Chapter 196 - Chapter 196: Chapter 165: The Worst in History_2 (1/2)

Chapter 196: Chapter 165: The Worst in History_2

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“Your soul is inherently incomplete, influenced by the Heart-Refining Formation; it bred a heart demon, causing you to faint!”

The elder continued with a look of regret: “Those with a fragmented soul are destined not to overcome the heart demon tribulation, and the road to future cultivation will be fraught with difficulties! So you… sigh!”

Sure enough!

Xu Mu didn’t need to guess to know this.

The soul of this separate entity was split from his main body, it naturally couldn’t be complete. Even if he cultivated his Mayfly Possession Skill to Transcendent level, it still wouldn’t be able to compensate for this shortcoming.

To split out a complete soul entity, it was said that only those at the Refining Void Stage could do so.

The heart demon tribulation the elder spoke of mainly referred to the calamity faced when breaking through from the Golden Core Stage to the Nascent Soul Stage, that is, a fragmented soul like his wouldn’t be able to advance to the Nascent Soul Stage, basically.

Of course, this wasn’t a big issue.

For their batch of disciples, it was a great fortune to be able to cultivate until the Golden Core Stage. As for the Nascent Soul Stage, it’s just good to think about.

The real impact of a fragmented soul on him now was his enlightenment.

Whether it was the future understanding of martial methods, skill cultivation, or learning divine skills, all would be much slower.

This would affect him regardless of his great physical aptitude.

Of course, facing methods that affect the soul, he was also easily infiltrated, like this time with the Heart-Refining Formation.

Even Xu Mu didn’t expect that the impact of the Heart-Refining Formation on this split entity would be so significant.

“What? How could this be? Impossible!!”

Xu Mu acted incredulously, portraying a deeply shocked expression, and performed it fervently.

Even an adult facing such a blow would invariably be dispirited, let alone him, a young man who hasn’t experienced many things in life.

Thus, he absolutely needed to act it out, otherwise it would be easy to arouse suspicion.

As for his physical condition being discovered, he was already mentally prepared. The only surprise was that he didn’t expect it to be discovered so soon.

He hasn’t even entered the gate yet!

Seeing Xu Mu’s dispirited look, everyone could only shake their heads helplessly. Anyone in such a situation would be uncomfortable. What’s more, they discovered that Xu Mu’s physique was superb and his spiritual power was very strong. His pure cultivation talent could be ranked in the top ten among these new disciples, but his fragmented soul was truly fatal.

He originally had limitless potential, but now he was not even as good as disciples who had been eliminated.

This stark contrast aroused everyone’s regret.

“Elder, isn’t there a way to mend it?”

Xu Mu looked at everyone expectantly.

“This…”

The elders looked at each other, and one of them spoke up: “It’s not that there’s no way, but… you better take a good rest!”

Obviously, a remedy was more difficult than ascending to the heavens.

The crowd comforted him and left one after another. The examination wasn’t over yet, they still had a lot of work to do; they didn’t have time to stick around Xu Mu. The reason they’d gathered in the first place was simply out of curiosity.

Few people with innate fragmented souls could maintain a normal mind.

After everyone had left, Xu Mu stayed in the room and continued acting disheartened.

The reason for his fervent performance was twofold: to keep his secret hidden and to stay in the Tianhe Sect.

From the Tianhe Sect disciple who took care of him, he knew that his result for the third examination was very poor. He wasn’t just poor, he was unprecedentedly and inevitably poor.

He fainted as soon as he reached the first step!

In the history of the Tianhe Sect for three thousand years, the worst result was only the third step, and that disciple didn’t faint and lasted till the end.

Xu Mu had directly rewritten the history of the Tianhe Sect.

Originally, passing the first two examinations would have allowed him to join the Tianhe Sect, the third one was merely to differentiate. But given Xu Mu’s performance in the third examination, whether he could stay was a real unknown.

So, to play the victim seemed reasonable and right.

Sigh! Originally, I wanted to join the Tianhe Sect as a genius, but I ended up being a waste from the beginning.

It seems fate naturally intends for me to be the protagonist!

One day, an elder in blue came to announce the result. After deliberation, the Tianhe Sect decided to keep him. The main reason wasn’t to pity him, but that rules cannot be broken.

No need to break long-standing rules just for a disciple’s quota.

After learning the result, Xu Mu finally felt somewhat relieved.

Without being a disciple, obtaining the Heavenly Divine Water would be ten times more difficult.

“This is your disciple token. If your body is all right, report to your designated peak as soon as possible!” the elder said.