Nascent Soul (元婴, Yuányīng)
Summary
English: A spiritual infant or second self transformed from the Golden Core.
中文： 金丹所化的元神形态，常被描写为可离体遨游的灵性自我。
Definition
English: Nascent Soul is a recurring xianxia and cultivation concept. A spiritual infant or second self transformed from the Golden Core. The exact rules change from novel to novel, but the term usually helps explain progression, conflict, resources, or cultural imagination.
中文： 元婴（Yuányīng）是修仙叙事中的常见概念。金丹所化的元神形态，常被描写为可离体遨游的灵性自我。不同作品会有各自设定，但它通常用于解释境界进阶、资源分配、修炼风险或文化想象。
Role in Cultivation
English: The Nascent Soul supports stronger divine sense, survival, possession, and avatar motifs.
中文： 元婴让修士获得更强的神识和保命能力，也使夺舍、分身等设定成立。
In Classic Works
English: In works such as A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality, Stellar Travel, and Xian Ni, this concept is usually embedded in a larger system of realms, techniques, sects, and resources.
中文： 在《凡人修仙传》《飘邈之旅》《仙逆》等作品中，这一概念通常与境界、功法、宗门和资源体系共同出现，帮助读者理解角色成长逻辑。
Related Concepts
References
- Baidu Baike entries for 修仙 and 修真
- Taoist inner-alchemy background materials
- Representative cultivation-fiction settings