Mysteries of Immortal Puppet Master

Chapter 1073: Chapter 398: Heart Inquiry at the Sinking Sin Swamp Mirror Plaque

Basically, all soul searching techniques involve extracting the subject’s memories for the cultivator’s perusal.

This is akin to reading a book, except the content is unsorted and overly complex, with truly useful information being less than one percent.

From this standpoint, Confucianism has a great advantage in cultivation. The classic texts studied by Confucian cultivators are like pearls among words, the essence of essence, greatly enhancing cultivation efficiency.

Ning Zhuo studied all the soul searching techniques collected by Tian Shuang, giving him an advantage even in the Soul Devouring Sect, placing him at the forefront of the world.

He discovered that only the Boat Burning Soul Crossing Technique allows cultivators to experience various memories of others as if they had encountered them themselves. The experiences gained from this kind of soul search are almost indistinguishable from one’s own personal experiences.

But the massive drawbacks it brings are rarely bearable by anyone in the world.

"Surely there are other methods that can avoid or counteract this drawback. My Heavenly Capital Self is one of them!"

"The Lord of Wangchuan plots deeply. Should his centennial plan succeed, he would surely soar to great heights."

"No wonder Yangtian wants to prevent him from achieving Dao!"

Ning Zhuo needs to soul search and then rely on the Heavenly Capital Self to acquire much experience. But the Lord of Wangchuan doesn’t need this; he inherently possesses innate talent, able to immerse himself in Wangchuan, directly absorbing memories.

This efficiency is far greater than Ning Zhuo soul searching one by one!

If the Lord of Wangchuan acquires this innate talent, his entire Dao path will undergo a revolutionary transformation.

Ning Zhuo invested heavily in learning and practiced multiple times, realizing completely at this point: the Boat Burning Soul Crossing Technique would be an extremely commonly used spell in his future cultivation.

"My realm in the Soul Path and Yin Attribute is weak, only at the Initial Stage. To improve the Boat Burning Soul Crossing Technique requires too much time and energy."

"In the short term, focusing on addressing the five major drawbacks of the Boat Burning Soul Crossing Technique is the pragmatic approach."

Ning Zhuo, mastering numerous soul searching techniques and with a deeper understanding of the Boat Burning Soul Crossing Technique, already knows: the true nature of the so-called Five Disasters.

The Five Disasters are: Name Extinction, Consciousness Burning, Boat Mark, Karma Burning, and Confusion Navigation.

"The true purpose of this spell is to seduce cultivation and create soul material. Therefore, the greater the extent of soul modification, the more widespread and negative the impact."

"Consciousness Burning affects the Upper Dantian Divine Sea, impacting the cohesion of the divine sense."

"Boat Mark results from excessive soul modification, no longer matching the physical body, causing damage to the body. Just like when my soul cultivation was too strong, compressing the body to the point of various bruises. This Boat Burning Soul Crossing Technique is even worse."

Having understood the principles, Ning Zhuo has measures to deal with these drawbacks.

It’s very simple; since the spell modifies the soul, just restore the soul after using the Boat Burning Soul Crossing Technique.

This soul modification is hidden deep within the soul and not easily detected. Otherwise, this spell wouldn’t deceive so many cultivators.

But Ning Zhuo, proficient in the Boat Burning Soul Crossing Technique, is not among those deceived.

However, he has no inspiration yet on how to refine the soul back.

"That’s not important!"

"Since I can detect the modified parts of the soul, I can just remove them."

This is akin to cutting a piece of flesh from the body, and the soul will naturally be wounded. But Ning Zhuo has the Four Treasures of Soul Cultivation and many soul cultivation techniques and healing methods, making it possible to heal the soul.

Just like the Silk Lady earlier, with many parts of her three souls extracted and woven into soul cloth. But with rest and healing, the soul can recover.

The Boat Burning Soul Crossing Technique harms the heavenly harmony, but using the Three Souls Spinning Wheel technique as an aid, it won’t easily cause others to have their souls scattered.

This approach allows Ning Zhuo to effectively avoid the Red Lotus Karma Fire, which he values the most among the Five Disasters.

The other four drawbacks differ in nature from this disaster.

The Red Lotus Karma Fire is not a negative impact from soul modification, but a micro heaven tribulation triggered by the accumulation of the caster’s guilt!

The jade slip of the Boat Burning Soul Crossing Technique describes: when mild, it sparks cyan fire, burning meridians and destroying connections; when intense, flames rise from the five viscera, self-cooking into pulp!

From this, it’s evident that the consequences of such a disaster are quite severe.

"I need to understand, how much sin does each use of the Boat Burning Soul Crossing Technique bring?"

"What methods can test this out?"

This is a rather crucial question; Ning Zhuo must figure it out, or else he’ll always be on edge using the Boat Burning Soul Crossing Technique in the future, unable to utilize it fully.

In the era of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, this issue might not have been solved, but now it’s the Golden Age of Cultivation!

In other places, even in an Immortal City, solutions might be lacking, but this is the Myriad Images Sect’s Main Mountain Gate!

Moreover, it’s still the early stage of the Feiyun Conference.

Ning Zhuo browsed the Intelligence Jade Scroll and quickly found three methods.

After pondering briefly, he made arrangements, selecting one location, and then contacted Sun Lingtong via Life Hanging Thread: "Boss, need you to go out and buy some things."

Upon hearing Ning Zhuo’s description, Sun Lingtong immediately set out secretly. He left the Shuyu Pavilion and headed straight for Yu Heye’s cave mansion.

Ning Zhuo left his own Bluestone Cave Mansion and headed to the nearest Evil Slaying Hall branch.

The Myriad Images Sect consists of eight peaks and sixteen halls, with the Evil Slaying Hall being one of them.

Yang Sanyan, a battle companion of Ning Zhuo, is a capable figure in the Evil Slaying Hall.

The Evil Slaying Hall had organized the Xingyun Trial early on. The purpose of their hosting is very clear and singular: to recruit new members for the Evil Slaying Hall.