"Finally, after three hundred years of reincarnation, cultivating with wood and water dual, both 85% formed, I have now opened the Origin Light!" a man of certain stature said.
His body was shining brightly shrouded in purple light. Four different light sources, like stars, surrounded him.
One was emerald green, like an ancient forest deep in the mountains. It gave off strong vitality, this vitality rushing towards the mans body. His body revitalized, regaining his youth.
The second was azure blue, like the surface of a lake. It was calm yet deep, encompassing a world within. When the light hit the man's body, his expend spiritual power was replenished, his middle dantian opening up and stabilising, showing signs of expansion.
There was also a black and white light, like ink on paper. It shot towards the man's brows, firmly holding a spot. Instantly, the man's eyes seemed brighter, as if all the wear after so many years have left him, his vision clear once more, even surpassing any state before.
Finally, there was a purple light. It was bright yet deep, its light forming a whole cocoon of purple light around the man.
"Purple? But I've only formed three spiritual inspirations… oh, this must be the fourth automatically formed, stemming from my many years of experience… I wonder what its purpose is! Although I've cultivated for a long time, generally, I avoided all risk, only leaving from one market to another, until I've finally reached this Azure Cloud Nine Islands Immortal City…"
Just as he thought about it, the purple light suddenly enlarged and consumed all three at once!
Fu Xian was shocked – no matter what, his experience was mediocre while he had worked countless years to form these inspirations, especially the inspiration of talismans, which he had formed back then in the qi refining stage!
His thoughts were chaotic but he didn't stop the breakthrough process.
The purple light whirred and became huge, until finally sinking slowly. It took the form of his largest and deepest inspiration, his talisman! On the backside, there was a large symbol of a purple-black tree, its roots encompassing the lower half of the talisman, the branches encompassing the upper half.
Only in the middle was there a small opening, which seemed to be the path that nature leaves for all beings. Destruction and creation are law, but the great dao allows one to escape even the cycle of death!
On the front side, in the colour of cyan, ancient symbols formed stroke by stroke, as if there was an invisible brush hovering in front of the talisman.
When the last stroke finished, Fu Xian instantly understood the meaning:
Reincarnation through the Soul, Connected through the Talisman!
At the same time, Fu Xian also learned of the name of his aspect at this moment:
Split-Soul Reincarnation Talisman!
The ability was as simple as the name. Split your soul and lay it into the heart of the talisman. A second talisman will then form, carrying the soul, leaving the body, falling into the endless river of reincarnation!
Fu Xian was shocked, but also understood.
In his life, any inspiration could be gained by other people, and his experience was common. But what made him stand out?
He had escaped the punishment of reincarnation. His soul was the same, not refined nor purified, so he had the ability to sneak through the path of reincarnation.
Before, it was just an accident… but now, it seemed that the position changed from passive to active!
He was extremely delighted, but a moment later, he calmed down. Now wasn't the time to act.
The talisman seemed to understand his thoughts and fell down, slowly coming closer to him. At the end, it entered his own body through his chest, disappearing.
"The lower dantian balances the body, the middle dantian carries the spiritual power, and the upper dantian protects the soul.
In the first stages, spiritual power is housed in the lower dantian. But, the lower dantian is where the essence of the body should grow, enhancing the regulation of the body. This is what allows cultivators to ignore food concerns, makes their body immune to many poisons, and strengthens the meridians to allow higher cultivation.
The origin light passed through the lower dantian to the middle dantian, opening the passage and lighting up the cave. Now my origin light innate aspect has stabilised in the middle dantian, so it's time for me to move my spiritual power!"
As he said so, he calmed down and concentrated on his dantian.
The spiritual power, heavy liquid with a metallic sheen, like mercury, slowly rose. The path between the dantians is thin and cultivation is difficult, the light only opened it, but the essence of the lower dantian is required to widen it.
This essence, gathered over three hundred years in his body, slowly gathered from all over his body, his acupoints, into the lower dantian, strengthening the passage and widening the path to cultivation.
Days and weeks passed in this process. If a cultivator doesn't have a strong foundation, they will have to delay this process, which will greatly weaken their body. Until they finished this process, they will be called "Fake" or "Semi-Origin Light cultivators".
And the longer one takes to finish this process, the slower it will be, until it will become completely impossible, making one stuck at the initial stage of origin light.
Fu Xian's foundation was deep and in just three months, he completed the process, over a third of the essence remained.
This essence fell into the lower dantian, spreading across the several walls of the dantian and the gates that lead to the meridians.
All spiritual power gathered from the outside had to pass this point, filtered and purified, until it could walk through the passage to the middle dantian.
For this reason, people call the three dantians "Lower Palace, Middle Sea, Upper Altar".
When the spiritual power was fully moved, it filled around 1% of the space of the whole middle dantian.
In the centre of the space, the origin light was hovering all above, shining purple light towards the liquid, slowly softening it and making it lighter.
"It seems beyond the true ability, there is also such an ability of refining spiritual power!
Even though my "Evergreen Lake" cultivation art is advanced, it's focus is on lifespan and the purity of spiritual power, not exactly the quantity!
This talisman… I wonder how many more unique functions you hide!"