The key to forming a Nascent Soul lay in "life."
During the breakthrough, a cultivator first had to send their soul into their Golden Core and commune with the Dao Seed contained within it. They would merge with it, grow, and eventually break out of its shell.
This was a process of nurturing life, and one that transformed an immortal cultivator's very form of life.
After achieving Nascent Soul, the body became something that could be discarded. The Nascent Soul was where a cultivator's soul resided.
As a result, Nascent Soul Cultivators lived far longer than Golden Core Cultivators. The latter had an average lifespan of only five hundred years, while the former could live for up to three thousand.
At the same time, a Nascent Soul Cultivator's spiritual power was no longer lifeless. It became an extension of their spirit and consciousness, allowing them to perform all manner of incredible feats.
Spiritual power progressed from a gaseous state in the Qi Cultivation Stage, to a liquid state in the Foundation Establishment Realm, to a solid state in the Golden Core Realm, and finally to an active state in the Nascent Soul Realm. This was a gradual path to immortality.
But that raised a question. Since advancing to the Nascent Soul Realm required one's soul to take up residence in a Golden Core, could someone like Su Yuan, who possessed Dual Golden Core, form two Nascent Souls?
The answer was yes, but there would be a primary and a secondary one.
The secondary Nascent Soul could only bear part of the cultivator's Split Soul. But if the primary Nascent Soul were destroyed, the secondary one could immediately take its place, making it a powerful means of saving one's life.
Su Yuan's primary path was the Primordial Dao, so naturally, he