Lu Yun split his attention between deducing the nascent spirit method and exploring the secrets of the Scroll of Shepherding Immortals on his grand tour of the treasure.

“Wait! That’s right, the nascent spirit exists between a state of reality and nonbeing. If something that only exists in reality cannot be absorbed by the nascent spirit to enhance it, then… what about something that is a nonentity?

“If the nascent spirit were to evolve to a state of nonbeing and return to reality, then… it would also become something real!

“When a sacrifice-born divine spirit is born of accumulated offerings, that is a process of turning unreality into something tangible, something real!”

“If all living beings were to light incense in worship of the Dusk River, then the river would give birth to a god, the god of Dusk River! If...