In his residence, Dongguan leafed through the newly arrived Formless Soul-Refining Secret Manual. It was divided into two parts: Soul Refinement and secret arts. Soul Refinement cultivated the soul and belonged to the "Way"; secret arts were "techniques."
Since he now had the complete text, Dongguan first turned to "Possession" in the secret arts section.
This Possession secret art required his consciousness to completely suppress the target's consciousness to minimize the risk.
But it was a high-level secret manual, after all, and included a supporting secret technique for detecting the strength of consciousness and souls.
This Detection Secret Technique was extremely precise, but it could only be performed if the target was restrained or willing. It was intended for use alongside the Possession secret art.
With this Detection Secret Technique, he could assess the success rate of Possession.
Generally speaking, every minor stage by which his soul surpassed the target's increased the success rate by ten percent.
If someone at stage nine possessed someone at stage one, the success rate would be as high as eighty percent.
If the gap between them was an entire major realm, however, problems would arise instead. An overly powerful soul had difficulty merging with a weak body and might cause some deficiency that affected future cultivation.
But willpower and cultivation realm were two different things. A powerful will could coexist with a low cultivation realm. This situation was a disadvantage in a clash of souls, but an advantage when adapting to a body.
Beyond that, there were various supporting methods. Hu Yanbo's Inheritance Soul Seal was one such method.
"So essentially, the stronger the better, but the success rate can never be guaranteed to reach one hundred percent, because miracles always exist in the universe."
After reading through the Possession secret art, Dongguan saw