Born with immortal seed

Chapter 660 Failed Possession
"Okay, I'm coming right now."

Bai Zichen took a step forward, then stopped, revealing a hint of greed.

"I wonder if you have any secrets about breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage? The Sword Manual is good, but if you don't achieve the Great Dao, all your invincibility will be in vain."

"With my guidance, reaching the Nascent Soul stage will be a piece of cake. Why be in such a hurry... Fine, considering how difficult cultivation is in the mortal realm, I will first give you a secret technique to overcome the tribulation of inner demons."

The soft, feminine voice paused for a moment, then relented.

Divine consciousness seeped out of the yellow gourd, piecing together a scripture of several hundred words in the air.

The characters are about the size of rice grains, resembling crystals that emit a faint, shimmering white light.

The scripture shone brightly, eventually coalescing into a single surface, as if it were micro-carved from special spiritual materials.

The font is somewhat similar to the common script in the current cultivation world, but there are subtle differences, with a touch of floral and bird-like style.

They can only barely guess the meaning of the words, far from being able to fully understand them.

Divine thought crystallizes!

Bai Zichen's heart was in turmoil, but he still happily put away the scripture.

However, it was not placed in the cave, but stored in a special storage magic treasure.

The significant difference between the Nascent Soul stage and the Divine Transformation stage, besides the formation of a celestial realm, lies in the qualitative change of divine consciousness.

Divine thoughts crystallize and become substantial.

Unlike before, no matter how powerful one's divine sense is, it is impossible to manifest it into a physical form.

If the upper realm cultivator trapped in the gourd is truly a Void Refining being in the Earthly Immortal Realm as he claims, then it wouldn't be surprising if he could crystallize his divine thoughts.

Surprisingly, his physical body was destroyed, and his nascent soul was imprisoned, yet he lived in a special way for a lifespan far exceeding that of a cultivator who had reached the Void Refinement stage.

Even today, it can still exude divine thoughts and retain a certain level of strength.

This made Bai Zichen more inclined to believe the person's claim of being a Void Refiner.

It is absolutely impossible for someone who has reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage to live for tens of thousands of years in this state. Their primordial spirit would have long since decayed and returned to the world as the most fundamental spiritual energy.

It is not the Primordial Longevity Turtle, as a longevity-enhancing spiritual beast, capable of transcending the lifespan constraints imposed by the laws of heaven and earth at different realms.

"Young friend, why don't you hurry forward? I can't stay awake for long; if I do, I'm afraid I'll fall into a deep sleep."

The soft, effeminate male voice spoke rapidly, urging him on, as if he couldn't wait any longer.

"But I don't know your name, senior. How should I address you?"

Bai Zichen smiled, stood still, and did not move forward.

"Everyone calls me Master Jiujing... Kid, stop dawdling. Meeting me is the greatest opportunity of your life. Do you really think you can ascend to the Earthly Immortal Realm on your own?"

"The scripture on the tribulation-crossing secret method that the senior gave me is written in obscure characters, and I cannot understand its meaning. It is not that I do not trust it, but that I am dull-witted and may not be able to learn the senior's wonderful method."

Bai Zichen spoke calmly, without anger or resentment.

"So it would be best if you could send me the template of the scripture in advance."

"Kid, don't push your luck!"

Master Jiujing shouted angrily, unable to maintain his composure as a superior being.

"This matter will be entirely beneficial to you. With this Taiqing Crystal Sword and my sword manual, you will be able to roam freely in the mortal realm... If you perform well, I might be able to take you with me when I return to the Immortal Realm. Don't make a mistake!"

"Saving a powerful being from the upper realm from distress, receiving cultivation techniques and supernatural powers, soaring to great heights, maneuvering freely, attaining enlightenment and ascending to immortality... What a beautiful story! Unfortunately, my spiritual sense is different from ordinary people, and your evil intentions are too obvious to be concealed."

Bai Zichen could not see through the situation of the divine soul inside the yellow gourd, but the rolling creature in the cave was roaring wildly, conveying to him the extremely dangerous situation ahead.

He then discovered that Gun Gun, having grown to the third-tier superior level, possessed a spiritual sense that surpassed even that of its master.

Back when it was a first-tier spirit beast, Gun Gun's spiritual senses were comparable to those of a Core Formation cultivator.

As it matured, it lost its purpose.

Subconsciously, I felt that my natal spirit beast, which hadn't even reached the stage of human form, was useless and just a burden.

Unexpectedly, the surging mutated bloodline did not fade as his rank increased; on the contrary, it continued to far surpass his peers.

Of course, the reason Bai Zichen was able to remain unmoved and not be swayed by the beautiful dream woven by the other party was largely because he had his own confidence.

The more fifth-tier flying swords the better, but one or two bites really have no real effect on him.

Teaching sword scriptures, I don't think this Master Jiujing can produce a sword technique superior to the Dongxuan Lushen Sword Scripture.

The sudden emergence and rapid rise of the Taibai Sword Sect does not mean that the Dongxuan Slaughtering God Sword Scripture is the same.

How could a cultivation method that allows one to reach the Integration Stage be created by a cultivator from the mortal realm?

It is unclear how the Taibai Sword Sect obtained this sword manual.

Even in the realm of Earthly Immortals, such a cultivation technique would be considered top-tier, and it's questionable whether even Nine Crystal Venerable is qualified to cultivate it.

Even if he had it, Bai Zichen didn't think this person would be willing to share it.

As for the secret methods to break through to the Nascent Soul stage or the tips for ascending to the upper realm, just listen to them and forget about them.

If even Bai Zichen couldn't accomplish the great feat of going to the Earthly Immortal Realm without an Ascension Platform, then the so-called Ancient Ones would be even less likely to do so.

No matter what realm you were in before, you can't expect your primordial spirit to traverse the chaotic void; you still need to find a physical body.

Cultivators who have cultivated in the Earthly Immortal Realm, unless they possess a Heaven-Opening Spiritual Treasure, have no chance of having a higher level of cultivation than themselves.

"You may continue to stay in the Crystal Palace and wait for the next unlucky one... Oh, no, no one will enter this level again. I will seal the fourth level of the Crystal Palace, forbidding anyone from entering, and at the same time set up an array to draw spiritual energy in reverse. I estimate that I will be able to easily obtain the Yellow Spring Gourd and the Taiqing Crystal Sword in a thousand years."

Bai Zichen turned and left without a trace of regret.

"You dare to mock the ancestor, you deserve to die!"

With a roar, the yellow gourd shook violently, the stopper popped open, and countless white lights converged to form a lion-headed, broad-faced cultivator who descended upon the altar.

"Why not just come forward and let me possess you? It won't kill you. Why be so cautious? You've forced me to take your body, leaving me with no way out. I'll have no choice but to completely annihilate your soul. Judging from your spiritual perception, your talent shouldn't be too bad. You should be able to advance to the Nascent Soul stage within a hundred years and ascend to the Upper Realm with your physical body."

The illusory cultivator's aura overwhelmed the entire scene, and he pounced on Bai Zichen in a flash.

Possession and body snatching each have their own characteristics.

The former is like the former Blood God True Lord, whose true body is safe enough hidden in the sea of ​​blood, but the recovery speed is too slow.

He simply possessed the body of a disciple of a sect he had guided and founded, continuously absorbing spiritual energy until the disciple passed away, at which point he refined all of the disciple's life's cultivation as nourishment.

This cycle continues until a truly talented disciple is encountered, at which point the individual will reveal their presence and directly possess the physical body.

The possessed cultivator will never realize it until death, and will only attribute the extraordinary cultivation speed to his own talent.

If the possessed cultivator dies unexpectedly during this process, it will not affect the possessor, who can still quietly leave and find the next target.

Possession, on the other hand, is much more direct.

He forcibly refined the original body's soul and took it for himself, so that there was essentially a different person inside this body.

No longer behind the scenes, but truly stepping into the forefront.

The body that has been possessed is the last chance.

Further on, the differences between the physical body and the primordial spirit will become increasingly greater, making it impossible to possess another body.

Correspondingly, the physical body that one possesses is closely related to the original person, and its importance is not as simple as a raft for transcending tribulation.

The destruction of the physical body has a significant impact.

This is why Master Jiujing said there was no way out; it truly was a do-or-die situation.

"Hopefully this kid has exceptional talent, and isn't some good-for-nothing who exhausts his potential after reaching the late Nascent Soul stage, wasting the ancestor's last chance..."

Master Jiujing's face turned ashen. The best option would be to secretly possess someone and lure out a true disciple of the Moral Sect or the Heavenly Fire Sect to seize their body.

Even if the Nascent Soul cultivator's primordial spirit is strong, even if he activates a secret technique and his spiritual power does not diminish during his slumber, even if the Yellow Spring Gourd not only traps him but also protects him...

With so many factors combined, it has reached the brink of collapse.

Master Jiujing has been appearing frequently lately, but he has large gaps in his memory and can't recall what happened during that period at all.

This is a sign that the primordial spirit is too weak and unable to maintain its impending collapse.

As a former Void Refinement cultivator, after desperately squeezing out the last bit of potential, he could still rival the divine sense strength of someone in the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

Even without a physical body, divine sense alone is enough to suppress a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

"what!"

With a shrill scream, the phantom that had just entered Bai Zichen's body retreated frantically, as if it had seen the most terrifying thing.

The once condensed lion-headed, broad-faced cultivator's phantom image has become much thinner, loose and almost transparent.

His entire face was contorted in agony as he desperately retreated towards the Yellow Springs Gourd.

However, streaks of lightning gathered outside, forming a net that drove Master Jiujing back.

"Boy, you weren't intimidated by me, you actually lured me into your mind!"

At this moment, Master Jiujing truly doubted himself, wondering if he had been asleep for tens of thousands of years and earth-shattering changes had occurred in the human realm, or if he had returned to the Earthly Immortal Realm.

It is astonishing that a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator could withstand a spiritual attack equivalent to a mid-stage Divine Transformation cultivator. Those with innate spiritual abilities or special treasures would have the opportunity to do so.

Furthermore, within Bai Zichen's body, there was an unparalleled power that shattered his divine sense, almost causing it to lose its stability.

Then there was the lightning net behind, some unknown treasure, which prevented even the weakest soul of a cultivator who was essentially at the Void Refinement stage from escaping.

“Now that I know you want to possess someone else’s body, how could I not be on guard against you? Rather than getting entangled in a great battle with you in the future, it’s better to defeat you cleanly in your strengths. You ancient beings have already completed your mission and should return to dust. Why do you always think about possessing others’ bodies to live another life?”

Bai Zichen opened his eyes, his gaze clear, showing no sign of being bewitched.

Among the seven immortal bones, the Heavenly Might Star Bone is usually the most inconspicuous and easily overlooked.

But this environment gave him an unparalleled sense of security.

The Heavenly Might Star Bone on the shoulder blade can withstand bewitching spells and spiritual attacks that are one level higher than one's own cultivation level.

It can be effective in anything involving the soul.

Possession is naturally included in this category.

With Bai Zichen's current cultivation level, attacks from those below the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm can be ignored.

If it gets any higher, then I'll accept it.

If Master Jiujing could retain his primordial spirit power at the Refinement Void level after tens of thousands of years of torment, then what was the point of him hiding in the Twilight Gourd?

There's no need to be overly cautious about choosing between possession or body snatching; one is fully capable of attaching one's divine sense to any demon beast and manipulating it to find a human cultivator who meets the requirements.

As it turned out, it was exactly as we had guessed.

Having endured tens of thousands of years of change, it is quite remarkable that Master Jiujing has been able to retain the divine soul power at the Nascent Soul level.

Bai Zichen, who had come prepared, was immediately surrounded by starlight and suppressed by boundless power as soon as he entered his sea of ​​consciousness.

Despite their efforts to break through to the left and right, they achieved nothing and the situation remained stagnant.

On the contrary, when they were withdrawing, they were hit hard by a starlight that came from nowhere, and almost returned to the specks of white light.

"Stop now, I'm willing to teach you all my cultivation, just so you can let me live... Even if I lose the chance to possess another body, it would be better to live for another ten thousand years in the Twilight Gourd than to die here."

Master Jiujing looked dejected and pleaded desperately.

It's unimaginable that this was once a powerful and influential expert in the Void Refinement stage.

"They tried to possess me before, and now they're begging for mercy. How can things be so easy?"

Bai Zichen's expression turned serious as he activated the Ziwei Dazzling Thunder Sword to shrink the range of the Heavenly Net.

Lightning has a strong restraining effect on pure divine souls.

A single clap of thunder can cause the primordial spirit to tremble violently, making it impossible to maintain its form.

Master Jiujing first begged for mercy, then cursed viciously, and finally the lightning bolts sliced ​​away his flesh and blood like a knife.

Of course, divine thoughts can manifest in physical form, but they cannot actually contain flesh and blood. However, the pain they bring may be a hundred times greater than tearing off real flesh and blood.

A dignified cultivator at the Refinement of Emptiness was reduced to nothing more than a mangy dog ​​in the final moments of his life, utterly devoid of dignity.

Bai Zichen frowned slightly upon seeing this; this was the consequence of seeking immortality but failing to attain it.

What he had to do was ensure that he never ended up in that situation.

Several hours later, as the Nine Crystals Venerable rushed into Bai Zichen's sea of ​​consciousness once again and completely perished under the Heavenly Might Star Bone, the cultivation world lost another ancient figure from the Earthly Immortal Realm.

A few willow-like fragments drifted away at the place where Master Jiujing finally perished, becoming the last piece of evidence he left in the world.

This is the crystallization of his memories; because he cared most about these few things, this situation arose.

After another inspection by the Heavenly Might Star Bone, it was confirmed that Master Jiujing had not left any hidden tricks.

One can never be too cautious when dealing with a Void Refinement expert.

Who knows how many survival and resurrection methods he devised, or how he dragged people down with him, plunging them into the abyss forever.

Bai Zichen sometimes frowned, sometimes took a deep breath, as he tried to comprehend the fragments of memory left behind by Master Jiujing.

After losing its owner, it is not difficult to forcibly break the code.

"He really is a Void Refinement cultivator, but he offended the Heavenly Sword Pavilion, one of the strongest forces in the Earth Immortal Realm, and was chased all the way... That's why he was willing to register and come to the lower realm. The past conflicts are wiped clean, and even the Integration Sect can't pursue the matter."

This is an edict jointly issued by several of the strongest late-stage Integration Realm cultivators in the Earthly Immortal Realm.

As long as a cultivator at the Void Refinement stage is willing to seal their cultivation and risk a significant amount of time and their cultivation to stagnate for hundreds of years to go to the mortal realm, even if they have committed countless evil deeds in the past and have incurred the wrath of heaven and the resentment of the people, they can no longer be condemned.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to gather enough cultivators who would voluntarily go to the lower realm.

Although the treasures of creation are wonderful, they are not meant for cultivators who explore and excavate in the mortal realm.

(End of this chapter)