Chapter 1290 The Impossible Might Be Possible.
You can overwhelm each small piece of the soul fragment individually after cutting them up instead of struggling with the whole soul fragment. That will increase the chance of success of the brainwashing and avoid memory backlash which causes reverse brainwashing.
Even if reverse brainwashing doesn't occur, there can be some other complications during the process. The soul might become aware during the brainwashing and resist. That is unlikely if you made sure to cut it up into a small enough piece.
Legion-5 was meticulous with his cuts so these pieces didn't wake up. If they did, then he would crush their resistance with the soul blade. Chop them up and brainwash their smaller pieces individually all over again.
The brainwashing went without a hitch too. It was then that Legion-7 extended a part of himself to the soul fragments. This is the first time he is making actual contact with the fragments. He isn't using his soul force like the previous times. His soul and the soul fragments made contact and there was no rejection so they adhered to him.
"Ah." He exclaimed in pleasure. "This is good."
His soul which is also his current body felt elevated. It is a pleasurable feeling due to the special method of feeding. Unlike the last time when he absorbed soul fragments wantonly, the memory he gained now didn't try to brainwash him. Instead, they were absorbed smoothly. It helped that he didn't absorb the soul fragments at all. So his consciousness was still pure.
The corruption of the consciousness is not a phenomenon in the spiritual dimension that is unique to him. Eating the souls of others always leads to it. This causes madness, schizophrenia, and a crisis of identity.
This is due to the assimilation of memories and soul imprints of a different soul. So it is much worse than brainwashing. At least with brainwashing, you would think you were someone else but you would still have the survival instincts of the person you think you are.
Even soul grafting wouldn't have work on her soul fragments since they are all connected to each other and have access to billions of memories. Any attempt at brainwashing her soul fragments would have led to memory backlash and a reverse brainwashing.
So she was as secure as she could be. But then he came along with Origin essence. It should have been impossible but it should also have been impossible for someone to reincarnate.
Reality has shown that if something is possible at all, then it can happen no matter how small the chance is. If it is possible for his information to leak, then it can happen. So he will learn from the great mother and make sure that he doesn't release any important memories into the soul fragments.
Apart from this weakness, the soul grafting method has made him optimistic about his situation.
Legion-7 went on to hunt more soul fragments. He chose unaware soul fragments for now to try out his fighting skills on. This ensured that he was always successful and he grew stronger a little more.
He couldn't help but say, "Maybe my situation is not bad at all. The other clones haven't been born yet while I am already growing. Even if they are born and they grow, the strength of their bodies will only try to catch up to the strength of their souls. As for me, I don't have a body to hold me back. At this rate, I will outclass all of them in the strength of the soul."
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A/N: Do you think he planted a death flag by saying that?
