Very reasonable cultivation

Nearly a hundred kilometers away, many people were already standing on several nearby hilltops.

Wang Xu and Tian Zhen stood on a hilltop, looking at the dark clouds in the distance.

Unlike Wang Xu's uneasiness, Tian Zhen didn't think so much. He observed that the legendary calamity cloud was not the result of some kind of heavenly law, or the gathering of external forces. It was entirely the old man's calming energy that caused the resonance of heaven and earth, forming a resonance fulcrum in the sky, gathering all the movements between heaven and earth.

Strong winds gathered, water flowed backwards, and some rocks and trees were all swept up into the sky. The resonance in the sky had formed a relatively stable closed loop. The dark and very thick tornado cloud layer looked like it would destroy the world if it came down.

Is this the weight of a Nascent Soul?

The old man was sitting cross-legged in the center. It was very quiet around him, which formed a contrast with the sky. The black tornado cloud in the sky pressed down, but stopped after reaching a certain height. The hollow vortex was like a huge mouth, but it was still waving its fangs and claws as if in fear.

There were flashes of lightning swimming in the dark clouds like a python, popping up from time to time, making loud noises and demonstrating its power.

"Nothingness cannot exist independently, and the soul cannot exist independently. Hahahaha, over the past few thousand years, cultivators haven't even realized this as clearly as a little kid, hahahaha." The old man suddenly laughed heartily. They all seek the path to transcendence, yet they don't know that the path to transcendence lies in returning to one's origin. Such a simple truth has been like a blind spot, blocking the path of countless cultivators.

He placed his Nascent Soul back into his Dantian, adjusted his state of mind, reviewed his life, and waited for the increasingly violent thunder above the tornado clouds.

On the mountain beyond the calamity clouds.

"Can this old ancestor bear it?" Tian Zhen murmured. Just looking at the sea of thunder and lightning jumping there, he felt numb all over and electric sparks came out of his body.

According to his theory, the transformation into a spirit does require enormous energy for information exchange, that is, all the "small circles" that store memories must be completely integrated into a "small ball" while maintaining the original balance of the "big circle". This is the complete process of transformation into a spirit.

But it is very difficult to do so. Without some practice, Tian Zhen would not dare to be as reckless as the ancestor.

He has absolutely no self-awareness.

Finally, the calamity cloud seemed to have accumulated enough momentum, and like a floodgate, several bolts of lightning entangled together and struck down like a thick pillar of lightning. From a distance, Tian Zhen could see a circle of shock waves spreading outward.

But he saw more than just that. Through the vibration, he could clearly feel and see the lightning extending and spreading in the ground. The thickest and winding path also carried a lot of the ancestor's aura.

"What is this?" Tian Zhen was confused.

Thunder and lightning fell one after another, like a waterfall of thunder and lightning descending from the sky, endlessly, and the rumbling sound was more deafening than a string of firecrackers going off next to your ears.

Without any warning, the deafening thunderclap that had been raging suddenly stopped! Just as Tian Zhen was wondering, a dazzling, multicolored light, like a sword piercing the sky, suddenly erupted from beneath the calamity clouds, right where the lightning had struck!

This colorful light penetrated the sky and the earth, and its range was beyond imagination. It was like a bright aurora condensed on the earth, illuminating the sky and earth under the calamity cloud like a dream, and even brightened the dark clouds above.

The calamity clouds retreated at a speed visible to the naked eye, but the light lingered for a long time. The light was rhythmically moving, as if brewing something.

Suddenly, a light wave similar to a shock wave spread out from it, and in the blink of an eye it turned outside the calamity cloud, attacking the people standing on the top of the mountain, and some of them raised their own spiritual shields.

However, Tian Zhen could see that this was a spell of the soul, and that spiritual shield could not block it. Tian Zhen could see it, so he could naturally defend against it in a targeted manner, but why should he defend against it? He had to try what kind of soul spell this was.

The light rushed over and instantly passed through Tian Zhen's body. In an instant, Tian Zhen's vision changed. The sky was foggy and the ground under his feet was like water. There was nothing around him, only the back of the old man in front of him.

"Shit, this old guy is not going to take over my body, is he?" Tian Zhen thought to himself. But not only was he not afraid, but he was also a little excited. What was going on? What should he do? This guy is going to take over my body, but he really wants to see how he does it.

Although he harbored disrespectful thoughts in his heart, he asked tentatively: "Master, have you succeeded?"

As if hearing a sound, the old man started to move as if wound up. He slowly turned around and sighed kindly and casually, "It worked, and it didn't work."

"Master, please don't play tricks on me. I have a small brain and can't guess what you want to say. Just say it directly." Tian Zhen was not interested and his head indicated that he didn't want to move.

"Hahaha, you're incredibly quick-witted, kid. I thought you could figure it out easily." The old man laughed heartily, stroked his beard, and then continued carefully, "This time, when I became a spirit, I instantly understood a lot of things I hadn't figured out before. If it worked, it was because your method worked. If it didn't, it was because of the spirit stones."

"Another spirit stone?" Tian Zhen widened his eyes. The spirit stones in this world might be poisonous!

"Indeed, these spirit stones can be very harmful. It can be said that this is the main reason why everyone fails to achieve Divine Transformation. This is because these spirit stones are the spirit stone veins that were nurtured in the earth by the spiritual energy of those Divine Transformations who experienced the thunder tribulation. When a whale falls, all things come to life. Spirit stones can speed up cultivation and increase the power of spells. This attracts many cultivators and they establish sects on them. As more and more Yuanying cultivators achieve Divine Transformation, more and more spirit stone veins are formed, forming a stagnant pool. Sigh~" After speaking, the old man sighed and continued, "These spirit stones are originally the product of others' transformation, so they naturally bear the mark of others. How can they be given away for free? There is no free lunch in the world. This is a truth that has been understood for a long time. I regret it now."

"So that's how it is! Then how do you say whether the master succeeded or not?" Tian Zhen suddenly understood, but he was still confused about whether he succeeded or not, so he still wanted to ask.

At this time, the old man laughed again: "It is successful. My soul has indeed successfully transformed into a spirit, and I can feel many worlds. It didn't work out because there is an old monster hidden in my spiritual energy who wants to take advantage of it, so I directly used the power of thunder to strike him into the ground. As a result, my body was destroyed, and my soul became a rootless duckweed, being rejected by this world. So, this old man is leaving this world."

As he finished speaking, the old man's figure gradually faded, and a kind smile appeared on his wrinkled face. "Little fellow, you are a freak genius that I have only seen once in my life. Those innate Dao bodies are no match for you. Perhaps, you also came from another world in the same state as me now, but fortunately, the future of this world has you. Remember, the spiritual energy and spiritual stones transformed from the place where I transcended the tribulation cannot be used~"

Along with the last echo, the ancestor's figure completely turned into green smoke and dissipated.

"Hey~ Master, you haven't told me what it feels like to become a spirit?" Tian Zhen shouted hurriedly, looking around, hoping that the ancestor was telling him something.

"Understand it yourself~"

Tian Zhen, who had just heard the voice, had his vision returned to the previous hilltop in the blink of an eye.