Li Canglin, although his cultivation realm had sharply declined and he now existed only as a spirit soul, had reached the Mahayana stage. His Core Nascent Soul and spirit soul had already merged into one.
The Profound Spirit realm was a level at which the divine soul and Core Nascent Soul fused together, becoming indistinguishable from each other.
At this level, the Pill Sea and Sea of Consciousness communicated smoothly and had reached an extremely high degree of compatibility. The spirit soul, which contained the cultivator's memories, and the Core Nascent Soul, which represented the cultivator's essence and soul, had likewise merged with each other.
They were no longer as they had been before, with the Core Nascent Soul residing in the Pill Sea and the spirit soul occupying the Sea of Consciousness.
The two being in separate places naturally had its advantages. For instance, the Core Nascent Soul could cultivate or act through its own consciousness without requiring the spirit soul to split its attention.
Furthermore, both the Core Nascent Soul and spirit soul could be regarded as parts of the cultivator's consciousness, and the consciousness they contained was identical.
The sole difference was that the energy contained within the Core Nascent Soul was the cultivator's pure Vital Energy and Power, while the spirit soul contained divine soul power. Although both were powerful and could exist independently, whether the Core Nascent Soul perished and left behind the spirit soul, or the spirit soul was destroyed and escaped from the Core Nascent Soul, the cultivator could seize another body and restore his own magical power and cultivation.
However, such a body seizure was exceedingly cruel for a cultivator. Even if the seizure succeeded, refining the new body until it became like his original body would require vast amounts of time