"Calm down first. I brought you here today to explain everything clearly."
Kong Li frowned slightly, but seeing Ning Fa's current enraged state, he actually found Ning Fa more pleasing to the eye.
Ning Fa took a deep breath, but his hands were still clenched tightly, an indescribable anger surging within him, almost about to explode.
Kong Li sighed deeply and continued, "You should still remember what happened when Lingyun took you to Gray Luo Island and Huangfu Hong schemed against you, right? Do you know why she did that?"
Ning Fa immediately recalled the past.
In that enclosed small space, he and the Divine Maiden had engaged in intimate acts, which was caused by a Gu worm released by Huangfu Hong.
Later, Ning Fa had always been puzzled by Huangfu Hong's motive for doing this.
As Kong Li asked now, a thought flashed through his mind, and he blurted out, "She wanted Lingyun to give birth to a child?"
A bone-chilling hatred appeared in Kong Li's eyes, and he no longer bothered with how Ning Fa addressed Zhu Lingyun, nodding, "That's right, precisely.
Yuan Cha Gate seems to believe that the child Lingyun gives birth to can become the Mystic Maiden they have been searching for for tens of thousands of years.
That's why she used a Joyous Union Gu on you, and later Lingyun indeed became pregnant.
I once advised her to abort the child, but she couldn't bear to.
And for some reason, the fetus in Lingyun's womb grew very slowly. It took about twenty years for her to be close to giving birth.
But at that time, Yuan Cha Gate suddenly mobilized its forces and broke into the heart of our Divine Heart Sect, wanting to snatch the child in Lingyun's womb. I was still on the front lines at the time and couldn't possibly rescue her…"
Hearing this, Ning Fa's eyes immediately blazed with furious anger. The knuckles of his fingers creaked as he clenched them, wishing he could go to Yuan Cha Gate right now and turn it upside down.
As he spoke, Kong Li's expression remained calm, but his eyes couldn't hide his killing intent. He slowly said, "But at that time, an unexpected event occurred.
Because the Tianli people, for reasons unknown, also set their sights on the child in Lingyun's womb, they also mobilized their forces that day, wanting to snatch it.
What's more, the Tianli cultivators mobilized included a Holy Witch – Aruoye.
As a result, the three parties clashed. Although Lingyun was in the sect, most of the sect elders were on the front lines, and Lingyun could only barely hold on using the sect's restrictions.
At the critical moment, fellow Daoist Xu Yuan learned of the news and arrived in time, repelling both parties.
However, the Tianli people, seemingly unable to snatch the child in Lingyun's womb, decided to destroy Lingyun and her child directly. Aruoye then used a vicious secret technique on Lingyun…"
Upon hearing this, Ning Fa's heart suddenly tightened.
He never expected that the Tianli would be involved in this matter!
"What secret technique is it!?" he gritted out.
Kong Li sighed deeply.
"This technique is called the Nine Li God Sealing Curse, and it is the root cause of Lingyun's current condition.
This technique is a high-level secret technique unique to the Tianli people, and only the Holy Witches and Moon Lords of the Tianli have the qualification to cultivate it.
Moreover, this technique is extremely bizarre and vicious. Even Nascent Soul Cultivators who are affected will have their primordial spirits slowly wither until they completely perish, and they might even lose the chance to re-enter the cycle of reincarnation.
It can be said that cultivators below the late Nascent Soul stage will definitely not escape death if they are hit by this technique.
Even Great Cultivators like us will suffer severe damage to our primordial spirits, and even our lifespans will be reduced.
Of course, although this technique is powerful, the Tianli Holy Witches will also pay a huge price when using it. It can be said that it's like killing a thousand enemies while losing eight hundred of your own.
For example, Aruoye was not seen on the battlefield for more than ten years afterward, so they wouldn't use this technique lightly."
"Nine Li God Sealing Curse…"
After hearing Kong Li's explanation, Ning Fa's body couldn't help but sway. He looked with difficulty at Zhu Lingyun, who was like a sleeping beauty within the ice wall, his heart sinking into the abyss.
Pain flickered in Kong Li's eyes. He took a deep breath and slowly said, "Although Lingyun's cultivation realm has not reached the late Nascent Soul stage, her main cultivation technique is special.
Therefore, her primordial spirit power is much stronger than that of ordinary mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, not much different from Great Cultivators.
However, because she was pregnant for twenty years, she was in an unprecedentedly weak state.
Therefore, this Nine Li God Sealing Curse still caused her severe damage. If things had developed normally, she and the child in her womb would have ultimately been unable to escape death.
At this time, fellow Daoist Xu Yuan thought of a risky method, which was to have Lingyun cultivate a divine soul cultivation technique stored in the Spiritual Pivot Pavilion, called the Primordial Soul Split Spirit Art, which contained a special life-saving technique called…"
Before Kong Li could finish, Ning Fa exclaimed in shock, "What? Primordial Soul Split Spirit Art? There's something wrong with this cultivation technique! How could you let Lingyun cultivate such a technique!?"
Ning Fa's face had become extremely grim, and he was extremely anxious because he was very familiar with the Primordial Soul Split Spirit Art.
It was back when they were at Spirit Deer Island in Thousand Wave Lake, where there was a secret cave dwelling left by a rogue cultivator named Dugu Huan from the Jiang Kingdom during the Core Formation stage.
At that time, Ning Fa and Ning Daozhen had fought over it, divided the treasures in the cave, and shared a divine soul cultivation technique, which was the Primordial Soul Split Spirit Art.
Although Ning Fa had already cultivated a powerful divine soul cultivation technique like the Moon God Art at that time, he had not yet visualized the Moon God Heart.
Therefore, many divine soul secret techniques in the Moon God Art could not be used, so he also concurrently cultivated the Primordial Soul Split Spirit Art.
At first, Ning Fa didn't notice any problems. However, later, after Duanmu Ling woke up from her serious injuries.
She asked Ning Fa for help, requesting to cultivate a special secret technique through divine intercourse to completely heal her divine soul injuries.
And during the divine intercourse, Ning Fa's divine soul was also in an unprecedentedly sensitive state.
At that time, he noticed an abnormality in his divine soul; a foreign object like dust had appeared.
And through the special aura of this dust, Ning Fa realized that it was caused by the Primordial Soul Split Spirit Art he had cultivated.
This greatly alarmed Ning Fa.
If he had discovered it later, it would have absolutely led to a catastrophe.
This naturally made Ning Fa view the bizarre Primordial Soul Split Spirit Art with extreme aversion. From then on, he never dared to cultivate this technique again.
Therefore, upon hearing that Zhu Lingyun was actually cultivating this very technique, how could he not be filled with anxiety?
Ning Fa's reaction caused Kong Li a slight surprise.
He looked at Ning Fa and said slowly, "I didn't expect you to know this cultivation method, and even know that it has problems. It seems your fortune is indeed considerable."
Kong Li's words immediately made Ning Fa relax, and he asked with a deep frown, "You know this cultivation method has problems?"
"Indeed. When Daoist Friend Xu Yuan told us this method, he already informed us of this matter.
He said that this cultivation method has a significant origin, and it is very likely a secret inherited technique from a mysterious race in the Spirit Realm. It's unknown how it spread to our Human Realm.
Moreover, although this cultivation method has some circulation in the Human Realm, what has been circulated are only truncated versions of this technique.
These truncated versions not only have greatly reduced power and divine abilities but also carry significant hidden dangers.
If one cultivates too deeply, there is a high probability of losing one's self-awareness and becoming a puppet. Therefore, the circulation of this cultivation method in the Human Realm clearly indicates a conspiracy."
As Kong Li spoke slowly, Ning Fa listened with great concern. This was indeed very similar to his previous experience.
"However, the Primordial Soul Split Spirit Art that the Spiritual Pivot Pavilion obtained is not a truncated version, but most likely the complete version.
This is because the Spiritual Pivot Pavilion had already noticed this bizarre cultivation method and possessed a truncated version. By comparing the two, they reached this conclusion.
The complete version of the Primordial Soul Split Spirit Art was obtained by a former Spirit Transformation Great Cultivator of the Spiritual Pivot Pavilion from a secret location in another cultivation world.
Even to obtain this cultivation method, that Spirit Transformation Great Cultivator suffered severe injuries and passed away shortly after returning to the Spiritual Pivot Pavilion.
Although the Primordial Soul Split Spirit Art is extremely bizarre, in the face of the complete version obtained at the cost of that Great Cultivator's life, the Spiritual Pivot Pavilion still allowed disciples to try cultivating it.
However, possibly because this cultivation method originated from an alien race, the cultivation threshold for the complete version of the Primordial Soul Split Spirit Art is very high.
In the more than ten thousand years since the Spiritual Pivot Pavilion obtained this cultivation method, no one has been able to cultivate it to a profound realm."
"Could Lingyun cultivate this technique?" Ning Fa couldn't help but interject.
At this moment, Kong Li's expression was also grave. He nodded, "Yes, Daoist Friend Xu Yuan had already discovered this during his previous interactions with Lingyun.
However, Lingyun is not a disciple of their Spiritual Pivot Pavilion, and with Lingyun's potential, she has a high probability of advancing to become a Great Cultivator in the future.
Therefore, Daoist Friend Xu Yuan did not mention letting Lingyun cultivate the complete version of the Primordial Soul Split Spirit Art before, as there was no confirmation whether this cultivation method had any problems.
But later, Lingyun was afflicted by the Nine Li God Sealing Curse, and the situation changed.
Because the complete version of the Primordial Soul Split Spirit Art has a special secret technique called the [Nirvana Soul Essence Technique].
This technique is very special. After cultivation, it can cause the cultivator's soul to gradually disintegrate and then recondense after complete disintegration.
In this way, the recondensed soul will be exceptionally powerful, making it much easier to break through cultivation bottlenecks.
This technique is also recommended in the complete version of the Primordial Soul Split Spirit Art as a secret technique for breaking through to the Spirit Transformation realm.
However, this process is naturally extremely perilous, and a slight mistake can lead to eternal damnation.
And this secret technique happens to be very suitable for Lingyun's situation.
Because Lingyun's soul was planted with that Nine Li God Sealing Curse, and as long as this curse cannot be removed, cultivating this technique to make her soul disintegrate and recondense again has a great chance of directly breaking the curse.
This method naturally carries great risks, but at that time, we couldn't find any better solution, and Lingyun's condition couldn't afford further delays.
Moreover, although the Primordial Soul Split Spirit Art is bizarre, based on previous cases, its abnormalities can be resolved if discovered in time.
So, Lingyun eventually cultivated this technique, and her progress was indeed very rapid. Just over a year later, she began to formally cultivate that secret technique.
And to assist her cultivation, we froze her here, and it has been thirty years now..."
Kong Li finished speaking in a low voice, and Ning Fa's body trembled.
"What is Lingyun's current condition? And the child?" he asked with a hoarse voice.
At this moment, Kong Li's eyes were also filled with solemnity, and he said slowly, "About three years after Lingyun began cultivating that secret technique, her soul successfully disintegrated."