Beast Tamer Ascension
Book 4: Chapter 89: Powerful Foundation

Vol 4 Chapter 89: Powerful Foundation

Xian Prison Mountain.

Now at the early Nascent Soul Transformation Stage, Lin Jing gently stroked the corpse of the Immortal Ox in front of him, his gaze intense.

At this point, the injuries to his foundation caused by advancing to the Nascent Soul Transformation Stage had completely healed. At the same time, during his recovery, he had gained an unexpected reward—he had fully mastered the Corpse-Driving Secret Technique of the Yin Corpse Sect.

Originally, Lin Jing thought he would need the Enlightenment Fish Soup to swiftly master the technique, but the effect of the Blood Bodhi had truly surprised him.

He had a theory: in a near-death state, the enhancement from the Blood Bodhi might not be inferior to the Enlightenment Fish Soup.

Of course, it’s extremely difficult for ordinary cultivators to focus on cultivation while severely wounded. Lin Jing had managed it only because he merged with the Ice Soul Gu, using its power to freeze his pain and seal off the worsening injuries without actually healing them. This allowed him to fully absorb the benefits of the Blood Bodhi.

“Also probably has something to do with the Corpse-Driving Secret Technique being half a Control Dao technique… it was relatively easy to cultivate.” Lin Jing murmured.

Using the purest source of life as a power source, he tried to control the Immortal Beast corpse in front of him. When he found it could only twitch slightly, he chuckled and shook his head.

“Without the power of death to activate the technique together, it really doesn’t work.”

“But right now, the Death God Pearl is already given to the Ice Soul Gu to refine its external avatar. Once it’s done, I’ll have it try again.”

“Besides, the mana of the Nascent Soul stage is too weak. To control it perfectly, I’d definitely have to burn life force to return to the Nascent Soul Transformation Stage, then keep burning lifespan to perform Divine Control Technique, raise my Control Dao level to match the Corpse-Driving Secret Technique—only then could I control this Immortal Corpse properly.”

He put the Immortal Ox corpse back into his storage bag. Then, suddenly sensing something, he turned toward a direction—he could feel the Mechanized Turtle approaching, and couldn’t help but mutter:

“Looks like... it didn’t succeed, huh…”

...

Not long after, the Mechanized Turtle returned carrying the Holy Son of the Wu God Hall, successfully regrouping with Lin Jing.

Without needing a report, Lin Jing already understood everything the Mechanized Turtle had experienced during this time through their contract link.

“So that’s how it went. What a pity—mechanical lifeforms can’t make it onto the rankings like humans and demon beasts.” Lin Jing sighed.

This meant the Mechanized Turtle couldn’t enjoy the Dao comprehension boost from the Destiny Golden Ranking... but it wasn’t a big deal.

After all, its core strength lay in its ability to control treasures beyond its level. This ability was already the pinnacle in the lower realm and couldn’t be enhanced further. As long as it had that, the Mechanized Turtle could be almost invincible in the lower realm. Compared to that, the golden ranking’s Dao benefits were far less important—for it, the benefits meant more for Song Leaf Mouse, Dragon Carp, and Ice Soul Gu.

“Well done, and you even brought back the Holy Son of the Wu God Hall.” Lin Jing smiled at the Mechanized Turtle.

“Mission complete! Can I finally travel freely now? Freedom, freedom, and more freedom!!!” The Mechanized Turtle was more eager for freedom than anything else.

“Ah... well.” Lin Jing fell into thought as he looked toward the golden ranking, then grinned.

“One last mission. Absolutely the last one.”

Mechanized Turtle: ???

“Look, the Wu God Hall’s Holy Son is ranked ninth. That means if we keep him detained on Xian Prison Mountain and continuously defeat him, Song Leaf Mouse, Dragon Carp, and Ice Soul Gu can at least occupy the ninth and tenth positions.”

“But of course, all three of them have to make it into the top ten.”

“Now check this out. Yuzhejian Island is pretty far from your location. You could follow the same method and snatch the Junior Sister of Water Moon Immortal Island too. That way, the fourth spot would be ours.” Ice Soul Gu stroked its chin, thinking it was totally feasible.

Although Granny Yinshan had used a Yin Spirit Gu as trade to ask me to protect that Junior Sister in the Source Realm, from another angle—if I don’t let her return to the Source Realm, wouldn’t that be the best kind of protection? As long as she doesn’t go back, she’ll never run into danger there…

Water Moon Immortal Island is a place with deep restrictions and heavy concealment—extremely hard to find. Any other pet might get lost under the sea. Only the Mechanized Turtle has hope of successfully reaching the island and capturing the Junior Sister.

Though I can’t exactly bring my pets to challenge their door, that entire island is full of handsome male cultivators. Ice Soul Gu was worried that once it got there, it wouldn’t want to come back.

“Abba abba abba… Mechanized Turtle suspects this really isn’t... the last mission. You want me to kidnap Water Moon Immortal Island’s Senior Sister now?”

The turtle was confused. Wasn’t that Senior Sister ranked eighth? Song Leaf Mouse and the others haven’t even reached the Nascent Soul Transformation Stage—could they even beat her solo??

“Relax,” Lin Jing said. “The techniques and spells of Water Moon Immortal Island only reach their full power in ocean environments. That’s why the island is located at sea and rarely lands.”

“At sea, they’re nearly invincible. But once on land, their strength drops by thirty percent. That’s exactly why I want you to bring her here...”

“Go ahead. On the other side of the ocean lies freedom.”

“Hmm? Looks like Ice Soul Gu is done. Perfect timing—leave the Wu God Hall’s Holy Son to me. I’ll have Ice Soul Gu give it a shot.”

...

Inside the Hourglass of Time.

Ice Soul Gu looked at the black spider avatar wrapped in death energy, now at the Half-Step Nascent Soul Transformation Stage, and silently acknowledged it.

This avatar was refined using the blood of the Gu God along with the death origin of an Undying Rare Beast. It gave Ice Soul Gu the feeling that it was even stronger than its main body.

Even though its main body had also reached Half-Step Nascent Soul Transformation by devouring the Fang Poison Gu—achieving Nine Gu Unity!

Fortunately, an avatar is still an avatar. With a single thought from Ice Soul Gu, the avatar fused back into its main body. The merging of the two powers left Ice Soul Gu feeling utterly refreshed—it even had the urge to go challenge that fish’s immortal fire right now.

“How does it feel?” Lin Jing asked via telepathy. Ice Soul Gu nodded excitedly—wonderful, absolutely wonderful.

“Good. Next, I’ve got a Nascent Soul Transformation Stage opponent for you to practice with. But he’s not your average Nascent Soul cultivator. Even though you’re only a step away from breaking through, Gu insects aren’t made for solo combat—you might not be able to beat him.”

“Leave it to me. I’ll crush him!” Ice Soul Gu didn’t believe that with its current foundation, it couldn’t take down a mere early-stage Nascent Soul.

“Don’t get cocky.”

“He’s the Holy Son of the Wu God Hall—a top-tier genius of the Tianyuan Realm. He’s experienced in countering Gu insects. Better not take him lightly. To boost your chances, I’ll let you use one of the Void Mystical Stage Demon Ancestor corpses we killed in Tongtian City. With your current power and mastery of death energy, parasitizing a demon ancestor should be no problem. With that vessel, you’ll be able to unleash your full power.”

Lin Jing made the arrangements. The Ghost Puppet had a quasi-immortal artifact, and Ice Soul Gu now had a demon ancestor corpse!

...

No one knew how long had passed, but the Holy Son of Wu God Hall woke up in an unknown mountain range.

In agonizing pain, he looked toward the ice spider crouched not far from him, now at Half-Step Nascent Soul Transformation Stage.

“What the h*ll... that’s... Lin Jing’s Ice Soul Gu!!?”

Just as he recognized the situation, the Ice Soul Gu flicked out a pile of top-grade spirit herbs with its silk.

“Hurry up and eat them. After that, let’s have a fight!” Ice Soul Gu urged.

The Holy Son nearly blacked out. D*mn it... that twisted Holy Son of the Demon Court… just you wait.

A freaky mechanical beast with a quasi-immortal artifact I couldn’t beat. And now even this lowly Gu bug that’s barely at Nascent Soul wants to humiliate me?