Soul Formation, Crushing All Sides

From Professor Charles's subsequent explanation, Dilos also understood why the soul of one creature could not possess a creature of a different species. In the end, souls had to account for species differences as well. The greater the difference between species, the stronger the mutual erosion between soul and body during possession, causing the body to break down even as the possession took place and making possession impossible.

But since genes could be transplanted across species, could souls possibly possess bodies of different species as well?

The thought suddenly flashed through Dilos's mind. He desperately wanted to know the exact answer, but with his current limited knowledge, he had no choice but to bury the question for now.

There was no helping it. For now, he could only follow Charles's teachings and develop his consciousness into a soul.

Developing consciousness into a soul was, in essence, a process of strengthening consciousness and evolving it.

In fact, strengthening one's consciousness was no easy task for ordinary people. It required two conditions. First, consciousness had to absorb the energy within the body—namely, the bioenergy contained in the body.

This process was extraordinarily difficult for ordinary people, but for Dilos, it could not have been easier.

After all, bioenergy was what he lacked least within his body.

The second requirement was powerful control. During the process of strengthening consciousness, consciousness would open the sturdy shell protecting it, exposing its most vulnerable core and allowing the absorbed energy to enter and strengthen that core.

Under such circumstances, consciousness was at its weakest. One slight misstep could allow the absorbed energy to damage the core of consciousness. At best, such damage would harm one's personality and memories; at worst, the core would collapse, and consciousness would vanish completely.

Dilos could understand that. Developing consciousness into