Chapter 1186: Assimilation

Even with the aid of a large quantity of medicinal pills, condensing a Nascent Soul is still a matter of opportunity. Mu Mu Peiling, this young woman, has a truly low chance of forming a Nascent Soul.

Upon hearing Han Li's words, Mu Mu Peiling was startled, her red lips moving as if she wanted to say something more. But Han Li waved his hand, cutting off her subsequent words:

"Very well, I am not asking you to make a choice immediately. You may consider it for a few more years. For now, I need to go into seclusion for a period of time. During this time, I will give you some medicinal pills; try to break through to the mid-stage realm. As for Qin'er's foundation cultivation technique, you may also provide her with some guidance on my behalf."

"Yes, I will strictly follow Young Master's orders!" Mu Mu Peiling was still somewhat unwilling, but as Han Li's tone sank, she could only comply with a sense of helplessness.

Han Li nodded, took out some medicinal pills to hand to her, and after giving Tian Qin'er a few more instructions, he had the two women exit the cave dwelling.

After the hall was empty of people, Han Li slowly closed his eyes and let out a soft sigh. It seemed his state of mind was somewhat chaotic.

He sat in the hall for a full quarter of an hour. When he opened his eyes again, his gaze had become completely indifferent, as if his state of mind had recovered to its original state.

He suddenly patted his waist with one hand, and immediately, a flash of silver light flickered before him. The humanoid puppet appeared eerily, standing before him without moving an inch.

Han Li examined the humanoid puppet, and with a movement of his spiritual sense, a layer of silver light suddenly appeared on the puppet's face. The original middle-aged features blurred for a moment, and after the silver light cleared, it had actually transformed into a face identical to Han Li's, as if it were Han Li himself.

And almost at the same time, the humanoid puppet's body trembled, and it silently grew several inches taller, its physique also becoming identical to Han Li's.

Han Li looked at the puppet a few more times, nodded in satisfaction, and waved his hand at it.

The humanoid puppet immediately flickered with an expressionless face and vanished into the silver light; it was impossible to tell where it had hidden itself.

Han Li lowered his head to think for a moment, then stood up and strode out of the hall, heading straight for the secret chamber of the cave dwelling.

But halfway there, without the slightest warning, he suddenly spoke:

"My second Nascent Soul is behaving in the cauldron, right? It hasn't caused you any trouble, has it, Fellow Daoist?"

"Hehe, a mere mid-stage Nascent Soul without a physical body—what kind of trouble could it possibly cause this old man? It's just that there's one more fellow, so it's a bit crowded in the cauldron."

From his sleeve came the old-sounding voice of the child. Han Li had not realized when he had placed the Profound Heaven Cauldron into his sleeve.

"Fellow Daoist Tianlan, please bear with it for a moment. I am about to re-assimilate the second Nascent Soul and take it back. By then, Fellow Daoist will naturally have no such worries. And once this matter is settled, I will protect Fellow Daoist through the Transformation Tribulation so you can reshape your body and take human form. Fellow Daoist has no objections, right?"

"Fellow Daoist Han still remembers this matter; how could this old man have any other objections?" Upon hearing Han Li's words, the Tianlan Sacred Beast replied with great joy.

Han Li smiled faintly, said nothing more to the Tianlan Sacred Beast, and flashed into the secret chamber.

The stone door behind him closed silently.

Han Li walked slowly to the center of the secret chamber and shook his sleeve without a word.

A ball of green light shot out, circled once, and transformed into a small green cauldron hovering before him.

Green light flashed on the cauldron, and the child's blurred figure appeared, sitting cross-legged on the cauldron lid with a grin, looking as if he were prepared to watch a good show.

Han Li's expression remained unchanged, ignoring the child, and patted his storage bag with one hand, immediately producing a stack of formation flags.

With a flick of his hand, a dozen formation flags flashed and flew toward the corners of the secret chamber, and immediately, a pale yellow light screen appeared, flickering in and out of existence, wrapping the secret chamber within.

Han Li then expressionlessly formed a hand seal with both hands and pointed lightly at the Profound Heaven Cauldron before him.

With a "whoosh," the cauldron lid shot out and flew high into the air.

The child was very quick, having already flickered to the side, watching the small cauldron with his smile unchanged.

Aside from a rumbling humming sound coming from the cauldron, there was no other abnormality.

Han Li's expression sank, he chanted an incantation, and a magic technique struck the cauldron.

Immediately, the Profound Heaven Cauldron trembled slightly, and a ball of green mist rose slowly from the cauldron; it was half a foot long, wrapped densely in countless green threads, appearing like a green cocoon.

"Break!" Han Li shouted in a low voice.

An eerie scene appeared.

The ball of green threads wrapped around it began to snap inch by inch, one by one, and in the blink of an eye, they turned into specks of fluorescent light and vanished into the void.

The black-green figure of the second Nascent Soul immediately appeared.

Only, at this moment, its eyes were tightly shut, and it hovered in the air without moving, appearing to be in a coma and not yet awake.

Seeing this, Han Li narrowed his eyes and, without the slightest hesitation, grabbed into the void with one hand.

Several silver-bright thin needles immediately appeared between his fingers. He glanced coldly at the Nascent Soul in the air and flicked his hand.

A dozen silver threads flashed and vanished.

The previously unconscious Nascent Soul suddenly flashed with black light, and eerily flickered in place, losing its trace.

The silver threads naturally struck the void and missed.

Han Li was not panicked; instead, a cold smile appeared on the corner of his mouth as he pointed at the Profound Heaven Cauldron.

A cluster of green threads suddenly shot out from a corner of the secret chamber.

As the green light flared, it covered a certain spot in the void below.

A muffled grunt was heard, and amidst the flickering green threads, the black-green Nascent Soul appeared once more. Only, at this moment, its limbs and neck were tightly bound by the green threads, unable to move a fraction.

At this moment, the dozen silver threads that had missed circled in the distance and shot back.

After a few "pu-pu" sounds, the silver threads circled and shot back, vanishing into various parts of the Nascent Soul's body in the blink of an eye. This caused the Nascent Soul's body to tremble, and its magic power lost control, unable to be mobilized.

The second Nascent Soul's small face immediately revealed a look of despair.

"Do not harbor any hope of luck. All your schemes are just copies of the original me; how could I give you an opportunity? I do not intend to erase your existence, merely to assimilate with you once more. Why struggle so bitterly?" Han Li's voice was unhurried, as if he were speaking to a close friend.

"What do you mean you won't erase my existence? Without independent consciousness, would I still be me? How is that any different from disappearing from this world?" Bound by the restriction, the second Nascent Soul knew it was doomed this time, so it simply gave up struggling and screamed at Han Li with extreme resentment.

"That is true! But you were originally my second Nascent Soul; you should never have had independent spiritual sense. I am erasing your independent consciousness, so you have nothing to complain about. If you must blame someone, blame yourself for not having any right to exist in the first place." Han Li's brows twitched, and he replied coldly. He no longer wanted to waste words, so he formed a hand seal with both hands, and the green threads binding the second Nascent Soul flared with spiritual light. The second Nascent Soul felt its eyes go black, and it truly fell into a coma.

Only then did Han Li's expression relax, but as if remembering something, he turned his head to glance at the child nearby.

The child was quite clever; seeing Han Li's cold gaze, he immediately said nothing, flickered, and his body dissipated on its own.

Han Li nodded and pointed at the cauldron lid in the air.

The object immediately fell, the Profound Heaven Cauldron flashed with green light, and it closed once more.

Almost at the same time, Han Li opened his mouth, and a stream of green mist shot out, wrapping the small cauldron within it. Then, the cauldron shrank rapidly within the mist, and after a few flickers, he swallowed it into his abdomen.

Han Li let out a soft breath, then sat cross-legged, and at the same time, grabbed casually with one hand toward the second Nascent Soul in the distance.

A huge suction force was generated out of thin air, sucking the Nascent Soul over. The Nascent Soul paused and hovered about a foot away from Han Li.

Han Li carefully probed the condition of the black-green Nascent Soul with his spiritual sense, and after confirming that its spiritual sense was truly far inferior to his own, he closed his eyes in relief and patted his own crown.

Immediately, green light flickered above Han Li's head, and a green Nascent Soul, several inches tall, appeared silently. This Nascent Soul stood on a small green cauldron, held a green wooden ruler in its hands, had a pale white round bead hovering above its head, and between its brows, a cluster of black mist flickered in and out of existence. Around its body, dozens of miniature golden swords circled incessantly.

It was precisely Han Li's main Nascent Soul, which he had cultivated for over a hundred years.

The Nascent Soul's face was neither sad nor happy, merely glancing indifferently at the second Nascent Soul before it. The small cauldron beneath its feet flashed with green light, carrying it slowly toward the opposite side.

When it was only a foot away from the black-green Nascent Soul, Han Li's Nascent Soul stopped moving. Its gaze flickered as it glanced at the green threads on the opposite Nascent Soul, and suddenly, its fair, tender small feet stepped lightly on the small cauldron.

Immediately, the small cauldron hummed, and the green threads on the second Nascent Soul vanished in a flash, leaving only the black-green Nascent Soul hovering in the air.

Then, the Profound Heaven Cauldron beneath its feet slowly grew larger. Han Li's Nascent Soul sat cross-legged on it with composure, tossed the green ruler in its hands into the air, formed hand seals with both hands, and chanted an incantation so low it was almost inaudible.

Han Li's Nascent Soul flared with green light, its eyes slowly closing, but the cluster of black mist between its brows swirled, condensing into shape and transforming into a third, pitch-black eye. It shone brightly, emitting an eerie light, and after rotating slightly, it stared fixedly at the second Nascent Soul opposite, not moving again.

And at this moment, Han Li's Nascent Soul suddenly stopped chanting, the third eye between its brows flashed with black light, and it sprayed out a sheet of black light mist, which struck the opposite Nascent Soul's body perfectly.

Immediately, the black-green Nascent Soul's body shook, and it actually opened its eyes, but its pupils were completely blank, as if it had lost its wits.

And at this moment, Han Li's tightly closed eyes also opened. His pupils flashed with essence, and two green beams of light shot out from his eyes simultaneously, shooting directly into the eyes of the opposite Nascent Soul, as if forcibly trying to pour something into the second Nascent Soul's body.

The second Nascent Soul's limbs hung limply, but its body trembled incessantly. At the same time, its previously blank face revealed an expression of extreme pain, as if it wanted to scream, but nothing could come out.

Han Li's Nascent Soul remained expressionless throughout, merely spraying green beams of light from its eyes incessantly, ignoring all the abnormalities of the second Nascent Soul...

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