You promised yourself to be a caged bird, but you became the supreme young master?

Chapter 104 The Possibility of First-Order Perfection of Essence, Qi, and Spirit

"The possibility of achieving perfection in essence, energy, and spirit—"

The moment Lu Heng asked the question, the remnant soul wanted to deny the possibility, and even had the idea of ​​rebuking him for being unrealistic.

How could perfection be so simple?!

Even the most outstanding cultivation geniuses, who spend years stuck in the Body Refining Secret Realm, which is only at the first level, may not be able to break through their Basic Body Refining Technique to the perfect level.

Of the three elements of essence, energy, and spirit, the physical body, which corresponds to essence, is the easiest to perfect, also known as the body refinement realm.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be the first secret realm for cultivators to enter among the three great secret realms.

Even so, only the truly gifted and exceptional individuals, those with extraordinary talent in cultivation, have an absolute chance of achieving perfection.

And that goes without saying for the other two.

According to the records of the Heavenly Demon Sect thousands of years ago, there were sects and families that began cultivating the other two methods from the first level, and even those that consistently cultivated only one of the three methods of essence, energy, and spirit from beginning to end.

But almost all of them were eliminated by the cruel passage of time.

Finally, from even more distant times, thousands of years ago, what remains is the path of gradually progressing from the Body Refining Secret Realm to the Qi Refining Secret Realm and then to the Mystic Refining Secret Realm, ultimately leading to the path to the Great Dao.

Of course, being eliminated doesn't mean it no longer exists; it's just that it's not mainstream, a niche within a niche.

The path of spiritual practice is not so easily severed.

Even choosing just one of the three methods of essence, energy, and spirit as the initial secret realm is already so difficult; if one wants to perfect all three methods...

Even true cultivation prodigies can squander their talents.

The remnant soul was like that from the beginning, without any intention of being impatient or hasty, choosing the established cultivation system as the broad road to gradual progress.

If one pursues perfection of essence, energy, and spirit in every realm, the remnant soul knows that it might not truly waste its own talent.

But at most, when you reach the Qi Refining Secret Realm, in order not to fall too far behind your peers with the same talent.

Even when that time comes, one will still need to abandon the path of perfecting one's essence, energy, and spirit.

Of course, having perfect energy and spirit, or practicing the three methods simultaneously, is not without its benefits.

The most straightforward point is that—

Unrivaled among its peers!!!

A true cultivation prodigy would trade staying at a certain realm for a longer period to become invincible among those of the same level.

A cultivation prodigy who has perfected two methods can easily slaughter dozens of cultivation prodigies who have only perfected one method.

Because the Eastern system of spiritual practice is already well-established, only a very small number of people choose to practice in this way.

However, the Western professional system is quite different in some places and has a greater variety of professions, except for the warrior profession, which starts by cultivating the essence of the body.

There is also the swordsman path, which represents the energy of heaven and earth, from the very beginning.

Even in the cultivation of essence, energy, and spirit, the mage profession represents the spirit and soul.

The flaxen-haired youth that Lu Heng met in the underground boxing tournament had actually chosen to cultivate as a swordsman.

The fact that the remnant soul could recognize that it had been to the Western Continent thousands of years ago, while Lu Heng could not, does not necessarily mean anything.

The first-tier swordsman class is actually not much different from the first-tier warrior class in terms of combat performance.

The fundamental differences only begin to appear from the second level, which is the Qi Refining Secret Realm of the Eastern cultivation system.

Besides the three conventional career paths, in the Western professional system, what truly differentiates the upper-class aristocracy from the lower-class professionals, aside from the talent brought by bloodline, is...

There are also special professions!

These professions include, but are not limited to, Bloodline Knights and Bloodline Warlocks, who are professions based on their innate bloodline.

There are also those that test talent, such as—

Magic and martial arts professionals correspond to spirit and magic, paladins correspond to essence and energy, and so on—

Under these circumstances, even the remnant souls who had once traveled to the Western Continent had to admit that, at the same level, those professions that chose special paths were by no means weak, even within the Eastern cultivation system, and some even possessed the ability to fight beyond their level.

However, the difficulty and speed of career advancement are not fundamentally different from those of Eastern practitioners who cultivate two or even three methods simultaneously.

Given that the three methods can only enhance combat power without any fundamental change, the vast majority of Eastern practitioners would not choose to cultivate all three methods simultaneously.

The remnant soul revealed the advantages and disadvantages of practicing the three methods together in one go.

"Won't there be any fundamental changes?" Lu Heng said with some disappointment.

"The Western professional system may exist, after all, special professions combine two of the three methods of essence, energy, and spirit, otherwise those Western noble bloodlines would not have wasted their efforts."

However, in the Eastern cultivation system, due to the established cultivation levels, the three methods are cultivated in sequence. Do you want to cultivate the three methods at the same level?

This is equivalent to achieving success in one fell swoop. If we have to point out the advantages, it's probably that compared to other cultivators...

After each breakthrough, you will cultivate faster in the early stages because you possess the corresponding techniques for cultivating the new secret realm.

However, due to the fact that they practice the Three Laws together, their advantage is only temporary and they will soon be surpassed by others.

Alright, having said all that, do you still intend to practice all three methods at the same time?

To be honest, I don't recommend this.

The remnant soul spoke slowly, and although he did not say it explicitly, he believed that Lu Heng should not have made such a choice, given that the path of cultivation was very clear.

As a prodigy in cultivation, Lu Heng had absolutely no need to choose to cultivate three methods simultaneously, in the eyes of the remnant soul.

"Is there any secret realm that requires practicing three methods simultaneously?" Lu Heng asked unwillingly.

Because it was only then that he belatedly realized a very serious problem—

He had previously assumed that all cultivation systems were the same, and that by mastering cultivation, he could deduce subsequent realms.

But in fact--

The subsequent techniques he could deduce through mastering the characteristics of this technique might not be techniques from the Qi Refining Secret Realm, but rather second-tier techniques from the Body Refining Secret Realm.

Without even thinking, Lu Heng knew that second-tier cultivators who practiced the three different methods were completely different, and he could tell at a glance.

If he were just a rogue cultivator, it wouldn't matter.

They may also claim to have obtained other inheritances by chance, and practice other methods. There may be few cultivators who do not follow the orthodox path of cultivation, but they are definitely not non-existent.

But he was not, and he was the most dangerous branch family member of the Lu clan.

The Lu family does not allow its members to possess any power beyond their control.

Those who practice other methods possess this possibility beyond their control.

Even if it's just a possibility, Lu Heng absolutely cannot afford to gamble.

Since that's the case, whether he wanted to follow the path of the three methods of essence, energy, and spirit or not, he was forced to embark on this path.

Otherwise, he wouldn't even be able to get past the next step of the cultivation method.