Beast Taming: the More the Better Chapter 1372 - 562: Yin Huai Ghost Spirit Tree! News of Jiao Ji!

Possession.

This was the brand-new type of Pet Beast Breeding that Su Ping had envisioned, inspired by Jiao Ji’s earlier words.

However, until it was officially developed—or even if it was—he couldn’t claim to have truly created a brand-new type of Pet Beast. The ability to systematize a Pet Beast’s birth on a massive scale and establish a completely unique development and Breeding route were the necessary benchmarks for determining whether a Pet Beast belonged to a brand-new category and could usher in a new era.

There was still a long road ahead. What Su Ping needed to do now was undoubtedly to take things one step at a time.

Since the Sea King Yaksha’s arm was currently being stimulated and soaked, it would take about three more days to finish. Naturally, Su Ping proceeded with his Breeding plan according to his previous ideas.

Take the present moment, for instance.

Jiao Ji looked somewhat nervously at Su Ping as he walked over after finishing his examination. "How is the situation?"

The Water Venerable’s situation was exactly as he had expected. Or rather, just as Jiao Ji had described, her condition was already quite perfect.

Perhaps because she was originally a clone created by the Water Venerable’s attempt to imitate the External Incarnation, Jiao Ji had vastly exceeded the standards of what a clone should be. She had no intention of submitting to the arrangements of her main body anymore, desiring instead to become a completely independent entity. This alone showed just how much painstaking effort the Water Venerable had poured into cultivating this clone back then. Therefore, the connection between the Water Venerable’s main body and Jiao Ji strictly existed at the level of the soul.

If it were before, Su Ping wouldn’t have been able to solve this problem. When it came to a clone reaching the Water Venerable’s Level, his previous understanding of the External Incarnation had been rudimentary at best; he had only managed to complete it by relying on the Myriad Spirit Beast Atlas. But now, he understood it inside and out.

Why was the true version of Xiao Qing’s External Incarnation perfectly fine? Why could she even continue to survive by retaining one External Incarnation after her main body’s Death? Fundamentally, it came down to the difference in the soul. Xiao Qing’s true External Incarnation involved stacking the soul into four portions and dividing them perfectly and equally. This equal division was completely unlike the Water Venerable’s method.

What was the core of a soul like? After fully mastering the Paperman Record and becoming able to create a Paperman, Su Ping had already figured this out. A true soul was, in fact, what was known as an ’Origin.’ As the soul grew and strengthened, what it absorbed and integrated were the creature’s emotions, intelligence, memories, and so on. These were all parts of the soul. However, the true Origin was the primordial soul.

It was the very thing that, upon reaching a truly High Level, proved that ’I’ am ’me,’ rather than merely being a Spiritual Body possessing ’my’ Memory, or some Undead entity. It was precisely because of this Rule that on Blue Star, many of those who used a Secret Technique to transfer their memories and transform into Undead were no longer considered human. That’s right, this referred to Charles.

However, given his value and strength, as well as the Eagle Country’s protection and his contributions to the Undead Series—coupled with the fact that Charles’s thoughts and Pet Beasts were still intact—people were not entirely sure whether he was still a human or had become an Undead.

The Soul Origin was the key to an advanced Shadow Clone Technique. Normally, the Soul Origin could not be separated. This was the exact reason why all subsequent Human Beastmaster Breeders had failed to develop the External Incarnation.

Yet, a larva inside an egg and a Pet Beast undergoing its first Evolution were not bound by this limitation. For the former, since the soul had just been born, it could be stacked through a special method to create three identical eggs. The same principle applied to the Evolutionary Body. Subsequently, the Soul Origin would be guided and divided. From any perspective, Xiao Qing’s four External Incarnations were all her main body!

There was no need to even mention their physical bodies. Most importantly, each External Incarnation contained a portion of the Soul Origin. Because of this, not only did they share the exact same thoughts and fight seamlessly without hindering one another, but they also shared life and Death, as well as the results of their Skill Cultivation. This was the perfect External Incarnation.

But what about the Water Venerable? Clearly, the Water Venerable’s situation was completely different. In truth, although Jiao Ji had previously mentioned that her soul was essentially a halved portion of the Water Venerable’s soul, according to Su Ping’s examination and speculation, there was no true Soul Origin within Jiao Ji’s soul.

The vast majority of it was the Soul Power wielded by the Water Venerable. It could even be the Rule Power and Water Origin she had grasped, perhaps due to her skill level reaching the Transcendent Level, or for some other reason. This was exactly why a connection still lingered between them. Jiao Ji’s soul lacked a true Soul Origin that belonged to her alone.

Her Soul Power was like rootless duckweed. It had to be linked to the Soul Origin of the Water Venerable’s main body in order to condense this steadily piled-up Soul Power into a complete soul.

He had to admit, insights of this magnitude could not be passed down through mere knowledge. The mastery of Rules and the benefits brought by comprehending and controlling Power after the Myriad Spirit Beast Atlas advanced were not things that could be attained through meditation at his current stage. At the same time, Su Ping couldn’t help but sigh in admiration. Although the Water Venerable had been defeated back then, her Ability and strength were absolutely not weak.