Chapter 278: Stripping the Extreme (Second update, please vote)

In reality, there are two methods for a Cultivator to reach the Soul Transformation Stage. The first method is to sense another person's Concept and imitate it. This method is much simpler than the second. However, the difficulty lies in the fact that very few Soul Transformation Cultivators will open their Concept for others to comprehend. Therefore, this method is generally only available to those at the Nascent Soul Great Perfection within their respective Schools.

As for the second method, it relies entirely on oneself to comprehend the Heavenly Dao, to experience the state of mind, and ultimately obtain one's own Concept. This method is very difficult, requiring immense willpower and Opportunity to succeed. But once one successfully obtains their own Concept, then in terms of Rank, it is far superior to the former.

Generally speaking, only those Cultivators who are unable to obtain a Concept through their own comprehension will reluctantly choose the first method, as there is a gap between the two.

This gap, whether at the beginning or later on, remains a chasm that is difficult to surmount.

However, after all, not many people can comprehend it on their own, so the vast majority of Cultivators choose the first method.

This is also why, even though they are all Soul Transformation Stage, some can be killed, while others can exist safely. Back in the State of Zhao, the envoy from the Rank 4 Cultivation Country chose the first method to reach Soul Transformation. Therefore, when facing Wang Lin, upon seeing his powerful Magic Treasure, he chose to flee.

But there are no absolutes. There are also some Cultivators who reached Soul Transformation using the first method and eventually Broke Through to the Nascent Soul Transformation Stage. However, such people are extremely rare, and even if they reach Nascent Soul Transformation, they are still considered low-Rank.

Therefore, Cultivators who generally choose this method for Soul Transformation often focus their efforts on Medicinal Pills, hoping to use them to improve themselves. However, Medicinal Pills containing the Qi of the Immortal Realm are not so easy to obtain.

Wang Lin flew all the way, and in this rainy night, he arrived at the Ancient Teleportation Formation. Amidst flashes of light, his body disappeared.

This time, Wang Lin did not stop at all. Instead, he unleashed his full speed, and after emerging from the Teleportation Formation, he quickly flew towards the next Ancient Teleportation Formation.

A month later, in a valley on the border of the State of Zhao, waves of majestic spiritual power light circles rose into the sky. After the light circles disappeared, a young man walked out from the valley.

He was Wang Lin!

Looking at the land before him, Wang Lin felt a great deal of emotion. The State of Zhao was not large; Wang Lin's Divine Sense could sweep over it and see everything clearly.

After that massacre, the Cultivators within the State of Zhao had greatly dwindled. The deaths of several Late Stage Nascent Soul powerhouses brought a severe blow to the State of Zhao. Over the past few decades, almost all remaining Schools had closed their doors and no longer ventured out.

In the Cultivation World of the State of Zhao, rumors about Wang Lin continued even now, striking fear into countless Cultivators. Especially those who had seen Wang Lin with their own eyes often woke up in fright from nightmares, covered in cold sweat.

As for the Tongtian Pagoda, where the envoy resided in the central part of the State of Zhao, it was now empty.

After a brief silence, Wang Lin flew towards the former location of the Hengyue School, which was now the Xuandao Sect.

He began his cultivation journey here, and he would successfully reach Soul Transformation here.

When his figure appeared outside the Xuandao Sect, he saw a mass of white mist enveloping the entire mountain peak. Even the small path leading inside had disappeared. The Xuandao Sect had long since closed its doors years ago, no longer concerning itself with worldly affairs.

Wang Lin sighed softly, not grandly summoning anyone out. Instead, his body moved, disappearing from his original spot, and reappearing already in the Xuandao Sect's back mountain.

The back mountain where he had secluded himself for four years, although there were still Cultivators there now, they were not many, and each of them looked listless and gloomy.

How could Wang Lin's appearance be detected by them? On the stone cliff of the back mountain, which was covered with Immortal Caves, Wang Lin found his former seclusion spot and walked in.

This Immortal Cave was unoccupied. After Wang Lin entered, the stone wall outside the Immortal Cave rumbled and fell, sealing it.

Sitting cross-legged inside the Immortal Cave, Wang Lin looked around. Familiar memories surfaced in his mind. After a long while, he sighed softly and closed his eyes to meditate.

Ten days later, Wang Lin's internal Qi was fully adjusted. Then, he performed Hand Seals and pressed both hands to his chest. Immediately, his complexion fluctuated between green and red. Slowly, his entire body suddenly split into two.

The main body walked out from the Clone, with white hair draped over its shoulders. In its stern face, the star point between its eyebrows shimmered with an eerie light.

The main body's cultivation was still at the Late Stage Core Formation!

If the extreme realm did not evolve, the main body's cultivation would never be able to improve.

Even if it combined with the Clone, although it could make the extreme realm achieve the effect of Nascent Soul, there were drawbacks and flaws, and it was never a long-term solution.

As for the Clone, its cultivation was already on the verge of Soul Transformation. As early as when it formed its Nascent Soul, the Clone's half-Jiazi flaw had disappeared, becoming indistinguishable from the main body.

At this moment, with Soul Transformation imminent, if the main body had already fused with the Clone, it would affect the Soul Transformation. Therefore, Wang Lin separated his main body and Clone.

Wang Lin was silent. If the main body's cultivation remained like this, the impact would be too great. He had been considering this issue for many years, always unable to make up his mind. At this moment, having comprehended the Concept of life and death, and after the Epiphany in the ancient temple, he had a higher level of understanding of life and death.

His wavering heart also firmed up.

The main body obviously cannot follow the same path as the Clone. In that case, the extreme realm must be separated!

The path of the Ancient God is the ultimate choice for the main body. Wang Lin was silent for a moment, then sat cross-legged. The main body also sat down, simultaneously forming Hand Seals. Gradually, a cloud of green mist enveloped both the Clone and the main body.

The first thing to do was for the main body to disperse its cultivation!

Strands of spiritual power fluctuations spread out from the main body. A trace of pain appeared on his face, but his gaze was unwavering. Slowly, drops of blood liquid seeped out from all the pores on the main body's skin.

These red liquids did not stick to his clothes but permeated out of his body, forming blood beads around the main body. Gradually, these blood beads became more and more numerous.

The main body's complexion also gradually turned pale, and his cultivation, from Late Stage Core Formation, slowly fell… Ten days later, the main body's entire body showed signs of aging, and its cultivation reached the brink of Early Stage Core Formation. The blood beads outside its body had already connected into a single piece, forming a blood-colored halo.

With a crisp 'crack-crack' sound, the main body's Golden Core suddenly shattered, transforming into even more majestic spiritual power, which spread wildly throughout its body like a runaway horse. At this moment, the Clone's eyes flashed, and it pointed its right hand at the main body's glabella. Immediately, the spiritual power within the main body, like a surging flood, found an outlet and poured out from the glabella.

All of this spiritual power condensed on the Clone's fingertip. Gradually, a golden liquid was forcibly extracted by the Clone from the main body's glabella.

The main body instantly became listless, but its gaze remained calm.

Subsequently, strands of spiritual power gradually reappeared within the main body's bones and Physical Body. These spiritual powers condensed in the Dantian, and slowly, a light circle resembling a petal formed in the Dantian.

This was the foundation of a Cultivator's cultivation, the mark of the Foundation Establishment Stage.

This light circle slowly solidified and became brighter. At this moment, the Clone's fingertip moved again, pointing at the main body's Dantian. Immediately, the main body's body trembled, and the light circle suddenly collapsed, turning into strands of spiritual power that flowed out from the Dantian and gathered on the Clone's fingertip.

Immediately after, the main body's cultivation, like a flood that had lost its barrier, began to plummet rapidly: Qi Condensation Stage fourteen… thirteen… twelve… eight… six… all the way down to one!

At this moment, all the spiritual power in the main body's Meridians disappeared. Its entire body suddenly leaned against the stone wall, gasping for breath. However, its gaze remained calm.

In his eyes, a red lightning bolt flashed rapidly.

The Clone took a deep breath. This time, its fingertip pointed between the main body's eyes. Immediately, the red lightning bolt furiously poured out. After leaving the main body's eyes, it was about to escape through the nearby wall. At this moment, the Clone roared, waving its hands repeatedly, forming a light screen that locked down the red lightning. Then, with a powerful grab, the red lightning let out an unwilling silent roar and slowly became still.

The Clone grabbed with its large hand, and the red lightning was immediately caught in its grasp. It rubbed it forcefully, turning it into a drop of blood. After a glance, it threw it into its Storage Pouch.

This red blood drop was the extreme realm!

The main body abandoned its cultivation, finally forcing out this extreme realm, completely transforming it into an existence like a Magic Treasure.

Immediately after, the main body took a deep breath, barely managed to sit cross-legged, and closed its eyes. At this moment, the Clone pointed its right hand, and the spiritual power from the Foundation Establishment light circle condensed on its fingertip, upon a flick, all merged into the main body. Subsequently, the golden liquid formed from the Golden Core also entered the main body with a flick.

The majestic spiritual power circulated wildly within the main body, but the main body had no intention of re-Cultivating. Instead, it activated the Ancient God Art. Immediately, all this spiritual power, under the existence of the Ancient God Art, which was like a millstone, was absorbed by the main body's bones and muscles.

During this absorption process, faint red Qi slowly drilled into the main body from the red halo outside its body.

This process lasted for a long time… At this moment, Wang Lin's main body and Clone had completely embarked on two distinctly different paths. The main body practiced Body Refining, seeking the Dao of the Ancient God.

The Clone cultivated internally, aiming for the Dao of the Immortal Heaven.

Between the two, both were Wang Lin's body, without any difference. However, before reaching Major Achievement, the main body and Clone could only fuse for a short period, unable to merge permanently.

But once fused, their strength would increase by several times!

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