Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation.

Chapter 355 Ambush on the True Monarch
Upon learning that Ning Sujin had a chance to advance further after devouring a soul cultivator's soul, Li Ji'an was happy for her and also because he was about to resolve the Nascent Soul threat posed by the Myriad Laws True Monarch.

However, in just a moment, Li Ji'an looked up at Ning Sujin and asked, "Sister Jin, are there any hidden dangers in this method?"

Ning Sujin looked calmly at Li Ji'an and said, "There are no particular hidden dangers, but I still feel uncomfortable about devouring the essence of other people's souls!"

"However, even without the matter of the Myriad Laws True Monarch, I am still considering it. My nascent soul is residing in Yu Tan's sea of ​​consciousness. Although this temporarily protects my primordial spirit, if Yu Tan cannot advance further, her physical body will eventually perish and her sea of ​​consciousness will disappear. At that time, I will have no choice but to seize her body."

However, the act of seizing another's body goes against the natural order and is fraught with difficulties. Even with my current spiritual strength, I am not entirely confident. If my spiritual power could advance further, perhaps I could increase my chances of success.

Li Ji'an nodded secretly. Ning Yutan had lived in the forbidden land of the Immortal Dynasty for eighteen years before entering this place, and her spiritual roots were greatly affected, all of them being of the lower grade.

Even though her physical body was frozen for decades due to the spiritual essence, and her spiritual root was nourished, she was only slightly better off than Xiao Qiao. With the nourishment of Ning Sujin's primordial spirit, the help of Li Ji'an to replenish her physical body, and the high-grade Foundation Establishment Pill given by Li Ji'an, she easily passed the Foundation Establishment stage.

For the past 130 years, being in a superior spiritual vein and having an abundant supply of spiritual resources, I have managed to barely reach the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

However, the Core Formation stage was a bit too difficult for her.

After all, her magical power is weak and her foundation is unstable. Even if she were given all of Li Ji'an's heaven-defying Core Formation spiritual resources, she herself would not be able to withstand it and would likely explode and die in the first step!

At that time, Ning Sujin's primordial spirit will have nowhere to reside. She will either have to find a soul-nourishing wood to store it like Wanfa Zhenjun, or she will have to seize a body when the opportunity arises. Otherwise, she will eventually dissipate in the world and her soul will be scattered.

As for possession, there are obstacles from the Heavenly Dao, and only a Nascent Soul spirit can enter the consciousness sea of ​​a cultivator below the Foundation Establishment stage to possess their body.

The stronger the opponent's soul, the lower the chance of successfully possessing their body.

Furthermore, if the target of the possession is too poor in talent and has no hope of success, it will only result in another wasted lifetime.

Only those with exceptional talent who possess another's body can be considered to continue their path.

Those with exceptional talent surpass ordinary people, and their souls may even possess supernatural abilities. Therefore, for someone to possess another's body, the stronger their primordial spirit, the better.

“Mm!” Li Ji’an nodded silently.

"I need to go into seclusion for a month. When I emerge, I will deal with the Nascent Soul of True Monarch Wanfa. However, it would be best to make many arrangements during this period." Ning Sujin said with a resolute expression and gentle words of advice.

"it is good!"

The next morning, Ning Sujin and Li Ji'an parted ways.

After returning to the Peach Blossom Forest Dojo, he immediately woke up Ning Yutan and told her that he needed to devour a divine soul and go into seclusion.

"Are you crazy?"

"Didn't you say that this kind of demonic art definitely has great hidden dangers?"

"How is this any different from cannibalism? Once we eat him, there's probably no turning back."

“Besides, if you can eat him today, who can guarantee that you won’t be eaten by someone else next time!” Ning Yutan immediately objected upon hearing this.

Ning Sujin smiled faintly: "Haven't you seen the truth of this cultivation world yet? It's nothing but the law of the jungle. If I'm strong today, I can eat him. If I'm weak tomorrow, what does it matter if I'm eaten?"

"Moreover, how confident are you in forming your core? If you can't, you only have seventy or eighty years left to live. If you die then, I will have no physical body to rely on and will have to possess someone else's body. How is that any different from cannibalism?"

Upon hearing this, Ning Yutan was instantly stunned.

The next moment, her spirits collapsed.

After a moment of contemplation, she suddenly asked out of the blue, "Sister, tell me... what is the meaning of our cultivation? Why do you cultivate?"

"What is the meaning of my cultivation? What do you think?" Ning Sujin paused for a moment, then asked in return.

"Yes, I know. You initially cultivated desperately just to prevent the old thief of the Liu family from devouring my essence and blood. After that, you wanted to regain your physical body. And now? To become stronger? To seize another body? To live longer?" Ning Yutan's expression was blank.

"Tell me, what's the point of us living for another few decades or centuries?"

“Every day is a monotonous practice, and a single retreat can last for months or even years. The truly happy times are not as good as when I was a child in the mundane world.”

"Sister, to be honest, if it weren't for you, I would have wanted to stop living like this a long time ago."

Ning Yutan's pent-up emotions were suddenly stirred up, and this was her true feeling.

In her heart, whether it's a Core Formation True Person or a Nascent Soul True Monarch, there seems to be little difference. Apart from living a few hundred more years, in the end, they all return to dust. If they can't do what they want to do, then they are unhappy.

Although she has lived twice as long as ordinary people over the past hundred years, she has not actually been happy.

Ning Sujin fell silent. Just as Ning Yutan had said, after arriving in the cultivation world and realizing its true nature, she had also felt disappointed and frustrated. However, in the beginning, in order to prevent Ning Yutan from having her essence blood devoured by the old thief of the Liu family, she made a deal with him and began to cultivate.

After finally managing to save Ning Yutan's life and repair her consciousness, which had been searched by the old thief of the Liu family, she had only one goal: revenge.

After the old villain of the Liu family died, she had no desires and her greatest wish was to return to the mortal world of the Immortal Dynasty to live out her remaining days. Unexpectedly, her physical body was kidnapped by the Palace of Ten Thousand Laws.

After that, she wanted to reclaim her physical body, but faced with the fact that her primordial spirit could not leave the Liu family's spiritual vein and the power of the Myriad Laws Palace, she was in despair and even wanted to give up.

It wasn't until she met Li Ji'an that she regained the will to live.

Now, all her efforts are because of Li Ji'an. If Li Ji'an were gone, she would have no motivation or desire to live.

However, now that she knows about Li Ji'an's extraordinary abilities, she has even greater motivation.

I hope to accompany Li Ji'an for a longer and farther!
After a moment, Ning Sujin came to her senses, her voice gentle yet firm: "Longevity!"

"Huh? What?" Ning Yutan's face showed a hint of surprise.

"I desire immortality!" Ning Sujin's voice became even more resolute.

"What's the use of immortality if you're not happy? It's just an endless, tedious torment." Ning Yutan didn't understand; her only bond in this world was Ning Sujin.

Ning Sujin stopped explaining: "Sleep now, I will wake you up after I emerge from seclusion."

"I hope you won't regret it." Ning Yutan stopped trying to persuade her.

As Ning Yutan's consciousness completely subsided, Ning Sujin's primordial spirit became the master of her sea of ​​consciousness.

Holding her breath and concentrating, she adjusted her primordial spirit to its optimal state before swallowing the soul essence of the soul cultivator whole.

At the same time, Li Ji'an came to Xiao Qiao's courtyard again.

He was about to face the Nascent Soul of the Myriad Laws True Lord, so he naturally needed to go all out. Xiao Qiao's extraordinary abilities as a third-tier Earth Spirit Master, combined with her mastery of formations, could at least be of some use.

He then gave a general account of the matter. "True Lord of Ten Thousand Laws!" Xiao Qiao was startled upon hearing this.

The Myriad Laws True Lord reigned supreme over an era and was the supreme ruler in the hearts of countless cultivators in the Heavenly Azure Domain.

She never imagined that she would have the opportunity to meet the True Lord of Ten Thousand Laws in her life, let alone that she would be involved in the rebellious Heavenly Gang's attempt to kill his Nascent Soul!

"Ping An, this matter is of utmost importance. Is there any way to alleviate it?" After calming down for a while, Xiao Qiao was still shaken.

Li Ji'an slowly shook his head: "Senior sister, now that Little Fire Spirit and Guagua have been discovered, if we give them a chance to escape, I will face a life-or-death crisis. Most importantly, their purpose may be the remnant of the Jianmu tree!"

"If we don't take advantage of their current state before their Nascent Soul has recovered and strike them while they're down, our chances of success in the future will be even smaller."

After calming down, Xiao Qiao finally regained her senses.

"In that case, we must be absolutely certain of success. We must not only prevent them from escaping, but also prevent them from falling into the hands of others. Among the array formations passed down to me by my grandfather, there is a Five Yang Soul-Severing Array that has a restrictive effect on the soul. If I fully integrate with the spirit of the earth, it may also be effective against damage to the nascent soul."

"Thank you, Senior Sister!" Li Ji'an felt relieved.

The two then began to make careful preparations.

Ultimately, the location for setting up the formation was chosen to be Li Ji'an's dojo, which is the core of the entire Qishi Forest, where the earth veins would be most beneficial to Xiao Qiao.

After that, Xiao Qiao began to set up the formation.

Li Ji'an handed over all the third-tier soul-type poisons he had prepared to Xiao Qiao, asking her to find a way to mix them into the formation.

Meanwhile, to prevent Wanfa Zhenjun's nascent soul from breaking out of Guagua's mouth during this period, Li Ji'an instructed Guagua to stay with Xiao Qiao at all times, and to immediately be inside the formation once it was completed.

In addition, Li Ji'an summoned the little fire spirit and earnestly explained to it what was about to happen, patiently teaching it how to handle any unexpected situations.

After Ning Sujin's reminder, Li Ji'an realized that the power of Wanfa Zhenjun's Nascent Soul was not as weak as he had thought. However, the burning effect of the little fire spirit on the black light umbrella was not fake; otherwise, it could have endured the burning to avoid Li Ji'an's perception.

It was able to be forced out by the burning of the little fire spirit, which naturally showed that it feared the power of the little fire spirit's spiritual flames.

Little Fire Spirit is still Li Ji'an's trump card against Wanfa Zhenjun.

Time passed day by day, and the day to face the True Lord's Nascent Soul Spirit Body drew ever closer.

On this day, within the Peach Blossom Forest Dojo, an extremely powerful divine soul pressure flashed by.

"He has indeed become much stronger." In the entire Qishilin Dojo, only Li Ji'an, whose divine sense was comparable to that of a superior being, and Xiao Qiao, who had merged with the spirit of the earth, could detect that trace of divine soul pressure.

Li Ji'an raised an eyebrow. Compared to a month ago, Ning Sujin's primordial spirit was at least 50% stronger now.

Although it didn't actually reach the next level of Nascent Soul strength, it was still almost twice as strong as the Nascent Soul spirit of the True Monarch of Ten Thousand Laws.

He immediately went to the Peach Blossom Forest Taoist Temple.

Inside the dojo, Ning Sujin's forehead was covered in sweat, and her face was somewhat pale.

At the same time, two distinctly different expressions appeared alternately in his slightly open eyes.

"It really is a demonic technique!" Ning Sujin's primordial spirit trembled, suppressing the wisp of divine soul that her primordial spirit had just devoured.

However, the trace of that soul cultivator's essence could never be erased, and even attempted to merge with her primordial spirit.

She had sensed this before deciding to devour it. The soul cultivation technique given to her by the old thief of the Liu family was called "Devouring Heaven". She discovered it in the Stormy Abyss. When her soul was refined to the point of being comparable to the Qi Refining Perfection, she began to practice it in order to break through to the Divine Sense Realm.

She was initially resistant to this, not because she told Li Ji'an, but because she was worried about the future of this cultivation method.

However, upon learning of the life-or-death crisis Li Ji'an was facing, she did not hesitate to choose to devour him.

Just as she was pondering, her primordial spirit sensed Li Ji'an's arrival. Ning Sujin instantly composed herself and forcibly restored her radiant complexion.

"Li Lang, I've succeeded!" She then opened the restrictions on the dojo and met Li Ji'an.

"From what I can sense, the Nascent Soul of the Myriad Laws True Monarch is less than half the size of yours now, and Xiao Qiao has already set up an array that can withstand the damage to his Nascent Soul. This matter is absolutely safe." After sensing it up close, Li Ji'an felt even more confident.

Ning Sujin nodded: "The True Lord of Ten Thousand Laws is not a soul cultivator. His nascent soul is separated from his body and will be greatly damaged without a physical body to attach to. In addition, as you said, he was injured in the tomb and his nascent soul was injured. I estimate that his strength is less than 20% or 30% of his peak. My primordial spirit is now close to the peak of the nascent soul, so I am more confident."

"Thank you, Sister Jin!" Li Ji'an bowed respectfully and handed a bottle of Six Gods Condensing Essence Pills to Ning Sujin.

"With the help of this divine pill, I can reach my peak strength in three days." Ning Sujin accepted the Six Gods Condensing Essence Pill with great surprise.

After confirming Ning Sujin's situation, Li Ji'an went to where Xiao Qiao had set up the formation.

The array's core and foundation were already in place, and Xiao Qiao had been working hard these past few days to connect with the earth's veins, using the underground spiritual veins to supply the array.

"Peace, the formation is complete and ready to be activated at any time," Xiao Qiao informed Li Ji'an telepathically that night.

Without hesitation, Li Ji'an immediately ordered him to activate the formation.

Xiao Qiao was instantly trapped under the array's core, merging with the spiritual veins of the area.

At the same time, a light screen slowly rose up, containing five dazzling rays of light, each corresponding to one of the five supreme yang energies of heaven and earth.

Meanwhile, Guagua remained inside the formation, its two large, bell-like eyes looking somewhat bored.

Three days later, Ning Sujin officially emerged from seclusion, her primordial spirit power at its peak.

With everything ready, Li Ji'an had Ning Sujin sit cross-legged outside the formation. After all, Ning Yutan's physical body was only at the Foundation Establishment stage, and she was too weak to face a True Monarch Nascent Soul. He himself led the invisible puppet into the formation and came to Guagua's front.

"After I take out the Dark Light Umbrella, you must immediately escape from the magic array." Li Ji'an instructed Guagua again. Although Guagua was already a third-tier Golden Core demon, its strength lay in its physical body and bloodline. Its demonic power could not harm the Nascent Soul and was easily devoured by the Nascent Soul.

"Croak~" the croaking croaked in response, finally sensing the tense atmosphere.

Without further hesitation, Li Ji'an entered the universe within the Guagua's mouth.

Before Wan Shangyu formed his core, Li Ji'an had repeatedly tried to appease Wan Fa Zhenjun in order to stabilize his nascent soul. There was no unusual movement in the universe within the Guagua's mouth. Li Ji'an always thought that the other party had fallen for his scheme. It wasn't until a month ago that he realized that the other party was after the Jianmu remnant.

Moreover, after he attained the Golden Core stage, he even placed a magic artifact containing poison inside. The other party never inquired about his Golden Core formation. At the time, he thought he had hidden it well. Now it seems that the other party was worried about breaking this balance, which would prevent him from peacefully cultivating his soul in the Black Light Umbrella while also receiving the fortune boost from the Jianmu remnant branch.

"True Lord, I have been ambushed and mistakenly entered a magic formation. I beg your assistance!"

(End of this chapter)