Chapter 325: Chapter 253: Advancing to Nascent Soul (Part 2)
Jia’Er saw that all six sisters might give birth soon and hurriedly made preparations, or else it might get too hectic later.
Shen Wang looked at Qing Luo and Jinnan, who also seemed close to giving birth, feeling both amused and exasperated, and retreated outside to wait.
Soon, his power began to rise layer by layer rapidly.
Sixth-layer Golden Core, Seventh-layer, Eighth-layer... Tenth-layer!
After reaching Golden Core Perfection, as the next child was born, his Golden Core underwent a transformation, the Yin and Yang Qi converged, and a unique power was born.
The originally solid Golden Core was like a seed, or an egg, beginning to hatch a life-like existence.
Shen Wang’s Essence, Qi, and Spirit merged into it, gradually transforming into another version of himself using the Golden Core as material.
Nascent Soul!
This was a life-level metamorphosis. Shen Wang’s Primordial Qi completely took shape, allowing him for the first time to exist independently from his physical body.
Although this independent existence was short-lived, it was indeed a beginning.
Once the Nascent Soul transforms into divinity, it can achieve Primordial Spirit emergence, allowing survival even if the physical body is destroyed.
Of course, regardless of the current realm or the next, the physical body remains fundamental; to avoid becoming a Ghost Cultivator, it is certainly crucial to continue protecting one’s physical body.
As power transformed, a baby-like version of himself was born in the Dantian.
This step was akin to the chaos times, where heaven and earth nurtured life, containing a special Daoist charm.
With the birth of this Nascent Soul, Shen Wang’s mana became more agile and varied, as if it had a life of its own, capable of endless transformations and more wondrous.
Shen Wang experienced the entire breakthrough process as if he had personally made the breakthrough, with no deficiencies in experience, even more perfect than his own cultivation.
"Is this what it means to be at the Nascent Soul Level? It’s so easy indeed."
Shen Wang felt the power more than ten times stronger after the transformation, with a hint of emotion.
This was strength more than ten times greater based on his Golden Core Perfection, not from his initial state.
At the early-stage Golden Core, he could contend with You Huang; now that he has broken through one major realm, he is confident that he can suppress You Huang.
"This can be considered as long-term accumulation. Initially, there were fewer women, fewer children, and slower progression. Now with more women and more children, progression is faster."
Shen Wang was somewhat sentimental.
This is like a snowball; even though the rate of increase is getting smaller, his power is getting stronger, allowing him to gain more women, and the effect of the system will surely become more apparent.
"There’s still one more child to be born; I wonder to what level it will raise my power."
Shen Wang was curious.
In the Foundation Establishment Stage, one child could increase power by a quarter; in the Golden Core Stage, it could only increase power by a tenth.
After the Nascent Soul Stage, the increase ratio should be even smaller.
Fortunately, as his children grow, he also grows and will not be unable to use the system function just because he stops having children.
Of course, according to the system’s principles, it is certainly better to have more children and cultivate them.
A dual approach is perfect.
Another child is about to be born soon; he will quickly know how much more strength having children will bring.
Shen Wang familiarized himself with his new realm while waiting.
"Ding, congratulations on acquiring your fifteenth Longevity Species; for protecting new life, your cultivation has increased by 5/100!"
As the baby’s cries and the system’s notification sounded in succession, Shen Wang smiled.
Fortunately, this time it wasn’t reduced too much.
Counting the effects of his own cultivation, with about nineteen more children, he could break through again.
Now having fourteen women, counting those already pregnant, he should be able to break through in about two years if things go quickly.
This speed is already quite terrifying. After all, the previous time he needed to boost a major realm was almost this much, but as his realm grows higher, the power needed is increasing.
Many Nascent Soul Great Cultivators take a thousand years or more to make a breakthrough.
Shen Wang suppressed his inner joy and continued to conceal his power.
He found that even though he had reached the Nascent Soul Realm, his daughter’s Breath Concealment Technique still worked.
Even utilizing the acupoints was minimal; despite the power increase, the hidden mana also evolved with it.
If his children weren’t increasing and his Dantian Space wasn’t expanding, resulting in total mana being over ten times that of someone at the same level, he wouldn’t need to open additional acupoint spaces.
"Husband, all eight sisters have safely given birth."
Zheng Yunshu came out to inform Shen Wang, as they were all cultivators, although there was some pressure, it wasn’t as life-threatening as mortal pregnancies.
"Hmm, our family is getting livelier."
Shen Wang was all smiles; in just a few years, he had more than ten descendants on his own, enough to revive the Shen Family.
Reflecting on this, he planned to go out and rescue his father and them when he had the chance, completing the family.
Previously, his strength was indeed insufficient, but now it is almost enough, within his power limits.
Shen Wang stepped into the room.
Eight women had given birth to ten children, including two pairs of twins.
A pair of dragon and phoenix twins, a pair of twin girls.
Among the ten children, six were girls, and four were boys.
Now the busy times began for him.
Shen Wang took out the Spiritual Peach, giving each new mother one to replenish their strength and then nourished their bodies.
After replenishing their strength, he took care of their daily lives, going out to purchase fresh ingredients and cooking for them every day.
With various Spiritual Qi-containing food supplements and Shen Wang’s assistance in nurturing their bodies, the eight women reaped great benefits, their power increasing without decrease, each advancing by a small realm.
While taking care of the family, he also did not forget to cultivate.
With the Five Extremes Divine Transformation Technique operating, Shen Wang’s five organs moved, radiating various attribute powers. More pure Five Elements Magical Power was cultivated, continuously gathering in the five organs, and began nurturing Divine Spirits.
Shen Wang found that these so-called Five Divine Spirits were somewhat like Nascent Souls, with the difference being more aligned with the transformation of the Five Elements Origin.
As a result, this cultivation technique became much less difficult for him.
All he needed was to continuously supplement the Five Elements Origin, open the space, and then smoothly nurture the Five Divine Spirits.
Using the elixir given by Danqing, after half a month, Shen Wang’s cultivation technique entered a refined level, with gathered Five Elements Origin, subtly harboring the birth of Divine Spirits.
Five-colored radiant light emanated from his chest, enhancing his physical body.
In the place where the Five Elements Origin gathered, the initial change occurred in the liver where the Divine Wood gathered.
On this day, Shen Wang’s power developed a space in his liver, merging with the Divine Wood, forming the first Wood Spirit.
Progress in other places was temporarily stalled; Shen Wang felt the absence of similar Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects.
"Although the cultivation speed has accelerated quite a bit, if I proceed step by step, it’ll probably still take a month. It seems that having Heavenly Treasures for assistance is necessary for better speed improvement."
Shen Wang realized the issue but couldn’t immediately find any heavenly resources matching the required attributes.
Considering the many resources he had that could be sold to obtain what he needed, Shen Wang left Kunyu Mountain, intending to visit businesses to see, while also doing some manageable tasks.
He continued to conceal his strength, posing as a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, arriving first at the Lingxi Sect Market.
He found an inn catering to cultivators, sat down, eating and drinking while listening in all directions.
Typically, if cultivators are not discussing secrets, they won’t deliberately use soundproofing.
Sitting there, Shen Wang overheard some recent events.
This time, he wasn’t sitting long before he revealed something surprising.
"The Sun and Moon Dynasty has actually started a war with Demon Beasts?"
Shen Wang heard a major event significant enough to affect numerous cultivators.
The Human Race and Demon Race had gone to war, with the Demon Race launching an attack on the Human Race.
His expression changed as he listened to some cultivators talk animatedly.
"Do you think we’re lucky or unlucky? To encounter a Demon and Human Race war, a once-in-a-millennium event."
"The last time seemed to be over a thousand years ago, right? For us Qi Cultivation Cultivators, that’s equivalent to ten lifetimes."
"It’s definitely unlucky. In wars like this, many places near the Desolate Ancient Mountain Range will be destroyed, and those without enough cultivation are bound to suffer."
"What’s the reason this time? I think I heard the royal family had a falling out with the Demon Race?"