Vol 7 Chapter 14: Control Dao Incarnation

The original body's Control Dao divine ability, by burning lifespan, could control beings beyond one's level, making it an extremely useful method for Lin Jing with his Longevity Body.

However, for normal cultivators, the side effects of this divine ability were still too significant, so it couldn't be considered a top-tier divine ability.

While producing effects, it still required paying quite a substantial price - even Lin Jing himself didn't use it casually.

As for truly top-tier divine abilities, they only required paying negligible costs to transform decay into wonder and change everything.

Like... the Glazed Immortal King and the Wood-attribute Pine Leaf Mouse's Glazed Immortal Eye.

They only required expending trivial amounts of spiritual power that could be easily recovered to turn stone into gold, create new things, and transform the ordinary into the miraculous.

And the racial talent carried by the Control Dao body nurtured by the Emperor Embryo Mother Stone made Lin Jing understand what kind of Control Dao divine ability truly matched Immortal Emperor-level potential!

The racial talent meant that any controlled living being... no matter how weak, could temporarily obtain cultivation realm equivalent to the controller's level, and the abilities mastered by this being would also be elevated to the limit that its innate potential realm could withstand.

In other words, even if Lin Jing controlled a completely cultivation-less cockroach, it could instantly become a cockroach immortal possessing True Immortal-level spiritual power. If this cockroach also mastered an entry-level immortal technique, then this spell would also... have its proficiency elevated.

And to accomplish all this, Lin Jing... didn't even need to expend basic spiritual power, paying absolutely nothing.

At True Immortal realm, Immortal Lord realm, and each of the nine heavens of Immortal King realm, every breakthrough would automatically give birth to one "Control Soul" within him. He could directly use these Control Souls for control.

In other words, at this divine ability's perfected state, Lin Jing could easily possess 27 controlled beasts with peak Immortal King combat power.

Most importantly, even if these controlled beasts died in battle, as long as he himself remained undestroyed, the Control Souls wouldn't perish, allowing him to recreate another batch of controlled beasts with equivalent cultivation at any time.

"Is this... the so-called Immortal Emperor potential?" Lin Jing took a deep breath, feeling that with this divine ability, he would absolutely have few rivals within the Immortal King realm.

The only flaw might be that this divine ability's limit was the nine heavens of Immortal King realm. However, constantly having 27 controlled beasts of the same realm could still make this cultivator unrivaled on the immortal path.

It completely eliminated the resource and time costs of nurturing pet beasts, and he could change pet beasts according to enemy types at any time. If the enemy specialized in fire techniques, he could control a bunch of water-attribute celestial beasts...

Even though these rapidly created pet beasts' actual combat strength would definitely be much weaker than prodigies of the same realm, the problem was their numbers, and they required no consumption at all, being purely immortal and indestructible helpers. Even creating a bunch of controlled beasts of the same realm that only knew assistance, control, and healing could make the incarnation's combat strength skyrocket.

"With this divine ability, it can ensure that before reaching Immortal Emperor realm, as long as I don't encounter those absurdly powerful young Immortal Emperors, I can sweep through everything effortlessly. No wonder they say that beings born from the Emperor Embryo Mother Stone are formidable opponents that every emperor candidate cannot avoid - their talents are indeed powerful."

"Moreover, this racial talent can not only control living beings but can also control magical treasures and other objects. Just like with pet beasts, it requires no consumption to control magical treasures of the same realm, or transform an ordinary fruit knife into an immortal artifact, performing at its maximum potential."

Seeing Lin Jing's expression, the Imperial Consorts knew Lin Jing had gained good rewards.

"Thank you, seniors, for protecting me during cultivation." Lin Jing expressed gratitude again, saying: "Next, I will quickly improve my cultivation realm. Please rest assured, seniors - with me here, no one can break into the Heavenly Emperor's Tomb."

Realm!

Now for the incarnation, realm was particularly important.

At first heaven of True Immortal realm, he only had one Control Soul, meaning only one controlled beast slot, so the amplification wasn't particularly great.

But breaking through to second heaven would give him two - in terms of effect, that would be doubling. As his realm grew higher and higher, this divine ability's effect would become increasingly greater.

"Good, but don't forget, you still need to use that Secret Path to investigate which three races besides the Demonic Race invaded Earth back then."

The Frog Imperial Consort stepped forward to remind him.

They all must die!

Lin Jing indicated he understood.

This Secret Path naturally needed to be used.

It's just that activating the Secret Path required sacrifices, which was somewhat troublesome.

He definitely wouldn't force other cultivators to serve as sacrifices like the Movement Cosmos Sect Master did.

However, if they were willing, then it would be a transaction. Lin Jing didn't particularly care - the operating rules of this world meant everyone used their own value to exchange for what they needed. He couldn't escape this set of rules either;

his transactions with the Immortal Emperor were also like this.

Precisely because of this, he didn't interfere with those who converted to cultivating "Immortal Movement Art."

Some people, after learning that the mysterious immortal had died, would probably eighty percent convert back, though it would waste some time.

But there would also be some people who would covet "Immortal Movement Art's" cultivation speed, not wanting to waste energy retracing their steps, still choosing to continue practicing this cultivation method. This group would be excellent transaction targets.

"It's a pity that this Immortal Movement Art is a human race cultivation method that only humans can practice. Can't it be modified so demonic beasts can also cultivate it?"

If he could use the mosquito beasts as sacrifices, then Lin Jing would truly feel no pressure.

"I can try to modify it. Although the difficulty of creating demonic beast cultivation methods is several times that of creating human cultivation methods, the incarnation is somewhat influenced by the original body, so his comprehension isn't bad. Besides, he now possesses Immortal Emperor potential - even though it's Control Dao potential, other aspects shouldn't be too weak either."

After bidding farewell to the Imperial Consorts, Lin Jing returned to the Dao Alliance.

Not long before, the entire China had been thrown into chaos.

The appearance of mysterious immortal and deity phantoms above Porcelain City, followed by the phantoms being destroyed by a single finger, immediately became trending news.

Both ordinary people and cultivators were discussing what exactly had happened.

Only a few people knew the full story behind all this. Among China's cultivation world, those cultivators who had been forced by the mysterious immortal to convert to "Immortal Movement Art" were the most regretful upon seeing that the immortal had apparently been killed, hating themselves for not holding out back then.

Although no side effects had been observed from "Immortal Movement Art" so far, few people believed that a powerful expert would willingly share such good things for free.

Moreover, not cultivating it would lead to retaliation - was this something a well-intentioned powerful expert would do?

Of course, there were also some people with strong desires who didn't want to waste energy converting back, wanting to continue practicing "Immortal Movement Art." After all, when they originally converted to "Immortal Movement Art," the immortal had provided methods, so they had wasted almost no time. But if they had to convert back themselves, the time consumed wouldn't be just a few days - it would take at least three to five years.

Anyway, that immortal was reportedly dead, so perhaps he could no longer harm them through this cultivation method!

During this period, the entire cultivation world's turmoil revolved around this cultivation method.

Dao Alliance, Hu Yousong's secluded cultivation place.

"Lin Jing... senior?"

After a long time, seeing Lin Jing again, Hu Yousong showed a surprised expression.

"You've finally appeared. That immortal... has he already been... by you..."