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Chapter 397 Nascent Soul Astral Projection: A Once-in-a-Mill-Year Sight [Please Subscribe]

Lingzhou, a desolate place.

In the desolate mountains and wilderness, Golden Core cultivators from all over the country were scattered, some standing alone on the top of a mountain peak, and others in two or three familiar groups on the same mountain. They all craned their necks to look at the sky above, their eyes fixed on it.

With the Nascent Soul stage cultivators battling it out in the heavens, and their magical power and spiritual light obscuring the view, only the Golden Core stage cultivators could clearly see the battle unfolding.

In reality, unless one cultivates a powerful spiritual eye technique, ordinary Golden Core cultivators can only see about 70-80% of the details and cannot fully observe the changes within.

"Six hours have already passed, and True Immortal Qingxiao still hasn't broken this clone technique. Does he really intend to let True Immortal Tianjing drag it out for eight hours?"

On a certain mountain peak, the Su family patriarch and three familiar Golden Core cultivators were watching the battle and exchanging their opinions via telepathy.

"Senior Qingxiao Zhenren is quite unlucky. With the great supernatural powers he displayed, if it were another early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, he would probably have already defeated them. How could he have ended up in this situation!"

"Fellow Daoist, you are mistaken. If one did not possess such profound and wondrous abilities, why would True Person Tianjing be willing to gamble with True Person Qingxiao? It is True Person Qingxiao who has misjudged True Person Tianjing's abilities!"

"There are still two hours left, what's the rush? I think Qingxiao Zhenren is finding it easier and easier to kill those Heavenly Mirror Zhenren clones now. Maybe he'll be able to understand the secrets of it and break this clone technique in one fell swoop!"

For a Golden Core cultivator, multitasking is not too easy.

While they were exchanging words, it didn't distract them from their focus on the battle in the sky.

In reality, apart from the cultivators from the Qinglian Temple and Tianjing Sect, whose interests were closely intertwined, the other Golden Core cultivators didn't care much about the outcome of this battle.

For example, families like the Li family specializing in elixirs and the You family specializing in formations, as long as they haven't offended True Person Tianjing, could easily side with him after he wins.

They might be living a much more comfortable life then.

Golden Core stage cultivators have, after all, truly entered the upper echelons of the cultivation world and become veritable high-level cultivators.

Even if they are Nascent Soul stage cultivators, as long as there is no obvious grudge, people will mainly try to win them over and will not easily kill them.

The Zhou family feared Tianjing Zhenren's victory because they lacked a Golden Core cultivator in the open and also had a grudge against Yu Jinghua, the deputy sect leader of Tianjing Sect who held real power.

Otherwise, the two things they did—the massacre of the Jiang family and the Guo family of Tuyunling—would not have been a big deal in the eyes of True Person Tianjing, and they might not have refused the allegiance of a Golden Core family because of it.

After all, even if a Golden Core family is killed, a Nascent Soul cultivator cannot gain anything useful. It is far more useful to have another Golden Core family serving one's purpose.

Just when many spectators thought that True Person Tianjing might be the winner in the long and drawn-out battle, the situation in the sky changed dramatically in an instant.

At that moment, Qingxiao Zhenren suddenly unleashed his divine power, using various means to destroy five of Tianjing Zhenren's clones, forcing him to hastily recreate clones to take his place.

Little did anyone expect that this was not Master Qingxiao's true killing move!

Just as Master Tianjing was using his main power to create clones, Master Qingxiao's spiritual treasure, the Azure Lotus Calamity Armor, suddenly emitted azure light, protecting him within it.

Then he raised his hand and slapped the top of his head, and a beam of azure light surged out from behind his head, revealing a six-inch-tall azure nascent soul.

That cyan nascent soul was exactly like a miniature Qingxiao Zhenren, and it looked rather cute.

However, any cultivator who witnessed this scene would not first think of the word "cute," but rather the words "Nascent Soul leaving the body."

"Nascent Soul Astral Projection" can be said to be the most famous supernatural ability of Nascent Soul stage cultivators.

The legends passed down by word of mouth among low-level cultivators, as well as the miscellaneous notes written by them, all contain astonishing descriptions of this supernatural power.

Some say that a Nascent Soul cultivator can sit in his cave and let his Nascent Soul leave his body, travel thousands of miles with a sword, and behead people from thousands of miles away.

Some people who left behind notes confidently recorded that they once encountered a boy in the mountains who suppressed a great demon that was suspected to be a third-tier demon beast with a wave of his hand. The boy was actually a Nascent Soul cultivator on a trip.

Some records also say that a fourth-order evil dragon once wreaked havoc in a certain place, devouring countless low-level cultivators and mortals. Later, a Nascent Soul cultivator used the great supernatural power of Nascent Soul leaving the body to hide the Nascent Soul in the Purple Mansion of a Purple Mansion cultivator, ordering him to go and eliminate the dragon.

When the evil dragon came out to cause trouble, the nascent soul instantly flew out from the body of the Purple Mansion stage cultivator and easily used the flying sword to cut off the evil dragon's head.

As such, there are countless rumors about "the nascent soul leaving the body," and it is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood.

However, that was just some wishful thinking of low-level cultivators about the great supernatural powers of Nascent Soul stage cultivators.

In reality, only Nascent Soul stage cultivators and a very small number of Golden Core stage cultivators know that "Nascent Soul leaving the body" is not as miraculous as rumored, and that the Nascent Soul does not have such powerful abilities.

In reality, while the nascent soul itself isn't particularly fragile, once it leaves the body, its combat abilities are indeed far inferior to those with a physical body.

At the same time, once the nascent soul leaves the body, the nascent soul cultivator's physical body becomes immobile, and any Golden Core cultivator has the opportunity to destroy its physical body, forcing it to possess another person's body for cultivation.

Even after the Nascent Soul leaves the body, it consumes the cultivator's mana and vital energy every moment. If the Nascent Soul cultivator leaves the body for a long time, it will severely damage the vital energy of the Nascent Soul stage cultivator.

Basically, in battles between Nascent Soul stage cultivators, it's impossible for a Nascent Soul stage cultivator to suddenly send their Nascent Soul out of their body to directly participate in the fight.

So when Master Qingxiao suddenly separated his nascent soul from his body during the battle, it truly shocked the three Nascent Soul stage masters present, who couldn't understand how he could be so bold.

As for the person involved, Master Tianjing, he was shocked, and extremely uneasy and panicked.

He knew perfectly well that Master Qingxiao couldn't have suddenly gone mad and done something so unwise.

On the contrary, the fact that Master Qingxiao chose to do this shows that he must have a great deal of confidence that he can decide the outcome with this one strike!

The time he had to react was far too little!

No sooner said than done, the moment Qingxiao Zhenren's nascent soul emerged from his body, the azure flying sword suddenly shrank to more than ten times its original size and appeared in his hand.

Then he took a step and his figure instantly disappeared above Qingxiao Zhenren's head, and then reappeared next to a clone of Tianjing Zhenren.

That clone had already been destroyed by the flying sword in the Nascent Soul's hand.

"Teleportation technique!"

Outside the battlefield, both Yin Yue Zhenren and Zi Yang Zhenren, upon witnessing this scene, solemnly called out the divine power used by Qing Xiao Zhenren's Nascent Soul.

The Nascent Soul is a peculiar existence, neither real nor illusory, yet it truly exists.

When the nascent soul breaks free from the shackles of the physical body and appears between heaven and earth, its contact with the laws of heaven and earth becomes very close, and it naturally masters some supernatural powers involving the application of the laws.

For example, the "teleportation" supernatural power is something that even a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator cannot master under normal circumstances; only a Nascent Soul True Monarch can master and use it.

However, when a cultivator's Nascent Soul stage uses this technique, it's as natural as eating and drinking, as if it were something they were born with.

Of course, using this technique with a Nascent Soul is extremely taxing on the Nascent Soul's own vital energy. Each time it is used, the vital energy consumed may require several years of meditation and arduous cultivation to replenish.

At this moment, Qingxiao Zhenren seemed completely unconcerned about the depletion of Yuan Qi in the Nascent Soul. In a short period of time, he teleported several times in succession, directly annihilating all of Tianjing Zhenren's clones, leaving only the main body.

"You're courting death!"

Only the Heavenly Mirror Immortal remained, and at this moment, he let out a roar filled with shock and rage.

After his clones were all destroyed, he finally got a chance to make a move. He immediately activated the golden mirror he had previously put away and shone a beam of destructive golden light at the Nascent Soul of True Person Qingxiao, who had teleported behind him again.

But just as the destructive golden light was about to hit its target, Qingxiao Zhenren's nascent soul gave him a mocking smile and then instantly disappeared.

After this teleportation, Qingxiao Zhenren's nascent soul appeared in front of Tianjing Zhenren, and then directly launched the azure flying sword in his hand at Tianjing Zhenren's head, which was right next to him.

The flying sword was launched, its blade burning with a flame-like azure light. This was an unusual phenomenon that appeared after being enhanced by the Nascent Soul's life essence, indicating that the flying sword's power had been pushed to its limit.

This sword strike can be described as a powerful strike from Qingxiao Zhenren, condensing his life's cultivation!

In an instant, the silver light shield around the Heavenly Mirror True Man's body was pierced by the flying sword, as easily as piercing a piece of paper.

Then, with Master Tianjing's eyes wide with rage, he pierced through the man's brow with a sword, smashing his head apart!

"You old thief Qingxiao, how dare you destroy my physical body and sever my path to enlightenment! I swear I will slaughter all your disciples and grand-disciples, and the entire Qinglian Temple!"

Just as his head exploded, a golden light suddenly shot out from the body of the Heavenly Mirror True Man, appearing thousands of feet away in a flash, revealing a three-inch Nascent Soul holding a golden mirror and a storage bag.

That's the Nascent Soul of the Heavenly Mirror Immortal!

With his physical body destroyed beyond repair, he decisively chose to cut off his own arm, voluntarily abandoning his physical body to allow his nascent soul to leave his body, and also used the "teleportation" supernatural power to dodge the flying sword's attack.

However, the hatred of having one's body severed is irreconcilable.

Therefore, once Tianjing Zhenren's nascent soul was out of danger, he angrily uttered harsh words to Qingxiao Zhenren.

How could he not hate it!

As a Nascent Soul cultivator who has only been in the Nascent Soul stage for less than thirty years, he has not yet had the chance to fully enjoy the glory of a Nascent Soul cultivator, and he should still have a very long road ahead of him.

But now that his physical body has been severed, his only option is to find a cultivator with good aptitude and possess their body to cultivate.

Although one's cultivation level will not drop after a Nascent Soul possesses another's body, a severe loss of vital energy is inevitable.

Furthermore, the process of the nascent soul and the new physical body adapting to each other will require a long time.

Not to mention that even if one adapts to the new body, their cultivation speed will be greatly affected in the future, and there will be virtually no chance of breaking through to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

It can be described as a blood feud that resulted in someone killing him to obstruct his path!

Such a deep-seated hatred, even killing Qingxiao Zhenren would not be enough to appease Tianjing Zhenren, and even slaughtering the entire Qinglian Temple would not quell the anger in his heart!

However, facing the three-inch Nascent Soul cultivator's clamor, True Immortal Qingxiao's Nascent Soul cultivator sneered, "Slaughter my entire Qinglian Sect? Do you think you still have that chance?"

Before he finished speaking, he chased after the Nascent Soul of True Person Tianjing.

Suddenly, something that happens only once every thousand or even ten thousand years occurred.

The two Nascent Soul cultivators chased each other in the air, frequently using teleportation abilities to pursue each other, and soon disappeared from the sky above the battlefield.

Seeing this, Master Ziyang, who had just recovered from the series of shocking events, looked at Master Yinyue with a complicated expression and said, "Fellow Daoist Yinyue, what should we do? Fellow Daoist Qingxiao's actions..."

He wanted to say that Qingxiao Zhenren's actions were against the rules and had violated the agreement among them, the Nascent Soul stage cultivators of Jingguo.

But halfway through his sentence, he quickly realized that there was no point in saying it now.

Now that the physical body of the Heavenly Mirror Immortal has been destroyed, and it is unknown whether the Nascent Soul can escape the pursuit of the Azure Sky Immortal, what is the use of saying all this?

Moreover, the rules and agreements were merely the whispers of these Nascent Soul stage cultivators within their own little circle, and were not truly made public.

If Master Qingxiao doesn't comply, there's really nothing they can do about it.

"Let's wait. Whether Fellow Daoist Qingxiao succeeds or not, I believe he will give us an explanation!"

Yin Yue Zhenren also looked at Qing Xiao Zhenren's physical body in mid-air with a complicated expression, and sighed helplessly.

At this moment, the five Golden Core cultivators from Qinglian Temple had already taken to the air. After paying their respects to True Person Silver Moon and True Person Purple Sun, they stood guard around True Person Qingxiao's physical body to protect him.

Yu Jinghua, a Golden Core cultivator from the Tianjing Sect, stared in horror at the headless corpse of Tianjing Zhenren, who was pinned in mid-air by Yinyue Zhenren, his body trembling slightly.

This result was clearly something he hadn't expected at all!

He had expected Tianjing Zhenren to lose, but he never imagined he would lose so miserably.

If Master Tianjing were to truly perish here, he dared not even imagine how miserable his fate would be.

Qinglian Temple will definitely not let him off the hook!

"It seems the Heavenly Mirror Old Monster is doomed. I can't let him die with him!"

"Escape! We must escape immediately!"

"While the people at Qinglian Temple aren't paying attention to me yet, I must escape Jingguo immediately!"

Yu Jinghua's heart pounded wildly, and he immediately turned and fled towards the Tianjing Sect's mountain gate.

Even if he were to escape, he would definitely take everything from the Tianjing Sect's treasury with him, and ideally, he would also take some of his trusted followers from the Spirit Beast Manor with him.

With resources and trusted disciples, he could make a name for himself anywhere, given his Golden Core cultivation level.

First update!

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