Wasted Potential

But coming down from the wake of the desensitizing experience and not having any reason to think that there was more beyond his feelings, Di Tou simply decided to let it go. Powerful or not, as far as Di Tou was concerned, having less of these harrowing experiences was better.

Standing up, Di Tou looked around for a while and found that other than the odd feeling of distance from the world, as things were, the Nascent Soul stage didn't seem all that different. Unlike the Golden Core Stage, where Di Tou could physically feel the Golden Core in his body, the Nascent Soul… 

Hmm.

It was there, but also not there. It was like another layer of consciousness or like listening to an internal monologue. It was always there to an extent, but even focusing on it, sometimes it felt a little quiet or a little off.