Chapter 705

In this world, once cultivators reached the Nascent Soul or Spirit Transformation realm, they could attempt body seizing or reincarnation, live another life, and once more enjoy a lifespan of thousands upon thousands of years.

But whether it was body seizing or reincarnation, both carried no small hidden dangers.

Body seizing caused discrepancies between the primordial spirit and the body, greatly injuring one's vitality. A single misstep could cause one's realm to regress, or even leave one's cultivation forever unable to advance. The extended lifespan would also be drastically reduced.

Reincarnation, meanwhile, required enduring the Mystery of the Womb and abandoning all cultivation from one's previous life, then walking the old road anew. It could be said to be fraught with peril; one careless move, and the whole board was lost.

Whichever method it was, it was a helpless measure taken by cultivators at the Nascent Soul realm and above when their lifespan ran out—a desperate gamble taken amidst the great terror of life and death.

Yet there was no denying that as long as one succeeded, it was naturally better than completely passing away.

And if one truly returned through reincarnation and passed the Mystery of the Womb, one would awaken talent comparable to an Innate Dao Body. Even when breaking through realms, one would have nearly fifty percent higher odds than other cultivators. As long as one did not die, one would at the very least become a Nascent Soul cultivator.

That was why, when Lin Chen became famous in one stroke at the Flying Boat Sea Market, the Immortal Alliance had not immediately treated him as an anomaly and killed him. They had considered this possibility. Even Xu Yuanyang's efforts to befriend him stemmed from his interest in this possible identity.

After all, the current Divine Firmament