A Novel Discovery

Perhaps it was because he had already experienced it once in his past life, or perhaps it was because his soul had transmigrated, bringing his spiritual cultivation along with it?

Bai Sui succeeded on his very first attempt, his consciousness sinking directly into his dantian.

There, amidst the primordial chaos of his dantian, he "saw" his primordial spirit.

It was the first stirring of thought, the first flash of light at the dawn of this chaotic cosmos; it was that primitive yet magnificent "One."

Feeling that radiance, Bai Sui felt as if he were looking back at his previous life.

It was as if the entirety of his past life was condensed into that ball of light, without a single detail omitted.

Bai Sui attempted to probe his consciousness into the light, and the environment around him shifted instantly.

He was back in the modern world, back in his own room, sitting cross-legged on a meditation cushion.

Just as Bai Sui was filled with joyous surprise, thinking he had been trapped in a hallucination caused by his cultivation and had finally awakened, the intense emotional fluctuation caused him to snap out of his meditative state. His consciousness felt as if it had been plunged into a rapidly spinning vortex.

In a daze, Bai Sui found his vision clearing. He looked at the fire pit before him and felt the straw beneath him.

"Sigh~" Bai Sui let out a breath.

He pulled himself together, Although it didn't return me to the modern world, I have at least confirmed that cultivation is possible. After all, this is a world where the human body has 130 trillion cells—two to three times the amount of my past life. That is, at the very least, good news.

He cleared his mind once more, attempting to enter a state of stillness again.

Unfortunately, because his subconscious remained active—his "knowledge spirit" refusing to fall asleep—he struggled in vain to enter meditation.

Knowing that this could not be forced, Bai Sui helplessly extinguished the fire, covered it with wood ash, and lay down to sleep.

Over the next few days, Bai Sui followed a routine: by day, he spoke to the villagers about the might of the Uzumaki Clan, and by night, he sat in meditation.

After several attempts, Bai Sui had initially explored a few ways to utilize this state.

Whenever Bai Sui sank his consciousness into the light, he could view the entirety of his past life.

Naturally, this "entirety" only extended up to the moment he successfully achieved the "return of light" and "saw" his primordial spirit.

However, it now included a playback function, allowing him to rewind from the end to the beginning, pause at any desired point, and resume normal playback.

In this way, Bai Sui could be said to possess a library—a collection of knowledge of varying accuracy, though it was somewhat cumbersome to browse.

Moreover, this meant Bai Sui could revisit the plot of Naruto. Although that was a story from a time far in the future, it was at least a source of comfort.

Yet, when Bai Sui actually rewound to watch Naruto, he realized he hadn't truly watched the whole series; he had only seen up to the Chunin Exams.

The subsequent content had been watched sporadically, focusing mainly on iconic scenes and fight sequences, while the rest of the plot had been filled in by reading various fan-fiction works.

At this moment, Bai Sui could only say: if only he had known then what he knew now!

What Bai Sui could be grateful for was that he had indeed read quite a lot in his past life.

Due to his personality, he rarely participated in any sports in his past life, preferring solitude. When bored, he loved to read, and his interests were vast: astronomy, calendars, lathe work, computer applications, classic literature, manga, novels, lyrics, recipes, and so on...

In short, Bai Sui loved reading all kinds of books. Often, even if he didn't understand the knowledge within, he could simply look at the characters and finish the book regardless.

Now, Bai Sui could say he was no longer lost regarding the future. If he wished, he could search through his memories, study diligently, and eventually acquire a skill. At the very least, he would not starve to death; after all, a skilled craftsman never goes hungry, even in times of famine.

Of course, this was merely a reference, or perhaps a means of making a living in the future?

He said this because Bai Sui had made another discovery while meditating: he had discovered Qi.

When he meditated in his past life, although he could perceive Qi, it was only the Qi within his own body, and he could only control its flow according to his will.

Now, however, it was different. While meditating, Bai Sui discovered the Qi permeating the world around him.

Perhaps this is the difference between the two worlds, or perhaps it is because my past life was truly in the Age of Dharma Decline?

After some thought, Bai Sui felt this might be the natural energy absorbed by the Sage Mode in Naruto.

After all, different systems in different worlds likely had different names for the same thing.

This discovery left Bai Sui overjoyed. In his past life, from the moment he began practicing, he knew he had no chance of obtaining any extraordinary power that could manifest externally.

After all, there are five grades of immortals: Heaven, Earth, Human, Spirit, and Ghost.

Although Bai Sui had technically stepped across the threshold of cultivation in his past life, he had started late. Combined with a diet that stimulated early development, he had already lost his primordial yang by the time he truly began to practice.

Furthermore, whether due to his own dullness or the actual absence of manifest Qi in the world, he had never felt it, let alone "seen" it as he did now.

Thus, in his past life, Bai Sui had purposefully specialized in the path of the Ghost Immortal.

After all, while a Ghost Immortal is not a pure-yang immortal, they are essentially a refined and spiritual ghost.

They have transcended the darkness, their divine form is indistinct, they have no name in the ghost registers, and they are unknown to the three sacred mountains.

Though they have no final destination and cannot return to the Penglai or Ying islands, they are also outside the cycle of reincarnation. They can be reborn or possess another body, which can be considered a different way of living another life.

Bai Sui even suspected that he might have successfully become a Ghost Immortal in his past life.

Although he ended up withered and his heart felt like cold ash, his divine consciousness remained guarded, and his will did not dissipate.

His current existence was the result of reincarnation or possession, and the reason his memories were incomplete was due to the "secret of the womb."

The fact that his primordial spirit could fully replay the memories of his past life was likely a unique ability of a Ghost Immortal; after all, he had possessed no such ability in his past life, nor had he read of it in any books.

In this life, with the existence of Qi, he could not only walk the path of the Human Immortal to lay his foundation, but he might also eventually catch a glimpse of the wonders of the Earth Immortal.

Bai Sui was not greedy. He did not covet the status of a Spirit or Heaven Immortal; after all, an Earth Immortal could already live forever in the world, never dying among men.