The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 404 - 283: Soul and Ascension

Chapter 404: Chapter 283: Soul and Ascension

The soul dominates the body, thoroughly unlocking the shackles of the body and excavating its potential?

Li Yi’s eyes flickered upon hearing this.

No wonder when he fought Zhang Xun before, Zhang Xun’s casual strike could unleash an unparalleled power, which seemed like a power that had been immersed in martial arts for years, instantly twisting the strength within his body into one force, and even those who didn’t know martial arts could achieve a similar effect.

It turns out that after reaching a certain realm in cultivation, the principles are interconnected.

"Only I don’t know, after I become a Soul Realm cultivator and my soul dominates my body, unlocking the body’s shackles, how much will my power increase to?" At this moment, Li Yi was slightly bowing his head, looking at his own hands, beginning to feel some anticipation.

At this moment, Professor Zhang Songlin continued speaking: "In fact, apart from the changes in physical strength, after the body’s shackles are unlocked, there are also various other changes. For example, your Cultivation Values will experience a surge, condensing a soul means your consciousness works more efficiently, can guide more massive cosmic energy, the body after removing the shackles, absorbs cosmic energy faster... almost every Soul Realm cultivator’s Cultivation Value will surpass one thousand percent."

"Over one thousand percent Cultivation Value? I understand, this is the special recruitment standard of the Golden Academy, this value is meant to select the future Soul Realm cultivators." A Spiritual Perception Master suddenly realized and couldn’t help but speak out.

"Only the soul can autonomously cross realms, isn’t that where hope lies, don’t you understand that?" A calm voice from a Soul Realm cultivator in the front row said.

"So in our world, only those in the Soul Realm are qualified to survive; without breaking through to the Soul Realm, if you want to cross realms you can only do so by opening the cross-realm gateway and leaving this world, but the number and duration of times the gateway opens are too short, even if one can go, how many can really do it?"

The Evolvers attending the lecture briefly discussed among themselves.

Zhang Songlin let the students chat, and after a moment when everyone quieted down, he said, "The soul is important, and the Evolver’s body is also very important, for only a strong body can nurture a strong soul. Ancient cultivators, because they lacked the support of cosmic energy, had to abandon their frail bodies and devote all their energy to the soul, allowing the soul to cross realms and seek freedom, which is referred to as... ascension."

Ascension... crossing realms?

The crowd was shocked again.

So soul crossing is the ancient form of becoming an immortal?

They weren’t heading to any Immortal Realm, but rather, driven by a beautiful yearning for the Immortal Realm, they ventured to other worlds.

After all, nobody knows what one would encounter after crossing a realm, hence they imagined an Immortal Realm, believing it to be where the soul belongs, a paradise, cementing their faith in crossing realms.

"Becoming an immortal through ascension, soul crossing, in essence, are the same. Speaking of this, I must mention the Silent Ones. The Silent Ones are actually those who cultivated to the Soul Realm and then their souls left their bodies to cross realms. Their souls are gone leaving only their empty shells; naturally, they cannot awake. Of course, some do awaken; that’s because their souls have crossed back again."

Zhang Songlin said, "I myself have soul crossed six years ago, lived in another world for about a year and then came back... unfortunately, the world I went to was not any Immortal Realm or a wonderful place, but a place filled with dark fumes, and it was covered with demons and ghosts; if I hadn’t returned, I probably would have died there."

At this point, he shook his head, showing a self-deprecating smile.

"Professor, may I ask, if the Silent Ones cannot awaken, is there any way to go to the realm where the Silent Ones’ souls are?" At this time, Li Yi couldn’t help but ask.

Zhang Songlin looked at him and said, "If your soul leaves your body and enters a Silent One’s, you can use the residual Soul Power within the Silent One’s body to sense the location of their soul; of course, the premise is that the Silent One’s soul still exists in other worlds. If the soul has perished, then there’s no way to pursue it."

"However, I do not recommend doing so. The reason many Silent Ones cannot awaken after crossing realms is not because they do not want to return, but because there are great dangers in the otherworld that prevent their return. The former cannot bring their soul back, chasing after the latter soul is very foolish."

He saw Lin Yue, recognized Li Yi, and had heard from Lin Yue before that Li Yi’s parents were both Silent Ones; thus, his inquiry must be aimed at retrieving his parents’ souls.

As an elder, Zhang Songlin did not want to see this fine young man risk crossing realms in the future, only to encounter issues with his soul.

"Teacher, does that mean you’re rather opposed to the idea of soul crossing?" Lin Yue stood up and said.

"Lin Yue, you must understand that soul crossing is a grand gamble, and it can almost only be gambled once. The risk is too great, and I don’t really recommend soul crossing. I am more in favor of opening the cross-realm gateway, letting the body pass through. After all, if the soul is separated from the body for too long without the protection and nurturing of the body’s energy field, the soul will quickly exhaust and even perish," Zhang Songlin said.

"Professor, after leaving the body, is there no way for a soul to survive?" a Soul Realm cultivator inquired.

Zhang Songlin immediately said, "Yes, the best way for a soul to survive after leaving the body is to find a creature, occupy its shell, and use the shell’s protection to reduce the soul’s consumption. The most preferred creatures are insects, small birds, and the like, because such creatures are weak and your soul occupying such a shell won’t consume too much energy. The most to be avoided is occupying a living human’s body, because a living person also has their own soul energy. Combating and destroying this soul energy comes at a great cost, and it is very easy for both to be hurt."

"Remember a tale called Zhuangzi Dreams of a Butterfly? Actually, it was him whose soul crossed realms and attached to a butterfly, becoming a butterfly."

"This topic seems to have gone a bit far; let’s return to the realm of the soul."

Suddenly, Professor Zhang Songlin smiled, feeling that he had digressed a bit during his lecture, and brought the topic back: "The distinct characteristic of the Soul Realm, apart from forming a soul, is that the body’s strength must also be sufficiently high. It must support astral projection to be classified as the Soul Realm. As the body evolves, the cosmic energy it contains increases, and the body gradually starts to generate its own energy field, which some people also refer to as a bio-magnetic field."

"The descriptions vary, but the principle is the same. Once the human energy field is activated, it can affect the surrounding objects, and within one’s energy field, the soul can move freely without any damage, just like this..."

As soon as he finished speaking,

Professor Zhang Songlin, sitting on the stone stool, suddenly emitted a clear light, followed by an ethereal figure stepping out of his body. This figure looked completely different from Zhang Songlin, with a crane’s hair and youthful appearance, resembling an immortal.

However, Zhang Songlin’s soul did not stay out for long and quickly returned.

This scene amazed many people.

It was as if myths were being brought to life.

Followed by him opening his eyes, he smiled and said: "Did you see it? This is the teacher’s soul projection. Actually, ordinary people cannot see souls. It is because all of you have activated Spirit Medium, enabling you to observe it. Besides this, the emergence of a human energy field also means that the physical body can break free from the constraints of gravity."

"Simply put, you can fly."

Saying this, Professor Zhang Songlin’s body began to slowly levitate and then hovered mid-air, motionless.

"Professor, can people in the Soul Realm fly? I thought only in the Spirit Power Realm could one fly?" Lin Yue asked curiously.

Professor Zhang Songlin, hovering in mid-air, smiled and said: "The energy field of those in the Soul Realm is not yet strong and stable enough, most people can only manage to hover briefly. Of course, there are also some individuals with extraordinary talents who can fly at the level of the Soul Realm, albeit not for a long time. But I believe, it is because our cultivation system is not perfect, hence the ability to fly isn’t unlocked in the Soul Realm, and we need to continue breaking through to naturally achieve it."

Li Yi profoundly agreed.

In the Four Seas and Eight Continents, Gang Refining Realm Martial Artists can control Gang Qi and achieve brief flight; there’s no reason those in the Soul Realm cannot do it. This ability must not have been explored fully or the correct method not found yet.

However, today’s lecture was worth it for him, as he learned the secrets of the Soul Realm and understood how to perform soul crossing in search of the Silent Ones.

He also admired this professor.

The knowledge covered in such a lecture is extraordinary, and out there, even tens of millions or billions might not buy such teachings, but this professor was teaching for free.

Unfortunately, the lecture didn’t last very long.

After a few more minutes, Professor Zhang Songlin stopped: "Time’s up, our lecture today will end here. If you would like to attend more of these lectures, you can come back at the same time next week, now, class dismissed."

He treated the Spiritual Realm and Soul Realm Evolvers as students like a teacher.

And these students showed no displeasure; instead, each of them showed great respect to this teacher.

"Teacher, goodbye."

"Teacher, I’ll be on my way now. I’ll come again next time to attend your lecture."

One by one, the cultivators began to leave.

Professor Zhang Songlin didn’t forget to remind them as they left: "Don’t recklessly project your soul, remember to focus more on inner cultivation."

"Date fewer girlfriends; otherwise, you won’t be able to form a soul in this lifetime."

"Training oneself in dangerous areas is good, the intersection of life and death may help your soul to form at some moment, but such a breakthrough method is too dangerous, better not to do it."

He remembered these students, knew them, and even knew what they were currently doing.

Professor Zhang Songlin did his best to guide them to do the right things, to prevent them from straying onto wrong paths.