Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation

By the roadside, as the puppet's right arm with the Feather Rune glowed brightly.

The Law Imprint on the forehead of the black dog flashed abruptly, like lightning on a winter down jacket, fleeting.

"It has switched." Jiang Ning muttered to himself.

He had previously used the Feather Rune on the black dog in that Source World to plant a Divine Sense observation mark.

Thus, even though he was far away in Yuzhou, he was still able to use the special marks related to the Heaven and Earth Laws to observe the other party's situation.

Source World.

Along the edge of the city wall, on a stone path, a dog that lay on the ground like a dead dog suddenly moved.

The black dog stirred, stood up, and walked around, looking very confused by the completely unfamiliar world in front of it.

It clearly had been lying on a garbage can cover just a moment ago, furiously barking, dominating over humans, imperious, how did it suddenly end up in this godforsaken place?

It couldn't understand.

The black dog felt very hungry, sniffed around with its nose, and decided to find something to eat.

Just then, two ragged beggars suddenly rushed out from an alley.

In the real world, the black dog ruled with fear, and everyone diverted their path as soon as it bellowed!

So the black dog utterly disregarded the two beggars and opened its mouth for a fierce "Woof!" but before it could bark a second time, one of the beggars knocked it down with a stick.

"Big brother, this dog didn't run when it saw us and even dared to bark at us!" the beggar exclaimed with immense surprise, "What audacity!"

"That's perfect, isn't it? We'll have dog meat for lunch," the other beggar said, delivering another blow with his stick and ending the little life of the black dog.

Yuzhou.

Jiang Ning withdrew his Divine Sense, his expression puzzled.

The last scene his Divine Sense received was the two beggars dragging the black dog away; it met its end, no doubt, being eaten.

He hadn't expected the first experiment to meet such a dire fate.

At the same time, Jiang Ning looked at the stray black dog on the ground, which suddenly let out a mournful cry, then its eyes bulged, and it rolled on the spot in agony.

It lasted about thirty seconds; then, the black dog lay on the cement, half-dead and listlessly.

Jiang Ning checked the black dog with his Divine Sense and found that its condition, though a bit more sluggish, was otherwise not too bad.

Thus, Jiang Ning noted, "The black dog did not bring any Law Fragments in its interdimensional travel."

"Moreover, because the 'carrier' died, it experienced great pain."

After confirming this, Jiang Ning cast a spell to help dry the black dog's fur; otherwise, in the dead of winter, the black dog would likely freeze to death. Then Jiang Ning took a large bone with meat on it from his Storage Ring and threw it out.

Afternoon.

Jiang Ning directed the puppet to enter the 'Source World' and erased the soul of a yellow dog.

He then found a stray dog of the same breed in the real world.

After completing the experiment, Jiang Ning discovered that even though the yellow dog survived the transfer to the Source World, it still failed to bring him any Law Fragments.

Jiang Ning concluded, "Canine creatures cannot aid in the acquisition of Law Fragments."

"Should we try creatures with higher intelligence, such as primates?"

In the evening, Jiang Ning controlled the puppet to search for monkeys in the forests of the Source World, but none of the five monkeys tested had their souls erased.

Jiang Ning speculated that since monkeys are social animals, when the Feather Rune conceals the fates, the subject must be as solitary as possible, without many ties to its kind, or else the soul cannot be erased.

Fortunately, Jiang Ning persevered and found a solitary monkey, whose soul he erased.

He then went to the Yu Zhou Zoo, found a similar monkey, and had their souls exchanged.

Yet, still, he achieved no success in bringing back any Law Fragments.

At night, Jiang Ning stood on the river dam, looking at the distant Hui River.

"It seems that ordinary creatures cannot bring back Law Fragments through interdimensional travel; the next attempt should be with humans," Jiang Ning silently mused.

'Interdimensional travel, even if the 'container' in the Source World dies, the soul in the present world remains unharmed.'

This ensured safety.

"I remember there's a famous prison in Tu County that holds many extremely vicious criminals."

"Besides, swapping souls won't cause any harm to people."

"Let's give it a try for now."

In the early morning, Jiang Ning activated the puppet and entered the Source World.

He came to the largest human city nearby.

In a dilapidated thatched hut, Jiang Ning found a patient full of terminal illnesses, tormented by pain to the point of suicide. Just before the patient could plunge a dagger into his heart, Jiang Ning intervened, erasing the patient's soul to help him die a bit more easily.

The 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, seven in the morning.

Jiang Ning was taking a walk on the river dam, his brows tightly furrowed.

"Why can't I obtain Law Fragments by swapping human souls?"

This was completely unexpected for Jiang Ning.

In this case, the idea of casually pulling a human, swapping souls, and then collecting Law Fragments had fallen through.

"Why was it that when I used the Divine Origin Shuttle to travel, I could easily bring out Laws, but others cannot?"

Could it be that only I can obtain Law Fragments in this world?

He couldn't help but entertain this thought.

If it were only puppets entering that world, even if the puppet blends in well, it would still be of little use to Jiang Ning.

Because the things from that world couldn't be brought back by puppets.

Truly a useless effort.

Only Law Fragments could currently be brought back.

Jiang Ning recalled in his mind the only time he brought back fragments, trying to find a reason.

His frown gradually relaxed as he sensed some clues, seemingly truly out of the ordinary.

After a long while, Jiang Ning uttered four words: "Strong soul."

Perhaps it was his soul that was strong enough to cause a rejection by the Source World and produce abnormalities, thus obtaining Law Fragments.

If his guess was true.

Then, someone with a sufficiently strong soul from the real world needed to be sent over to obtain Law Fragments again.

But in the real world, Jiang Ning had never seen anyone with a naturally strong soul.

So, to enhance soul strength, should he pass on the Divine Sense Technique to others? That was absolutely impossible.

Jiang Ning dismissed it without consideration.

He thought of another method, to send people from the real world with ordinary souls over, use the "carrier" to cultivate to a certain extent, strengthen the soul, and obtain fragments upon returning.

Jiang Ning perfected his guess.

If trying this avenue, then he should choose someone he was relatively familiar with and who had capable abilities.

He would swap his consciousness into a carrier of the Source World.

The battle strength of that world was not high, the Concealing Qi Technique inherent in the puppets was completely undetected by those Source Cultivators.

Perhaps there were powerful cultivators in the Source World, but according to Jiang Ning's estimation, they were absolutely no match for Foundation Establishment Cultivators of the Cultivation World.

"Generally speaking, the resources of a world determine the number of strong individuals."

Although the Source World was not strong, the humans of the real world were weaker. If ordinary people were swapped there without certain talents and opportunities, even surviving would be a difficult task.

"I might have to provide some assistance to the person."

"This matter requires long-term planning, and choosing the person must be done with utmost caution."

"It's best if it's someone I'm familiar with."

Jiang Ning determined the next step for his experiment.