One Step, One Kill

Chapter Five: Memory Inheritance

Searching for this thought in the fragments of memories inherited from his mind, Lin Yisheng's mind suddenly jolted, realizing that he had fallen for Yin Chengdao's evil trick.

This Yin Chengdao didn't actually want to pass on his cultivation and memories to me. He clearly wanted to transfer Yin's soul and memories to me through a kind of "soul possession," and then devour my soul to completely take over my body and be reborn.

What a treacherous Yin Chengdao! I actually fell for his evil trick!

Amidst his terror, Lin Yisheng also felt a surge of intense anger and a strong will to survive.

No, I absolutely cannot let Yin Chengdao succeed. I must resist, I must live, and I must expel Yin Chengdao's soul!

With this powerful thought in mind, Lin Yisheng's soul suddenly grew stronger, not only breaking free from Yin Chengdao's soul's devouring, but even devouring Yin Chengdao's soul in return.

"No... How is this possible? How could this kid's soul be so powerful... Oh, no..."

The sudden change caught Yin Chengdao's soul off guard. In his terror, Yin Chengdao's soul only had time to generate a thought of resentment before it was completely devoured by Lin Yisheng's soul.

After consuming Yin Chengdao's soul, Lin Yisheng fell into a coma.

Lin Yisheng woke up after an unknown amount of time.

He discovered that he had acquired the memories of another person in his mind—not just fragments, but a lifetime. It was as if he had lived for decades as another person, died, been reincarnated, and retained the memories of his previous life.

Fortunately, this memory was not dominant, but rather stored in his mind as a storage.

Recalling what had happened before he fell into a coma, Lin Yisheng understood.

Yin Chengdao, that spiritual cultivator, had malicious intentions. He tricked him by saying that he wanted to pass on his cultivation and memories to him through "soul inheritance," but in reality, he wanted to possess his body and be reborn.

Fortunately, Yin Chengdao failed.

This failure resulted in Yin Chengdao's entire life's memories remaining in his mind, leading to the realization of "soul inheritance."

Thinking that this "soul inheritance" would also transfer Yin Chengdao's cultivation into his own body, Lin Yisheng quickly concentrated his mind and sensed the condition of his body.

Sure enough, in the lower abdomen, around the dantian, a warm spiritual energy lingered and slowly rotated, centered on the Qihai acupoint.

This is the spiritual energy cultivated by spiritual practitioners who absorb the primordial energy of heaven and earth.

Unfortunately, because Yin Chengdao was seriously injured and on the verge of death, the spiritual energy stored in his body was less than one-tenth of what it used to be, so not much spiritual energy was being transferred into his body.

By a rough calculation, the amount of spiritual energy stored in his body was equivalent to that of a second-grade spiritual master, while Yin Chengdao was a first-grade great spiritual master in his lifetime.

The "memories" in his mind about Yin Chengdao's spiritual practitioners told him that the spiritual practitioners' ranks were strictly divided into eight major realms, and each realm was further divided into eight grades.

The initial stage is the Spirit Apprentice, also known as the "Entering Consciousness" stage. This stage allows one to sense the primordial energy of heaven and earth, absorb it for one's own use, and transform it into spiritual energy.

Once the spiritual energy reserves reach a certain level, they must be refined. Reaching this level makes one a spiritual practitioner, also known as the "Qi Refining Realm".

Refined spiritual energy can be stored in the meridians and acupoints throughout the body. Once a certain amount is accumulated, it can be liquefied. Only upon reaching this level can one be considered a true "Spiritual Master," a realm known as the "Liquid Transformation Realm."

The spiritual energy has been completely liquefied, and the storage capacity is already terrifying. To continue cultivating, one must gather spiritual energy into a pill. The liquid spiritual energy can solidify in the dantian, and when it erupts, it can generate earth-shattering energy. Reaching this level is called being a Great Spiritual Master, also known as the "Spiritual Pill Realm".

A Grand Spirit Master at the Spirit Pill Realm is already a super strong expert among spiritual cultivators. They can fly through the sky and escape into the earth, move mountains and overturn seas, and are almost omnipotent. Few can rival them, and they can even extend their lifespan to over one hundred and fifty years.

However, while the Grand Spirit Master of the Spirit Core Realm is powerful, it is very difficult to reach. Among ten thousand spiritual cultivators, unless there is a miracle, usually only one or two people can cultivate to the Spirit Core Realm in their lifetime. As for the Earth Spirit Master, Heaven Spirit Master, and Holy Spirit Master above the Grand Spirit Master, they are even rarer, numbering only a handful across the entire continent.

Yin Chengdao is only fifty years old this year. His ability to gather spiritual energy and form pills, thus entering the realm of a first-grade Great Spirit Master, is not due to his exceptional talent for cultivation, but rather a miracle that occurred during his youth.

Unfortunately, Yin Chengdao was unlucky. He had just successfully entered the Core Formation stage and reached the Spirit Core realm when he was discovered by the Holy Spirit Sect. The Holy Spirit Sect, which never let go of talent, sent a Golden Venerable to personally invite Yin Chengdao to join the Holy Spirit Sect in order to show its regard for him.

However, this Golden Venerable named "Mo Wentian" was arrogant and haughty, and Yin Chengdao was also an arrogant person. In addition, he was used to being alone, so how could he be willing to join the Holy Spirit Cult and be bound by it? As a result, the two got into a fight over a disagreement.

Mo Wentian was a martial arts cultivator who had opened all 108 acupoints and 10 mysterious passes in his body, and his cultivation had already reached the Martial Venerable realm. In addition, he had extremely rich combat experience. Yin Chengdao was a first-grade Great Spirit Master who had just entered the Spirit Cultivation realm. How could he be a match for Mo Wentian? In the end, Mo Wentian shattered his newly formed spiritual pill with a single palm strike.

Left with no other choice, Yin Chengdao activated the teleportation talisman he had only recently acquired and had not yet become familiar with its use, and was teleported to the Misty Forest, thus avoiding being killed by his mortal enemy.

However, with the elixir shattered, the spiritual energy within his body dissipated uncontrollably. Coupled with the bizarre nature of the Misty Forest, Yin Chengdao, unable to escape, slowly lost his life force and soon teetered on the brink of death. If Lin Yisheng hadn't appeared, Yin Chengdao would probably have been dead within an hour at most.

Upon seeing Lin Yisheng, Yin Chengdao's strong will to survive gave rise to the evil idea of ​​"possessing" his body. However, he did not expect Lin Yisheng's soul power and willpower to be so astonishing. In the backlash, Lin Yisheng actually devoured Yin Chengdao's soul, turning his "possession" into a true "soul inheritance."

After understanding all of this from Yin Chengdao's "memory," Lin Yisheng couldn't help but feel a sense of lingering fear.

He almost lost his soul and was possessed by someone else.

Fortunately, I'm pretty lucky!

Although Yin Chengdao didn't transfer much spiritual energy into Lin Yisheng's body, it was still much more than what a novice spiritual disciple would receive. More importantly, with this foundation of spiritual energy, cultivation would be much smoother.

With this in mind, Lin Yisheng focused his mind again and tried to search for spiritual cultivation methods in Yin Chengdao's "memory".

Soon, a complete cultivation technique appeared in his mind.

However, this is not a spiritual cultivation technique, but a martial arts technique.

The Pangu Creation Technique!

Heavenly Grade Top-Rank Martial Arts Technique!

Lin Yisheng was first shocked, then overjoyed.