142: Methods of Infant Formation

【In the fiftieth year, you were immersed in Cultivation and unknowingly Broke Through to Golden Core Second Layer.】

【In the hundredth year, you forgot the passage of time and naturally Broke Through to Golden Core Third Layer.】

【In the four hundred and fiftieth year,】

【After consuming over five thousand bottles of “ningyuan pill,” you finally Cultivated to Golden Core Perfection.】

【But you did not rush to Break Through to the Nascent Soul Realm.】

【Instead, you carefully studied the methods for Breaking Through to Nascent Soul described in the several Cultivation Techniques you possessed.】

【You discovered that each Cultivation Technique had different details regarding the Breakthrough to Nascent Soul.】

【You chose three mainstream methods among them and repeatedly deliberated—】

【Method One: Shattering the Core to Form a Soul — The Grand Righteous Path, and also the most difficult method.】

【This method originates from orthodox Immortal Sects and has extremely high Aptitude requirements.】

【During the Breakthrough, one must use the Divine Soul as fire and spiritual energy as a furnace in the Dantian to slowly refine the Perfected Golden Core until the Core shatters and the Soul is born.】

【This method is extremely difficult and demands an exceptionally strong Divine Soul, but it lays the most solid Foundation. After forming the Nascent Soul, one's Divine Sense is powerful, spiritual energy is pure, and potential is limitless.】

【Method Two: External Medicine Fusion Soul — Borrowing the power of heavenly treasures, relying on Opportunity.】

【If one feels their Foundation is insufficient or their Heart-Nature is unstable, they can use “nascent soul transformation pill” as an aid.】

【Borrowing the power of the Spirit Medicine to protect the Dantian's Golden Core, reducing the risk of shattering the Core, and guiding the Divine Soul and spiritual energy to condense into a Nascent Soul.】

【The success rate is considerably higher, but Cultivation progress after forming the Nascent Soul is slightly slower, and “nascent soul transformation pill” is an item that can only be found by chance.】

【Fortunately, you possess a “nascent soul transformation pill,” so this method is not difficult for you.】

【Method Three: Severing Thoughts and Dividing the Soul — Finding another path, plagued by Heart Demons.】

【Instead of pursuing the shattering of the Core, one does the opposite: directly visualizing a “Second True Self” in the Purple Mansion Sea of Consciousness, and with supreme will, forcibly severing a portion of one's Divine Soul to inject into the Golden Core, thereby “hatching” the Nascent Soul.】

【This method forms a Nascent Soul extremely quickly, and the Nascent Soul is naturally compatible with Divine Sense.】

【However, the pain of severing the soul is unbearable for humans, and it is more likely to trigger Heart Demon backlash; historically, only one in ten attempts succeeded.】

【Of course, there are other methods to Break Through to Nascent Soul, such as Demonic Path Devour (devouring), borrowing a Nascent Soul, and so on.】

【You have repeatedly confirmed that the Nascent Soul itself has no difference after Breakthrough; the main factors affecting strength are primarily Realm, Cultivation Technique, Magic Treasure, mindset, methods, Divine Soul, etc.】

【You read these methods over and over, becoming increasingly drawn to Method One.】

【After careful study, you discovered that the core requirement of this method is a powerful Divine Soul, needing to Cultivate the Divine Soul power of the Golden Core Stage to its limit.】

【Your eyes lit up — didn't you have the Limitless Primordial Chaos Art?】

【Without hesitation, you quickly began to comprehend and Cultivate the Limitless Primordial Chaos Art.】

【In the four hundred and sixtieth year,】

【Your Divine Soul strength finally increased by twenty percent.】

【Now, your Divine Sense range reached sixty kilometers.】

【It is important to know that the Divine Sense range of an ordinary Golden Core Perfection Cultivator is usually around fifty kilometers.】

【Don't underestimate this extra ten kilometers — when Cultivators of the same Realm clash, this often determines who gains the initiative first.】

【For example, if you can discover the opponent and strike first, and if your Magic Treasure is stronger and your speed is faster, the opponent will always be in a passive, defensive position.】

【Not only that, the stronger the Divine Soul, the more sensitive one's control over details in combat, and the faster their reaction speed.】

【In the four hundred and seventieth year, under your unremitting efforts, your Divine Soul strength increased to forty percent, and its range reached seventy kilometers.】

【In the four hundred and eightieth year, your Divine Soul strength increased to sixty percent, and its range reached eighty kilometers.】

【In the four hundred and ninetieth year, your Divine Soul strength increased to eighty percent, and its range reached ninety kilometers.】

【In the five hundredth year,】

【Your Divine Soul strength increased by a full one hundred percent, reaching an astonishing range of one hundred kilometers.】

【Such Divine Soul strength is simply inconceivable.】

【Only those top Prodigies would expend so much energy and time to Cultivate their Divine Soul to this level.】

【It is important to know that a Divine Sense range of one hundred kilometers is already comparable to a Early Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator. Yet, you are merely a Golden Core Cultivator.】

【In the Cultivation World, the gap between each major Realm is like an unbridgeable chasm.】

【But you did not stop; you continued to Cultivate.】

【After a year of arduous Cultivation, you found that your Divine Soul strength had not increased by a single iota.】

“Has it reached its limit?”

【Thinking of this, you began to repeatedly study the method of “Shattering the Core to Form a Soul.”】

【You carefully deliberated every word and sentence, while also preparing a backup plan — if Method One failed, you would immediately switch to Method Two.】

【In the five hundred and eleventh year,】

【You spent a full ten years repeatedly studying Method One, rehearsing every word, every step, and every detail in your mind millions of times.】

【You deeply knew that your Aptitude was mediocre, and this Breakthrough absolutely could not fail.】

【Therefore, you were not eager for quick success.】

【During the deliberation, you even had an illusion, as if you were already a Nascent Soul Cultivator.】

【You felt that the time was ripe, and immediately began the Breakthrough—】

【You first adjusted your body and mind to a state of emptiness.】

【Under internal vision, the Golden Core in your Dantian was perfectly round and flawless, radiating golden light.】

【Next, you proceeded to the first step: Shattering the Core.】

【You mobilized vast spiritual energy, like a tide, repeatedly impacting the Golden Core.】

【Each impact brought tearing pain to your Dantian, and your Divine Soul also felt a heavy blow.】

【Fine cracks gradually appeared on the surface of the Golden Core, and golden light seeped out from the fissures, becoming increasingly dazzling.】

【You guarded your spiritual platform to remain clear, relying on the tough Divine Soul forged by the Limitless Primordial Chaos Art, firmly stabilizing your almost collapsing Dantian like a sea-stabilizing needle.】

【Violent energy Turbulence (turbulences) repeatedly impacted your Meridians, but they could never shake your rock-solid will.】

【After three years of such bitter endurance, you were at the end of your rope. You felt soft all over, your vision frequently darkened, large beads of cold sweat continuously rolled down your forehead, and your robes were already soaked.】

【Whenever your consciousness was about to dissipate, the cold figure of the Female God of Slaughter would appear in your mind—】

【Just remembering her indifferent eyes, you shuddered, and your collapsing will instantly re-condensed, making you clench your teeth again.】

【Enduring the torment of your mind, you repeatedly rallied from the brink of despair and collapse...】

【Finally, half a year later, you ushered in the most crucial second step — Condensing the Soul!】

【The moment the Golden Core shattered, a vast amount of vital essence and your Divine Soul Origin intensely merged.】

【You endured the pain of True Essence burning your body, using Divine Thought as a guide, and began to condense the shattered Golden Core energy and Divine Soul fragments.】

【The next second, a blurry infant phantom slowly emerged from the center of your Dantian, its eyebrows, eyes, mouth, and nose remarkably identical to yours.】

【It was like a newborn chick, instinctively opening its small mouth, greedily absorbing the surging energy around it.】

【But you dared not relax in the slightest, because you knew the third step was the most perilous — the newborn Nascent Soul was extremely unstable and could dissipate at any moment.】

【You immediately mobilized your vast Divine Sense, meticulously controlling every trace of energy, as if nurturing a flickering candle in the wind.】

【With each influx of energy, the Nascent Soul phantom solidified a bit more, and its aura also steadily rose.】