Mysteries of Immortal Puppet Master-Chapter 1294 - 504: Setting a Banquet

After a cultivator dies, or even before death when the soul departs from the body and occupies another person’s shell, this is called soul possession.

But doing so usually causes conflicts between the soul and the body. After all, they are not original, but rather foreign to each other, which generally leads to rejection phenomena, causing both to weaken.

Nevertheless, the cultivation world has developed to an extremely prosperous and thriving state; various cultivation techniques and skills emerge continuously and advance. Therefore, the skill level of soul possession has also become increasingly high and developed.

In comparison, the situation of great power reincarnations is much rarer.

Reincarnation implies being reborn.

Rebirth and possession have differences.

Even occupying the body of an embryo in the womb will cause mutual rejection. In fact, if the soul is too strong, it can make the fragile infant body perish, even affecting the mother’s body. After all, there is a tight connection between the pregnant woman and the baby through the umbilical cord.

The soul and body need to maintain balance, need coordination.

Consider Ning Zhuo. Even though his body and soul are original, there was a time when his soul, being at the level of a million human souls, oppressed the body, causing a situation where the body could not bear the pressure.

Reincarnation is about abandoning the soul, leaving only a trace of true spirit to fall into Taichu, a placenta forming from nothing. Body and soul are original.

If achieved, the soul and body will naturally coordinate and balance. The difficulty here lies in memory, in self.

Reincarnation due to abandoning the soul can easily lose the soul of the previous life. If memory cannot be finally retrieved, one grows to become a whole new person.

This requires the guiding cultivation technique.

Historically, there was a time when mutual guidance between master and apprentice was very prevalent. After the master’s death, the memory was temporarily kept by the disciple. If reincarnation and rebirth succeeded, the disciple would find the master’s present life and guide them, accepting them as their disciple, and gradually infusing the memory of the past life.

Because of this cultivation technique, the social relationship of master and apprentice once dominated over families, alliances, and other forms.

In the era of Emperor Ming, this reincarnation technique reached a new height.

Buddhism elevated this technique to a new height and developed a new cultivation method based on it. According to Buddhist terminology, they called it—Reincarnation.

The five high-ranking members of Heavy Array Peak began to suspect that Ning Zhuo was a reincarnation of great power.

Because the drawbacks of soul possession still existed considerably and were easy to be detected.

Wenren Yan said, "When Ning Zhuo first participated in the Nine Curves Corridor Array, he stopped at the third curve. I specifically reviewed how he broke through the array at that time and discovered that he was quite immature and superficial in array Dao; for the second curve, he could only use clumsy methods repeatedly trying and failing."

"I feel like he’s not pretending."

"Afterwards, he suddenly made remarkable progress as if he suddenly opened his mind."

Chunyu Gui scratched his head, "Are you saying he was stimulated, and his previous life’s memory suddenly awakened?"

Wenren Yan smiled slightly.

Shan Guhong coldly said, "No solid evidence." 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Chunyu Gui said, "Isn’t solid evidence simple? Let the Feiyun Conference continue; with each identity token change, cultivators undergo evaluation and testing. These tests become increasingly advanced and stringent, eventually revealing the truth, leaving everyone nowhere to hide."

"Not only is real age unhideable, but real cultivation techniques are exposed, true combat achievements leaked, not to mention soul possession. Even if a great power reincarnates, they will be detected. This has been repeatedly verified in the past."

The other four nodded.

They all have great confidence in the foundation of Myriad Images Sect.

This is also why Myriad Images Sect has the confidence to broadly admit outsiders. Otherwise, attracting outsiders without any defense would lead to self-destruction for even a super power.

Myriad Images Sect has many unique methods to effectively distinguish friends from foes, effectively probing the truth. Over time, it has thwarted countless external forces’ conspiracies and intimidated numerous sect members intending internal strife.

Chunyu Gui continued, "So, what we are truly discussing today is whether to strive for Ning Zhuo. If we decide to strive for him, what intensity and method should we use?"

The whole scene fell silent again.

The current situation is quite complex.

If Ning Zhuo is a case of soul possession or great power reincarnation, this presents a huge hidden risk. If exposed in the future, it will inevitably impact the reputation of Heavy Array Peak. The five high-ranking members responsible for recruiting him will be implicated and punished.

Reputation is the pursuit of the Righteous Path.

If they wrongly recruit him, leading to a negative impact of Heavy Array Peak’s bad judgment of people, causing public disdain and ridicule, it will significantly damage Heavy Array Peak’s reputation. Moreover, the consequences are often more severe than imagined.

Just like the Confucian cultivator group of Myriad Images Sect. Previously, they were on a fast track of development and expansion, but unexpectedly, someone like Qin De emerged, severely damaging the group’s reputation.

As a result, to this day, Confucian cultivators like Duanmu Zhang must exhaust themselves with efforts to find various ways to positively resolve the massive historical problem of Qin De.

Ning Zhuo’s situation involves not only the doubt of possession or reincarnation. If Heavy Array Peak is to recruit him, there are other formidable competitors.

One is Zhong Dao, the other is Tuoba Huang.

The former is the current Hall Master of Evil Slaying Hall, the latter is the current Peak Master of Ten Thousand Beasts Peak. Both are figures with the most real power. The overall framework of Myriad Images Sect consists of Eight Peaks and Sixteen Halls!