“It’s fortunate that it’s only the memories before the age of sixteen. If the entire memory sea of the Star of Memories were to flood in all at once, I’m afraid your consciousness would be obliterated.”

The broken shadow said with a hint of relief.

Henry Spencer also felt a chill in his heart. The memories within the entire memory sea were unimaginably vast and terrifying.

The star he had merged with was but a speck of dust among them.

After a long while, Henry Spencer finally managed to receive that vast amount of memory information.

Yet these memories were only a portion—those before the age of sixteen in his previous life.

The clearest part among them was about cultivating the ancient body-refining technique, “Nine Transformations of Dragon and Serpent.”

Whoosh!

After absorbing the memories, Henry Spencer once again appeared in the memory sea, atop that one and only bright star.

He was already impatient, eager to leave the memory sea and return to reality to cultivate.

“No need to rush. In reality, you are still unconscious. You can take this opportunity to cultivate here.”

The remnant soul of his past life smiled faintly.

“Cultivate here? How is that possible!”

Henry Spencer wore a strange expression.

No matter how foolish he was, he knew this was not a real space.

“Cultivation here can only occur in your consciousness. Once you succeed in your cultivation here, when you return to reality, you will have fully comprehended the essence. Cultivation will then come naturally, and all that’s left is practice.”

The remnant soul of his past life explained.

“I see.”

Henry Spencer immediately understood.

After merging with the memories of his previous life, he found his comprehension had also improved. The words of the broken shadow needed only to be said once for him to grasp them fully.

Next, without needing further instruction from the remnant soul, Henry Spencer sat cross-legged on the star, closed his eyes, and began to cultivate.

In an instant, every detail of the young man’s practice of “Nine Transformations of Dragon and Serpent” in his previous life merged into his mind.

“The body-refining stage is usually extremely dull and monotonous, but this ‘Nine Transformations of Dragon and Serpent,’ as an ancient foundational body cultivation method, is truly remarkable.”

The remnant soul of his past life praised.

“Body cultivation technique?”

Henry Spencer was slightly taken aback.

“Body cultivation is an extremely ancient tradition, vastly different from the usual immortal cultivation, sword cultivation, or demon cultivation. This path believes neither in heaven nor earth, but only pursues the most primal, most fundamental power of ‘man.’ Its limitation is that all power comes from the physical body itself, and it is extremely difficult to cultivate—almost lost in the cultivation world.”

When the remnant soul of his past life mentioned body cultivation, his tone was clearly grave.

Henry Spencer asked no more, focusing his mind entirely on that memory, comprehending the “Nine Transformations of Dragon and Serpent” so highly praised by the remnant soul.

The Nine Transformations of Dragon and Serpent is divided into nine levels, each with a key word: Softness, Break, Drift, Coil, Stillness, Poison, Hardness, Roar, Intimidate.

These body-refining moves were strange and awkward, many of them extremely difficult, even exceeding the limits of the human body.

Henry Spencer first observed the movements of the first transformation, “Softness,” which resembled a dance and required an extremely high degree of flexibility.

“These movements—even the first level—are very difficult for me in reality.”

Henry Spencer frowned slightly, stood up, and began to practice in this space of consciousness.

Just attempting the first two movements was already quite strenuous for him.

Soon, he stopped and suddenly laughed, “I almost forgot, this body-refining technique must be practiced together with a breathing method.”

In his previous life, when cultivating the “Nine Transformations of Dragon and Serpent,” he had to combine it with a breathing technique to achieve the best results.

Thinking of this, Henry Spencer sat down cross-legged again to calm his mind.

In this desolate, empty world, he quickly cleared his mind of distractions and immersed himself in the unique breathing of the youth from his previous life.

The breathing technique in “Nine Transformations of Dragon and Serpent” alternated between long and short breaths, requiring complete relaxation of the mind, allowing the spirit to merge with the irregular, peculiar breathing.

Hoo! Hoo-hoo! Hoo...

In that strange breathing, Henry Spencer’s mind unknowingly entered a state of selflessness.

Breathing, heartbeat, body temperature, even the slightest movement of the outside world—all seemed so clear.

From the moment he was born, Henry Spencer’s state of mind had never been so peaceful and lucid.

“Ten levels of body refinement—I will never give up!”

In a daze, he became the youth of his previous life, merging into that past life.

At the same time, more memories about the “Nine Transformations of Dragon and Serpent” and the youth of his previous life surged forth, becoming even clearer.

Two hours later, Henry Spencer awoke, a divine light flickering in his eyes, and exclaimed in surprise, “I actually mastered the first level of the breathing technique so quickly.”

As far as he knew, it usually took at least ten days to half a month for an ordinary person to get started with this breathing technique. Even in his previous life, it had taken him half a day to master the first level.

“A mere small achievement, and you’re already so pleased with yourself? You practiced this breathing technique once in your previous life and gained deep insight. Cultivating it again in this life is essentially a second round of practice.”

The remnant soul of his past life said with a hint of mockery.

“Second round of practice? I see, I’ve absorbed all the insights and memories from my previous life.”

Henry Spencer’s mind was exceptionally clear, and he didn’t mind the tone of the remnant soul.

Next, he began to practice the first form of the Nine Transformations of Dragon and Serpent—the “Softness” technique.