Chapter 1348 - 531: Demon and Confucian Dual-phase Nascent Soul

Qin De suddenly froze.

He seemed like a drowning man clinging desperately to his last straw.

"I’ve been hit by the bell curse, I’m destined to die."

"My soul cannot be preserved. The physical body no longer matters."

"But maybe I can fake my death using the Golden Core to escape!"

"No, the Golden Core isn’t enough, it must at least be a Nascent Soul!"

If a cultivator attains the Nascent Soul, it’s akin to acquiring a second life. Even if the soul and body are utterly destroyed, the Nascent Soul can possess another body and endure in the world.

"My Golden Core cultivation isn’t at its peak, but Song Taosheng’s is!"

Ordinarily, one cannot break another’s Golden Core to form one’s own Nascent Soul.

But Qin De’s situation was very special—he possessed the Ultimate Grade "Ten Thousand Methods of Falling Demon Technique." This demonic skill could refine all the arts of the world into his own version.

Similarly, Song Taosheng’s Golden Core could be completely refined by Qin De, becoming the Golden Core of the Ten Thousand Methods of Falling Demon Technique, for Qin De to freely use.

The problem now was that Qin De had neither the time nor the conditions to calmly refine Song Taosheng’s Golden Core.

He didn’t have enough time to refine the Blood Fog Demon Seed either, having only managed to refine nearly fifty percent thus far.

"I simply don’t have time to refine Song Taosheng’s Golden Core!"

Realizing this harsh reality, Qin De naturally thought of his own Golden Core.

He was, of course, in complete control of his own Golden Core.

"Break both Golden Cores at once, trying to refine a Nascent Soul!"

"But I still need an ’inkstone’."

The "inkstone" here is merely a metaphor. Qin De couldn’t break his own Golden Core because his cultivation level was still lacking. Nor could he break Song Taosheng’s Golden Core because he hadn’t fully refined it.

He could only combine these two Golden Cores and break them together in order to have a sliver of hope for forming a Nascent Soul.

The Golden Cores were like two different tubes of paint that must be mixed in the same ’inkstone’ to blend and eventually form a Nascent Soul.

Qin De had nothing; how could he produce an "inkstone"?

But in fact, he had one.

He held an "inkstone" readily available—Blood Fog Demon Seed!

There were no other options.

Qin De didn’t have any time to hesitate and immediately tossed the two Golden Cores into the Demon Seed.

Then he activated the Ten Thousand Methods of Falling Demon Technique!

The power of the Ten Thousand Methods of Falling Demon Technique broke both Golden Cores in succession, mixing them into one entity. Although the power was overwhelmingly great, it was barely suppressed by the Blood Fog Demon Seed.

The Blood Fog Demon Seed surged, golden light interweaving, then purple-black cascading, and then gold and purple intertwined, brilliant and magnificent!

"I can’t hold on any longer!"

"Was it truly just wishful thinking..."

At this moment, the Blood Fog Demon Seed had become a bomb, unable to confine the internal struggle of Confucian and Demon Path energies.

Suddenly, an cultivation technique flashed in Qin De’s mind.

It was none other than the Saint Thief Scripture!

This was a technique he’d painstakingly devised, improved after debating the scriptures, and understood most thoroughly.

It looked like a demonic skill, but was in fact a Confucian magic technique, emphasizing wielding demonic ways with Confucian methods and proving Confucian ideals with demonic ways.

Qin De had been troubled by his inability to mediate between the overwhelming Confucian and Demon Path energies, as the Ten Thousand Methods of Falling Demon Technique couldn’t refine them in time.

"But I can coordinate these two great forces with the Saint Thief Scripture!"

Qin De activated the Saint Thief Scripture once more!

Crack, crack, crack.

The surfaces of the two broken Golden Cores cracked more and more, and denser.

Then.

Boom——!

The two Golden Cores exploded simultaneously, and the surge of power made Qin De’s sight go black, causing him to pass out on the spot.

The Ten Thousand Methods of Falling Demon Technique, Saint Thief Scripture, Blood Fog Demon Seed, and two Confucian Golden Cores merged as one, beginning a natural transformation.

No one knew how much time had passed.

"I’m... not dead?" Qin De slowly opened his eyes.

To his surprise, the Blood Fog Demon Seed and the two Golden Cores within him had disappeared, replaced by a newborn infant.

It was the size of a fist, pure white, radiating a gentle glow. It sat cross-legged, hands forming a seal, eyes closed peacefully. A faint purple-black mist surrounded its body, like a swaddling cloth, like a fetal coat, like a guardian.

"Nascent Soul!"

"Did I really refine it?!"

In an instant, Qin De was elated.

He felt as if he were dreaming!

Even in his unconscious state, the two powerful mana forces within him continued to operate under the principles of the Saint Thief Scripture and the Ten Thousand Methods of Falling Demon Technique, finally evolving naturally into this Nascent Soul.

"How fortuitous must my luck be for me to achieve such a monumental result?!"

"No, perhaps it’s the Demon Path’s qi fortune aiding me."

"From another perspective, isn’t this Nascent Soul essentially my personalized version of the Ten Thousand Methods of Falling Demon Technique?"

"Isn’t that what someone wanted to achieve by obtaining the method to form the infant?"

Thinking of Xiao Juxia, Qin De was startled, with suspicion and fear overwhelming his joy.

He attempted to activate the Nascent Soul.

The next moment, the Nascent Soul transformed, the purple-black demonic mist absorbed by the infant, and a layer of pure white Confucian light was expelled.

The Confucian Infant turned into a Demon Infant, entirely black and purple, with a layer of Confucian light enveloping it, warm and bright.

Qin De also sensed the secret of this Nascent Soul: "This Nascent Soul has two phases, Confucian and Demon."

"The Confucian Phase Nascent Soul can employ Confucian magic, while the Demon Phase can activate demonic means."

Of course, the Nascent Soul could only primarily cultivate one technique, which was the Saint Thief Scripture. More accurately, it was the Ten Thousand Methods of Falling Demon Technique transformed into the Saint Thief Scripture.