simultaneously complete the third and fourth transformations within forty years.

“I absolutely cannot be careless on this trip to the outer sea.”

He should borrow the location information of the giant islands in the northern part of the outer star sea, such as Azure Spirit Island and Thunder Sky Island, from the Star Palace through the White Water Sword Sect.

Of course,

there is another matter that needs to be arranged.

“Young Master Qingyang Sect, that fellow’s Spirit Binding Array and other array inheritances, as well as the not-yet-fully-cultivated Spirit Beast Crying Soul, are all valuable items.”

He still felt a little guilty about killing other cultivators, especially those who hadn’t provoked him or his close associates.

However, if the person he was killing was the Young Master of Qingyang Sect, he felt no remorse whatsoever.

“I heard that guy is a womanizer and is currently pursuing a young female cultivator from the Miaoyin Sect?”

Apparently, during a trip to gather beautiful women, he caught a glimpse of a veiled girl from the Miaoyin Sect and has been hopelessly infatuated ever since.

Han Li held a communication jade slip, his gaze gradually turning dangerous.

The jade slip was recently given to him by Yanli.

Two years ago, after he successfully formed his core, he arranged for Yanli to go out and collect intelligence. In those two years, Yanli had frequently contacted female cultivators from the Miaoyin Sect, and the sect leader, Wang, was very keen to recruit her. Especially after learning that a Core Formation cultivator stood behind Yanli, he became even more eager to win over his concubine.

However, Yanli had met him first and had a better future prospect, so she wouldn’t be tempted by Sect Master Wang’s sweet words.

The Miaoyin Sect’s pitfalls were open to anyone who wanted to jump in.

Thus, through a calculated maneuver, Yanli actually managed to find out about the Qingyang Sect’s young master’s activities through female cultivators she befriended at the Miaoyin Sect.

It can only be said that

female cultivators only had one hobby:

gossiping. And once they

started gossiping, they couldn’t stop.

“Based on this intelligence, the Qingyang Sect’s young master might be heading to the island where the Miaoyin Sect is located soon.”

“And the girl they’re targeting, could she be the future number one beauty of the Chaotic Star Sea… Ziling?”

Could it be you?

…

Decades ago.

Tiannan.

The righteous and demonic paths swept through the heart of Tiannan.

The main force of the Yue Kingdom was contained at the Jin Gu Yuan battlefield by the vanguard of the six demonic sects.

During the stalemate, because the heavens hadn’t yet changed, the mortal realm was relatively safe.

But once the six demonic sects triumphed, and the Hehuan Sect took control of Yue Kingdom, the widespread reshuffling of the mortal realm inevitably led to endless wars.

Jiayuan City, a major mortal city with a population of over three million, was naturally caught in the crossfire.

The Jingjiao Society of the Mo Family disintegrated. The Mo

Family declined

. Mo Yuzhu, thanks to the Tianba Sect under the Spirit Beast Mountain, survived the war and was married by the young sect leader of the Tianba Sect, giving birth to a daughter.

Mo Fengwu was separated from the Mo family members and could never reunite.

Mo Caihuan fled elsewhere with her mother amidst the chaos, having seen off the fourth wife of the Mo family sixty years ago, and died peacefully over thirty years ago, clinging to her obsession with spiritual roots.

As for why the Hehuan Sect instead of the Ghost Spirit Sect that occupied Yue Kingdom in the original timeline,

there are three main reasons. First, the Ghost Spirit Sect was unaware of the existence of the ancient teleportation array in the mine, and therefore, when dividing the spoils, they did not subjectively seek to claim Yue Kingdom.

Secondly, the former leader of the Yue Kingdom was the Yan Yue Sect, which was a branch that split off from the He Huan Sect thousands of years ago. The He Huan Sect’s occupation of the Yue Kingdom was a direct attack on the now-powerful Yan Yue Sect.

Of course, whether they secretly intended to use some of the Yue Kingdom’s interests to lure the Yan Yue Sect back to the He Huan Sect is unknown.

Thirdly, there was the assistance from Dong Xuan’er and Tian Buque.

Dong Xuan’er secretly went to Yuanwu Kingdom to deliver a message, only to find that Yue Kingdom had been conquered by the Six Demonic Sects. Alone and out in the wilderness, she learned the news too late.

At that point, she couldn’t contact the main force of Huangfeng Valley and ultimately couldn’t escape the pursuit of the demonic cultivators. Han Li had prepared two plans for Dong Xuan’er’s intelligence.

One was to provoke her before releasing Tian Buque.

Tian Buque had never been so humiliated and

immediately harbored resentment towards Han Li.

Furthermore, Dong Xuan’er was indeed naturally alluring and had a significant connection with the Cloud Dew Old Demon. Before the army’s thorough search, a bounty was placed on Dong Xuan’er’s head within the ranks. Later, Dong Xuan’er was captured alive, and the Cloud Dew Old Demon activated her special physique. Having learned some of her past beforehand, she didn’t resist Yunlu.

With Dong Xuan’er and Tian Buque working together, it was roughly equivalent to half of the Cloud Dew Old Demon and the Tian family working together.

As long as the Hehuan Old Demon didn’t object, no one else would.

The Old Demon of Hehuan Sect was extremely interested in the Crimson Forbidden Land and had explored it more than once. Each time, however, he was forced back by the tower in the central area, and once he was nearly seriously injured.

Due to various factors, the Hehuan Sect occupied the Yue Kingdom, while the Yuling Sect occupied the Yuanwu Kingdom, which had more dangerous terrain and more demonic beast resources…

Dong Xuan’er was lost, and the Fairy Hongfu, who was preparing to evacuate with the main force, immediately abandoned Huangfeng Valley. She

abandoned the Dong family, who always troubled her.

She knew all too well that the Dong family had once again stolen a level-four puppet giant tiger from her disciple. If Dong Xuan’er hadn’t caused trouble, the Dong family elders probably would have stolen even more. At the time, she had chosen to go into seclusion due to the pure spiritual energy emanating from the Spirit Eye Spring, ignoring the outside world and unaware of the events, so she didn’t intervene.

Later, when she learned the whole story and saw her little disciple’s letter, she was furious.

She assumed her little disciple’s departure was due to disappointment with the sect and the Dong family.

But even in leaving, her little disciple had done more than enough.

Therefore, she was even more furious.

While she understood that the elders of the Dong family wanted to preserve more resources for their direct descendants, even at the cost of their own lives, to ensure the family’s Foundation Establishment cultivators had a fighting chance in the Foundation Establishment battlefield,

she couldn’t emotionally accept it.

Leaving the Dong family was the greatest concession she could make.

Ultimately,

based on the information provided by her youngest disciple, Fairy Hongfu headed north to Yunmeng Mountain. With her strong-willed nature, she vowed to break through her cultivation, condense her Nascent Soul, rescue her grandniece, and find her disciple.

She would rather die than live in dishonor.

She then truly changed her identity as a junior and joined the declining Luoyun Sect, parting ways

with Huangfeng Valley.

The Luoyun Sect members naturally welcomed this newly arrived, clean-cut late-stage Core Formation cultivator with a clean background.

These three were currently worried about the potential crisis of a lack of successors within their sect.

Hong Fu’s arrival was like a godsend, a godsend.

More than seventy years have passed.

At the location of the Spirit Eye Tree on Yunmeng Mountain,

lightning flashed and thunder roared for hundreds of miles around

. Such a commotion naturally attracted the attention of many cultivators from the three sects of Yunmeng.

Thousands of miles away, at a mountain lake ,

a bamboo raft drifted on the water.

On the raft, a boy suddenly opened his eyes, looking with surprise and uncertainty at the location where the three sects had hidden the Spirit Eye Tree:

“That’s… a sign of Nascent Soul formation?”

(End of Chapter)