The nascent soul slowly floated into the air. After it completely left Wang Lin's head, it stretched out its arms and did the exact same thing as Wang Lin. Even the technique it used was the same.
Suddenly, the spiritual energy in the world seemed to have found an outlet and gathered like crazy. It formed a giant whirlpool in the back mountain of the Xuan Dao Sect.
This whirlpool became visible to the naked eye. It was like a funnel that grew larger and larger from the bottom up.
At this moment, there was a change in the sky. In the cloudless sky, a giant black hole slowly formed. Inside the black hole, there were specks of starlight.
Wang Lin seemed to have noticed something. His nascent soul raised its head and two rays of light pierced through the wall and into the black hole.
His heart immediately trembled. The world inside the black hole was the space outside of Suzaku from the ancient god's memory.
When a cultivator reaches the Soul Formation stage, their nascent soul will undergo a series of evolutions. This process requires a lot of spiritual energy, so in this kind of environment, one can use their domain to open up a tunnel to the outside world and absorb the spiritual energy to successfully reach the Soul Formation stage.
This is a chance that every cultivator gets when they reach the Soul Formation stage.
The appearance of this black hole immediately confirmed to all of the Nascent Soul cultivators that there was indeed someone reaching the Soul Formation stage in the country of Zhao.
The spiritual energy inside the black hole flowed out like a raging flood and was absorbed by the giant funnel where Wang Lin was. After a series of changes, the spiritual energy entered the body of the nascent soul above Wang Lin's head.
Slowly, a seven-colored light came out of the nascent soul. This light became brighter and brighter until it covered the entire back mountain. Soon, the entire Xuan Dao Sect was covered in this seven-colored light.
At this moment, the hearts of the surrounding cultivators were filled with excitement and devotion. Their eyes were filled with fanaticism.
To be able to see a cultivator reach the Soul Formation stage once in their lives was the most precious treasure and memory of their lives. It would even help their cultivation greatly.
Although this wasn't the reason why Wang Lin had chosen to reach the Soul Formation stage in the State of Zhao, he had unintentionally given the cultivation world of the State of Zhao a chance to reach the Soul Formation stage.
This benefit was especially profound for the Nascent Soul Cultivators. At this moment, their Nascent Souls seemed to be undergoing some sort of sublimation. One by one, they flew out of their bodies to sit cross-legged on top of their heads and cultivate.
As Wang Lin's Nascent Soul absorbed the spiritual energy, the seven-colored light on its body grew brighter and brighter. It slowly rose from a height of three inches above Wang Lin's head.
The appearance of the black hole in the sky caused all of the mortals in the State of Zhao to become even more pious. At that moment, it was as if the might of the Heavens had descended, causing their hearts to be filled with nothing but reverence for the might of the Heavens.
The closer the mortals were to the black hole, the more they felt it. In particular, all of the children in the villages near the black hole were dumbfounded as they stared at the sky. If a cultivator were here, they would see that there was a faint band of light above the children's heads. This band of light was pointing toward the black hole in the sky.
In truth, in a rank 4 cultivation country, whenever a cultivator reaches the Soul Formation stage, they will choose their home because the moment they reach the Soul Formation stage, a change will occur to the mortals closest to them.
Those without spirit roots can even develop acquired spirit roots!
This is one of the reasons why a rank 4 cultivation country can completely surpass a rank 3 cultivation country. Every time a cultivator reaches the Soul Formation stage, a lot of mortals with the talent to cultivate will appear in the country.
Wang Lin didn't know any of this. At this moment, he had completely fused with the life and death domain and was experiencing the meaning of the heavens.
As more and more spiritual energy entered his body, Wang Lin's nascent soul rose higher and higher. The wall on the ceiling allowed the nascent soul to pass through without any obstruction and it gradually floated out of the back mountain.
At that moment, a scene that the surrounding cultivators would never be able to forget for the rest of their lives appeared. They saw a little person emitting a blinding, seven-colored glow slowly rise into the air.
As soon as the Nascent Soul appeared, the surrounding spiritual energy surged toward it and surrounded the Nascent Soul. Shortly after, the Nascent Soul's hands began to slowly move. Strange hand seals appeared in its hands and quickly changed.
This process lasted for a very long time … Under the infusion of spiritual energy, Wang Lin's nascent soul's hands moved faster and faster until it was almost an afterimage. The seven-colored light around the nascent soul gradually disappeared until it was completely absorbed by the nascent soul.
Shortly after, Wang Lin's nascent soul's body became translucent as if it could disappear at any moment.
At this moment, the black hole in the sky spat out the last bit of spiritual energy and gradually disappeared.
The last strand of spiritual energy turned into a long dragon that descended from the sky and fused with the Nascent Soul.
At this moment, a strange aura was emitted from the nascent soul's body.
The nascent soul turned from translucent to solid. Its body slowly grew until it was as tall as a person. If one looked closely, they could see that it was no different from Wang Lin's body.
At this moment, the nascent soul slowly opened its eyes. There were no emotions in its eyes, only waves of coldness. At this moment, everyone who saw the nascent soul felt like this nascent soul had gone through a series of transformations, becoming an existence that surpassed cultivators, a mysterious existence.
Its eyes seemed to be looking down on the earth. Whether it was mortals or cultivators, it had a cold expression on its face. It was as if there was nothing in the world that could interest it.
The key to reaching the Soul Formation stage for a cultivator was the evolution of the nascent soul into an origin soul. As long as the origin soul wasn't destroyed, the body would exist forever. This was the law of the heavens.
At this moment, Wang Lin's nascent soul finally underwent a transformation under the transformation of the spiritual energy. Its nascent body was no longer a nascent soul and it became an origin soul.
If the nascent soul was a child, then not only had it grown up, it had also obtained the power of the heavens and formed an origin soul. This was the terror of a Soul Formation cultivator.
The reason why a Soul Formation cultivator's spells and spells contained a domain was because of the existence of the origin soul. This origin soul was formed from the domain and was based on the nascent soul. It was nourished by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, which was why it was condensed.
It was because of the existence of an origin soul that a Soul Formation cultivator was much more powerful than a Nascent Soul cultivator. This was similar to how a Nascent Soul cultivator was to a Core Formation cultivator.
The difference in cultivation level was like a ravine that couldn't be crossed.
When mortals breathed in and out the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, their body would change and become more suitable for breathing in and out spiritual energy. Slowly, when the amount of spiritual energy in their body reached a certain level, there would be a qualitative change.
This change was called Foundation Building.
According to the laws of the heavens, Foundation Building couldn't be done with the help of external forces. It required one's own cultivation to continuously break through. This was the only way to go against the heavens.
However, the difficulty of building a foundation was too great. That was why there was such a heaven-defying item like the Foundation Establishment Pill. Slowly, after countless cycles of reincarnation, there were very few people in the current cultivation world who could build a foundation on their own without the Foundation Establishment Pill.
Although it didn't meet the standards of the heavens, the Cultivation Alliance said that if the heavens were willing to die, then they should defy the heavens. As a result, after a long time, no one bothered to look into the root of the problem.
After reaching Foundation Building, one's body would have a more suitable platform to cultivate, so the amount of spiritual energy one could absorb increased. However, after a certain amount, one would encounter another bottleneck.
As a result, there was Core Formation. The purpose of Core Formation was to compress the spiritual energy in one's body, compress it, and compress it again. This way, the spiritual energy would go from invisible to tangible, from tangible to liquid, and from liquid to a golden core.
This process was very difficult for cultivators, but it wasn't impossible. If one's talent was high enough, it would save them a lot of trouble.
The moment the golden core appeared, the pressure on one's body was relieved, so one could once again absorb spiritual energy from the heavens and earth. As the spiritual energy was absorbed, it gathered at the golden core, making it harder and harder. The amount of spiritual energy inside the golden core was beyond imagination.
This was why Core Formation cultivation was like the heavens to Foundation Building cultivators; it was impossible to resist. After all, the amount of spiritual energy inside was unimaginably large.
After a cultivator reaches the Core Formation stage, they will encounter another bottleneck, which is the late stage of Core Formation.
At this point, simply absorbing spiritual energy won't solve the problem, so a cultivator goes through a second qualitative change!
This wasn't a complete qualitative change, but for a cultivator, it was a heaven-shaking change. It was the first step to becoming a heaven-defying cultivator.
After the golden core shatters, a Nascent Soul is born.
The reason the Nascent Soul had the word "origin" in it was because origin was the first word of dao. It was also called "mysterious" and was the beginning of all dao.
The word "mysterious" was the origin of the birth of the nascent soul after the golden core shatters. It was a mysterious change, a sublimation change.
This process was taken from how mortals conceived and gave birth. This was the natural order of the heavens.
The golden core was like a ten month pregnancy plate. After a period of refinement, life was born. This life was called a baby.
Thus, the word "Nascent Soul" appeared.
Daoist cultivation also had this meaning. After the golden core shatters, a nascent soul is born. It was a search for endless life and reincarnation.
The amount of spiritual energy absorbed by the Nascent Soul was indescribable compared to the Core Formation stage. It was a completely different realm.
Having a Nascent Soul meant that from now on, it was possible to escape the cycle of reincarnation. It gave one the ability to fight against the heavens and the ability to do heaven-defying things.
Once the Nascent Soul reached a certain level, it was the Soul Formation stage. The difficulty of the Soul Formation stage wasn't as high as it was in the past. What it focused on was enlightenment, enlightenment of the heavens.