Uses of the Invincible Nascent Soul

Lu Yang's Nascent Soul truly lived up to the name of the Invincible Nascent Soul. It was exceptionally formidable in battle; taking on two at once, it actually overpowered and thrashed both of Meng Jingzhou's Nascent Souls! Furthermore, the two Nascent Souls were completely powerless to fight back. It was a one-sided beatdown! Meng Jingzhou was caught entirely off guard by this unexpected assault, rolling around on the ground in sheer agony. The Invincible Nascent Soul was incompatible with Meng Jingzhou, causing his belly to swell up like a massive balloon. "Old Meng, hang in there! I'll go call a doctor! We've got to save your Nascent Souls!" Lu Yang yelled in alarm, looking terribly anxious. "Old Lu... screw you... You're just taking advantage of the fact that my Nascent Souls can't fight on autopilot!" Meng Jingzhou frantically endured the searing pain, focusing his attention into his dantian to fight this bastard Lu Yang's Nascent Soul to the death. The Invincible Nascent Soul possessed the ability to fight autonomously, whereas Meng Jingzhou's twins required manual control. That was why the battle had turned entirely one-sided. Spooked, Lu Yang hurriedly recalled his Nascent Soul, which brought Meng Jingzhou considerable relief. Lu Yang spread his hands helplessly. "Don't look at me like that. It was the Nascent Soul that beat you, not me. Once my Nascent Soul entered your body, it was completely out of my control." "Get lost, get lost, get lost." Meng Jingzhou waved his hand irritably. Having taken a beating with no way to retaliate, he grew furious just looking at that bastard. At the same time, he was secretly astonished. That punk Lu Yang's Nascent Soul was terrifyingly tough. Even if he had actively controlled both of his Nascent Souls to fight earlier, he likely would have lost far more often than he won. It would probably take a three-on-one advantage to guarantee a victory. Still, judging from the attempt to borrow power from Lu Yang's Nascent Soul, the method had broadly succeeded. The only problem was that punk Lu Yang. Lu Yang quietly asked the Immortal Fairy, "Fairy, if Old Meng and I team up to defeat the Invincible Nascent Soul, does that count as me defeating it?" The Immortal Fairy rolled her eyes at him. "Why don't you ask if the two of us teaming up counts as defeating it?" "..." "Junior Brother Man, you and Junior Brother Meng give it a try," Eldest Senior Sister instructed. There was still another Nascent Soul stage cultivator present. Man Gu was eager to give it a go; he had been itching to try for a while. Learning the technique Eldest Senior Sister had just penned, he mirrored Lu Yang's posture and sat cross-legged beside Meng Jingzhou. Both the Immortal Fairy and Jiang Lianyi watched with great interest. This was a novel method that had never existed in ancient times. Meng Jingzhou and Man Gu resonated in aura, and a weathered-looking Nascent Soul flew out from the top of Man Gu's head, slipping straight into Meng Jingzhou's dantian. When Eldest Senior Sister saw Man Gu's Nascent Soul, the corner of her eye twitched slightly. Even she had never seen such a Nascent Soul before. Meng Jingzhou once again possessed the power of three Nascent Souls, and the increase in strength was strikingly apparent. "Haha, this time it actually worked!" With a shift of intent, he summoned all three Nascent Souls: two looked identical to Meng Jingzhou, while the third looked older than Meng Jingzhou's own father. "Fuse!" Meng Jingzhou let out a thunderous shout and merged with the three Nascent Souls, transforming into a divine entity with four faces and eight arms—imposing, awe-inspiring, and divinely transcendent! This was the absolute limit of Nascent Soul fusion—a neck was only so big, and there simply wasn't room for a fifth head. After transforming into the four-faced, eight-armed divine entity, Meng Jingzhou felt reborn. His thoughts shifted drastically—becoming extraordinarily sluggish. "Wait, sluggish?" Fortunately, Meng Jingzhou still retained his original foundation and quickly noticed something was amiss. It felt as if a thin veil had draped over his spiritual space, clouding his perception and severely slowing his thought process. Evidently, Meng Jingzhou had not been around when Man Gu previously introduced this ancestor who had once followed an immortal. Man Gu hurriedly explained this ancestor's traits, whereupon Meng Jingzhou, face dark with exasperation, canceled the fusion and returned the Nascent Soul. Was there not a single normal Nascent Soul available for his experiments? Then he thought about it—this was the Dao Seeking Sect—and instantly made peace with it. "Little Junior Brother, Junior Brother Man, the two of you should also give it a try to see if you can integrate another person's Nascent Soul into your bodies." The first two attempts could barely count as successes, even if the results left much to be desired. Nevertheless, they confirmed the feasibility of the method. Now it remained to be seen how Little Junior Brother and Junior Brother Man would fare. To everyone's surprise, both Lu Yang and Man Gu failed one after the other. They could only send their Nascent Souls into each other's dantians, but neither could draw upon the other's Nascent Soul power. To make matters worse, Man Gu's ancestor ended up taking a beating from the Invincible Nascent Soul. "So it seems this effect only occurs because of Junior Brother Meng's unique physique?" "Yang Kongdong and the Meng boy share similarities in their physiques; perhaps it's not a mere coincidence," the Immortal Fairy nodded. One had to keep in mind that during the ancient era, there was no such thing as a Bachelor Spiritual Root—that physique had only appeared after the ancient times ended. Recalling Yang Kongdong's fate, Jiang Lianyi felt a touch of regret. "What a pity. The Dual Cultivation Physique is exceedingly rare; it only emerged in our era because all kinds of physiques were constantly springing up. "Yang Kongdong was dismembered by his harem, so even if anyone had wanted to study his physique closely back then, the opportunity never arose." Had they been able to thoroughly understand it, the field of cultivation theory would have taken a small step forward. Lu Yang suddenly had an idea. "By the way, Junior Brother Man, don't circulate your cultivation. Let me see if I can send my Nascent Soul into your dantian." "Alright." Though Man Gu didn't quite understand what Lu Yang was planning, he had always done whatever Lu Yang told him to do. Lu Yang channeled his technique, brought forth the Invincible Nascent Soul, and sent it into Man Gu's dantian. "It worked!" Lu Yang was delighted. It was indeed feasible. Before the Invincible Nascent Soul could show its might and pummel Man Gu's Nascent Soul, Lu Yang hastily retrieved it. Although he couldn't tame the Invincible Nascent Soul to do his bidding, sending it into an opponent's body to defeat the enemy from within was certainly a viable tactic! Even the Immortal Fairy praised Lu Yang's cleverness upon seeing this. Why hadn't she thought of such a method before? Oh, right—back then, no one had analyzed Yang Kongdong's technique. Lu Yang had reaped abundant gains this night, and was quite fortunate to boot: out of the three of them, his Nascent Soul was the only one that hadn't taken a beating. Morning arrived, and having nothing else to attend to, Meng Jingzhou and Man Gu departed one after the other. "Here. I made some modifications to the technique." Once Meng Jingzhou and Man Gu had left and Lu Yang was free, Eldest Senior Sister handed him a brand-new copy of the Art of Illuminating the Heart and Seeing Nature. From its binding to its contents, it had undergone an earth-shaking transformation. Lu Yang needed to flip through only two pages to realize how different it was. In terms of content, it was far more coherent and systematic than what he had written; in terms of power, it certainly vastly surpassed his own draft; and in terms of authorship, his name was actually listed before Eldest Senior Sister's. Lu Yang was deeply moved. He circulated his energy through a single minor heavenly cycle according to the manual and instantly felt that this technique was tailor-made for him—it fit him perfectly. Jiang Lianyi glanced over it and was filled with admiration, unable to help marveling at the Cult Master's prowess. Had it been her, she certainly could never have produced a manual that explained profound principles in such simple, accessible terms. As if suddenly remembering something, Lu Yang sought praise from Eldest Senior Sister: "By the way, Eldest Senior Sister, I tested it earlier—I can send the Invincible Nascent Soul into an enemy's body and defeat them from the inside!" "Oh? That is indeed a fine method. Use this move on me so I can see its effect." "Alright." Lu Yang activated the technique, summoned the Invincible Nascent Soul, and hurled it toward Eldest Senior Sister's dantian. The Invincible Nascent Soul's eyes were cold, devoid of emotion, and free of all desires. It cast a chilly gaze at Eldest Senior Sister, then turned on its heels and sprinted away as fast as its little legs could carry it.