A Mortal’s Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu’s Rebirth as the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor - Chapter 153
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Chapter 151 Shattered Core, Condensed Nascent Soul, An Unexpected Turn of Events?
Why Must One Possess the Wind Soul?
Actually, it wasn’t necessary, but the benefits were too great.
“To enter the third and fourth levels of the Void Heaven Palace’s inner hall to retrieve treasures, one must possess the cultivation or strength of the Nascent Soul stage.”
Especially the fourth level, which is simply inaccessible to Core Formation stage cultivators.
“And the Golden Thunder Bamboo I want is on the fourth level of the inner hall.”
“The key is that, in the abandoned draft’s setting, the restrictions protecting the Golden Thunder Bamboo are extremely strong. Those Golden Thunder Bamboos are a contingency plan left by the Ice Soul Fairy to deal with the demonic path of this world and eliminate demonic energy in the human realm. The person retrieving the treasure must be an outstanding individual, a leader among Nascent Soul stage cultivators, possessing the strength comparable to the late Nascent Soul stage with the cultivation of the early to mid-Nascent Soul stage.”
Because since late Nascent Soul stage cultivators cannot enter the Void Heaven Palace to loot, only such a person can protect the Golden Thunder Bamboo.
Therefore,
the restrictions protecting the Golden Thunder Bamboo are also at the late Nascent Soul stage level.
To break the restrictions, one must obtain the power of the late Nascent Soul stage.
Alternatively, power approaching the level of a Nascent Soul cultivator would also work.
Other methods are ineffective here, and he’s helpless against the array restrictions left by the Ice Soul Fairy. However, a secret technique left by the Lord of the Forbidden Land is entirely feasible.
Before mastering that technique, it can only be used against late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.
However,
the restrictive array won’t move, which is a significant difference from a Nascent Soul cultivator.
A method that can only be used against late-stage Nascent Soul level array restrictions doesn’t require as much caution.
“Using the fourth-level ‘Crescent Moon’ to create a spatial rift… that should be enough!”
In other words, a major purpose of seizing the Wind Soul is for the Void Heaven Palace.
Of course,
if it were only for the Golden Thunder Bamboo, he might not waste this only opportunity to seize a body.
There are several other reasons as well.
For example, seizing the Wind Spirit Root and Wind Soul can increase his chances of condensing his Nascent Soul in one fell swoop.
“With the Wind Spirit Root physique combined with these numerous arrangements, attempting to form a Nascent Soul without the aid of the Nine-Bend Spirit Pill and Soul-Nourishing Wood will undoubtedly have a much higher success rate than forming a Nascent Soul with a pseudo-spiritual root.”
This is a huge innate advantage of cultivators with different spiritual roots.
It’s something that the Heaven-Mending Pill can’t compensate for.
The ultimate effect of the Heaven-Mending Pill is to make the cultivator’s affinity for spiritual energy and conversion efficiency comparable to those with different spiritual roots. While this effect can shorten the gap between the two, it only shortens it.
If he is lucky enough to form a Nascent Soul first with his Wind Soul, he will possess the strength equivalent to the Nascent Soul stage.
Furthermore, when cultivating the Bright King Technique or the Vajra Technique later, he can carry the Nascent Soul back to his main body with his primordial spirit, then disperse this Wind-attribute Nascent Soul, using the Nascent Soul’s essence to strengthen and nourish his main body, greatly enhancing his physical strength and maximizing the potential of his main body! Incidentally, it will also accelerate his progress in physical cultivation!
The original body that successfully smuggled itself into the Spirit Realm did just that.
It was precisely because the original body dispersed its nascent soul that it was able to alleviate the suffering caused by the Ice Phoenix restriction, survive against all odds, and make rapid progress in its Vajra Technique cultivation.
And that was only because the original body used more of its nascent soul essence to restore its damaged physical body and to fight against the Ice Phoenix restriction.
If it had only used all the essence of its wind-attribute nascent soul to cleanse its physical body, the benefits, even if not as great as when its Nascent Soul dispersed, would still have significantly enhanced its potential. After all, it didn’t have to directly face the Ice Phoenix restriction.
“Furthermore, dispersing the nascent soul and re-forming it eliminates the need to consider the mental demon test during the second formation of the nascent soul.”
The original body dispersed its nascent soul and re-formed it without experiencing the mental demon test again.
This is the standard answer given in this version.
“In addition, even if the Wind Soul’s shattered core fails to condense its nascent soul, resulting in a significant loss of vital energy and essence, it’s only the Wind Soul’s external avatar that suffers a loss of vital energy!
It won’t affect the main body!
His primordial spirit and divine sense are strong enough; at most, he’ll be weak for a few years or delayed. It
‘s not a big deal.
This is the most crucial point. “
The only resources consumed were Spirit-Stabilizing Pills and some mid-to-high-grade spirit stones; the precious Spirit-Clearing Pills weren’t wasted. In other words, even if he failed this time, he could return to his original body to gather Spirit-Clearing Pills, Nine-Bend Spirit Pills, Soul-Nourishing Wood, and other auxiliary materials to try again.
Given this, why not try possession?
As for whether his transmigration counts as his first possession
, he was certain: transmigration is not possession.
Because his soul and the original body, before consciousness was even born, were a perfect fusion of soul and embryo, an awakening of past life memories. This is completely different from possession. It can be understood that the original body’s soul hadn’t yet descended into this body through the rules of reincarnation; his transmigrated soul had already taken over.
Finally, after possessing the Wind Soul and his primordial spirit returning to his original body, does that count as a second possession?
Undoubtedly, it’s not a second possession.
The primordial spirit returning from the externalized body to the original body, which has no soul residing there, has absolutely nothing to do with possession.
The ancient demon’s divided soul in Cangkun Shangren’s cave provided the answer to this.
The ancient demon’s divided soul first possessed the body of the Cangkun Venerable, then waited bitterly for five thousand years before finally returning to its original body in the Spirit Misty Garden of the Fallen Demon Valley.
This is also the version of the answer.
“Initially, when I designed the original body as a pseudo-spiritual root character, I actually considered more than once having the original body possess a cultivator with better spiritual root aptitude, allowing the possessed body to grow and then leading the original body to rise, right?”
This is the best path for a pseudo-spiritual root cultivator after reaching a certain level of cultivation.
In the Chaotic Star Sea, there have been Foundation Establishment and even Core Formation stage cultivators with pseudo-spiritual roots, but those people quickly disappeared. Did they really think those people were fools?
Their defying fate was all about possession!
The ancient cultivator who created the Primordial Magnetic Divine Light was himself a pseudo-spiritual root!
But the reason he was able to rise was precisely because he changed his body midway, obtaining a better spiritual root!
That person reached the peak of the late Nascent Soul stage with a better spiritual root.
But the Deity Transformation stage blocked him.
To break through to the Nascent Soul stage, the Primordial Magnetic Divine Light technique, a secret art aiding in such breakthroughs
, was created. The ancient sage who created the Primordial Magnetic Divine Light, a pseudo-spiritual root, saw the opponent’s success as a similar solution.
Subsequent possession proceeded smoothly.
After more than half a year of physical examinations, it was confirmed that there were no problems.
…
In the mountains and forests, after several days of meditation, he reflected on the past.
At ten, he entered the Seven Mysteries and became a disciple of Divine Hand Valley.
After exhausting all the herbs in Doctor Mo’s possession, he guided him to find basic cultivation techniques of other attributes. He devoted himself
to studying medicine, learning martial arts, and even practicing the Elephant Armor Technique.
He feigned death to escape, like a cicada shedding its shell, preventing the Han family from being implicated and annihilated.
When his attempt to bribe the Cloud-Winged Bird failed, he turned around and killed it.
He went to the Golden Light Temple, obtaining the Ascension Token and talismanic treasures, as well as several low-level techniques.
He entered Taiyue Mountain, exchanging the Ascension Token for the care of his master Hong Fu and Dong Xuan’er. With the help of a large number of low-level pills, his cultivation progressed rapidly.
During this time, he did not rush to join Huangfeng Valley, but only stayed there as a guest. When the Ascension Conference was held, he went to the Mo Mansion in Jiayuan City and met Doctor Mo, who had actually taken over the body of a cultivator with the soul of a mortal and embarked on the path of immortality. Their grudges were settled in one fell swoop. He then went to the Tai Nan Small Gathering, obtained fragments of a magic weapon, and met Han Yunzhi and her brother.
At the Ascension Conference, he successfully won one of the ten Foundation Establishment Pills for the Yellow Maple Valley Arena.
Returning to the mountain, he persuaded Dong Xuan’er to establish her foundation first, providing her with ample emotional support.
During preparations for the Blood Trial, he staked out Lu Chengfeng, obtaining two Foundation Establishment Pills and the Wind Spirit Root body he now occupies.
A trip into the forbidden area yielded rich rewards, and he became a disciple of Fairy Hong Fu. He acquired an Invisible Needle Talisman. He focused on
establishing his foundation first, then improving his alchemy skills.
With the pills, he obtained the Reversed Five Elements Array.
With the array, the Thousand Bamboo Sect’s inheritance was automatically delivered to his door. He
also obtained the legacy of a cultivator from the Yu Ling Sect.
Subsequently, he orchestrated the Yan family incident, making a fortune.
The Transformation Demon Cultivator’s Great Treasure Trove greatly accelerated his progress.
He stormed the Imperial Palace, obtaining a portion of the Xuan Yin Scripture’s inheritance and a perfectly intact late-stage Foundation Establishment avatar, along with the Blood Condensation Five Elements Pill.
He distinguished himself on the battlefield of Jin Gu Yuan.
He devised a plan to guide Master Hong Fu and two senior sisters from the Hong Ying Mountain lineage back to their sect. Subsequently, he, Master Hong Fu, and Senior Sister Dong Xuan’er underwent a baptism of pure spiritual energy released from the Spirit Eye Spring, greatly advancing his cultivation. He indirectly avoided the final battle. His
second entry into the forbidden area further strengthened his foundation, granting him the inheritance of an ancient Buddhist sect.
Shortly after leaving, he repaired the ancient teleportation array and moved to the Chaotic Star Sea.
His avatar formed a Demon-Sealing Pill, attracting an ambush.
He trapped and killed them with a large array, gaining a small profit.
He settled in Tianxing City, stockpiling cultivation resources, purchasing high-grade demon cores such as those from the Flood Dragon category, as well as Foundation Establishment Pills.
Upon learning of the existence of families like the Xu family that cultivate Rainbow Grass…
He cleverly used the Rainbow Grass to obtain a large number of spirit insect larvae…
After three cycles of cultivation and dissipation of his power, he joined the White Water Sword Sect…
After re-establishing his foundation, he returned to Kui Xing Island and encountered two beautiful women…
He played hard to get, rescued them as a hero, and won their hearts and souls…
Decades passed, and he finally achieved his ultimate goal!
He served as the young master of the Qingyang Sect, obtaining the inheritance of the Dao of Arrays, information about the inner palace of the Void Heaven Palace, and a fortune. He
obtained a sea map of the outer sea from the White Water Sword Sect and helped Xiao Liu advance to a high-level spirit beast.
He found Bi Ling Island, and his companions all traveled a thousand miles a day. He
returned to Tianxing, tested the waters, and found that people were fickle yet
loyal and righteous. The Miaoyin Sect underwent a change, he rescued them, but was unhappy and abandoned them.
After another round of shopping, he returned to Tiannan, revisiting familiar places to settle his worries and regrets.
He intercepted his junior sister Song Yu and obtained a Spirit-Stabilizing Pill.
The far west changed hands…
He set up a secluded cultivation cave…
He possessed Feng Hun…
Only the final journey remained.
“The past is like smoke, yet it remains vivid in my mind.”
“From Tiannan to Luanxinghai, decades have passed.”
“From Luanxinghai back to Tiannan, another seven or eight years of wandering…”
“It’s time for me to take that step.”
For several days in a row, he closed his eyes and reflected on the past, his emotions shifting from initial excitement to slight ripples, and finally to complete tranquility.
All his worries and regrets were cast aside; now, he only wanted to comprehend the Dao of Heaven and Earth.
After another half-month of adjustment, he had perfectly mastered this body, and his mind, body, and magical power were all at an incredibly abundant peak. At this moment, his spirit and energy were at their best.
“Guard the cave entrance well. Keep even the most important matters out of reach,”
he instructed the sixth Black Dragon, the Ice-Fire Wolf, and the Blood Jade Spider, among other spirit beasts, as the cave’s grand array was fully activated.
Wasn’t all this lavish nurturing of these spirit beasts precisely for this moment?
His green robes fluttering, he entered the meditation room.
Breaking the Core, Condensing the Nascent Soul…
a Spirit-Stabilizing Pill was swallowed…
“Nascent Soul stage, Han has arrived!”
…
Three months later.
Near the mountains, a male and a female Foundation Establishment stage manager from the Thousand Bamboo Sect happened to pass by.
They were there to collect this year’s spirit stone mines.
As soon as the two entered the mountain range, a strange sense of dread washed over them. Suddenly, the spiritual energy in the air surged and churned chaotically. Caught off guard, the two stumbled, nearly falling from their flying artifact.
“What’s going on?”
They mustered all their spiritual power to barely regain their footing. Looking around hastily, they were utterly astonished.
Hundreds of feet above, countless visible points of spiritual light converged from all directions.
These lights were multicolored, flickering and beautiful beyond compare.
They were all incredibly pure spiritual energy, far beyond their Foundation Establishment stage.
And this was clearly just the beginning.
Further up, in the distance, more and more points of spiritual light appeared, boundless and endless, like flowing galaxies or a sea of starlight, all vying to converge on this mountain range stretching for dozens of miles.
This scene left the two stunned, completely at a loss.
Moreover, they could feel the spiritual energy in the world vibrating in increasingly violent waves. Cheers and jubilation grew increasingly frequent.
Inside the secluded cave,
pure spiritual energy continuously flowed into Feng Hun’s body.
The Spirit Eye Tree provided purified spiritual energy. The
Spirit Eye Stone released pure spiritual energy.
The Spirit Eye Pearls shrank one by one.
A large number of high-grade spirit stones and high-grade demon cores also provided the necessary pure spiritual energy.
Even the top-grade spirit stone found in the spirit mine of Biling Island required him to extract one-tenth of its spiritual power to aid in Nascent Soul formation.
Since it was just a little bit short,
just a little bit short,
then he would make up for it.
“Quickly! We can’t stay here!”
Outside,
just as the two were thinking of leaving, an immense pressure descended upon them.
This was a terrifying pressure they had never encountered before.
It made them feel uneasy and unable to calm down, and their bodies experienced various discomforts.
Perhaps because they were standing too close, they felt slightly out of breath and even had difficulty breathing.
“Let’s go.”
But just then, a powerful surge of spiritual energy swept over them, knocking them off their feet and sending them flying into the nearby mountainside.
Fortunately, they maintained their protective light barrier, preventing them from being injured.
“Meditate…” they began,
breathing deeply.
They gritted their teeth, trying their best to resist the strange power of the heavens.
“Heavens, what is happening?”
“Why is there such a strange phenomenon here?”
An overwhelming fear grew in their hearts.
It was truly terrifying.
Ten miles, fifty miles, a hundred miles…
After the surge of spiritual energy spread to two hundred miles, it suddenly receded, sweeping away all the spiritual energy within its range.
Not long after, a colossal figure, unforgettable to the two of them, rose from the ground!
‘Without the Heavenly Bottle, I, Han Li, can still reach this point!’
The Foundation Establishment cultivator surnamed Xu, Sect Leader Zhong, Ancestor Linghu…
and many, many others…
all thought he couldn’t do it, but he insisted on doing it!
‘Master Mo, I will carry your share with me, and together we will see all the beautiful sights of this world!’
The giant let out an extremely exhilarating roar!
After the giant dissipated, the spiritual energy within a radius of two to three hundred miles was temporarily in a vacuum. “
That giant was…”
“Could it be that what just happened was the legendary sign of Nascent Soul formation?”
The two exchanged a glance, both seeing a hint of shock in each other’s eyes.
In the far west, no Nascent Soul cultivator had appeared for thousands of years.
They had actually witnessed it?
…
Inside the cave, Han Li lay quietly on a jade bed about ten feet long, crafted from spiritual eye stones.
His eyes were open, staring at the ceiling, a slight smile curving his lips.
He had succeeded.
“Shattering the core was indeed incredibly painful, like having my heart ripped out. Without the Nine-Bend Spirit Pill to help suppress the pain and quickly recover from the damage caused by shattering the core, I almost fainted and caused an accident.”
At that time, he had only managed to hold on by his strong belief that he could achieve success in cultivation even without the Heavenly Palm Bottle. He
had withstood that wave with immense and tenacious willpower.
And then…
“Inner demons are indeed terrifying. They silently interfered with my mind, leaving me confused. If it weren’t for the Spirit-Stabilizing Pill taking effect and awakening me for a moment, and my gamble at the crucial moment by taking the Mind-Clearing Pill, I might not have been able to successfully form my Nascent Soul!” The Spirit
-Stabilizing Pill certainly has a miraculous effect in resisting inner demons, pulling one’s consciousness out of the illusion of inner demons for a moment, making one clear-headed for a brief instant.
But some cultivators find it difficult to seize that moment.
He, however, seized the opportunity and decisively took the Mind-Clearing Pill.
With the aid of the Cleansing Pill, and his unwavering Dao heart and self-doubt, coupled with an extremely firm will to climb upwards, he successfully overcame the inner demon hurdle. And now, within his body, a tiny figure sits cross-legged. This figure is remarkably similar to his true self, only much smaller. This is the Nascent Soul of a Nascent Soul
cultivator
,
the
foundation
of their
immortal path, a
masterpiece
of the perfect fusion of essence, qi, and spirit. The Nascent
Soul can teleport; once a Nascent Soul cultivator, as long as they don’t court death or provoke powerful late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators or ruthless individuals with special abilities, they are generally unlikely to perish.
“Now that I possess Nascent Soul cultivation, there are some areas where I can make my plans within the Void Heaven Palace.”
Only after truly becoming a Nascent Soul cultivator did he truly realize the vast difference between the Nascent Soul and Core Formation stages.
The two are simply incomparable.
They were worlds apart, like beings from completely different dimensions.
He could now fight seven or eight of his former selves.
He could leave or stay as he pleased; victory was only a matter of time.
“No wonder those below the Nascent Soul stage are all ants.”
…
After this, he needed to reorganize his combat system
and cultivate his Nascent Soul-level combat skills.
After all, newly promoted Nascent Soul cultivators were inferior to veteran Nascent Soul cultivators in many aspects.
And the best experience pack was undoubtedly that… disgrace to the Nascent Soul
stage! That so-called hero who was twice reverse-attacked and killed by Core Formation cultivators.
What a headache.
The benefits of possessing a Nascent Soul cultivator shouldn’t have been written in this chapter; they should have been written later when he returned to his original body and dispersed his Nascent Soul.
Writing it here is a spoiler.
However, it doesn’t offer much satisfaction.
But some people don’t understand, and if I don’t explain it, they’ll start mindlessly criticizing.
Writing too much, explaining too much, makes the article long and verbose.
Seriously, it’s a headache.
Writing fanfiction is just so troublesome.
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