The Marvels of Split Consciousness

"Looks like I can only strengthen my control over the aberration. If I can command the aberration that enters my body as easily as an arm or a finger, then even if I introduce it into my body—or even my head—for the first time, the success rate will be very high."

"According to Shadow, the aberrant power bestowed by the Abyss Altar is gentler than this kind of aberrant flesh. In theory, it should be easier to guide."

"But even if it is easier to guide, my current control is still insufficient."

Feng Buzhi analyzed the matter inwardly.

After communicating with Shadow over the past several days, he had now basically understood the initial stages of aberration cultivation.

The initial stage was divided into two paths.

Both had the same purpose: to form an aberrant organ, entering the Aberration stage. After that, there was actually no difference between the Aberration stage and entering the ranks.

What he had just done—implanting the aberration source into his body—was the second path. Simply put, body first, soul second.

Generally speaking, some reagents would be added during the process of implanting an aberration source, making the aberration gentler and giving the person more time to adapt. The aberration would gradually adapt to the human body before launching an assault on the person's soul.

As the aberration assaulted the soul, its power would gradually synchronize with the soul. In the end, it would stabilize and become completely bound to the soul.

There was a limit to the number of aberrations a person's soul could bind. Unless one used an exceedingly precious secret medicine or encountered some special fortuitous opportunity, ordinary people could usually only merge with one aberration.

That was precisely why Feng Buzhi had cut off his arm earlier. Otherwise, once the aberration synchronized with his soul, he would no longer be able to change it.

According to Shadow, that would be when he first entered the Endless Abyss.

As for what exactly the Endless Abyss was, Shadow still had not revealed it over these past ten days. It merely kept urging him to touch the Abyss Altar, saying that once he did, he would understand everything.

The Abyss Altar was the first path to obtaining aberrant power: soul first, body second.

Awakening reagents were similar to the Abyss Altar's method, but their success rate was far inferior to that of the Abyss Altar.

According to Shadow, the Abyss Altar was a benefit this town had left for them.

After touching the Abyss Altar, it would generate an aberration matched to their soul, and that aberration would then merge into one of their random organs.

The two paths each had their own advantages and disadvantages.

The first path was relatively safe. The generated aberration would perfectly match the soul, and its side effects would be smaller.

Its drawback was that one could not choose the specific organ into which the aberration merged, nor could one choose the type of aberration.

The second path allowed one to choose the organ that merged with the aberration. Whichever part of the body received the implanted aberration source would become the aberrant organ.

However, the process of synchronizing the aberration with the soul was extremely dangerous, and in the end, the aberration might not perfectly match the soul. Its side effects would also be greater.

But if one possessed a special secret treasure, or was someone like Feng Buzhi who had reached the Subtle Realm, the drawbacks of the Abyss Altar could be perfectly avoided.

When the Abyss Altar generated an aberration matched to the soul, they could sense it in advance and determine the aberration's type. If they were dissatisfied, they could temporarily set it aside. After some time, the Abyss Altar would generate another matching aberration.

According to Feng Buzhi's original plan, he would merge with an aberration at the Fifth Altar.

The fifth Abyss Altar was a special altar, with the richest variety of aberrant organs. Moreover, this altar was incomplete. Feng Buzhi felt that perhaps, through this incomplete altar and his own guidance, he could merge the aberration into his meridians.

"However, I may have another new method. If this method succeeds, the chances of successfully merging the aberration into my meridians will rise drastically."

Feng Buzhi murmured inwardly.

He had actually discovered this method by accident two hours ago, but he still could not determine whether it would work.

Without dwelling on it further, Feng Buzhi had Pei Chao continue practicing nearby and swiftly sprinted toward the town. With a few simple steps against the surface, he leaped onto the town wall, then continued bounding across the town's buildings.

From afar, Feng Buzhi looked like a master of qinggong.

And indeed, he was. As Feng Buzhi leaped across the rooftops, he employed some of the techniques of Reed Crossing the River.

Although his body possessed no inner qi, his powerful physical constitution allowed him to barely execute some qinggong movements.

Soon, Feng Buzhi arrived at the town's central plaza crystal. After a flash of white light, his left arm had been restored to its original state. He then accessed his information.

[Personal Information]

Feng Buzhi

Title: "Goblin Butcher" (Inactive), "Mortal Gazing into the Abyss" (Active). (Currently able to activate 1 title)

Race: Human Race

Rank: Unranked

Soul Level: Unranked

Abyss Points: 17223

There were no obvious changes in the contents of [Personal Information]. Over the past few days, only his Abyss Points had continued to increase.

Aside from that, there was an ability he had mastered five days ago.

Previously, whenever he wanted to switch titles, he had to come to the Town Crystal to activate them.

But five days ago, he had suddenly discovered a method of switching titles without coming to the Town Crystal.

Titles were a blessing from the Abyss, or perhaps a mark from the Abyss. In essence, they were also a type of aberration, only without any side effects and with an extremely faint sense of presence in daily life.

Yet no matter how faint that presence was, its essence remained an aberration.

And aberrations could be influenced by will and spirit.

The specific control was like flipping a switch. It was not particularly difficult, but much like how he had broken through his body's shackles, mastering it still required a little technique.

Then today, he had accidentally discovered a method that could activate two titles simultaneously.

Feng Buzhi swiftly began trying it, then opened his [Personal Information] once more.

[Personal Information]

Feng Buzhi & Damo

Title: "Goblin Butcher" (Active), "Mortal Gazing into the Abyss" (Active). (Currently able to activate 2 titles)

Race: Human Race

Rank: Unranked

Soul Level: Unranked

Abyss Points: 17223

Just as he had sensed, his two titles had indeed activated at the same time.

After temporarily separating his two consciousnesses from one another, he could activate two titles simultaneously.

If that was the case—

Then if he maintained his two consciousnesses in a mutually independent state, could his soul also bind two aberrations?

Directly guiding an aberration to turn his meridians into aberrant organs might be difficult, but if he could first merge with another aberration to familiarize himself with it, the chances of continuing to transform his meridians into aberrant organs would surely rise drastically.

As for the other organ to merge with an aberration, Feng Buzhi had already made up his mind...