A Small Family Gathering, New Discoveries

Jie Ning explained the principle behind his 'Spirit Nourishing Technique' to Corul.

Corul hesitated. After all, this concerned his own soul. If Jie Ning harbored malicious intent and tried to tamper with it during the process, he would have absolutely no way to stop it.

But to outright refuse—he truly couldn't bear to give up such an opportunity to enhance his soul.

Especially since he planned to head to the Supreme Plane, where the dangers might far exceed his imagination. Every bit of increased strength could prove crucial.

Seeing Corul's inner conflict, Jie Ning fully understood the other's concerns and explained, "Throughout the entire process, Your Highness Corul, you only need to separate a portion of your soul power at the start. Once the secret technique's procedure concludes, you simply refine the returned soul power. The rest is just repeatedly copying and repeating this process."

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."

Corul calmed his emotions and gave Jie Ning an apologetic smile. "Thank you for your kindness. I really do need to consider this matter. My apologies."

Jie Ning waved his hand dismissively. "This is only natural. It's normal for Your Highness to have concerns."

With that, Jie Ning looked at Corul and added, "If His Highness Dinarl is interested, he can also come find me. I'll have to trouble you to pass that along."

He had learned from Gru that unlike Corul, who had long settled in Corul City, Dinarl was essentially homeless. For the sake of cultivation, he constantly chased storms and thunderclouds, only occasionally returning to Dinarl City.

Corul nodded. "In a few days, Dinarl and I will meet. I'll inform him then."

After speaking, Corul shook his head with a wry smile. "Originally, I thought leaving our empire to you would be a farewell gift from the two of us to the younger generation."

"I never expected you'd be the one giving us such a surprise."

After finishing the serious matters, Jie Ning exchanged cultivation insights with Gru and Corul for a while, gaining some understanding.

Jie Ning even faintly sensed some comprehension regarding the Destruction Rule.

'Wouldn't it be something if I haven't even become a god in Earth yet, but my Destruction Rule ascends first,' Jie Ning joked to himself.

Still, he estimated that his Earth aspect was close to godhood. It was just that recently, the Sanctuary Main Body had been assisting the Life God Avatar in comprehending the Life Rule, striving to break through to mid-level godhood as soon as possible, which had put Earth mysteries on hold.

If the Sanctuary Main Body focused entirely on Earth mysteries, Jie Ning was confident he could become a god within ten years.

After bidding the two farewell, Jie Ning took Arannis and returned to the Life Duke's Territory.

Back home, Jie Ning left the Sanctuary Main Body behind, while his two god avatars each found a place to go into seclusion.

In the living room, Jie Ning hosted a family banquet. Several of his closest relatives were gathered together for a rare occasion.

Noticing Jie Ning repeatedly casting surprised glances his way, Chris felt thoroughly uncomfortable and couldn't help asking, "Jie Ning, what are you looking at?"

"I'm amazed that you broke through to the Sanctuary level so quickly, Father." With Jie Ning as the God of Life, there was essentially no barrier to reaching the Sanctuary level for everyone present.

But whether as a warrior or a mage, the comprehension needed to break through from Level 9 to Sanctuary was something Jie Ning couldn't directly help with. It all depended on their own insight; at most, he could enhance their foundation.

Based on his understanding of his father, Chris should still have been some distance from Sanctuary. How had he suddenly broken through?

"Hmph, I'm still your father. What's so strange about breaking through to Sanctuary?" Chris felt a bit embarrassed by Jie Ning's doubt.

Haba, who had been away from home for a long time, chimed in from the side, "Isn't it obvious? In our family, aside from you just breaking through to Sanctuary, Father, Mother and I have long since reached it."

Chris stiffened his neck. "Just say whether I'm at Sanctuary now or not."

Jie Ning let his father off and turned his gaze to his long-absent younger brother. "Haba, I heard from Mother that you've comprehended some Wind mysteries. Not bad..."

Just as a hint of pride appeared on Haba's face, it immediately twisted into a bitter expression.

"But speaking of which, Haba, you're over a hundred years old now. Why haven't you married yet?" Jie Ning said with a smile.

Instantly sensing Ms. Melinda's gaze turning needle-sharp and fixed on him, Haba grew restless.

"Cultivation is way more interesting than marriage..." Haba tried to argue, but Ms. Melinda's glare made him wisely shut his mouth.

Chris smirked triumphantly at his younger son. Serves you right for daring to mock your dear father.

"Chris..." Chris's body stiffened. Melinda had somehow appeared behind him.

"Feeling proud, are you?" Melinda said darkly. "Jie Ning provided you with such excellent conditions long ago, and instead of cultivating properly, you spend all your time carousing with those worthless friends of yours..."

Watching his son get scolded, Dale, the grandfather, crossed his arms and stood by with a cheerful grin, enjoying the show.

Jie Ning vaguely sensed that something had happened that he didn't know about.

'Grandfather, tell me—did Father do something to offend Mother?' Jie Ning secretly sent a telepathic message to Dale.

Soon, Dale's amused reply came through. 'A few years ago, Melinda was busy worrying about Haba, hoping he'd find a suitable girl, so she had no time to bother with that brat Chris.'

'Chris took the chance to go out carousing with his friends every day, even saying that Haba didn't want to marry because of the shadow Melinda cast over him...'

Jie Ning could already guess someone's fate.

'Poor Chris didn't realize how annoying his constant bragging was. That very day, the news was passed to Melinda by a "kind soul"...'

Seeing his grandfather's gleeful expression, Jie Ning had a hunch that this "kind soul" was none other than his grandfather.

'Haba took the chance to slip away for a few years while Melinda went after Chris.'

'So Melinda turned her attention to Chris, dragged him back, and strictly supervised his cultivation.'

'Chris held out for a few years, then finally couldn't take it and sneaked out when Melinda wasn't looking. Again, a "kind soul" told Melinda.'

'Grandfather, that "kind soul" is you, isn't it?' Jie Ning asked directly, looking at Dale's beaming smile.

Dale smiled but didn't answer, simply continuing, "Thanks to that kind-hearted person, whenever Chris fled between several strongholds, Ms. Melinda could always get the news quickly."

"And under that pressure, Chris actually managed to comprehend Heaven and Earth Momentum, and later even grasped a trace of Rule Profound Mystery. Based on what you told us before, it should be some kind of Dark Element Laws and Profound Mystery."

"I have to say, that Dark Element escape Profound Mystery is pretty useful—it can split into several figures at once. That kid Chris got a lot slicker, and Ms. Melinda almost let him slip away."

"Luckily, in the end, the righteous kind-hearted person stepped in and caught him together with her." By the end, Dale wore a look of solemn righteousness.

"So it really was you." Jie Ning was no longer surprised that his grandfather would do something like this—after all, they were both Daruts.

Then, Jie Ning glanced at his father in astonishment. "He directly comprehended the Shadow Cloning Profound Mystery just to escape?"

After a bit of commotion, perhaps because it was a rare family reunion, Ms. Melinda only scolded Chris a few times.

"What a pity..." Many sighed inwardly.

Setting aside those details, the family was harmonious enough, though Jie Ning couldn't escape Ms. Melinda nagging him about "why don't you have kids"...

In the training room, Jie Ning's Life God Avatar suddenly had an inspiration. "When does the soul of life come into being, and when does it appear within the body?"

"Or rather, how does the soul arise when life is born?"

Every individual that can be called life in this world must possess its own soul.

Even a seed, even if it hasn't sprouted—though its soul is extremely tiny and faint—it truly exists.

Jie Ning had never really paid attention to how souls are generated before.

With this thought, Jie Ning flashed out of the training room and headed to the outskirts to find a suitable target.

A fruit tree with a few scattered fruits caught his eye.

Landing on the tree, Jie Ning carefully examined the seeds inside the fruit. "No soul? Is it because they aren't ripe yet?"

A stream of Life God Power was transmitted into the fruit tree, and the fruits ripened at a visible rate.

"There it is, this is it." Jie Ning 'saw' with his own eyes that as the fruit neared ripeness, a trace of Life Force within the seed underwent a peculiar transformation. After this mysterious change...

"Life Force directly converts into Soul Power?" Jie Ning's eyes lit up as if he had discovered a new continent.

"Although I've long known that at the level of Overgod Power, divine power and soul power are equivalent."

"I never expected that the most basic Life Force could be directly converted."

"How exactly is this done?" Jie Ning had witnessed the entire process, but found he still couldn't replicate it directly.

It was like a problem—now Jie Ning knew the question and the answer, and part of the relevant knowledge points, but he needed to research the other knowledge points himself before he could piece together the entire calculation process.

"I recall that some plants and animals can reproduce new individuals without offspring. So how does Life Force itself determine whether the current carrier should generate a completely new individual, and whether to transform a new soul?"

For a moment, Jie Ning felt countless inspirations surging within him.

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