Chapter 668: Second Nascent Soul

Cultivating insect-controlling techniques was not difficult. With Han Li's current realm and cultivation, comprehending these secret techniques was a matter of course and easy.

However, these secret techniques opened his eyes, and the several methods and means of controlling insects to attack enemies recorded in them made him marvel incessantly.

Especially this "Insect Armor Technique" spell, which made his previous vague ideas perfectly realized.

Previously, although he could command the three-colored Gold-Eating Insects to condense into simple things like knives and swords, once it involved complex things like battle armor, he felt powerless, and a few difficult points could never be solved.

Now, with the "Insect Armor Technique" spell recorded in the jade slip, after only a short month of practice, he could skillfully condense battle armor.

It was truly incredible!

However, while Han Li was happy, he also secretly rejoiced in his heart.

He believed that the expert who created the "Insect Armor Technique" could not easily possess powerful spirit insects like the Gold-Eating Insects to condense insect armor, so its defensive power was naturally far inferior to real armor-type magic treasures. Coupled with the fact that insect cultivators were originally few, this cultivation technique was not well-known.

But this cultivation technique was different in his hands.

The shell of the three-colored Gold-Eating Insects was originally tough and difficult to break, coupled with the unique ability of deformation and condensation, making this battle armor's defensive capability only above ordinary armor, which was just right for him.

Moreover, after the mature Gold-Eating Insects evolve, they will naturally be able to transform into even better battle armor.

Han Li was full of confidence in this.

Thinking of the mature Gold-Eating Insects that would eventually evolve, Han Li could hardly suppress his excitement.

After a while, Han Li finally returned to calm.

He stroked the insect armor, pondered for a while in his heart, and blew a breath of spiritual energy.

The insect armor collapsed and returned to the insect cloud. With a wave of his hand, Han Li collected them all into the spirit beast pouch.

He sat on the ground again and calmly took out a green jade slip from his storage pouch. It was exactly the item left by Xin Xin Ruoyin.

Han Li held the item with both hands, half-closed his eyes, and his spiritual sense quickly immersed into it.

Not asking about the ancient array formations in the front, he went directly to the Xuan Mu Hua Ying (Mysterious Wood Transformation Infant) technique spell at the end.

This cultivation technique, I don't know which ancient demonic path cultivator created it in the ancient times, not only was the spell obscure and profound, but every sentence was mysterious and contained wonderful meanings. Han Li comprehended it word by word. The process was extremely slow.

After a full half a year, Han Li had only comprehended more than half of this cultivation technique.

But just like this, Han Li was shocked in his heart, and admired the ancient cultivator who created this method to the point of prostration.

That's right, this cultivation technique indeed looked somewhat like the Taoist sect's "One Qi Transforms Three Purities" secret technique. As for how many differences there were, Han Li had never come into contact with the Taoist sect's first profound technique, so he naturally could not know.

However, the cultivation technique was completely different from those ordinary demonic path "External Incarnation" secret techniques. It was absolutely a heaven-defying divine ability that truly created a second incarnation. Once cultivated successfully, one could possess two completely independent Nascent Souls. Although there was a distinction between primary and secondary, regardless of which Nascent Soul was accidentally destroyed, the other could continue to exist safely.

It was just that if the primary infant had an accident, the second Nascent Soul would have to lose a lot of vitality to slowly transform into the existence of the primary infant. But if the second Nascent Soul was damaged, the impact on the primary infant could almost be ignored.

What made Han Li's heart move even more was that once the second Nascent Soul was cultivated successfully, one could choose an excellent cultivator's body to fuse within it and cultivate into an incarnation.

Once the incarnation was formed, it became a truly second existence outside the main body. Even if the main body vanished, as long as the incarnation was still there, Han Li would still be alive.

After all, the memories and emotions of both were exactly the same, just duplicated on the second Nascent Soul.

This was worlds apart from the Qu Hun (Song Soul) incarnation that Han Li cultivated back then.

The so-called Sha Dan (Evil Pill) incarnation that Han Li cultivated back then was only a wisp of divine sense split from Han Li's primordial spirit to control actions. It did not have any memories or emotions, nor did it have the ability to be autonomous, almost equivalent to a high-level puppet.

Not only that, this Qu Hun incarnation could not leave Han Li's side too far. Otherwise, because the spiritual sense could not be sensed, it would lose its ability to act.

And the incarnation cultivated by the Xuan Mu Hua Ying technique was different; not only could it be thousands of miles away from the cultivator without any issues, but it could also act and cultivate autonomously without orders or instructions, not different from ordinary cultivators at all.

Seeing this, Han Li gasped.

But when he comprehended further down, the jade slip finally mentioned the limitations and flaws of cultivating this cultivation technique.

Once Han Li understood, it was like being poured a bucket of cold water. The excitement and heat that had just risen instantly fell to the bottom.

The difficulties involved made Han Li gasp, and he was speechless for a long time.

Not to mention anything else, just talk about the most important condensation of the second Nascent Soul.

Ordinary cultivators spend countless years just to condense the primary infant, and only then do they luckily succeed in shattering the pill. To condense a second Nascent Soul naturally has no second golden pill to shatter, and there is no such time to waste.

The only feasible method is to invade the Nascent Souls of other Nascent Soul stage cultivators, wipe out the other party's primordial spirit, and then use one's own spiritual sense to assimilate it, only then can one possess a second Nascent Soul.

Although the jade slip provided the spell and means to invade and wipe out the Nascent Soul's primordial spirit, the risk was enormous and the success rate was low, which naturally goes without saying.

Even if one were truly lucky enough to succeed in invading someone else's Nascent Soul, the process of assimilation below was an even more dangerous process.

After all, the Nascent Soul was forcibly snatched, and if one wanted to assimilate it to be the same as oneself, one had to risk the possibility of one's own spiritual sense being assimilated and swallowed by the Nascent Soul's instinct.

If the second Nascent Soul were truly formed, and one possessed two Nascent Souls at the same time, the benefits would naturally be countless.

If one wanted to go a step further and cultivate into a second incarnation, one only needed to find a suitable body for the Nascent Soul to possess.

Naturally, the higher the cultivation of this body, the better.

It is best to have the body of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, only then can the second incarnation be of great use.

However, having said that, let alone capturing a Nascent Soul stage cultivator alive, even killing one was extremely difficult.

Others might not know, but Han Li himself judged that he definitely had no possibility of this right now.

Of course, even if your "Xuan Mu Hua Ying" technique was successful and you truly refined an incarnation, it did not mean you could rest easy from then on; you still had to be careful of the incarnation's backlash.

This second incarnation was actually equivalent to refining another self, but as time passed, the memories and emotions of the two would eventually produce some differences, which would produce extremely fierce inner demons to tempt the incarnation. The incarnation would become extremely eager to get rid of the main body's control, and even when its divine abilities far exceeded the main body, it might even use the special relationship between the two to control the main body.

Thus forming a reversal of primary and secondary, and the guest taking over the host.

As such, although the incarnation could be thousands of miles away, executing the main body's orders and instructions, it was best not to let it leave the main body for too long. Every once in a while, one had to execute the "Gui Yi Jue" (Return to One) secret technique from the Xuan Mu Hua Ying technique to eliminate the inner demons and re-assimilate the primordial spirits of the two, so as to strengthen the control over the incarnation.

Of course, in addition to preventing the incarnation's backlash, this incarnation also had some other small flaws. But compared to this terrifying backlash, they were not very important.

Actually, when one possesses a second Nascent Soul, this Xuan Mu Hua Ying technique can be considered initially successful. One does not need to cultivate a second incarnation at all, and one can occupy quite a few advantages when fighting and competing with others, using a variety of divine abilities with no small power, and the chance of saving one's life is far superior to ordinary single-infant cultivators. And one does not need to worry about the danger of the incarnation's backlash.

Now Han Li's face was gloomy, carefully pondering the possibility and pros and cons of cultivating this divine ability.

Although this secret technique was difficult to cultivate, it was indeed a genuine great divine ability, and he was not willing to give it up easily.

Once cultivated successfully, it is equivalent to having an extra life out of thin air. It is truly tempting!

As for how to obtain the Nascent Souls of other cultivators, Han Li lowered his head and pondered, then took out a jade box covered with talismans and restrictions from his storage pouch, which was exactly the Wood Spirit Infant he had restricted.

He frowned tightly, his fingers gently stroking the jade box, and he did not speak for a long time.

After hearing some of the origins of the Wood Spirit Infant from Liu Mei, Han Li naturally knew that this Spirit Infant was different from ordinary Nascent Souls.

But it could not be denied that since the Spirit Beast Sect could execute some Five-Element Spirit Infant secret technique, which could fuse the Spirit Infant with Core Formation cultivators, it meant that this Spirit Infant and the Nascent Soul were mostly the same.

Refining it into a second Nascent Soul, ten-to-nine would have no problems.

Moreover, he originally had no use for this Wood Spirit Infant, so even if he tried, there would be no loss.

As for the danger of invading and wiping out the Nascent Soul, Han Li relied on his own spiritual sense and the help of other treasures, and there was absolutely no problem.

The only thing to worry about was the invisible and formless backlash of the Nascent Soul.

If this really happened, he would only have to sever the divine sense of this invaded Nascent Soul, and then his spiritual sense would be greatly damaged. As for whether there would be any sequelae, and whether it would affect his intelligence, that was hard to say.

Thinking of this, Han Li's face was full of hesitation.

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