Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 309 The Second Soul
'In the past, my cultivation was not good enough, and I thought that if I cultivated enough, I would have a chance to revive the Taiyi lineage. Now that I have achieved some success in my cultivation, the future of Taiyi Xianmen is even more unclear.'

Chu Tai shook his head, cut off the many auras he had left behind, and contacted Si Shubai again.

"I say, you made quite a commotion this time. You went to kill an immortal old man, but you actually provoked the Taoist priest Iron Umbrella, the elder of Wutai. Now according to the information I received, there seems to be traces of a fourth-grade celestial being over there. What's going on?"

Facing Si Shubai's questioning, Chu Tai did not hide too much. Apart from hiding the part about the secret technique he left behind for observation, he also told the other party about his previous battle and the things he vaguely discovered that the fourth-rank cultivator was concerned about.

Si Shubai was obviously very surprised when he heard the news, and then he gave Chu Tai and the others the information they had collected.

"Don't say that I got your information for nothing. I have some guesses. Take a look. Behind your fight, there should be a fight between Wutai and Emei. I guess the ones who did it are probably Yuanyang Grandfather Yuanhua of Danxia Mountain and Wutai Sect's Goddess of Pity and Desire Yu Guifang. According to the latest information observed by our spies, the Taoist priest of Wutai may also take action himself."

Chu Tai was slightly surprised. He was not surprised that the dynasty could get the news so quickly. He just didn't expect that Si Shu Bai could obtain these contents in such a short time.

He then asked, "Master Wutai, as far as I know, hasn't he been practicing in seclusion, honing the fourth-grade heavenly path and exploring the third-grade realm? How did he find time to come out? And hasn't there been a rumor that he has made no progress in the past hundred years because he helped Concubine Lianyu break through to the fourth grade, which caused his own essence to be lost?"

Si Shubai was silent for a while before answering, "We originally thought so, but based on the latest intelligence, we speculate that Taoist Wutai may have taken advantage of the gaps in his lost energy to collect the elites of the five elements from the five directions, condense his second soul, and forge an external incarnation."

"It's still possible. Should I say that he is worthy of being a great master of the side sect who has successfully transferred to the Xuanmen? Generally, when a Xuanmen cultivator loses his essence during the critical period of the fourth level, he may lose his foundation due to the resurgence of distracting thoughts and the confusion of his true qi, and fall into the side sect. This Wutai Taoist was able to take this opportunity to cultivate a second soul. From this point of view, although his cultivation has not improved in the past hundred years, his supernatural powers have probably improved a lot."

Chu Tai's answer surprised Si Shubai, and he asked, "You were talking about Jinan Gong, a Xuanmen immortal from a hundred years ago. I remember that he gave up the Dao fruit of the middle level of the celestial immortal for the sake of his lover, and turned to the Dao fruit of the upper level of the earthly immortal. During the Dao fruit transformation, his cultivation of true qi changed, and he fell from the orthodox Xuanmen to the side door system, which caused quite a stir back then. And isn't the second soul a great way for you immortals to improve your own cultivation? How come you said that your cultivation has not improved, but your supernatural powers have improved?"

Chu Tai was a little surprised by Si Shubai's answer. Logically, although she practiced the methods of hundreds of schools, she shouldn't have asked such a question based on her previous grasp of the information.

'Is it because you just didn't understand, or are you asking me on purpose?'

Chu Tai muttered a few words in his heart, but did not hide it.

"The method of the second soul is essentially a way to nourish one's own soul essence with the help of other natural treasures. It is also a method used by some cultivators to adjust their own cultivation path. The method and natural treasures used in the whole process determine one's harvest and the final product of the second soul."

"For example, if a female cultivator who practices the Way of the Taiyin wants to quickly change her cultivation foundation, she can find a piece of Wanzai Warm Jade to entrust her soul essence and slowly cultivate her second soul. During the cultivation period, she will gradually accept the Dao principles accumulated by the Wanzai Warm Jade one by one, and with the help of the connection between souls, she will gradually integrate the principles of the Warm Jade into her own principles." After hearing this, Si Shubai concluded: "The relationship between them sounds similar to the method of dual cultivation of the soul."

“Although the two have certain similarities, they cannot be considered the same method. If I must describe it, it should be that each of them incorporates some of the other’s ideas.”

After Chu Tai pointed out the other party's problem, he continued the previous topic.

"It is precisely because of the special nature of the second soul that this method will not be of much help to Taoist Wutai. As far as I know, Taoist Wutai's cultivation has reached the extreme of a fourth-grade celestial being, and his principles have long been polished to perfection. Under such circumstances, I cannot imagine what kind of heavenly materials and treasures can provide him with help. In fact, I don't think there is any heavenly material and treasure that can completely carry his soul's essence without being eroded in the opposite direction."

"What if it is a treasure brought down from Daluo Heaven?"

Facing the possibility raised by Si Shubai, Chu Tai refuted: "It is impossible. The treasures brought down from Daluo Heaven are of too low grade and are as useless to Taoist Wutai. After all, in our Great Heaven, all the myriad vital energies carry very weak Daluo Heaven light. Even if it is something brought down from Daluo Heaven, unless there is a qualitative change, there is no essential difference between it and the natural treasures nurtured by our Great Heaven."

“But if the treasure brought from Daluotian undergoes a qualitative change, let’s not worry about how difficult it is to bring it down, or how powerful the anomaly will be. Let’s just say that after Taoist Wutai obtains a treasure of this level and successfully integrates his primordial spirit into it, I can’t say who will assimilate whom.”

Chu Tai's answer was obviously beyond Si Shubai's expectations. She couldn't help but ask, "But isn't Taoist Wutai the one who has gone the furthest among the fourth-grade celestial beings? He can't do it?"

"As far as I know, or according to the records in my inherited books, from ancient times to the present, there has never been a treasure in Daluo Heaven that has undergone a qualitative change that is lower than the third grade. Even for Da Tian cultivators like me, the third grade in Daluo Heaven is slightly better than the general second grade in terms of quality."

"So far, there has only been one case of a fourth-grade person successfully swallowing up a treasure brought down from Daluo Heaven. That was the Haha Ancestor Lianhuasheng. He once swallowed up a treasure brought down from Daluo Heaven and turned it into a part of his Nuo mask."

What Chu Tai was saying at this moment was part of the Mingchen Sect's inheritance, and this part of the content was not recorded in detail by either the Youkan Sect, the Jinhua Sect, or the Yinjing Sect. Only some specious descriptions were left, which was obviously a very secretive matter.

Chu Tai told Si Shubai the news at this moment, to a large extent, he wanted to use Si Shubai's mouth to let them deal with Old Ancestor Haha, or restrain Old Ancestor Haha to prevent the other party from interfering when Chu Tai tried to take back the Jinhua Sect's Taoist temple.

It would be even better if it could have some impact on Ancestor Haha.

(End of this chapter)