txolops Chapter 413 Nascent Soul Formation
Chapter 413 Nascent Soul Formation
Chapter 413 Nascent Soul Formation (Part 1)
Luo Ming's aura grew increasingly deep and restrained, like a deep pool and a towering mountain. Although the total amount of his magical power did not increase significantly, the perfect and flawless aura he exuded...
The Daoist aura, seemingly closer and more harmonious with heaven and earth, was much richer, and there seemed to be a strange tremor emanating from within the golden core, as if it were about to shatter into an infant on its own.
Yuan Yao's changes were even more obvious. The fluctuations of her magical power were several times stronger and more refined than before the dual cultivation! She had already firmly stood at the peak of the early stage of Core Formation, only one step away from the middle stage! Her appearance also seemed to have gained a more radiant glow, with a breathtaking charm amidst her cool demeanor.
On Yuan Yao's exquisitely beautiful face, there was still a trace of lingering intoxication and blush, the afterglow of her surge in cultivation and fusion with her origin.
She looked at Luo Ming, smiled sweetly, her eyes filled with tender affection, and her voice was soft yet full of confidence: "This concubine wishes my husband success in achieving Nascent Soul, and taking another step closer to the Great Dao."
Through that profound fusion and perception just now, she had deeply felt the terrifying accumulation of magical power within Luo Ming's body, as vast as a starry sea, and the boundless vitality contained in that golden core that made her heart tremble.
At this moment, she had no more doubts. With such immense and heaven-defying accumulation, how could she possibly fail in condensing her Nascent Soul?
Now, she has transferred all of her "Heavenly Yin Qi" to Luo Ming, providing the greatest assistance she could. Next, it will be Luo Ming's turn to refine this wisp of primordial Yin Qi alone, fully activating the transformation of his Golden Core, and launching the final and most dangerous assault on the Nascent Soul Dao.
Luo Ming returned the gaze with gentle eyes and nodded lightly: "Yao'er, go back and consolidate your cultivation."
Yuan Yao said no more, then turned and walked out of the secret chamber with light but firm steps. The heavy stone door closed silently behind her, isolating the inside from the outside once more.
Silence returned to the secret room, leaving only Luo Meng alone.
He slowly closed his eyes, his mind completely sinking into his body, carefully sensing the changes in his dantian.
At this moment, his dark golden core, having completely absorbed that wisp of "Heavenly Yin Qi," has undergone a fundamental transformation.
The Golden Elixir was no longer merely dazzling; instead, it emanated a hazy, grayish-gold luster, within which Yin and Yang energies perfectly blended and circulated endlessly, radiating a lively, almost life-like, strange fluctuation.
It's as if the "fetus" inside is already mature and can't wait to "break out of the shell" and come into the world!
The Golden Core's ability to attract the surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged by more than 30%! The speed of the Great Circulation within the body also increased by a full 30%! With each cycle, a massive amount of pure spiritual energy gathered by the "Changing Seas and Changing Fields" divine power was devoured.
Refine it and infuse it into the golden elixir.
"It feels like the step of shattering the core and forming the nascent soul no longer requires my active control or effort. This perfect and flawless golden core, under the complete stimulation of this 'heavenly yin energy,' has already reached the critical point for nurturing the nascent soul, as if it will ripen and fall on its own in the next moment."
Luo Ming understood immediately and couldn't help but chuckle softly, his tone carrying a strange sense of ease.
But while his face remained relaxed, his vigilance was at its peak. Condensing a Nascent Soul was a heaven-defying act, fraught with unpredictable dangers. How could he afford to be careless just because things seemed to be going smoothly? The closer he got to success, the more cautious he had to be.
"We must use every means necessary," Luo Ming thought to himself.
He raised his hand and a warm, white jade box covered with spirit-sealing talismans flew out of his storage bag and landed in his palm.
Unveiling the talisman and opening the box, an indescribable, unique medicinal fragrance, a blend of the fresh scent of herbs and the essence of nature, instantly filled the entire secret room. Inside the box, a pill the size of a longan, pure white in color, with natural cloud patterns on its surface, lay quietly.
It is precisely by using "Nine-Bend Spiritual Ginseng" as the main ingredient, and after painstaking efforts and several failures, that the top-level spiritual pill that can greatly improve the success rate of breaking the nascent soul into a newborn nascent soul—the Nine-Bend Spiritual Ginseng Pill—was finally successfully refined!
Recalling the difficulties in refining this pill, Luo Ming sighed. If he hadn't possessed the "Spirit Gathering Cauldron," a heaven-defying treasure that could nourish all things and restore spiritual power, that precious "Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng" would probably have been exhausted by the time he failed to refine the pill for the third time.
It was thanks to the miraculous effects of the Spirit Gathering Cauldron that he was able to try each time by extracting only a portion of the ginseng liquid. After failing, he would put the withered ginseng into the cauldron to nurture it until it recovered and tried again. He almost had an "inexhaustible" supply of Nine-Bend Ginseng, which is how he finally succeeded by sheer luck.
Without further hesitation, Luo Ming picked up the "Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng Pill" that had been nurtured to its fullest potential by the Spirit Gathering Cauldron, put it in his mouth, and swallowed it with his head tilted back.
The pill melted upon entering the mouth, transforming into a gentle yet immense torrent of medicinal power, brimming with boundless vitality. It instantly swept through the entire body, and ultimately, most of the medicinal power, like rivers flowing into the sea, converged in the dantian, gently enveloping the throbbing golden elixir.
Time flies, and two more months have passed.
Inside Mingyue Tower, in another quiet room brimming with spiritual energy.
Yuan Yao slowly finished her practice, the magical power flowing around her body flowing like rivers into the sea, all gathering into her dantian. She opened her eyes, which were still clear, but seemed to have gained a more composed and serene air after undergoing the baptism of the source. Feeling the surging magical power within her body, which was far stronger and more refined than it had been two months ago, the corners of her cool lips couldn't help but turn up slightly.
Her last dual cultivation with Luo Ming, the union of Yin and Yang, brought her unimaginable benefits.
The spiritual energy originating from the very source of heaven and earth, combined with the exquisite nature of her own "Nether Phoenix Technique," allowed her to completely consolidate and solidify her cultivation level, which had surged due to dual cultivation, in just two months of seclusion, and even make further progress.
Now, she is within reach of the mid-stage Core Formation realm, only needing a profound insight or a natural accumulation of knowledge.
It should be noted that it has only been a little over a decade since she started cultivating again after her cultivation was disrupted and returned to the Core Formation stage.
Such a cultivation speed is not inferior to, and may even surpass, those of the most prominent "true disciples" even within sects with top-tier inheritances and abundant resources.
While the "Heavenly Yin Body" and the "Nether Phoenix Technique" certainly played a part, the key was the opportunity brought by Luo Ming and the creation that triggered the Yin and Yang origins during dual cultivation.
However, amidst the joy, a trace of worry, difficult to completely erase, rippled gently across the calm lake of her heart.
Her gaze involuntarily fell upon the thick walls of the quiet room, as if it could penetrate the rock and the restrictions to see into the completely sealed, airtight secret chamber deep underground.
"Brother Luo—" Yuan Yao called softly, her fingers unconsciously tightening around the hem of her clothes. She had absolute confidence in Luo Ming's accumulated experience and strength, believing that his condensation of the Nascent Soul was a natural progression.
Even with the strongest confidence, how can one truly remain calm and composed when their loved one actually steps into the life-or-death situation?
She could only pray silently, burying her worries deep in her heart, and instead focusing more intently on her cultivation. Only by becoming stronger herself could she better stand by his side in the storms of the future.
Meanwhile, deep within the most heavily guarded and restricted hall in the central area of Silver Shark Island.
The three Nascent Soul cultivators who held the highest authority on Silver Shark Island—the Ninth Elder of the Star Palace, Blood Fiend of the Reverse Star Alliance, and the cultivator surnamed Yan—gathered here once again. However, the atmosphere inside the hall was heavy, and the expressions on the faces of the three were not good.
"The last layer of restrictions is actually the ancient Four Symbols Spirit Suppressing Array?" Blood Fiend's voice was hoarse, breaking the silence. His brows furrowed into a knot. "This array requires at least four Nascent Soul stage cultivators to occupy the four array eyes and simultaneously activate their Nascent Soul power in order to shake and break it."
There are only three of us. Even if we include the other late-stage Core Formation cultivators on the island who could barely replace the Eye of the Void, there's absolutely no way we could shake this...
Even the slightest misstep could trigger a backlash from the restrictions, resulting in more harm than good.
The Ninth Elder stroked his long beard, his expression solemn, and slowly replied, "Fellow Daoist Blood Fiend is right. This formation is exquisite and cannot be broken by anyone but a Nascent Soul cultivator. Forcibly replacing it with a Core Formation cultivator will not only fail to break the formation, but their fragile Golden Core will likely collapse instantly under the backlash of the formation, and we will also be harmed."
It seems that to break the final barrier of that blood pool, we must find a fourth Nascent Soul cultivator to assist us.
He paused, his gaze sweeping over Xue Sha and the Yan surname cultivator who had been resting with his eyes closed, and pondered, "Or—we might spare no expense to forcibly cultivate a new Nascent Soul cultivator in a short period of time."
"Cultivate a Nascent Soul?" Xue Sha raised a thick eyebrow, a hint of mockery flashing in his eyes.
"Elder Ninth makes it sound so easy. We both know how difficult it is to condense a Nascent Soul. Even if we exhaust all our resources and force it, what are the chances of success? Besides, which of the spiritual treasures of heaven and earth that help condense a Nascent Soul isn't a rare and precious item that can only be encountered by chance? Fellow Daoist Yan, Elder Ninth, do you perhaps possess such treasures?"
He sneered inwardly; the Ninth Elder had certainly made a clever plan. Among the late-stage Core Formation cultivators stationed here by the Star Palace, there were indeed a few with good aptitude. If they could truly gather resources from all three parties to forcibly create a Nascent Soul cultivator, then this newly promoted Nascent Soul cultivator would inevitably come from the Star Palace.
In the future, wouldn't the Star Palace reap all the benefits from the distribution of Silver Shark Island and even the secret realm "Blood Pool"? Would the Reverse Star Alliance do something so foolish as to do something that benefits others?
As expected, the Ninth Elder remained unmoved upon hearing this, seemingly oblivious to the sarcasm in Xue Sha's words, and calmly said, "Our Star Palace does indeed have three late-stage Core Formation cultivators here, whose foundations are quite solid. If we dedicate our efforts to nurturing them and provide them with valuable treasures, there is certainly a glimmer of hope."
However, the required resources are indeed enormous, far beyond what my Star Palace alone can afford. I wonder if Fellow Daoist Yan and Fellow Daoist Xue Sha have any resources at their disposal? If we can work together to facilitate this and open the Blood Pool as soon as possible, it will greatly benefit all three of us.”
Blood Fiend cursed the old fox in his heart, but his face remained calm. He said in a deep voice, "In my Reverse Star Alliance, there are two cultivators who meet the requirements and are expected to break through to the Nascent Soul stage. Among them, my nephew Miaoyu has the greatest chance."
She was born with a seductive body and received the true teachings of "Elder Huanxi" from our alliance's Supreme Elder. She has cultivated top-level seductive arts for many years, with a solid foundation and exceptionally strong spiritual sense.
If sufficient resources are available, the chances of successfully condensing a Nascent Soul within ten years are likely to be slightly higher than those of the individuals in your palace.
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