Jie Ning explained the principles behind his Spirit Nourishing Technique to Korur.
Korur hesitated. After all, this concerned his soul. If Jie Ning harbored any ill intent and tried to tamper with it during the process, Korur would have no way to stop him.
But if he refused outright, he truly could not bear to give up such an opportunity to strengthen his soul.
Especially since he planned to travel to the Supreme Plane. Its dangers might far exceed his imagination, and every bit of increased strength could prove crucial.
Seeing Korur's conflict, Jie Ning fully understood his concerns and explained, "Throughout the entire process, Your Highness Korur only needs to separate a portion of your Soul Power at the beginning. Once one cycle of the Secret Art is complete, simply refine the Soul Power you reclaim. After that, you only need to repeat the process over and over."
Finally, Jie Ning added, "I should be residing in my Hall of Life for the next few years. If Your Highness is interested, you may come find me directly."
Korur calmed himself and gave Jie Ning an apologetic smile. "Thank you for your kindness. I truly need to consider this matter. My apologies."
Jie Ning waved dismissively. "That is only natural. It is normal for Your Highness to have concerns."
Then Jie Ning looked at Korur and added, "If His Highness Dinarl is interested as well, he may come find me. I'll have to trouble you to pass the message along."
He had learned from Gru that, unlike Korur, who had settled in Corul City for a long time, Dinar was practically homeless. For the sake of cultivation, he spent most of his time chasing storms and thunderclouds, only occasionally returning to Dinar City.
Korur nodded. "Dinar and I will be meeting in a few days. I will tell him then."
After speaking, Korur shook his head with a bitter smile. "We originally intended to leave our empire to you, as a parting gift from the two of us to the younger generation."
"Who would have thought that you would be the one giving us such a surprise instead?"
After discussing business, Jie Ning, Gru, and Korur exchanged their cultivation insights for a while, and all of them gained something.
Jie Ning even vaguely sensed some new understanding regarding the Destruction Rule.
Could it be that my earth-elemental side hasn't even become a god yet, while my Destruction Rule has already done so? Jie Ning teased himself inwardly.
However, Jie Ning estimated that his earth-elemental side was close to becoming a god as well. It was only because his Sanctuary Main Body had been assisting his Life God Avatar in comprehending the Life Law, striving to break through to Middle-God as soon as possible, that he had temporarily set aside his comprehension of earth-elemental Mysteries.
If his Sanctuary Main Body focused entirely on comprehending earth-elemental Mysteries, Jie Ning was confident he could become a god within ten years.
After bidding the two farewell, Jie Ning returned to Life Duke's Territory with Arannis.
Once back, Jie Ning kept his Sanctuary Main Body outside, while his two Divine Avatars each found a place to enter seclusion.
In the living room, Jie Ning held a family banquet at home. Several close relatives had rarely gathered together like this.
Noticing that Jie Ning kept casting curious glances his way, Chris began to feel uncomfortable all over and could not help asking, "Jie Ning, what are you looking at?"
"I'm surprised that Father broke through to the Saint Realm so quickly." With Jie Ning, the God of Life, present, reaching the Saint Realm itself posed virtually no obstacle for those gathered here.
However, whether one was a warrior or a mage, the insight required to break through from Level 9 to the Saint Realm was something Jie Ning could not directly provide. That depended entirely on their own talent for comprehension. At most, he could improve their foundations.
Based on Jie Ning's understanding of his father, Chris should still have been some distance from the Saint Realm. How had he suddenly broken through?
"Hmph, I'm your father, after all. What is so strange about breaking through to the Saint Realm?" Chris felt somewhat embarrassed by Jie Ning's doubt.
Haba, who had not been home for a long time, mocked him from the side. "Clearly, in our family, Father, you were the last one to break through to the Saint Realm. Mother and I did it long ago."
Chris craned his neck. "Just tell me, am I in the Saint Realm now or not?"
Jie Ning spared his father and turned toward his younger brother, whom he had not seen for a long time. "Haba, I heard from Mother that you've comprehended some wind-elemental Mysteries. Not bad..."
A trace of pride had just appeared on Haba's face when it immediately turned into a bitter grimace.
"But speaking of which, Haba, you're already over a hundred years old. Why haven't you married yet?" Jie Ning asked with a smile.
The instant he sensed Ms. Melinda's gaze settle on him like needles, Haba immediately became restless.
"Cultivation is much more interesting than marriage..." Haba tried to force out an excuse, but Ms. Melinda's furious glare made him wisely shut his mouth.
Chris looked smugly at his younger son. That was what he got for daring to mock his dear father.
"Chris..." Chris's body stiffened. At some point, Melinda had appeared behind him.
"Are you feeling quite proud of yourself?" Melinda said faintly. "Jie Ning provided you with such excellent conditions long ago, yet instead of cultivating properly, you spend all day fooling around with those worthless friends of yours..."
Watching his son get scolded, Dale, the grandfather, stood nearby with his arms folded, happily enjoying the show.
Jie Ning vaguely felt that something he did not know about had happened here.
Grandfather, tell me. Did Father do something to offend Mother? Jie Ning quietly sent Dale a Telepathic Message.
Soon, Dale's Telepathic Message came with a hint of laughter. A few years ago, Melinda had been worrying about Haba, hoping he would find a suitable girl, so she had no time to pay attention to Chris.
Chris took the opportunity to spend every day fooling around outside with several of his friends. He even said Haba refused to marry because of the trauma Melinda had given him...
Jie Ning had already guessed someone's fate.
Poor Chris had no idea how annoying his constant boasting was. That very day, the news was passed to Melinda by a kindhearted person...
Seeing his grandfather's gleeful expression, Jie Ning had a feeling that his grandfather was that "kindhearted person."
Haba slipped away for several years while Melinda went to find Chris.
So Melinda turned her attention to Chris, dragged him back, and strictly supervised his cultivation.
Chris endured it for several years before he finally could not take it any longer. While Melinda was not paying attention, he secretly slipped away, only for a kindhearted person to inform Melinda again.
Grandfather, that kindhearted person was you, wasn't it? Jie Ning asked directly, looking at Dale's exceptionally bright smile.
Dale only smiled without answering, then continued, Thanks to that kindhearted person, Melinda was always able to receive news quickly whenever Chris fled between several hideouts.
Under all that pressure, Chris actually managed to comprehend Heaven and Earth Momentum. Later, he even comprehended a trace of a Rule Profound Mystery. Based on what you told us before, that should count as some kind of Laws and Profound Mysteries of the Dark Element.
I have to say, that Dark Element escape Mystery was quite useful. It could instantly split into several figures, making Chris much more slippery. Melinda nearly let him escape.
Fortunately, in the end, the righteous kindhearted person stepped in and joined Melinda in capturing him. By the end, Dale wore a perfectly righteous expression.
So it really was you. Jie Ning was no longer surprised that his grandfather would do such a thing. After all, they shared the surname Darut.
Then Jie Ning looked at his father in surprise. He comprehended the Shadow Cloning Profound Mystery just to escape?
After all the commotion, perhaps because today was a rare family reunion, Ms. Melinda only scolded Chris a few times.
What a pity... Many people sighed inwardly.
Setting aside certain details, the family was still enjoying themselves. Naturally, Jie Ning also failed to escape Ms. Melinda nagging him a few times about why he was not having children...
Inside the cultivation room, Jie Ning's Life God Avatar suddenly had an inspiration. When does a living being's soul come into existence, and when does it enter the body?
Or rather, when life is born, where does its soul come from?
Any individual in the world that could be called a living being possessed its own soul.
Even a Seed, though it had not germinated and its soul was incredibly tiny and weak, truly possessed one.
Jie Ning had never really paid attention to how souls came into being before.
With an idea in mind, Jie Ning flashed out of the cultivation room and headed into the outskirts to search for a suitable target.
A fruit tree with only a few scattered fruits caught his eye.
Landing on the tree, Jie Ning carefully examined the Seeds within the fruit. No soul? Is it because they haven't matured yet?
Jie Ning transmitted a stream of Life God Power into the fruit tree, and its fruits ripened at a visible speed.
There it is. This is it. Jie Ning "saw" that as the fruit gradually approached maturity, the minute Life Force within its Seeds underwent a strange transformation. After that marvelous change...
Life Force directly transformed into Soul Power? Jie Ning looked as though he had discovered a new continent.
I already knew that once divine power reaches the level of Sovereign's Might, it is essentially equivalent to Soul Power.
But I never expected the most fundamental Life Force of life itself to be capable of direct conversion.
How exactly is this done? Jie Ning had watched the entire process, yet he realized he still could not imitate it directly.
It was like a problem. Jie Ning now knew both the question and the answer, and he also understood some of the relevant concepts. But he would need to research the remaining concepts himself before he could piece together the entire solution.
I recall that some plants and animals can reproduce new individuals without offspring. So how does Life Force itself determine whether its current vessel should produce an entirely new individual, and whether it should create a new soul?
For a moment, Jie Ning felt countless inspirations surging into his mind.
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