A Mortal’s Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu’s Rebirth as the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor - Chapter 140

Chapter 138 Decision-Making Difficulty

“Does it really have to take that step?”

Obtaining Nascent Soul level combat power wasn’t impossible for him.

The method was simple:

Possess the Wind Soul!

First, gather all the power of his primordial spirit, possess the Wind Soul, and use the Wind Soul’s body to form a Nascent Soul! He would then possess

the cultivation of the Nascent Soul stage!

In the human realm, influenced by the rules of the interface, a cultivator’s main soul could only possess once in their lifetime.

However, there was another possibility: first possessing a body, and then the primordial spirit returning to its own body. Because it was one’s own primordial spirit returning to its own body, this wasn’t considered a second possession.

A real-world example was the ancient demon that was unsealed in the Fallen Demon Valley.

That demon’s avatar possessed the Cangkun Venerable.

Then, it nurtured the avatar within a scroll made of Soul-Nourishing Wood for five thousand years.

When the avatar merged with its original flesh and blood, the avatar immediately returned to the body, awakening it.

And this wasn’t considered a second possession.

Otherwise, the ancient demon’s wisp of avatar would have perished long ago due to the failed possession attempt.

“If I were to possess the Wind Soul, who is at the peak of the Core Formation stage, my talent would be complete, with no weaknesses.”

The Wind Spirit Root’s talent is second only to the Heavenly Spirit Root.

Even the Heaven-Mending Pill cannot further refine a Spirit Root of this caliber.

“Furthermore, even if I fail to shatter my Core and form a Nascent Soul, what I will lose is only the Wind Attribute Golden Core within my external avatar, the Wind Soul, not my original four-colored Golden Core. The only loss will be the Wind Soul’s essence and lifespan. There will be little damage to my primordial spirit.”

As for what to do if the Wind Soul’s Golden Core is lost?

That’s a very simple matter. At

worst, I can start over.

With the assistance of the Azure Spirit Island’s spiritual veins, the Wind Soul’s rebuilding will be much faster than the original body’s. In less than ten years, I can return to the late Core Formation stage or even the peak of the Core Formation stage.

The loss is entirely within a controllable range.

“If I can obtain another Spirit-Stabilizing Pill to resist the invasion of inner demons and master the fourth level of the Great Evolution Technique, then I will have a 50-60% chance of forming a Nascent Soul.”

The Wind Soul’s foundation is not weak at all.

Compared to his original body, he possesses many other advantages.

Don’t forget,

Feng Hun’s primary cultivation technique is the “Five Tribulations Wind Control True Technique,”

which can be cultivated to the peak of the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

The “Burning Spirit Meridian Expansion Technique,” which involves this technique, like the Third-Stage Rebirth Technique, expands the meridians and deepens the dantian.

In recent years, besides cultivating the Great Evolution Technique, his original body has used several Spirit Eye Pearls and the spiritual energy from the Spirit Eye Land purified by the Spirit Eye Tree to cultivate this technique, further increasing his upper limit of mana. This allows his true essence mana in the Pseudo-Nascent Soul stage to be as comparable as possible to that of a Nascent Soul cultivator.

When the purity and upper limit of his true essence mana are infinitely close to that of a Nascent Soul cultivator, his bottleneck will also be much smaller.

On the other hand, Feng Hun has also cultivated this method since forming his core. After

spending two or three hundred high-grade spirit stones and undergoing more than ten years of sedimentation in the Spirit Eye Lake, Feng Hun’s upper limit of mana in the Pseudo-Nascent Soul stage has reached more than twice that of an ordinary Pseudo-Nascent Soul cultivator of the same level.

It is about 2.3 times that of a normal Feng Hun.

As for the wisp of impure energy that will arise after possession?

This is

because the earlier possession and baptism of the Golden Core energy by the Yu Ling Sect cultivators had significantly reduced

the potential dangers. Furthermore, the separation of the Yu Ling Sect cultivators’ primordial spirits took away most of the impure energy, further reducing the risk.

Moreover,

Feng Hun’s physical body had undergone years of baptism by the top-grade spiritual veins and the Lake of the Spirit Eye, further diluting and washing away the impure energy within.

In addition, he had refined Feng Hun into an external avatar for decades, and this body had long since accepted him. The main soul’s possession was merely a step further than the external avatar taking control. The potential dangers had been almost completely worn away by decades of subtle influence.

In short,

even if Feng Hun didn’t use the Cleansing Spirit Pill but instead used the Stabilizing Spirit Pill, he still had nearly a 60% chance of forming his Nascent Soul.

“And once Feng Hun forms his Nascent Soul, the power of the high-grade ancient treasure Wind Pattern Ring can be fully unleashed. Even in the Nascent Soul stage, I won’t be weak. While I might not be as strong as the Extreme Yin Old Demon or Qingyi

Hermit, who are at the peak of the early Nascent Soul stage, I won’t be far behind.” “Once I use the numerous magical artifacts and metals left by the Lord of the Forbidden Land to forge another top-tier wind-attribute natal magic weapon, my strength might even surpass that of Extreme Yin and Qingyi Hermit?” “

And only upon reaching the Nascent Soul stage can I search the soul of the Profound Bone Old Demon.”

This would eliminate the need for pretense and allow me to directly search his soul to obtain information about the Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng.

I could also obtain the Profound Bone’s legacy.

Many benefits indeed.

“So, should I use my only chance to possess someone in the mortal realm on Feng Hun?”

Actually, he had a better target:

the Ancient Demon’s body.

Possessing that body without a primordial spirit would yield even greater benefits in the Fallen Demon Valley dungeon.

A dilemma indeed. “

…

Furthermore, the mind control restriction carried by the spirit beast contract also needs to be replaced.”

The mind control restriction provided by Master Hongfu back then was only effective for individuals before the early stage of Core Formation.

After Core Formation, the mind control effect became somewhat weak.

Master Hongfu’s foundation back then ultimately did not reach the advanced mind control restrictions passed down by the direct lineage of the Spirit Control Sect and Spirit Beast Mountain.

As for the mind control restriction that the Spirit Control Sect cultivator he forced to reveal back then? The

mind control restriction that person possessed, although it allowed him to continue to forcibly control the peak level 7 Black Dragon with a divine sense comparable to the Nascent Soul stage, would be ineffective if the Black Dragon passed the Transformation Tribulation and entered level 8, even if the Spirit Control Sect cultivator provided a method of control…

This is a major hidden danger.

Moreover, the control over the more than one hundred specially cultivated Gold-Eating Insects provided by the Spirit Control Sect cultivator is also gradually shrinking.

It is decreasing.

These more than one hundred all-gold Gold-Eating Insects are becoming increasingly difficult to control.

Especially those whose aura has reached level 6.

With over a hundred individuals, if only twenty or thirty are activated simultaneously, they will still obey his commands without question.

However, once the number exceeds thirty-five, the control over them begins to plummet.

This is similar to the situation when he initially mastered the first level of the Great Evolution Technique.

He could only control about thirty puppets.

Beyond that, it became extremely difficult.

Furthermore,

these level five or six gold-devouring insects, which were increasingly approaching maturity, were far less docile than individuals with only level three or four spiritual power.

“So…”

“Regardless of the considerations, I’d better take some time to go back to Tiannan.”

There was no other way.

The Gold-Eating Insects were growing too fast.

Years ago, he had specially collected tens of thousands of spirit insect eggs, regardless of whether they lived or died, and fed them all to a hundred or so carefully selected Gold-Eating Insects.

After arriving at Biling Island, they were baptized by the pure spiritual energy of the top-grade spiritual veins, and a year of cultivation was equivalent to decades or even hundreds of years.

In the blink of an eye, twenty or thirty years had passed.

These hundred or so were all golden in color, becoming beings comparable to high-level spirit beasts.

In addition, with the feeding of dozens of large and small magical artifacts and some fragments of metal-attribute magical artifacts, there were even eighteen at the level of level 6 spiritual power.

These were also eighteen with great potential.

If they continued to grow, they would become near-mature level 7 individuals.

At that time, they would be even more difficult to control.

And judging by the current trend, if he doesn’t completely drain the top-grade spiritual vein of Biling Island, these Gold-Eating Insects will still reach maturity in a few hundred years, even without the sudden discovery of a method to accelerate their growth!

Each one would be more powerful than an ordinary Nascent Soul stage monster!

Just like the dozen or so Flying Purple-Striped Scorpions in Fallen Demon Valley.

Each one was a mature Nascent Soul stage creature.

Two mid-Nascent Soul stage cultivators were terrified upon seeing them.

Even the late-Nascent Soul stage cultivator, Cangkun Shangren, had to use a diversionary tactic to successfully pass through.

A dozen or so mature Gold-Eating Insects are comparable to a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, and could even make a great cultivator retreat. If he had a hundred or so mature Gold-Eating Insects before reaching the Divine Transformation stage, he would have a chance to wear down even a living fossil at the Divine Transformation stage.

The more of these trump cards, the better.

…

Besides the pressure from the Gold-Eating Insects and the Ink Dragon.

He was temporarily relieved of the pressure from other spirit beasts.

Here, we must mention Xiaobai and Xiaoyu again.

These two spirit insects, hatched from the Spirit Eye Spring of Taiyue Mountain, didn’t cause him the same worry as the Gold-Eating Insects.

From a very young age, they were extremely close to him, regarding him as their parents.

And not only Xiaobai and Xiaoyu were close to him, but the second pair of Blood Jade Spiders, Xiaoling and Xiaoxing, were equally devoted.

Spirit beasts raised from childhood are incredibly loyal.

The Blood Jade Spider lineage is a prime example of loyalty.

One example is the one beside the extremely dazzling corpse in the mine, which has already proven this. Hundreds of years of unwavering loyalty are purer and more reliable than the human heart.

Another example is Xiaobai, raised by the original owner, who was provoked by the Barbarian Beard’s secret technique, becoming berserk and almost losing its intelligence. However, even in that ferocious state of near-madness, Xiaobai remained completely obedient to the original owner’s commands.

This is truly remarkable.

The Blood Jade Spiders are a family of unwavering loyalty.

Furthermore, when Blood Jade Spiders are paired, if one dies or the two are separated, the other will cease to grow. It will be permanently trapped in that state until the end of its lifespan, and even feeding the remaining spider the finest elixirs will be of no use.

This clearly demonstrates the Blood Jade Spider’s unwavering devotion to its partners.

Therefore,

he has been carefully nurturing Little White and Little Jade. He also

placed Little White and Little Jade’s younger siblings, Little Spirit and Little Star, into the Lake of Spiritual Eyes to nurture them. He also regularly provides them with the essence of the Spiritual Eye Tree to prevent the overly concentrated and pure spiritual energy from causing “saturation damage” to the eggs.

This essence, besides being used to refine the legendary Mingqing Spiritual Water and assist in refining Spirit-Stabilizing Pills, also possesses immense vitality and healing properties. Otherwise, cultivators from both the righteous and demonic paths wouldn’t have targeted the essence of Yunmeng Mountain for the revival of the Xuan Tian Immortal Vine.

With the essence as a safety net, he allowed the two spiderlings’ eggs to be placed in the Lake of Spiritual Eyes.

This was a privilege even the sixth brother of the Ink Dragon didn’t receive.

He had initially thought that Little Spirit and Little Star wouldn’t be able to withstand the pure spiritual energy of the Spirit Eye Lake in the core area of the top-grade spiritual vein on Azure Spirit Island. However, unexpectedly, Little Spirit and Little Star not only hatched successfully, but their

affinity for spiritual energy was also exceptionally high—far higher than that of Little White and Little Jade.

If Little White and Little Jade’s talent was the dual spiritual roots of the Blood Jade Spider Swarm, then Little Spirit and Little Star’s talent was the top-tier special physique or Heavenly Spiritual Root of the Blood Jade Spider Swarm.

And so,

in just ten years,

they reached level six.

In a few more years, they would definitely enter level seven, or even reach the peak of level seven.

This extremely high affinity for spiritual energy made the two little ones’ potential far greater than that of Little White and Little Jade.

If the limit of Little White and Little Jade’s potential was level eight, at most level nine,

then Little Spirit and Little Star’s potential was level ten.

Nurturing oneself with pure liquid from a young age and tempering one’s body with the spiritual energy of the Spirit Eye Lake—this is a treatment rarely experienced since ancient times.

Considering Xiao Ling and Xiao Xing’s docility, they are far superior to those Gold-Eating Insects.

Compared to the sixth Black Dragon, they are also much more reassuring.

Therefore, before leaving, he collected all the spirit beasts and insects in this place,

especially the Gold-Eating Insects.

He didn’t leave a single one behind,

lest he cause a major disaster.

After all, although he found a top-grade spirit stone the size of a thumb, it didn’t mean there wasn’t a second top-grade spirit stone here.

And theoretically, as long as the first one wasn’t completely drained of its spiritual energy, it could be recharged using the undamaged spirit veins here.

It’s just that the time cost had to be considered.

But in any case, he couldn’t leave any Gold-Eating Insects here, otherwise, the spirit veins of Bi Ling Island might end up like the underground spirit veins of Xiao Huan Island, completely devoured by the Gold-Eating Insects.

That was not what he wanted to see.

After collecting the remaining spirit beasts and insects, he selected a spiritual eye site from a branch of a top-grade spiritual vein. He isolated it using a Spirit Binding Array and seventy percent of the Reversed Five Elements Array, transforming it into a massive secret chamber over a hundred feet long. He then transplanted some forbidden spiritual herbs and demon-accompanying grasses around the edge of this chamber.

“Keep an eye on these herbs,”

Han Li instructed.

The seven- or eight-foot-tall Little Spirit Star chirped upon hearing this. Then, it straightened up, indicating that everything here was in its hands.

Seeing this, Han Li nodded with relief.

…

One year later.

Silver Shark Island in the outer sea.

(End of this chapter)