Despite his shock, Luo Chen couldn't help but feel curious as he listened to that solemn tone. If all this is true, why does Chu Kui look anything but pleased? With the Core Formation art in hand and the Great Dao in sight, why such melancholy?0

All of a sudden, it struck him—the key to the unease that had been gnawing at him this whole time. His expression changed dramatically. "How can you possibly split your divine soul!? That's insane! The divine soul is the very foundation of cultivation! You can't just chop off a chunk of it!"3

All things alive possessed a soul. Once a human stepped onto the path of cultivation, that soul would awaken into spirit consciousness. At the Qi Refinement Realm, this consciousness remained confined within the sea of consciousness, unable to leave the body. After reaching Foundation Establishment, it could project outward to scan several li ahead. If one successfully reached the Golden Core Realm, it would transform further into divine consciousness capable of illuminating heaven and earth. It was said that the stages of shattering the Golden Core to form...0