Troublemaker’s Guide to Immortality

"Soul realm advancement speed?"

Yun Jin blinked, unsure how to answer at first.

Shen Yanye glanced at her cultivation. "You're already at the Golden Core stage. Your soul realm should match that level. From mortal to this stage, how long did it take you?"

Yun Jin replied, "I think... about two months?"

"Two months?"

Shen Yanye froze for a second, then frowned. "Answer seriously."

Reaching the Golden Core stage from mortal level in just two months? Was this a joke?

Ling Fei quickly explained, "Brother Shen... it's true. Yun Jin only joined the sect two months ago."

He himself had only just realized that Yun Jin had broken through to the Golden Core stage without anyone noticing. His expression turned slightly odd.

Shen Yanye was stunned.

Such cultivation speed wasn't entirely unheard of, but cultivators who achieved this were always monstrous talents, shaking entire regions. He knew of one great figure who, after reincarnating, reached the Golden Core stage in a single month, but that was someone with countless preparations and sealed treasures from a past life.

How could someone like this appear in a small sect like Tianxing Sect?

Shen Yanye's expression shifted slightly as he asked, "While cultivating, what was the situation with your soul realm?"

Yun Jin looked puzzled. "It just kept advancing on its own."

"You've never encountered a bottleneck due to soul realm limits?" Shen Yanye asked again.

"Nope." Yun Jin shook her head.

His eyes narrowed.

If this was true, then her chance of possessing the Beastmaster talent was extremely high. He had only come to fulfill a past favor to Ling Fei. He never expected to potentially discover a gem like this.

Shen Yanye took a deep breath. "Next, close your eyes. I'll use a secret art to stimulate your spiritual force. If you possess the Beastmaster talent, once your mental force reaches its limit, the Beastmaster Space and talent will awaken. If not... there will be no reaction."

"Got it." Yun Jin was starting to feel nervous.

This kind of talent was either there or not—no system trick would help her here. The simplification system could make things easier, but it couldn't create something from nothing.

This time, it all depended on her.

Following Shen Yanye's instructions, Yun Jin closed her eyes. He glanced into the cave. Ye Danxia was peeking over curiously. With a flick of his hand, Shen Yanye set up a barrier, cutting off her vision.

Then, he activated the secret technique. A thread of spiritual force slipped quietly into Yun Jin's mind. In the Beastmaster Sect, there were special tools to assist with awakening, but he didn't have them here. He would have to stimulate her mental force manually, bit by bit.

Although he had only just entered the Tribulation stage and was still far from Mahayana, awakening someone at the Golden Core level should be well within his capability.

At first, Shen Yanye was cautious, releasing just a sliver of mental power. But the moment it touched Yun Jin's sea of consciousness, it vanished completely, as if absorbed into a bottomless pool.

He frowned and slowly increased the pressure.

Not until his force reached mid-Golden Core level did Yun Jin show any reaction, merely furrowing her brows slightly.

Still not the limit?

Gritting his teeth, he pushed further, releasing power at the late-Golden Core stage.

Yun Jin bore it all without flinching.

Shen Yanye's heart stirred.

She had only just entered Golden Core stage, yet her soul strength was clearly beyond this realm. To awaken the Beastmaster talent, the stimulus must press the soul to its limit, so that the talent bursts forth under pressure.

Making up his mind, he pushed directly to Nascent Soul-level force.

At last, Yun Jin's body reacted more noticeably.

Sweat beaded on her forehead, and the sealed soul force within her began to stir and surge forth. After experiencing countless small worlds, her soul power had grown immense—far beyond what this world could typically endure. It had been sealed until now, gradually releasing as she cultivated.

Now, that power erupted.

Shen Yanye's stimulation worked even better than Zhao Wuji's pressure from before. Her soul force flared like a storm. Her sea of consciousness churned violently, vast amounts of soul power swirling like a vortex, devouring Shen Yanye's invading spiritual force.

Seeing no result, he pushed even harder.

The two forces clashed in Yun Jin's consciousness.

Despite the seal, her soul power remained formidable. Though the initial release was limited, its sheer tenacity couldn't be underestimated. Even when strained to the brink, it showed no signs of collapse.

Meanwhile, Shen Yanye was nearing a breaking point himself. He had now raised his strength to Divine Transformation level. But still, her sea of consciousness absorbed his power like a void, never once hitting its limit. Even worse, it began pulling on his energy, reversing the flow and draining him.

And Yun Jin?

She felt like her body had turned into a battlefield. The two powers warred inside her, their pressure all falling squarely on her.

Ling Fei, watching from the side, grew more and more nervous.

Something was wrong.

Shen Yanye was a Tribulation stage cultivator—shouldn't awakening a junior go smoothly?

Why did both of them look so strained?

His heart clenched with worry. If something went wrong... no matter who it affected, he didn't know how he could bear the responsibility.

Shen Yanye also wanted to stop.

He sensed that something was off about Yun Jin. If he pushed too far, she might collapse.

But her consciousness was pulling on him, refusing to let go.

So, the clash continued.

To his disbelief, her soul power seemed to challenge him directly, refusing to submit.

She was still only Golden Core!

How could her soul force dare to defy a Tribulation cultivator like him?

Yet it did.

The energy within her was massive and strange. Shen Yanye tried several times to pull back, but was trapped, unable to retreat.

He had no choice but to keep increasing his power.

From Nascent Soul...

To Divine Transformation...

And still, it wasn't enough.

Watching Yun Jin's face twist in pain, Shen Yanye began to panic.

This much force would have crushed any other Golden Core cultivator several times over.

But Yun Jin?

She was still sitting upright.

Just who was this girl?

Yun Jin, too, was at her limit. Though the struggle was centered in her consciousness, the effects were bleeding into her physical body. If this continued, her body would collapse before her mind. Gritting her teeth, she focused and tried to control the raging storm within her.