"Thank you, Young Master Tang!" Zhu Jingkong was immensely excited.
"We've already become allies, Chief Zhu. There's no need for courtesy! Helping you cultivate this time is also a test of whether Nurturing Nether works for the Spirit Shaman Clan. If it really does, the Spirit Shaman Clan will become a force the Northern Spirit Realm cannot ignore," Tang Yan declared.
"Good!" Zhu Jingkong nodded repeatedly.
"Let's begin," Tang Yan said.
Zhu Jingkong sat cross-legged and entered a state of cultivation. Tang Yan controlled the Nurturing Nether Spirit Flame, enveloping Zhu Jingkong as Divine Soul Power poured into his sea of consciousness like a bubbling clear spring.
Sensing that this Divine Soul Power was more abundant than what Nurturing Nether had provided while masterless, Zhu Jingkong was overjoyed. He worked hard to restore his soul, preparing for his breakthrough.
Three days passed in the flick of a finger.
That day, a mysterious aura rippled through the cave.
The aura surrounding Zhu Jingkong gradually grew ethereal. Although he sat not far away, Tang Yan felt as though Zhu Jingkong was very distant, perhaps not even within this space at all.
Once that mysterious aura faded, Zhu Jingkong slowly opened his eyes.
"Chief Zhu, how did it go?" Tang Yan asked with concern.
Zhu Jingkong laughed heartily. "Thanks to you, Young Master Tang, I've reached Lord Rank!"
"How is it different from King Rank?" Tang Yan was rather curious.
"Aside from greater strength, the most important difference is that a Natal God condenses within a Lord Rank cultivator's sea of consciousness.
"A Natal God has no fixed form. It can take the form of anything in existence.
"Some people's Natal Gods are weapons, some are ferocious beasts, and some are even plants.
"Different kinds of Natal Gods possess different levels of power.