Next, the Young Leader didn't keep them in suspense. He explained in detail what beast soul inheritance was and the various benefits it brought.
Beast soul inheritance meant that the lingering soul of an Ancient Divine Beast acknowledged an heir and merged with them completely, leaving behind not even a trace of its residual will. That meant there was no risk of the problem Tan Tai Chang Feng had worried about.
Any Ancient Divine Beast that left behind a beast soul had to be at least at the quasi-sage level. Its lingering soul contained some of its insights into the Heaven and Earth Great Dao and various Law Powers. When those insights merged completely with an heir, the heir inherited those memories and gained those insights as well.
Just think: the insights of a quasi-sage expert into the Heaven and Earth Great Dao and various Law Powers were an immensely precious treasure. Even learning from them could make a cultivator's strength soar, let alone inheriting them outright. The benefits were probably far greater than taking a high-grade divine pill.
What's more, a beast soul was pure soul power. Merging it with an heir's soul would greatly elevate a cultivator's Nascent Soul Realm and significantly improve their control over their mind. In this respect, its effects were even greater than those of Soul Quenching Liquid.
In short, any Ancient Divine Beast that obtained beast soul inheritance would make great strides in the strength of its Nascent Soul and its understanding of the Heaven and Earth Great Dao and various Law Powers. Its overall strength would also increase by leaps and bounds.
"Wow, so merging with a beast soul has benefits like that!" Tan Tai Xiao Lin exclaimed. Then, thinking of something, she looked at the Young Leader. "Ancestor, can a cultivator's