I Shall Be Everlasting In the World of Immortals 257

## Chapter 254: Three Kinds of Reincarnation

In the air, Lu Chang’an watched as the Li Huo Daoist’s Nascent Soul was devoured by the Nine Seal Stele. He let out a sigh of relief.

“I guessed right!”

He had been right to suspect that Wang Feng had been possessed by a Nascent Soul after observing Wang Feng’s strange behavior.

Nascent Soul, as a refined form of the soul, was similar to the Hun Gu (Soul Parasite). It could be used as nourishment for the Nine Seal Stele.

Recalling his past experiences, Lu Chang’an couldn’t help but break out in a cold sweat.

At the Immortal Seeking Manor inn, he had actually treated a Nascent Soul old monster’s wounds, even rubbing his back, for two hours!

The close contact was practically like taking his pulse.

If the Nascent Soul Zhen Jun (True Monarch) hadn’t noticed the problems with him, he must have been blind.

The Li Huo Daoist had noticed his False Dan-level body refinement, the extraordinary longevity of his Long Qing Gong, his lifespan of over five hundred years, and more.

He had nearly been exposed.

The Li Huo Daoist had not acted within the Xiancheng (Fairy City) due to caution. Any commotion would have alerted the True Monarchs within the city.

He chose to ambush Lu Chang’an on the inevitable path back to Qing Sha Wan (Clear Sand Bay).

He had set up a Fourth Rank incomplete formation, a battle of trapped beasts, isolating him from the outside world.

An ordinary True Dan cultivator would have been unable to escape.

“Thankfully, the Second Life’s blessing saved me. Otherwise, even with my True Dan early stage cultivation, I would have fainted from that soul-searching technique.”

Wang Feng had a Nascent Soul possessing his body.

Lu Chang’an had the blessing of his past life’s peak True Dan cultivation.

This allowed him to resist the weakened Nascent Soul, preventing himself from being instantly killed.

“It’s also fortunate that I cultivated so many treasured talismans, and I had ample Escape Talismans. This forced the Li Huo Daoist to use his Nascent Soul out of his body to chase me.”

In this battle, Lu Chang’an had used seven or eight Third Rank treasured talismans, half of which were Third Rank Middle Grade talismans.

Perhaps a Nascent Soul sect’s Golden Dan prodigy would not have a tenth of his resources.

“There’s also Wang Feng!”

Lu Chang’an didn’t have time to observe the changes within the Nine Seal Stele. He flew towards the damaged Fourth Rank Illusion Formation.

The Fourth Rank incomplete formation was primarily used to trap enemies with illusions. It didn’t restrict entry.

It also had the effect of isolating the exterior.

Therefore, Lu Chang’an’s previous fight with “Wang Feng,” with True Dan level mana fluctuations, was unnoticed by the outside world.

As for the Nascent Soul’s attack, it had far exceeded normal speeds. The entire attack took only a few breaths.

He entered the illusion formation.

Lu Chang’an spread out his divine consciousness. He immediately searched for Wang Feng.

Wang Feng’s body was crushed under a mountain of rubble.

There were signs of life, but he was unconscious.

Lu Chang’an examined him with his divine consciousness and found that his consciousness seemed to be temporarily sealed by some force.

“He’s still alive. It seems Wang Feng wasn’t possessed, the Nascent Soul old monster was only possessing his body.”

Lu Chang’an had heard of similar techniques in his past life.

If it was a possession, Wang Feng’s consciousness would have ceased to exist, swallowed by the Nascent Soul.

“His consciousness was sealed, it must be the Li Huo Daoist’s doing.”

The pressure of Nascent Soul possession was terrifying, and the cultivation of a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator was fragile and could not withstand it.

Moreover, the invading soul would face resistance from the body it was controlling.

Unlike Lu Chang’an, who had a perfect fit with his past life’s soul-shadow, he did not have this negative impact.

Therefore, during the possession, the Li Huo Daoist sealed Wang Feng’s consciousness to reduce his pain, pressure, and bodily rejection.

…

Squeak!

The Di Yan Shu (Earth Rock Rat) dashed out of the spirit pet pouch, clearing the battlefield and gathering spoils.

While waiting, Lu Chang’an suppressed his excitement and entered the Nine Seal Stele with his consciousness to check the fourth frame seal.

“Fourth Life, all lit up!”

The fourth life’s frame seal was filled with brilliant white light.

Within the frame, a faint, half-bright and half-dark silhouette of a purple-robed Daoist was etched. True flames flickered around him.

It was the image of the Li Huo Daoist.

Although Lu Chang’an had never seen the Li Huo Daoist in person, as a Liang Guo native cultivator with over a century of practice, he knew his image.

The purple-robed Daoist silhouette in front of him gave Lu Chang’an a completely different feeling than his previous two lives.

The soul-shadows of his previous two lives were completely integrated with him, inseparable, like parts of his flesh and blood.

The Li Huo Daoist’s soul-shadow was faint and unreal, unformed.

It gave Lu Chang’an a sense of separation.

“The Li Huo Daoist’s soul-shadow appeared after the fourth life was lit. What does it do?”

Lu Chang’an was puzzled.

The Nine Seal Stele trembled slightly, transmitting some vague information.

The information was not specific, more like abstract concepts.

There were no words or pictures.

However, Lu Chang’an could still get the answers he sought from the information.

The secrets and new abilities of the Nine Seal Stele were finally revealed to him.

His previous life’s conjecture was correct.

He could delve into the secrets and uses of the Nine Seal Stele after advancing to the Nascent Soul stage.

In this life, although Lu Chang’an hadn’t advanced to the Nascent Soul stage, he had allowed the Nine Seal Stele to devour a Nascent Soul, lighting up the fourth life.

This met the conditions for “unlocking.”

“The Nine Seal Stele actually has three ways to unlock reincarnation cultivation. As long as a blank frame seal is lit, it can be unlocked.”

After absorbing the information transmitted by the Nine Seal Stele, Lu Chang’an felt a surge of excitement, a look of surprise on his face.

“First, when a blank frame seal is completely lit, after the present life dies, it will be possible to choose the next reincarnation independently.”

What is independent choice?

After Lu Chang’an died, he could choose the location, origin, aptitude, understanding, and luck of his next reincarnation.

It was like customizing the next life!

Of course, this customization was strictly limited, with an overall fixed number.

It was impossible to be excellent in every aspect.

For example, if he chose to be born into a top-tier cultivation family, then other aspects would have to be lowered.

If he chose to have extremely good luck, then his aptitude, background, and other aspects would be inferior.

If he wanted to be good at everything, he would be mediocre in all aspects.

Was there a way to increase the “total fixed number”?

There was.

Lighting up the blank reincarnation energy of the fifth, sixth, and subsequent lives could be used to enhance the customization, increasing the total fixed number.

However, the requirements for lighting up the fifth life’s area were higher.

Lu Chang’an estimated that one or two Nascent Soul wouldn’t be enough to light up the fifth life’s blank frame seal.

The first method, customizing the next reincarnation, would occupy the fourth frame.

The remaining two methods would be similar.

Customizing the next reincarnation was indeed tempting.

However, the prerequisite was death.

Lu Chang’an was alive and well, and this life was progressing smoothly. He didn’t want to commit suicide unless necessary.

Moreover, he had gone further in this life. Even if he couldn’t become an Immortal, he could still provide more powerful assistance for his next life.

…

“The second method is to transform the soul-shadow within the Nine Seal Stele, the ‘Li Huo Daoist,’ into one of my previous lives, but it requires resolving a karmic debt.”

Upon learning this ability, Lu Chang’an was initially shocked and ecstatic.

It was equivalent to experiencing the life of the “Li Huo Daoist” as his past life, no different from his first or second life.

This meant Lu Chang’an would be reborn from True Dan cultivation to Nascent Soul old monster cultivation.

The Nascent Soul True Monarch’s lifetime of experience, memory, abilities, insights, and even cultivation skills would become his instincts.

At that time, the Nascent Soul old monster would become his past life, and the soul-shadow descending would be his strongest trump card.

Just the Nascent Soul True Monarch’s lifetime of memories would be invaluable.

Not to mention, the Li Huo Daoist’s memories contained the ten-thousand-year legacy of the Li Huo Gong and potentially hidden treasures.

The second method, with its large and stable gains, was very attractive to Lu Chang’an.

However, to transform the Li Huo Daoist into one of his past lives, he needed to fulfill a wish from the Li Huo Daoist’s previous life, thereby resolving a karmic debt.

Only then could he break the invisible barrier and, with the Nine Seal Stele’s push, make the Li Huo Daoist his past life.

But after calming down, Lu Chang’an thought about a terrifying question:

“The Nine Seal Stele can transform the devoured Nascent Soul into one of my past lives. Then, were my first and second lives actually my true experiences?”

The thought sent shivers down his spine.

However, he remembered his memory of interacting with the Nine Seal Stele on Earth and transmigrating into the cultivation world. Logically, his first two lives should be his real experiences.

The Li Huo Daoist was not originally his past life. To become his reincarnation, he had to fulfill a wish and resolve a karmic debt.

…

“The third method is to unlock a dreamlike cultivation life, transforming it into one of my past life experiences.”

“Through dreams, I can observe another version of my cultivation journey, gaining knowledge and experience from it.”

“At the same time, by consuming reincarnation energy, I can use dream projection to provide guidance and teaching to him in the dream.”

“The ‘him’ in the dream exists in the real world. If he dies, he will also become my past life, occupying the position of the fourth frame.”

Lu Chang’an considered it and found that the third method had the lowest activation requirements.

It could be said that there were no restrictions.

There was no need for death or any other requirements. He could activate it immediately by consuming the fourth life’s reincarnation energy.

Lu Chang’an’s main body and the life of the other version of him in the dream could coexist simultaneously.

Using this method, the image of the Li Huo Daoist on the fourth frame would completely become pure reincarnation energy.

“The third reincarnation method is uncertain, with high potential but also a low floor.”

Lu Chang’an pondered.

His gains would depend on the accomplishments of the other version of him in the dream.

If the cultivator in the dream had extraordinary luck and cultivated to become a Great Daoist at the Divine Transformation Stage or higher, then his transformation into Lu Chang’an’s past life would be a huge win.

Taking it even further, if the ‘him’ in the dream ultimately ascended to Immortality!

Wouldn’t that make Lu Chang’an a reincarnation of an Immortal?

Of course, this was only a theoretical possibility, with an infinitesimal chance of happening in reality.

In the Ten Thousand Realms Continent, there were no records of anyone becoming an Immortal in the past one hundred thousand years.

The third method had a very low floor. The cultivator could easily die prematurely or become stuck at a certain realm for a lifetime.

“The ‘him’ in the dream doesn’t have my memories from my previous lives. His achievements are uncertain.”

It was more likely that the cultivator in the dream would fall at the True Dan stage, or even before the Foundation Establishment stage.

If so, it would be very useless to Lu Chang’an, a waste of a blank frame seal in the Nine Seal Stele.

Overall, the third method was a gamble.

Win and you might ascend in an instant.

Lose and you lose everything.

…

Besides the three reincarnation cultivation abilities, the Nine Seal Stele also had some fragmented abilities related to reincarnation.

But the concepts were abstract and required Lu Chang’an to gradually comprehend and explore and develop them on his own.

“Master, the battlefield has been cleared.”

A childish voice came.

The Di Yan Shu was carrying a storage bag and a storage ring, approaching Lu Chang’an.

Wang Feng in the ruins had been dug out by the Di Yan Shu. He was still unconscious, with a restriction placed on him by a Third Rank Great Demon.

The storage bag belonged to Wang Feng.

Lu Chang’an easily broke the restriction, and it contained Wang Feng’s personal belongings.

Two to three thousand spirit stones.

Several bottles of Third Rank spirit pills.

Half a section of a Third Rank Superior Grade Through Enlightenment Spirit Bamboo.

Third Rank herbs, Third Rank spirit stones, refinement materials, etc.

A piece of fire-attribute artifact embryo.

One Treasure Talisman, two Third Rank Inferior Grade talismans.

The other Second Rank items, including top-grade artifacts, were not worth mentioning.

As a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator, Wang Feng’s net worth exceeded that of a True Dan cultivator.

This was the treatment of a direct disciple, a Golden Dan prodigy.

Lu Chang’an looked forward to it with anticipation as he picked up the other storage ring.

There was a powerful restriction on the storage ring, difficult to break.

It must be the Li Huo Daoist’s storage artifact.

The restriction set by the Nascent Soul True Monarch could not be broken by Lu Chang’an in a short period of time.

Unless he had a breaking technique, a key.

“Can I search for memories?”

Lu Chang’an’s consciousness entered the fourth life in the Nine Seal Stele, touching the dim and bright soul-shadow of the purple-robed Daoist.

Boom!

In an instant, a vast ocean of memory fragments, scenes, and chaotic images rushed in.

Hiss!

Lu Chang’an groaned, guarding his spiritual platform, resisting the flood of memory fragments, filtering through them for useful information.

Perhaps because the level of the Nascent Soul True Monarch was too high and his memories were too vast and chaotic, it was difficult for Lu Chang’an to filter out useful memories.

After all, the Li Huo Daoist had lived for centuries. The amount of memories he carried was unimaginable.

There were far more useless memory fragments.

The useful memories were probably less than one in ten thousand.

It was unlike the last time he devoured the Hun Gu, where the memory fragments he obtained were purer, without so much useless information.

At the time, the Hun Gu had barely reached the Third Rank. It could be used as nourishment for the Nine Seal Stele.

Lu Chang’an speculated: The Hun Gu was a special case. Its bloodline talent might have reincarnation properties, naturally compatible with the Nine Seal Stele.

For normal beings, they needed to cultivate to the Fourth Rank, when their souls transformed, before they could be used as nourishment for the Nine Seal Stele.

“This is troublesome, the efficiency is too low!”

Lu Chang’an discovered that the memory fragments were chaotic and disorganized. The deeper the information, the harder it was to excavate.

At this moment, he felt like he was surrounded by a library filled with an immeasurable number of books, but he had no way to classify or search them.

Moreover, 99.99% of the content in the library was irrelevant to him.

Lu Chang’an wasn’t completely devoid of useful memory gains.

But the few useful memory fragments appeared passively, not through his own active search.

For instance.

Lu Chang’an saw a brief scene of the Li Huo Daoist’s Nascent Soul formation.

It was very short, flashing past.

“The Nascent Soul formation process! Such a pity, the memory is too fragmented, just a fleeting image.”

Lu Chang’an’s heart skipped a beat, and he sighed with regret.

There were also recent memory images.

The Li Huo Daoist was talking to a tall and imposing man with a noble bearing. He seemed to be in a weaker position.

“Chu Tianfeng?”

Lu Chang’an made a rough guess about his identity.

Chu Tianfeng had seen the injured Li Huo Daoist but hadn’t killed him.

This should be related to the invading Demon Path external enemies. Chu Tianfeng didn’t want the cultivation forces of the surrounding kingdoms to continue their internal conflicts.

“Unless I transform the ‘Li Huo Daoist’ into one of my past lives, I can only find useful memories among the chaotic fragments. It’s like searching for gold in manure.”

Lu Chang’an smiled, his consciousness exiting the Nine Seal Stele.

Actually, even if he were to organize and categorize all of the Li Huo Daoist’s useful memories, much of the knowledge would not necessarily be useful to him.

For example, in Lu Chang’an’s previous life on Earth, the internet had a vast amount of open knowledge, and many libraries were free to use.

However, how many people were able to teach themselves, stand out from the crowd?

If he were to transform the Li Huo Daoist into a past life, he would directly possess his insights, experiences, and skills without having to learn from scratch.

In particular, Lu Chang’an was very interested in the Li Huo Daoist’s insights about the Nascent Soul formation.

Secondly, he wanted to know where the Li Huo Gong had hidden the resources they had taken with them.

The cultivation world war had been going on for many years. Lu Chang’an didn’t believe that the Li Huo Gong had not prepared a backup plan, hiding their treasures in a secret location.

…

Lu Chang’an put away the Li Huo Daoist’s storage ring. He would slowly break the restriction later.

The storage ring weighed almost nothing.

Lu Chang’an estimated it was a rare spatial artifact in the cultivation world.

True spatial artifacts required spatial-attribute materials, including spatial formations and special Small Teleportation Talismans.

He then looked at the unconscious Wang Feng.

“To fulfill the Li Huo Daoist’s dying wish, I cannot kill him. Otherwise, I won’t be able to resolve the karmic debt and transform him into my past life.”

Lu Chang’an had made contact with the Li Huo Daoist’s soul-shadow and faintly sensed his dying wish.

It was to revive the Li Huo Gong!

Cultivate Golden Dan cultivators, find a suitable mountain gate as a foothold.

If Wang Feng died, the Li Huo Gong would have no Golden Dan prodigy.

“Let’s look at his memories.”

Lu Chang’an pointed at Wang Feng’s forehead.

With the blessing of his past life’s peak True Dan soul, he entered Wang Feng’s sea of consciousness to perform soul searching.

With his current state, erasing Wang Feng’s memories from the past few months was much easier than when he was in the ancient relic.

“Hmm? This person’s consciousness has been sealed for the past six months, he doesn’t have any memories of entering the Yun Yan Xiancheng (Cloud Smoke Fairy City).”

That saved Lu Chang’an some trouble. He didn’t need to do anything.

It was easier to read the shallow recent memories in the sea of consciousness, and Lu Chang’an briefly looked through them.

One of them was a conversation between Wang Feng and the Li Huo Daoist’s Nascent Soul.

“I see.”

Lu Chang’an roughly understood the Li Huo Daoist’s plan.

The Li Huo Daoist was severely injured, his physical body could no longer sustain him.

He planned to possess someone, searching for a suitable physical body.

The Li Huo Daoist’s lifespan wasn’t long, and he still had a conscience. He hadn’t attacked the disciples who had left the Li Huo Gong.

Most of the Li Huo Gong disciples who had left were old, weak, sick, or disabled.

The Li Huo Daoist’s Nascent Soul was relatively weak. Attempting to possess a powerful True Dan cultivator had a chance of failure.

Besides, at this level of Nascent Soul, lifespan limitations were more dependent on the state of the Nascent Soul.

If the Nascent Soul was depleted, with only sixty or seventy years left, even possessing a True Dan cultivator with two hundred years of lifespan wouldn’t extend it much.

Possessing one of his own disciples would be inefficient. Once the Nascent Soul’s lifespan was up, the host’s physical body would also be scrapped. It would also chill the hearts of his disciples.

The Li Huo Daoist had reached an agreement with his direct disciple Elder Wang. He possessed Wang Feng and went out to find a suitable physical body.

Wang Feng happened to need to go out to recuperate his cultivation foundation, and it would be better if he could bring Lu Chang’an, the apothecary, back with him.

A Nascent Soul cultivator’s essence and foundation were all in the Nascent Soul.

The possessed physical body, as long as it was compatible (aptitude, cultivation technique attributes, physical affinity), and given sufficient resources, even a Foundation Establishment cultivator could recover their Nascent Soul mana within ten to twenty years, without having to form a Nascent Soul again.

However, there was a rule in the cultivation world regarding possession:

The possessed cultivator’s cultivation would be unable to surpass their former body.

When crossing the tribulation, they would also face a more terrifying heart demon tribulation.

The Li Huo Daoist was excited to discover that Lu Chang’an, as a Foundation Establishment cultivator, had twice the lifespan of his peers.

If his Nascent Soul stage’s total lifespan could also be doubled, wouldn’t that mean he could live for another thousand years?

Therefore, the Li Huo Daoist had immediately acted, aiming to capture Lu Chang’an alive, and the artifact he used was a binding rope.

“The Li Huo Daoist gave his direct disciple ‘Wang Fulin’ resources for cultivating Golden Dan prodigies, including some of his treasures. No wonder Elder Wang and his grandson were willing to cooperate.”

Lu Chang’an didn’t mind using the most vicious thoughts to speculate: If the Li Huo Daoist hadn’t found a suitable physical body, Wang Feng might have been an option.

After all, their cultivation techniques were the same, and his aptitude was high, making them very compatible.

…

Half an hour later, Lu Chang’an collected the array plates and flags of the nearby illusion formation.

These temporary formations were often simplified versions, with less power and range than the same level of sect formations.

The spirit stones consumed were astronomical.

“Not bad, it’s equivalent to a Fourth Rank incomplete illusion formation.”

After Lu Chang’an removed the formation, he sent Wang Feng, via the Di Yan Shu, to a random location several thousand miles away. He found a corner and placed him there.

Lu Chang’an took Wang Feng’s storage bag as payment for the medical fees.

Wang Feng had crashed into the stone wall, and his body was badly injured. Several of his bones were broken, making him severely disabled.

Lu Chang’an had healed him.

He had loosened the seal on his consciousness, and it would automatically wake up within two days.

Otherwise, if he had been left in the ruins, he would have been left to fend for himself.

As for what Wang Feng would think afterward, Lu Chang’an didn’t need to worry too much.

Wang Feng wouldn’t have any memories from that time period.

After meeting at the Immortal Seeking Manor inn, “Wang Feng” had left first. Lu Chang’an had stayed for two months before leaving.

Even if Wang Feng had no evidence, but had a keen intuition, and later had a slight suspicion of Lu Chang’an…

Then, the person he should be wary of was definitely not Lu Chang’an!

Lu Chang’an and Wang Feng had one final healing session, and he would be completely healed.

At that time, he could see if the kid dared to come. That would tell him everything.

…

The Di Yan Shu was very fast, returning to Qing Sha Wan within a day.

In the secret chamber of Autumn Wind Isle, Lu Chang’an was slowly grinding away the restriction on the Li Huo Daoist’s storage ring using a brute force method.

After the Di Yan Shu joined, the speed increased by more than double.

Half a day later.

“Poof!”

The dim restriction light on the surface of the storage ring completely extinguished.

The three reincarnation methods, each one felt like a cheat code, enough to be written into a book.

Anyone who wants to use them can borrow them. If you write a book and earn some royalties, come over and reward me with a Hegemon status, and promote my book.

There’s a book with a template based on Li Ergou as the protagonist. The author borrowed a lot from the beginning, and after writing a book with some success, he earned royalties and rewarded my book with a Hegemon status.

(End of Chapter)

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