Chapter 138: 138. Soul Lord and Soul Refining

Jin lowered his head and he didn’t give any response immediately. The old man waited and after some time, Jin nodded. The old man sighed and then he spoke,

"Little guy, was he the last person in the entire universe? There was no one beside him. He is so old that he can be called your ancestor. Even this little dragon was more compatible with you than him."

Jin was stunned when he heard that and Nox’s expression brightened unknowingly to him. He looked at the old man and there was an unknown respect for him. Jin looked at the old man with wide eyes. The old man sighed once again sighed and then he spoke,

"Do you think I’ll oppose your choice? Your father already changed that mindset of mine. When he ran away with my son-in-law, he never came back when I rejected them being together."

Jin understood but before he could say anything, the old man spoke,

"Let these matters rest here. The main reason for me to be here is to help you."

With that he took Aion in his hands and observed him before returning to Jin. He spoke,

"And don’t worry about this snake. He was just in deep slumber and comprehending something profound. You just need to wait and cultivate. The next moment he wakes up, his strength will no longer be what it is today."

With that, the old man looked at Nox and then at the little snake and then his gaze shifted to Jin who was patting the slumbering snake and he sighed once again. Right now, he seems to have sighed more than the past ten thousand years. He continued,

"This snake just used his time authority that he still held and paid a heavy price. But thankfully there were no divine beings and this led him to suffer a backlash rather than a divinity presence. Now let’s talk about your cultivation.

Your soul born and soul avatar are different and they are even creating their own thoughts and consciousness. Your idea at that time was truly bold. But now your future path will not be like anyone else’s."

Jin nodded but before that he explained the situation of his soul born and soul avatar merging and achieving harmony but now he was not able to do that.

The old man spoke,

"It is normal. When that snake was contracted to you, your soul received the blessing of time. Now tell me, this dragon is also your spiritual contract beast. What did you get from him?"

Jin was stunned and Nox was baffled when he heard that. All these years he was disappointed that he didn’t give Jin anything in return besides the lifespan but now he realised that he was wrong.

Seeing the realization look on the faces of the two children, the old man nodded and spoke,

"Indeed. You didn’t receive the yin or yang from this little dragon. What you received was harmony. And this is the path that you need to explore on your own."

Jin was confused and he asked,

"But grandpa, the harmony was not even an element or law."

The old man laughed and then he spoke,

"Little guy, always remember that anything in this world can become a law of the law seeker. The law can be chain, it can be water, thought, will, voice, sound and many more. These are the things that you will understand in the future, not now.

Let me explain the future path to you for now.

The lord realm is different from every other path. Do you know why?"

Jin thought for a moment and spoke,

"The life leap."

The old man nodded but then he shook his head and spoke,

"Life leap is just the benefit of the path that I am speaking about. The realm before the lord is to use the spiritual energy from the universe and transform it into a form for the self. But the lord ’s realm is the understanding of heaven and earth itself.

The mysteries of the universe are understood from the first step in the lord realm. They are called Lord because they took that step and they have the ability to use the spiritual energy and essence from the universe without converting them into their own.

The Lord realm is the understanding of the nodes which is the first step in understanding the universe itself."

Listening to this old man, Jin and Nox felt that a new door was opened for them. Jin looked at the old man and asked,

"Does grandpa mean that the lord’s realm is the sublimation to the universe itself."

The old man smiled and nodded. Jin then asked,

"But grandpa, Aion told me to take a second step."

The old man narrowed his eyes slightly and then he asked Jin to show his soul avatar and soul born. Jin nodded and he closed his eyes. From his forehead, a blue light shone and his soul avatar appeared.

From his lower dantian, a black form emerged and condensed into a soul born. Behind the soul born, there was a halo of 24 various colours. Seeing the halo, there was a flicker of surprise in the old man’s eyes and then he nodded. He spoke,

"Now I understand the reason. I also think this path is the best for you. You established a karma with the 24 beings already and this has to be solved in the future.

The first path is to sublimate self into the universe and open a world in self under the laws of the universe. This is the path that almost everyone in this universe took. There were very few who didn’t follow this path and they created their own and suppressed this universe and left for the beyond.

This path was the true path and those who took it, erased themselves from the history of the universe. This is the path of Self."

Jin felt a boom when he heard this path and he looked at the old man with a shocked expression. The old man saw his expression and he merely shook his head and spoke,

"That little snake might have told you that, every peak expert took this step to reach the peak but he is wrong. Those guys are basically failures and they were still able to reach the peak of this universe.

This showed how extraordinary this path is. That little snake knew nothing. This path was first explored in the divine realm but as more individuals became more and more, the path reduced and the lord realm became the limit because below this was truly no realm. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

This is the true first realm in the understanding of this realm. Everyone has their own path and their own opportunity. Since you are taking this path, let grandpa help you.

The Self path is just an ordinary path and still the most extraordinary path. The individual continues to explore self in this realm and take the universe as a guide for that.

The soul avatar becomes a symbol of the law authority and transformers a brand that we call soul condensation. It is similar to the sigil but different. The soul is the one connected to the self and the path of soul cultivation is also called the half path to self.

I once told you that the soul is the meaning of the world and domain itself. The spiritual cultivator relies on this universe but a soul does not. It creates a world of its own. When you condense a soul from the soul avatar, it sublimates your soul to self and it helps you in perceiving the beginning of the laws to guide your own path.

Since you can do that just in the soul avatar, you move to the next step, control. A soul lord not only perceives the nodes that led to laws, he also controls a portion of it. You can sense but you can’t control.

The soul lord’s realm gives you authority. And this authority allows you to control the laws and use them for your own. By achieving this authority, the universe gives us recognition and blesses us with the life leap. Now you know the true meaning of the fifth stage of cultivation?"

Jin heard this and he absentmindedly nodded. His soul avatar and soul born looked at the old man and they returned. After that, Jin opened his eyes and spoke,

"But grandpa, am I different from others?"

The old man smiled and spoke,

"Indeed, you are different from others but your authority will also be different from others. Since you are still accumulating in the soul avatar realm, there will be unexpected gains in the future. The next is the soul born realm.

This realm is the same as the soul but different. This realm contains the sublimation of the spiritual energy into the universe and blends the universal spiritual energy for your own.

But your path will be different. In the soul lord realm, the cultivator sublimates the energy and then gets the life leap blessing. But you have to pass through the tribulation of the universe by rejecting the life leap and sublimation to the universe.

Your energy will belong to self and the universal energy is just being used to cultivate your own. This path is also blocked by the universe and anyone taking this path is bound to face the wrath of the universe."

Jin and Nox were confused and Nox asked,

"But why senior?"

The old man looked at Nox and he answered.