Shen Lian sat cross-legged in the center of the cave, his expression calm and indifferent, and no one could tell anything was wrong.

In front of him, the five elements spiritual objects that absorbed the clean energy turned into powder and piled up into the shape of a small hill. The five elements energy stored in the five internal organs of the body were like five balls of light that illuminated the Fuxue area.

Inside the ball of light, the Five Elements Spirit Puppet was absorbing the pure power of the Five Elements.

In the sea of ​​divine consciousness, Shen Lian's divine figurine was sitting cross-legged, practicing the second level of the Soul-Forging and Silk-Condensing Method, the Immortal Puppet Soul-Splitting Technique. He had been comprehending it for nearly a year and finally had some clues.

At the beginning of soul division, the little soul figurine needs to split apart. This is not difficult for him. He has come all the way from the Qi training level, and he doesn't know how many times he has split apart when accepting the inheritance.

In addition, when Shen Lian escaped far away before, he also refined more than a dozen furnaces of elixirs outside, one of which was used to repair the soul, which happened to be used now.

Soul division is a process that requires extracting a part of one's own soul as a trigger, and then this trigger will take root and sprout like a spiritual herb.

Taking out a jade bottle from the storage ring, Shen Lian stuffed the jade bottle into his mouth and used his magic power to melt the bottle empty.

The third-level soul essence pill in the jade bottle turned into a dark yellow torrent that rushed straight to the top of the head and poured into the sea of ​​​​divine consciousness.

The little man sitting cross-legged in the sea of ​​divine consciousness took advantage of the situation to open his mouth, swallowed the divine consciousness energy into his mouth, and allowed his own soul power to continue to surge.

Soon, the little man in divine consciousness ate until he became a little fat man.

"open!"

In an instant, the little fat man with divine consciousness continuously cast thousands of magical seals with his hands. As the seals surrounded him, streams of transparent mist flew out of the little man and lingered above his head.

The wisps of mist seemed thin, but as time went by, the transparent mist gradually became thicker and began to transform into pure white.

The number of light balls increased, and vaguely human figures began to emerge inside them.

At this moment, the magical seals cast by the little man with divine consciousness were getting faster and faster, and the derived seal energy formed strange runes that were imprinted into the ball of light above.

The more runes there are, the clearer the resulting human figure becomes.

Even later, the human body that was derived had meridians and five internal organs similar to those of a real flesh and blood human.

However, although the human figure that appeared in the light ball was very similar to Shen Lian, and even had a structure comparable to that of a real person, it did not have any signs of life.

The little divine being who had been performing magic seals continuously also began to feel tired.

After a while, the little divine being who was casting the seal suddenly stopped, and the runes that had initially fallen on his body and lingered outside it suddenly lit up.

Snap!

The rune was like a knife, easily tearing Shen Lian's spiritual figure in half.

The divine consciousness was split into two, and the pain suddenly filled the entire divine consciousness space and spread to every part of the physical body.

From the middle of the cracked divine figure, streams of transparent spiritual energy surged out and condensed into a white bead, which crashed into the human figure that emerged from above.

The moment the bead entered the human soul body, a spiritual fluctuation that should belong to the soul emanated from the human soul body.

After gaining spirituality, the human-shaped soul crawled out from the ball of light and autonomously made the same appearance as the divine man.

Breathing in and out, stretching his arms and legs, even the pain of his body being torn apart by the runes just now, the feeling was exactly the same.

After a period of adaptation, the soul power fluctuations emitted by the separated humanoid soul became stronger and stronger, and it could already be called a secondary soul.

There are dense spiritual threads connecting the secondary soul and Shen Lian, emitting the same aura.

Although the secondary soul has been separated, it is currently just an empty shell and will require a long period of nurturing and improvement.

But now that the hardest steps are done, the rest is easy.

…

Time passes very quickly for a Jindan cultivator.

More than half a year passed in the blink of an eye, and Shen Lian's mind returned to the sea of ​​​​consciousness. He mobilized his spiritual thoughts to nourish his new secondary soul.

At this moment, the secondary soul has become the same size as the little man in the divine consciousness, and its appearance changes at will, as do its clothes.

"My friend, your dress is very beautiful."

In the sea of ​​divine consciousness, Shen Lian's divine consciousness figure looked at the female figure beside him, who was as beautiful as a fairy and dressed in colorful clothes, and bowed in a servile manner.

In an instant, the style of painting suddenly changed.

The female figure flashed and turned into a hairy-legged man, who chuckled.

"Brother, me too."

"I'm afraid I have schizophrenia in the world of immortal cultivation."

The little man in the divine mind suddenly shuddered and muttered to himself, "It's all my fault. What's so fun about this? I must have been holding it in for too long."

Despite the fuss, Shen Lian quickly suppressed his bad taste and would never tell anyone about this matter even if he was beaten to death.

If one day he were caught and his soul was searched, he would definitely delete this fragment of memory before he died.

Innocence is more important than anything else.

The magic of the Immortal Puppet Soul-Separating Technique was beyond expectations. According to the relevant soul-separating methods circulated in the world of immortal cultivation, the separated souls would inevitably affect the main soul, and after the separated souls were separated, their strength would no longer increase.

But except for some shock to Shen Lian's soul when the divine figurine was split apart, he recovered quickly afterwards.

Moreover, the strength of the secondary soul has reached nearly 13,000 feet.

In Shen Lian's view, the secondary soul is like a projection of his main soul. As the main soul's cultivation improves, the secondary soul will also improve.

The two come from the same source, but can no longer be merged together.

Once he dies, his secondary soul will also perish.

On the contrary, when the secondary soul is impacted, the main soul will not be affected.

"Once the secondary soul and the natal spirit puppet are combined, one is bright and the other is dark, it will be safer."

"We need to get rid of the old monster Ziyang as soon as possible."

Thinking of the old guy following him, Shen Lian's excitement caused by his quirk suddenly became unpleasant.

"To deal with the old monster, my spiritual power must reach at least 30,000 feet, and with the help of talismans, I can protect myself."

"When I advance to the middle stage of the Golden Core, my divine consciousness will improve again."

"If the physical body is strengthened further before this, it will be easier to advance to the middle stage of the Golden Core, and more divine power can be nourished in the flesh and blood."

"It would be best to get a batch of third-grade high-quality spiritual objects. Only spiritual objects of this level can work on Yuanying old monsters."

"I still have to start with ores. I'm afraid it won't be easy to get other spiritual objects."

While thinking, Shen Lian's eyes flashed, and the long-lost panel appeared in front of him.

[Shen Lian: Peak of the Early Golden Elixir Period]

[Five Elements Spiritual Roots: Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth are complete (cannot be merged)]

[Constitution: Five Elements Spirit Body (Not Awakened)]

[Magic Power: Heavenly Five Elements Domain]

[Divine Thought: 14,600 feet (99.7 miles)]

[Refining Equipment: Third-level lower grade (21451/70000) cannot be broken through]

[Array: Third-order inferior (34154/70000) cannot be broken through]

[Alchemist: Third level lower grade (1011/70000) cannot be broken through]

[Talisman Master: Second-class upper grade (5101/50000) cannot be broken through]

[Puppet: Third-order low-grade (3145/70000) cannot be broken through]

[Beast Taming: Second-level upper grade (4312/50000) cannot be broken through]

【Divine Enlightenment Points: 346】

【Insights: 244589】

…

During the past twenty years of seclusion, although there was an old voyeur by his side, after the initial panic, Shen Lian gradually calmed down.

Moreover, during this period he also used his perception points to improve his alchemy and puppetry skills.

"Formation, talisman."

Finally, Shen Lian's eyes fell on these two skills.

…

"ah……"

On this day, Shen Lian, who was in good health, suddenly twitched violently and fell to the ground with his arms and legs spread out.

Seeing this, Zi Yang, who was hiding in the magic cave, separated a wisp of divine consciousness, which turned into light and shadow and fell into the cave.

Zi Yang frowned slightly. This kind of situation had happened to Shen Lian more than once, and he had many speculations in his mind.

Among various speculations, he was most inclined to believe that Shen Lian was a reincarnated monk.

Compared to reincarnation, possession of another's body is nothing.

The reincarnated person needs to experience the fear of reincarnation and also have to understand the mystery in the womb. If he falls even a little short, he will be completely submerged in reincarnation.

It is rumored that if a reincarnated person cannot understand the mystery in the womb for three consecutive lives, then all the opportunities and fortunes before the reincarnation will be completely lost.

Considering Shen Lian’s current condition, Zi Yang thought of a terrible fact.

That is, Shen Lian was actually receiving the memories before reincarnation.

This is not just speculation. The realm of the reincarnated cultivator is too high, and the body after reincarnation is weak and cannot carry too much wisdom from the previous life at once.

They will seal their memories before reincarnation, and then every time they break through a certain realm after reincarnation, they will be able to unlock part of their past life memories.

The more he thought about it, the colder Zi Yang felt.

After all, Shen Lian showed all kinds of strange behaviors, which were really similar.

"Transformation of the spirit, or refining the void?"

“Huff…”

Even though it was just an image formed by a wisp of soul thought, Zi Yang's fluctuations still became floating.

In today's world of immortal cultivation, the state of incarnation is already the most advanced existence.

If you want to break through the realm of refining emptiness, you have to ascend to the upper realm.

But Zi Yang didn't know where the upper realm was.

After more than three thousand years of practice, he has traveled all over the vast land, met hundreds of Nascent Soul cultivators, and visited many secret realms.

But in front of the god, he is still like an ant.

As for ascension, it was not something he could hope for at all.

During his years of practice, he had heard some groundless rumors.

Legend has it that in the ancient and medieval times, there was no such thing as the upper realm. At that time, monks could practice all the way to the fairyland.

Even in ancient times, there were not so many tribulations in practicing cultivation. There was only one tribulation in becoming an immortal.

But in today's era, cultivators must go through the baptism of thunder tribulation once they are promoted to the Jindan stage in every realm.

The path to becoming an immortal is becoming increasingly difficult.

In order to reach a higher level of practice, monks can only rack their brains and find their own unique way.

As a result, the world of immortal cultivation is now full of Lao Liu, and even the trend of possessing other people's bodies has begun to blow.

"At least it's the Refining Void stage."

Thinking that Shen Lian was not only powerful in combat but also proficient in many kinds of immortal cultivation techniques, although Zi Yang had never seen the Patriarch Huashen, he had heard of his reputation.

But even if the God Transformation Patriarch was reincarnated, it was almost impossible for him to have the same good fortune as Shen Lian.

At this moment, Zi Yang thought a lot.

If the guess is true, then he will have a bright future if he relies on Shen Lian.

but……

Inside the cave, the silent Nascent Soul suddenly had a fierce look in his eyes. So what if he was reincarnated from the Pure Land? He was not one to be scared.

…

"A third-level, superior-grade formation master."

"Third-rank, low-grade talisman master."

Shen Lian lay in the cave and twitched for a long time, his whole body shaking from time to time as if he was a corpse.

There was no way he could improve two major skills at once this time.

[Formation: Third-level superior grade (0/200000) cannot be broken through]

[Talisman Master: Third-level lower grade (0/70000) cannot be broken through]

【Insights: 51141】

To upgrade the third-grade lower quality to the third-grade middle quality, 70,000 enlightenment points are needed, while to upgrade the middle quality to the upper quality, 100,000 enlightenment points are needed.

To advance to the fourth level, you need 200,000 comprehension points.

In Shen Lian's expectation, his talisman master level must at least be improved to the third-level middle grade. In this way, after being nourished by Tianyan's magic power, the talismans can almost burst out with the power of the third-level upper grade.

Of course, it would be even better if it could be upgraded to the third-grade upper grade.

Judging from the current situation, it is not something that cannot be accomplished.

If the talismans and formations could reach the third-grade upper grade, and he could be promoted to the middle stage of the Golden Core, he would be able to defeat Zi Yang.

"Third-level spiritual ink..."

Thinking of Ling Mo, Shen Lian frowned slightly, but fortunately he calmed down quickly.

Don't panic, stay steady and take it step by step.

…

In the blink of an eye, three years passed.

In the mountains and forests, Shen Lian turned into a stream of light and went eastward.

His current location is Wanshan Region.

Wanshanyu is as its name suggests, more than 90% of the entire area is mountains, and the remaining 10% is a basin.

This stretch of mountainous area is also part of the Tianzhu Mountains. A long time ago, this area also produced ores, but it was later mined out.

Over time, these hollowed-out areas became gathering places for monks and evolved into the Wanshan Region.

Shen Lian first came to a city called Shanqing, figured out his exact location, and then headed eastward toward the depths of the Tianzhu Mountains.

"I have opened up several supply points in Tianzhu Mountain, which store a lot of resources. If you need anything, let me know."

Seeing Shen Lian heading towards the mining area deep in Tianzhu Mountain, Zi Yang popped up and showed off his wealth again.

Over the years, he had robbed so many things that, except for the spiritual objects he needed, he had hidden many of the remaining spiritual objects separately.

As for why they were not sold, one reason was that they were too tightly held by the Yuanying masters of various sects, and the other was that some things would reveal their identities once they were sold.

"My dear friend, don't be fooled by the fact that I have taken so many things. To be honest, apart from the spiritual stones and spiritual medicines used for daily cultivation, I didn't touch any of the rest."

Zi Yang's Nascent Soul's face turned bitter, and he stretched out a finger and gestured.

"I really didn't dare to use any of them!"

…

Shen Lian's trip to the Tianzhu Mountain mining area in the east had only one purpose, and that was to return to the main mining city of Yunshang.

That year, when he was preparing to be promoted to the Golden Core stage, he ran out of the mining area. A female Golden Core Daoist friend gave him a piece of spiritual wood heart, which allowed his physical body to break through to the third level.

The heart of a spiritual tree is a good thing, but it is hard to come by.

It was also because of the heart of this spiritual tree that his spiritual consciousness reached nearly 15,000 feet without the problem of his physical body being unable to support his soul.

In order to be able to nourish more essence, energy and spirit to transform into divine consciousness when advancing to the middle stage of the Golden Elixir, and also to avoid the problem of the soul being too strong for the physical body to bear.

Therefore, Shen Lian prepared to visit that fellow Taoist from that year.

(End of this chapter)