Eternal Life: Hundredfold Rewards

Chapter 440 - 251: Nascent Soul Measured by Inches—A Nascent Soul of One Inch and Ninety-Nine!

The success of shattering the core to form the infant primarily hinges on two points.

The first is the quality of the Golden Core.

The higher the quality of the Golden Core, the greater the difficulty of shattering it, and the more perilous the process. If the shattering fails, the consequences tend to be more severe.

The second is the Dharma Body within the Golden Core.

Since all the drive and subjective actions for shattering the core to form the infant come from the Dharma Body itself.

The stronger the Dharma Body, the greater the drive, the easier the shattering, and the greater the chance of successfully breaking into the Nascent Soul.

However, if the Dharma Body is even slightly weak or flawed, there is a high likelihood of failure in shattering the core and impacting the Realm of Nascent Soul True Monarch.

From the first point, although Qi Chuan’s First-Grade Nine Orifice Golden Core has high quality, at this moment, it becomes the biggest obstacle in shattering the core to form the infant.

But once the core is successfully shattered, allowing the Dharma Body to emerge and transform into the Nascent Soul, the growth achieved by the Dharma Body, or rather the Nascent Soul, at that moment is also the greatest.

Moreover, during Qi Chuan’s cultivation of the Dharma Body, the First-Grade Nine Orifice Golden Core itself provided a significant portion of nourishment, along with the medicinal power of the Clear Wind Spirit Transformation Pill, the Jade Infant Marrow Origin, and the terrifying amount of Spiritual Qi brought by the Eye of the Spirit Vein, rendering Qi Chuan’s Dharma Body extraordinarily powerful.

With such a strong Dharma Body, Qi Chuan found it easier to shatter the core to form the infant, offsetting the negative obstacles brought by the First-Grade Nine Orifice Golden Core, and even leaving some surplus.

Since the time was ripe, Qi Chuan did not hesitate further. With a slight concentration of mind, he operated the special spell contained in the Tenth Layer of the Profound Celestial Spirit Devouring Sword Technique, communicating with the Dharma Body within the First-Grade Nine Orifice Golden Core, and initiated the process of shattering the core to form the infant.

As the process started, a gaze was projected from within the First-Grade Nine Orifice Golden Core, as if the Dharma Body inside the core, originally sitting cross-legged with closed eyes, suddenly opened its eyes.

That gaze surveyed inside the core, as if it had seen everything clearly, and even saw the scene outside the core.

Then, the silhouette of the Dharma Body began to stretch its arms within the core, slowly beginning to move.

Originally solid within the core, this movement immediately released an immense force, impacting the First-Grade Nine Orifice Golden Core.

Crack...

Immediately, a slight cracking sound echoed.

On the surface of the First-Grade Nine Orifice Golden Core, a small crack appeared.

Subsequently, the silhouette of the Dharma Body began to move its legs, slowly standing up within the core after a motion.

Crack crack...

This time, several cracks appeared on the surface of the First-Grade Nine Orifice Golden Core.

Then, as the silhouette of the Dharma Body moved its limbs inside the core, walking around, more cracks began to spread across the core’s surface.

At this moment, the outline of the Dharma Body suddenly paused, its gaze swiftly glancing upward, lifting its eyes to look outside the core.

Then, without hesitation, it clenched its fists, raised its arms high, gathered the force of the entire Dharma Body, and forcefully swung downward.

Boom!

With the terrifying force carried by its fists striking inside the core, the force instantly poured out.

Crack crack crack...

Cracks continuously appeared on the surface of the First-Grade Nine Orifice Golden Core, spreading across the entire surface in an instant.

Boom!

The next moment, a loud bang.

In the Dantian, the First-Grade Nine Orifice Golden Core suddenly shattered into countless light spots, dispersing.

In the endless radiance, where the First-Grade Nine Orifice Golden Core once was, a tiny, elegant young man’s silhouette stood with hands hanging in the void, his expression calm and serene. Though he made no move, a nameless aura emanated, mysterious and majestic, noble and domineering, as if he could control the Spiritual Qi of the world.

"Golden Core shattered, Nascent Soul formed..."

"I have finally broken through to the Realm of Nascent Soul True Monarch!"

The miniature Dharma Body, now to be called the Nascent Soul, stretched out its hands in the Dantian to inspect them carefully. Skin as white as jade, incomparably delicate, with icy bones, surpassing a baby.

With the Golden Core shattered and the Nascent Soul formed, it signified a successful entry into the Nascent Soul Realm, with no doubt.

Moreover, Qi Chuan could feel that his Nascent Soul body was perfect, without the slightest damage, signifying a perfect core-shattering and infant-forming process.

More importantly, now having become the Nascent Soul, the Heart Demon Illusion Realm had yet to appear, just like when he was breaking through Core Formation, which was evidently a very good omen.

Currently, even though the Nascent Soul is only one inch tall.

Yet, Qi Chuan could sense that the mana contained within the Nascent Soul was far beyond that of the former First-Grade Nine Orifice Golden Core.

Meanwhile, as the Nascent Soul appeared, a ripple spread out, triggering a change in the heavens and earth.

Qi Chuan’s Nascent Soul raised its tender little face, looking towards the void above, as if the firmament had opened. Strands like tassels, laden with Heaven and Earth Spiritual Power, descended like a divine rain, bathing his one-inch Nascent Soul body.

Nourished greatly, the one-inch Nascent Soul began to grow rapidly.

One inch.

One inch ten.

One inch two.

One inch three.

...

One inch nine.

One inch ninety-nine.

This rapid growth only stopped upon reaching a height of one inch ninety-nine, unable to progress further.

"Reaching one inch ninety-nine directly, nearly two inches in height?"

Seeing this scene, Qi Chuan felt quite astonished internally.

The Nascent Soul is measured by inches.

The Early Stage of the Nascent Soul Realm is below three inches.

The Middle Stage is above three inches but below six inches.

The Late Stage is above six inches.

Having just broken through, the height of the Nascent Soul reached one inch ninety-nine, nearly equivalent to two inches.

Doesn’t this mean that with just one more inch, I could enter the Nascent Soul Middle Stage Realm?

"I didn’t expect that just after breaking through, the starting point of my Nascent Soul would be so high."

Qi Chuan sighed with emotion.

He knew this was the collective result of his First-Grade Nine Orifice Golden Core, Perfection Inspiration Opportunity, and various auxiliary external items during the breakthrough process.

Because back in the Myriad Flowers Hall, Qingyun True Monarch mentioned that many Nascent Soul True Monarchs, upon just breaking through, often had heights of just a fraction of an inch, with anything over half an inch considered quite good.

Now, having reached a full one inch ninety-nine, the difference in between is self-evident.

Moreover, it’s not necessary for the Nascent Soul to grow to over two inches nine to attempt breaking through to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage Realm.

Many Nascent Soul True Monarchs, due to various reasons and limited growth, often attempt to break through to the Middle Stage with heights over two inches even when not reaching two inches nine at the Early Stage.

Of course, the specific success probability of the breakthrough cannot be guaranteed.

And even if the breakthrough succeeds, with too low an underpinning, the post-breakthrough Nascent Soul’s height would only be just over three inches, with very low potential and growth ceiling thereafter.

Swoosh!

Inside the Ten Directions Stone Chamber, Qi Chuan’s physical body had had its eyes closed for a long time.

Suddenly, his eyelids trembled slightly, then opened.

Instantly, a different light burst forth, straight to the sky.

"Now that the breakthrough is complete, it’s time to go out."

With a glance at his state, Qi Chuan smiled slightly, stood up tall, stretched his muscles, and promptly a series of cracking sounds erupted from his bones.

What Qi Chuan didn’t know was that outside the seclusion place of Qingyun True Monarch, the entire Myriad Flowers Immortal Sect was already in an uproar.

The birth of a Nascent Soul True Monarch inevitably causes a heavenly phenomenon.

The tasseled Heaven and Earth Spiritual Power that Qi Chuan’s Nascent Soul was drenched in earlier was the result of such a phenomenon.

At this moment, a spiritual cloud phenomenon spanning several hundred feet had appeared above the seclusion spot.

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