What was the Nascent Soul?0

To lay the foundation for transcendence, one first had to gather the essence of their entire body, condense the spirit of the Heavenly Abode, shatter the Golden Core, unite the three fragments of the ethereal soul[1], and temper the corporeal soul[2]. 0

To form the Nascent Soul, the Golden Core had to be broken. The Nascent Soul was essentially born from within the Golden Core itself.0

While at the Golden Core Realm, one's soul would undergo an initial fusion with the spirit, each drawing upon the other. At the Heavenly Abode Realm, it would gradually solidify. One would also condense a divine spirit of their own. Once it had merged with their Golden Core, the Nascent Soul could be formed, paving the way to the formation of the Primordial Spirit.0

Though the process sounded simple, every step risked the soul being scattered to nothingness.0

Yaoyun had once explained the path of cultivation to Wang Sheng. Across countless star domains, the Daoist arts that had been passed down from the Three Pure Ones and the cultivation paths that countless living beings had discovered for themselves could all be broadly divided into three categories: the Dao of the Primordial Spirit, the Dao of the...0