Chapter 634: Six Lives Experiences

To increase its deterrent effect, it can even do this!

The Fire Infant once again displayed its might, enveloping Li Haoran’s body and head in a layer of flames. If he were to suddenly appear at night, he would scare many people to tears.

Lu Yang carefully considered the practical applications of Li Haoran’s Nascent Soul.

“If the body were to completely disassemble, six parts could attack simultaneously. With proper control, an enemy would face attacks from six directions, making them incredibly difficult to defend against.”

“Alternatively, if only the head flew out, the remaining headless body could attack, providing a top-tier escape mechanism.”

“Senior Brother Lu, I have more than one way to save myself!” Li Haoran burst into laughter upon hearing Lu Yang’s analysis.

“Merge!”

His head seamlessly rejoined his neck, leaving not the slightest flaw. It was impossible to tell that he had been a headless body just moments before.

“Come on, Senior Brother Lu, attack me!”

Lu Yang didn’t hold back. With two fingers pressed together, he unleashed an invisible sword energy straight at Li Haoran.

Li Haoran’s body swayed slightly, and his right arm detached. The invisible sword energy flew harmlessly through the gap between his torso and arm.

“How was that?” Li Haoran reattached his right arm, spun in a circle, and confirmed his body was completely unharmed.

“Interesting. What about this?”

Lu Yang gave Li Haoran no time to react, unleashing over a dozen continuous sword energies—a barrage that Li Haoran absolutely couldn’t evade by dismembering his body!

Li Haoran’s expression changed. With his reaction speed, facing such a multitude of sword energies, he indeed had no time to dodge.

Then, a smile crept onto his lips.

There was still a way.

He removed his head, gripping his hair, and with a swift circular motion of his arm, flung it away with a whoosh.

Thump, thump, thump, thump.

Li Haoran’s body solidly absorbed all the sword energies, while his head transformed into a streak of light and fled into the distance. If the sword energies had been lethal attacks, this method would have allowed him to escape with his life.

Lu Yang couldn’t help but applaud. The Red Boy Nascent Soul was indeed incredibly versatile, its applications limited only by one’s imagination.

Moments later, Li Haoran’s head flew back, rejoining his body and restoring him to his original state.

“Whew, Senior Brother Lu, you really go all out.”

Upon rejoining his body, Li Haoran felt the lingering pain from the sword energy attacks.

Meng Jingzhou gazed at Li Haoran’s Fire Infant, lost in thought. His own Nascent Soul could transform into a being with three heads and six arms. Could Junior Brother Li’s Nascent Soul allow his three heads and six arms to fly around independently?

Unlike Li Haoran, who used spells as his primary means of attack, Meng Jingzhou was a body cultivator. He required a high degree of physical coherence, and dismembering his body to strike enemies would be far less effective than simply striking two punches from a martial stance…

“Wait a minute, it seems it actually could work…”

Suddenly, Meng Jingzhou had an idea and leaned closer to Li Haoran.

“Junior Brother Li, I have something to discuss. I’ve gained some insights into cultivating the Nascent Soul stage, and I need your cooperation.”

“What insights?”

“My constitution is somewhat unique; I can borrow other people’s Nascent Souls. Take this cultivation technique and learn it; it will allow you to lend your Nascent Soul to me.”

Li Haoran’s expression was odd. It was the first time he’d ever heard of a Nascent Soul being lent out.

Could it be that the Meng family not only lent money but even Nascent Souls?

“I’ll give it a try.”

Li Haoran quickly learned the cultivation technique Meng Jingzhou handed him. It was a simple method, contained on a single thin sheet of paper, and he mastered it faster than even Mang Gu.

The two sat cross-legged, initiating a resonance. The Fire Infant flew out of Li Haoran’s body and entered Meng Jingzhou’s Dantian.

Meng Jingzhou felt the formidable power of the Fire Infant—a power unique to the Three Infants stage, truly extraordinary.

With a powerful shout, he initiated the Nascent Soul fusion, once again transforming into a divine being with four heads and eight arms.

Next, Meng Jingzhou detached four of his arms and had the remaining four hold them, thus becoming a divine being with four heads, four arms, and four weapons!

Meng Jingzhou wielded the detached arms with enthusiastic grunts, swirling them into a whirlwind and using them with effortless mastery. They were the perfect weapons, perfectly suited for him!

“It worked!”

Li Haoran’s eye twitched slightly as he watched, feeling that Senior Brother Meng resembled a demonic cult leader more than a righteous cultivator.

The Senior Sister, who had been silent until now, spoke. Her voice was not loud, yet it possessed the power to quiet the entire group: “Junior Brother Li, we’ve just returned from the Nine Nether Sect, where they told us about its origins. Do you have any memories regarding that period?”

As soon as he heard serious business was about to be discussed, Meng Jingzhou promptly returned the Nascent Soul to Li Haoran.

Upon hearing about the Nine Nether Sect’s origins, Li Haoran paused, then nodded earnestly. “There actually is, but it’s not entirely complete.”

“Qin Haoran told Senior Yi Ren that he was the eighth reincarnation, and I am the ninth.”

“The reason he could confirm he was the eighth was because he possessed memories of his previous seven lives.”

“However, I haven’t fully inherited Qin Haoran’s memories yet, so the recollections of my previous lives are fragmented.”

“Still, tell us what you can.”

Li Haoran nodded and began sifting through Qin Haoran’s vast memories for relevant information.

Qin Haoran possessed nearly two millennia of memories. This immense volume was more than Li Haoran could bear, so to prevent himself from getting lost within them, he had asked his master to seal most of the memories, only to be partially unsealed when needed.

“My memories of the first three lives are quite vague; I can’t recall what happened.”

“Around eighty thousand years ago, in my fourth life, ‘I’ coincidentally awakened and gained partial memories of previous lives. Through these memories, ‘I’ acquired knowledge of cultivation and embarked on that path.”

“As my cultivation improved, other fragments from my first three lives’ memories resurfaced, such as ‘Nine Nether’ and ‘reincarnation.’ Senior Mu Baiyi should have already told you about those.”

“Relying on these fragmented past-life memories, my fourth incarnation established the Nine Nether Sect, seeking to understand the true meaning of reincarnation.”

“Of course, they gained nothing, and their hideout was even raided by two constables. He was a righteous man, allowing his subordinates to escape first while he covered their retreat. Consequently, he was captured and sentenced to life imprisonment.”

“My fifth life was reincarnated into a Buddhist realm, where ‘I’ saw through the mortal world and became a nun. Later, ‘I’ fell in love with the abbot of a neighboring temple. Both of us renounced our vows and married under the watchful eye of a Buddha.”

“In my sixth life, I joined the Nine Nether Sect and, using my past-life memories, became its leader. However, I was assassinated for embezzling sect property, claiming it as my own, and consistently failing to pay monthly dues.”

“My seventh life was a woman who became a palace maid, constantly caught up in the intrigues of the imperial harem.” At this point, Li Haoran’s expression soured, clearly recalling unpleasant memories.

“The eighth life is the one you all know—Qin Haoran, that damned guy. He was also the most powerful, attempting to transcend the lightning tribulation to advance to the Tribulation Transcending stage to escape his creditors, but he was struck down by the lightning.”

“And my ninth life is the current one.”

What an eventful series of lives.

The Senior Sister listened, then calmly asked, “Your fourth life was born eighty thousand years ago, and Qin Haoran of the eighth life immediately reincarnated as you upon his death. This implies that after your fourth life ended, you didn’t immediately reincarnate into the fifth; there was a time gap, correct?”

Li Haoran nodded. “Yes, the time gaps between lives progressively shortened. By my current life, there was no interval at all.”

“Given this pattern, it suggests that your first three lives were not people of Great Xia, but rather of Great Yu or Great Qian, is that correct?”

“You could say that.”

The Senior Sister continued, “The increasingly shorter reincarnation intervals, and now the complete absence of one, could be a countdown or a form of accumulation. This current life might be your last, or something significant might happen in your tenth life after you die.”

“Indeed.”

The Senior Sister mused for a moment, then turned to Jiang Lianyi. “I’m done here. Senior, do you have any questions?”

Jiang Lianyi nodded. “Could you elaborate on your experiences with the intrigues in the imperial harem?”

“…No.”

“Then I have no more questions either.”