Projection of the Heavens: I prove my immortality through slaughter.

The Nine-Turn Golden Elixir was perfectly flawless. The dark purple elixir floated in the center of the dantian, like a cosmic singularity, calm and profound. It no longer rotated, no longer emitted dazzling light, yet it seemed to contain the power of creation.

Lin Xuan could clearly sense that he had reached the limit of the Golden Core realm, with no further advancement possible. His magical power, divine soul, physical body, and affinity with the laws of heaven and earth had all reached the limit that his current life form could bear.

However, the path to enlightenment is endless.

Above the Golden Core lies the Nascent Soul. This is another leap in the level of life, a crucial step on the path to true immortality. The Nascent Soul is the innate Dharma form born from the high condensation of a cultivator's essence, energy, spirit, and understanding of the Great Dao. It is a cultivator's "second life," the source of supernatural powers and magic, and the foundation for future primordial spirit and even yang spirit.

Ordinary cultivators can attempt to condense their Nascent Soul once they have formed their Golden Core, but the shallower their foundation, the weaker and less promising their Nascent Soul will be. But Lin Xuan, with his unparalleled Nine-Turn Golden Core as his foundation, what kind of Nascent Soul will he condense?

He wasn't in a hurry to immediately break through to the Nascent Soul realm. The foundation of the Nine-Turn Golden Core was far too profound; once he began to condense the Nascent Soul, the resulting celestial phenomena and the energy required would be astronomical, necessitating thorough preparation. Moreover, what he sought was not an ordinary Nascent Soul, but a perfect Nascent Soul that matched his own Nine-Turn Great Dao!

At this moment, inside the Xuanzun Hall, he was carefully comprehending the new realm after the completion of the Nine Revolutions, especially the mysterious essence of the Nascent Soul stage that he could already touch in the darkness—the rudimentary form of "words become law".

His mind sank into the dark purple golden core. Unlike any previous transformation, the interior of this perfect golden core was not lifeless, but was undergoing an extremely slow, yet incredibly profound, inward collapse and extreme compression.

It was as if, at the core of this golden elixir, a more advanced and complex form of life and energy was quietly being conceived under the unparalleled pressure and nourishment of the Dao.

This is the beginning of the transformation into a Nascent Soul!

The Golden Elixir is the vessel of the Dao, the crystallization of energy. The Nascent Soul, on the other hand, is the embodiment of the Dao, the concrete manifestation of life and laws. This process is the transformation of the "vessel" itself into the "embodiment."

Lin Xuan could "see" that at the very core of the dark purple golden core, a tiny point of spiritual light, radiating life fluctuations beyond the level of a golden core, was slowly gathering. This spiritual light seemed to possess its own breath and pulse, greedily absorbing the golden core's abundant essence and Daoist charm, like an embryo absorbing nutrients from its mother.

As this "nascent soul embryo" was conceived, Lin Xuan's perception of the laws of heaven and earth underwent a qualitative change.

Previously, when he used his supernatural powers, he needed to use his divine sense to guide his magical power, outline the Dao patterns, and follow the laws of operation in order to summon wind and rain and move mountains and seas. This was more like a kind of "utilization" and "guidance" of the existing rules.

But now, he had a vague feeling. When he focused his mind highly and resonated with the developing nascent soul embryo, he seemed to be able to... to a certain extent, intervene in and even define the laws of the surroundings on a small scale!

With a slight thought, he didn't mobilize his magical power, but simply relied on his own will and his understanding of the laws of "fire" to softly utter a single word:

"Ignite."

The moment he finished speaking, flames did not appear out of thin air in the void about ten feet in front of him. Rather, the concept of "combustible" in that area was forcibly amplified and activated by his will! The faint fire-attribute energy particles floating in the air instantly became extremely active and spontaneously collided and combined with each other. Finally, with a "poof," a fist-sized, steadily burning orange flame condensed out of thin air!

This was not a flame he created with his magic, but rather a flame that he commanded the laws of heaven and earth in that area with his own will, so that they "allowed" and "facilitated" its birth!

This is the prototype of "words become law"!

Although its range is extremely small and its effect weak, only affecting the most basic concepts of law, and it consumes a great deal of his mental energy, far less efficient than directly casting a spell, the significance it represents is entirely different!

This means that he has taken the first step from being a "law user" towards becoming a "law influencer" and even a "law maker"!

The reason why the Nascent Soul stage is called a great cultivator, and why it is so different from the Golden Core stage, is largely due to the ability of "words becoming law." A true Nascent Soul cultivator's words can become the law of the world; within a certain range, their words are the rules! Ordinary Golden Core cultivators, in the face of the Nascent Soul stage's "words becoming law," may not even be able to cast spells smoothly, because the surrounding laws have been distorted and defined.

"Unfortunately, the range is too small and the effect too weak to be used in actual combat. Moreover, it requires an extremely high level of mental and physical strength." Lin Xuan dissipated the flame and shook his head slightly. This was only the initial step towards the threshold, and it was still far from the true "words that carry the mandate of heaven, and whose words become law."

However, he believed that once he successfully condensed a perfect nascent soul based on the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir, its ability to interfere with the laws would reach an astonishing level.

"The condensation of the Nascent Soul requires a massive amount of energy, as well as the most profound imprint of one's own 'Dao'..."

Lin Xuan fell into deep thought. Energy wasn't a problem. The ruler of the Xuan Tian Star Domain provided resources at will; the ancient desolate realm offered a constant stream of faith; and he could even draw upon other worlds through projection. But the most crucial element was the imprint of his own "Dao."

His path is to unify all paths in order to transcend them. How then can this nascent soul be condensed to perfectly embody his path?

Will it condense into a traditional humanoid Nascent Soul? Or will it condense into some special form based on the Great Dao he cultivates? For example, a colossal form with the Great Dao of Power as its core? A form of nothingness with the Great Dao of Annihilation as its core? Or perhaps... it will directly evolve into a microcosm of his primordial universe?

Each choice represents a different path and potential.

He vaguely sensed that the form of this nascent soul would directly affect his future tendency and power to "make his words law," and even the direction of his subsequent cultivation stages such as the Nascent Soul and Void Refinement realms.

This requires utmost caution.

"Perhaps... the answer isn't found in closed-door contemplation." Lin Xuan turned his gaze outside the hall, to the boundless starry sky, and to the star map in his mind that connected all the heavens and myriad worlds.

Reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles. Observing a thousand laws is not as good as comprehending the myriad ways of the universe.

He can now maintain projections of three worlds simultaneously, using this opportunity to travel to different worlds and observe how different civilizations and systems perceive and utilize power, life, and laws. Perhaps in one of these worlds, he can find the inspiration to condense the perfected Yuan Infant, or obtain some crucial opportunity.

The Nine-Turn Golden Elixir represents perfection, an end, and also a brand new beginning.

The threshold of the Nascent Soul stage has been touched, and the path ahead is clearly visible.

Next, he will accumulate power, travel through the heavens, and find the supreme path that belongs only to him, the path to the perfect Nascent Soul!