Devour Consciousness
In the previous chapter, Zhang Chen had cultivated "Soul Devouring" to great mastery, creating a perfect spirit body and completely separating his soul from his consciousness. The greatest difficulty now was maintaining control over his entire body and staying awake throughout the process of devouring consciousness, until all consciousness had been digested and the second chapter reached great mastery.
"What I need to do now is devour consciousness according to the methods recorded in the book, then mix the digested consciousness with the Dragon Soul Divine Sense. This candle dragon's consciousness is stronger than my own human consciousness. Fusing the two will elevate my consciousness to an extremely high level."
"How can I continue to precisely control every part of my body while devouring consciousness? I can't guarantee it myself, but... if consciousness is above the soul, then Tomie, who was devoured and assimilated by my spirit body, should still retain her consciousness. She just hasn't realized it yet. I'll try to awaken Tomie's consciousness during the process of Devour Consciousness."
"Let's begin..."
—Devour Consciousness—
Consciousness was an existence above the soul. It was not born from the soul, but before a lifeform developed to an advanced stage, it existed in dependence upon the soul. Once an individual's consciousness and soul were completely separated, the lifeform could begin cultivating Devour Consciousness.
Initial Stage (Consciousness Erasure): One must continuously devour one's own consciousness through the digestive pool of the Ghoul Stomach one hundred and eight times, reaching a state of complete dissociation in which not a single wisp of consciousness remained. If a prison envoy cultivating this stage had not yet reached the prison warden level, they could hand the primary control of their body to a trustworthy main soul.
Warning: 'However, if the cultivator is not a prison