Nascent Soul

My Scientific Cultivation in A Mortal's Journey

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G 元婴
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Original Name:G 元婴Gender:NeutralScope:Novel-specificStatus:ActiveSource:AIOccurrences:1463Chapters:548
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Name Nascent Soul (元婴)
Occupation/Role The transformed form of a cultivator's primordial spirit after it fuses with Nascent Soul-level magic power; it becomes the cultivator's cultivation foundation and can survive apart from the physical body 63 930
First Appearance Chapter 63

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level Chapter Notes
Nascent Soul Early-stage 307–308 Luo Hong captures his Heart Demon and forms his Nascent Soul, becoming a Nascent Soul Early-stage reinforcement for the Moon Concealing Sect 307 308
Nascent Soul Mid-stage 453 Refining the Innate Five Elements Qi within the Five-Colored Stone transforms Luo Hong's body, breaks the shackles on his Nascent Soul, and carries him through the bottleneck 453
Nascent Soul Late-stage 586 Luo Hong reveals his Nascent Soul Late-stage cultivation while seeking information on healing his injury 586

Formation

Nascent Soul Formation is the point at which a cultivator's path of qi and path of spirit merge. The primordial spirit leaves the Niwan Palace, fuses with transformed magic power, and relocates to the dantian as a Nascent Soul 63 254 289.

Step Process Failure Risk
Shattering the Core The Golden Core is shattered thoroughly enough for its magic power to undergo Spirit Ascension and assume an energy form closer to Spirit Particles 289 Incomplete shattering leaves too little Nascent Soul-level magic power for the next step 289
Spiritual God Fusion The primordial spirit fuses with the newly transformed magic power, preventing the latter from dispersing and preserving the cultivator's cultivation 289 A primordial spirit outside the body is eroded by an inexplicable force of heaven and earth; failure before fusion means death and the scattering of the soul 289
Slaying the Inner Demon The Heart Demon exploits the vulnerable moment after fusion by creating illusions from the cultivator's desires, fears, regrets, and buried guilt 290 307 If the cultivator cannot see through or defeat the Heart Demon, it may seize control of the newly formed Nascent Soul 290

Cultivating arts that strengthen the primordial spirit lengthens the time it can endure outside the Niwan Palace, improving the odds of completing Spiritual God Fusion 289.

Appearance

A Nascent Soul develops from the primordial spirit's former spherical shape into an infant-like humanoid form after formation 290 524.

  • Luo Hong first perceives his own Nascent Soul as possessing blue, translucent infant limbs 307.
  • After switching cultivation arts, Luo Hong's Nascent Soul becomes five-colored and flowing in appearance 935.
  • Nascent Souls can retain or manifest individualized features; one restored Spirit Transformation Nascent Soul appears as an old man formed of azure spiritual light 833.

Abilities & Properties

Separation from the Physical Body

A Nascent Soul can leave its cultivator's body and continue functioning independently for extended periods 63.

  • It can still control previously refined magic treasures and spiritual flames after leaving the body 254.
  • If its physical body is destroyed, the Nascent Soul may escape and seek a second life through Body Seizure 314.
  • Body Seizure requires a compatible body whose Spiritual Root attributes suit the cultivator's cultivation art 205.
  • Nascent Soul Leaving the Body can consume the Nascent Soul's origin when used to perform higher-level divine abilities before full recovery of cultivation 271.

Teleportation

Nascent Soul-level magic power possesses properties closer to Spirit Particles, allowing spatial movement and teleportation 289.

  • A fleeing Nascent Soul can use Nascent Soul Teleportation as an escape ability 514.
  • Nascent Soul cultivators can use repeated teleportation in battle, though doing so can rapidly exhaust them 310.

Divine Sense and Spiritual Qi Control

A stronger primordial spirit produces stronger divine sense, and the growth accompanying Nascent Soul Formation can greatly improve a cultivator's spiritual perception 63 310.

  • Nascent Soul cultivators gain a limited ability to control Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, a capability unavailable to cultivators below the Deity Transformation realm 318.
  • The degree of control varies sharply; exceptional divine sense can allow a Nascent Soul Early-stage cultivator to surpass ordinary Nascent Soul Mid-stage cultivators in this regard 318.
  • A Nascent Soul is the fusion of primordial spirit and all of a cultivator's magic power, making it central to both cultivation and combat ability 930.

Vulnerabilities

  • A primordial spirit exposed outside the body during formation is gradually worn away by heaven and earth 289.
  • Soul-Snatching Flying Spirits directly attack primordial spirits; their Soul-Hooking Ropes can instantly hook away the primordial spirits of low-level cultivators unless rare protective treasures are available 164.
  • Nascent Souls can be captured, sealed, devoured, searched, or destroyed by specialized divine abilities and treasures 310 314 405.
  • Excessive loss of vital energy dims a Nascent Soul's spiritual light, while extraction of essence can wither and permanently damage it 310 930.
  • Nascent Souls are difficult to destroy outright, which is why cultivators capable of capturing or annihilating them command particular wariness among their peers 314.