Peerless Dragon Sovereign-Chapter 566: Split Soul Trial

After listening to the old man’s words, Chu Nan couldn’t help but show a trace of embarrassment on his face.

The True Martial Holy Hall has existed for a very long time, and the old man before him must be an ancient existence from the Ancestor Sect.

At its peak, the Ancestor Sect’s power spread throughout the entire underworld, and indeed a Cloud Sea Realm Martial Artist had no right to grasp a heavenly grade Spirit Martial True Martial Holy Hall.

Faced with the old man’s doubt, Chu Nan immediately explained, "Senior, the underworld has not yet reached the age of the end of law; it’s just that the world has changed..."

Without hiding anything, Chu Nan directly told the old man the truth about how the two realms split, the Celestial Crossing Realm was suppressed and unable to break through to the Unity Realm, and the True Martial Holy Hall and Desolate Ancient Holy Hall were forced to stay in the Celestial Crossing Realm.

After hearing this, the old man suddenly realized, showing a helpless expression as he said, "So if that’s the case, your current cultivation in the Celestial Crossing Realm makes you a formidable warrior?"

Chu Nan respectfully replied, "Indeed."

"It’s truly like there are no tigers in the mountains, so the monkeys claim to be kings. A Cloud Sea Realm warrior can become a formidable warrior. If my friends knew about this, they’d probably think they were dreaming." The old man bluntly mocked Chu Nan’s cultivation.

Because in his mind, someone at the mere Cloud Sea Realm like Chu Nan could not possibly pass the trials here.

However, Chu Nan maintained his composure and said, "Senior, you must be joking. Even a Cloud Sea can be extraordinary; one cannot judge merely by cultivation."

There was not a hint of expression on the old man’s face. He was very dissatisfied with Chu Nan, who was only at the Cloud Sea Realm yet had refined the True Martial Holy Hall. He casually said, "I am Master Cloud Soul. The True Martial Holy Hall collects Martial Dao from the world, and this is one of my Split Souls, responsible for Soul Dao inheritance."

Master Cloud Soul introduced himself and then impatiently introduced the trial: "The trial for Soul Dao inheritance is quite simple, with only three sections."

"Each section of the trial must be passed before advancing to the next."

"Each section has different standards, and meeting them will grant corresponding rewards."

Upon hearing this, Chu Nan felt relieved; there were only three trials, which didn’t seem difficult.

However, Master Cloud Soul could see through his mentality at a glance and said disdainfully, "Boy, do not underestimate the trials here. Any one of them could take your life."

"If you don’t want to die, I advise you to give up early and find a way to return to the Heavenly Balance Realm and hand over the True Martial Holy Hall to the Ancestor Sect there. The benefits you receive would be enough for a lifetime of cultivation."

The controller of each generation of the True Martial Holy Hall was a top strongman of the Ancestor Sect. The trials here were originally meant to test the outstanding disciples of the Ancestor Sect, among whom the weakest were at the Unity Realm.

An event where the owner of the True Martial Holy Hall personally takes part in an assessment, possibly facing death, was something Master Cloud Soul had never seen before.

Becoming the owner of the True Martial Holy Hall was no easy feat in the Celestial Crossing Realm, where the highest cultivation was the Ninth Heaven. Master Cloud Soul didn’t want Chu Nan’s death to lead to another decline of the True Martial Holy Hall.

Thus, he hoped Chu Nan would bring the True Martial Holy Hall to the Heavenly Balance Realm, to be refined and inherited by the strongman who truly fit it, rather than to be a rarity hidden away in a Cloud Sea Realm warrior’s hands.

However, Chu Nan answered without hesitation: "This junior has long been prepared. Please, senior, begin the trial."

Master Cloud Soul looked at Chu Nan full of helplessness, sighing at his overestimation of his abilities.

Thus, he shook his head and said, "Since you’re seeking death on your own, don’t blame this old man~"

Then, with a wave of his hand, gray mist gathered, transforming into a gigantic platform. At the center of the platform sat a Jade Scroll, engraved with intricate golden patterns.

Subsequently, Master Cloud Soul said, "This is the first trial, Split Soul!"

Chu Nan furrowed his brow. Split Soul?

Master Cloud Soul’s expression turned solemn as he continued, "The world divides into Yin and Yang; for a martial artist, Yin is the soul, and Yang is the body."

"Should the soul be without a body, it’s a Yin Soul; a body without a soul is a corpse."

"However, whether it’s a soul or body, both are governed by the will of the self. Without self, they are merely the walking dead, foolish and dull."

Chu Nan looked contemplative. Having cultivated to the Cloud Sea Realm and stood at the pinnacle of the Celestial Crossing Realm, it was his first time hearing Yin referred to as the soul and Yang as the body.

He felt there might be profound truths within, so he immediately concentrated his heart power to listen attentively.

Upon seeing Chu Nan’s earnest demeanor, Master Cloud Soul, for the first time, showed approval but still spoke coldly, "The so-called Split Soul is the splitting of one’s soul while maintaining self-awareness."

"With a single thought, the soul divides; with another, they reunite. No matter how far the Split Souls are, they can immediately reunite. This is the Split Soul Dao that maintains the self!"

Chu Nan’s mind was shaken. The soul could actually split?

But soon, he thought of Kui Guang. Only his remnant soul was left, which, in some sense, also counted as a split, but it was passive. Yet Master Cloud Soul’s meaning was clearly for him to actively divide his soul.

Thus, he asked, "How can one pass the Split Soul trial by dividing the soul while maintaining self, and what benefits does it yield?"

A trial is not self-abuse; he believed that the Split Soul trial must have its rationale and was not arbitrarily set by Master Cloud Soul.

"The body and soul are carriers of self-awareness. A true peerless powerhouse can reconstruct their body and soul with only their consciousness, even if they lose their soul and body."

Master Cloud Soul expounded, "Of course, even martial artists at the Heavenless Realm in the underworld cannot achieve this."

"The ultimate goal of letting you Split Soul now is only one: to train the self. Only those who endure countless trials and tribulations yet maintain undispersed awareness and a lasting self can shape the strongest soul."

Screech!

Amid a slicing sound, Master Cloud Soul suddenly split into two, and in Chu Nan’s stunned eyes, two became four, four became eight, eight became sixteen...

He split hundreds of times, each Master Cloud Soul nearly transparent, as if a gust of wind could disperse these souls.

Yet Chu Nan also clearly felt that every split soul had a clear consciousness.

Hundreds of Master Cloud Soul’s voices simultaneously resonated throughout the space: "A strong enough self-awareness means that even if the soul splits a million times, it can maintain the self."

"If your soul can split into ten while your awareness remains undispersed, you can create a clone."

"Split a hundredfold undispersed, and even the power of a Saint Soul cannot destroy your consciousness."

"If you can achieve a thousandfold, ten thousandfold, then even with the weakest soul, no one in the underworld can possess you."

"Moreover..."

As the words fell, several hundred Master Cloud Souls simultaneously absorbed the surrounding gray mist. Under the nourishment of this mist, each split soul suddenly became solidified.

Finally, under Chu Nan’s stunned gaze, these solidified souls merged together again, and he distinctly felt that Master Cloud Soul’s soul had grown at least twenty percent stronger than before the split.

"The stronger your self, the higher the ceiling of your soul can rise!"