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

Chapter 120 Three Methods Break Limits, New Characteristics

Does the emergence of divine consciousness constitute breaking through the limits of the basic method of refining the spirit?

No, Lu Heng could clearly feel that even with the extraordinary effects of the Bodhi Liquid on breaking through bottlenecks.

He had reached perfection and could break through to the second tier in the blink of an eye. The Refining Spirit Method, which seemed to be on the verge of breaking its limit at any moment, remained as unmoved as a stubborn rock.

It should be noted that the effect of Bodhi Liquid on nourishing the soul was merely a minor aspect; it instantly elevated Lu Heng's soul to the peak of the Qi Refining Secret Realm.

The reason why he stopped there was that his soul had reached the limit that Lu Heng could bear.

Even if a cultivator in the Body Refinement Secret Realm has reached the peerless level, there is still a limit.

The upper limit of Lu Heng's spiritual potential can already be described as astonishing.

In this situation, most of the Bodhi liquid's effect on enhancing the cultivator's soul is still wasted.

Its effects are so great that they will even have an effect on the soul of a True Monarch of Refining Spirit.

A breakthrough in the spiritual soul does not necessarily mean a breakthrough in the method of refining the spirit. The two may seem the same, but in reality they are completely different.

Lu Heng's peak-level Qi Refining Secret Realm divine soul was not enough to grant him a refining method corresponding to his own divine soul level.

At most, it could only allow him to make rapid progress in his subsequent cultivation of the Refining Spirit Method, and even make him one of the three methods that Lu Heng was the first to break through the restrictions after entering the Qi Refining Secret Realm.

Of course, this does not mean that the method of refining the spirit becomes easier to break through.

In fact, after using the Bodhi Liquid and truly touching upon his own three methods, the last one that had not yet broken through its limits, Lu Heng discovered why this method could make even the most peerless beings feel despair.

The reason is simple: of the three methods, the one who breaks through the limit first, even if it is the most difficult method of refining the spirit, is also the easiest to break through.

After Lu Heng completes the breakthrough of the first method, the difficulty of breaking through the second method will increase exponentially, perhaps due to the limitations of cultivators, because he cannot understand it for the time being.

Because of this law, cultivators who break through the limits of a single method are called top-tier cultivation prodigies.

Those who have mastered the two limitless techniques are called peerless! A practitioner who has attained peerless status can even cross secret realms and defeat enemies.

The third method involves breakthroughs beyond the peerless level, which is why even for peerless individuals, it is considered extremely difficult.

The difficulty of breaking the limit of the third method increases exponentially with the first two methods.

Otherwise, if it were merely a method to prematurely generate divine consciousness, the elder of the Sword Sect, as a peerless figure, would have undoubtedly received the full support of the entire Changyun Sword Sect, a first-rate power, in his youth. It's impossible that he wouldn't have achieved this.

"I can only say that you truly deserve to be called a peerless master. Senior, you still miscalculated."

Lu Heng couldn't help but sigh, "If it were anyone else but me today, relying solely on the Bodhi Liquid, I doubt they could have broken through the incredibly difficult third method."

No matter how outrageous the effects of Bodhi Liquid may be, it cannot enable an unparalleled individual to defy fate and change their destiny.

"It's a pity I'm not just peerless—" Lu Heng shook his head and chuckled.

In fact, the Bodhi Liquid helped him the most not in terms of his soul, nor in terms of breaking through his bottleneck.

And that's all—

An increase in comprehension.

For Lu Heng, if he wanted to break through the limits of divine techniques, he only needed to deduce new parts by mastering the three basic cultivation methods.

With the panel's unique feature of being a permanent proof and rewarding diligence, the so-called Three Heavenly Gates are completely as if they don't exist.

The Bodhi Liquid not only enhanced his comprehension, allowing him to deduce faster, but also gave him divine sense ahead of time, even without the method of breaking through the limits of spiritual refinement.

With his divine sense serving as a reference for the second-order Refining God technique, Lu Heng opened his eyes.

From his azure eyes, an astonishing divine light, ten times more dazzling and captivating than before, shone forth.

The method of refining the spirit, breaking through limits!

However, it's not over yet.

With the breakthrough of the last of the three methods.

It's like collecting all the pieces of a puzzle.

[Breaking Limits with Three Techniques, You Awaken a New Trait: "Saintly Stance"]

[Saintly Stance (Initial): The Tao gives birth to One, One gives birth to Two, Two gives birth to Three, Three gives birth to all things. The Three Laws break through limits. The Tao is close to you. You can merge with the Three Laws and enter the Saintly Stance (Initial).]

As time goes by, your demeanor will naturally approach that of a sage.

"What is this?" Lu Heng thought in disbelief.

Without even thinking about it, anything in this world that can be associated with a saint must have an incredibly powerful background.

The Three-Method Limit Break was outrageous, which he could understand, but the fact that the panel could directly grant him the prefix "Saint" based on the first-tier Three-Method Limit Break was truly absurd.

Even if an initial representation of this characteristic is not the complete form, it is already quite exaggerated.

But what is the use of the [Saint's Stance] trait?

Lu Heng thought to himself.

In comparison, the characteristics gained from perfect-level cultivation techniques are very simple, easy to understand, and even practical.

Simply by reducing resource consumption and training time, it can be of great use.

Not to mention mastering the characteristics, the most important point is that as long as you have the prior knowledge, you can directly deduce the subsequent parts.

Having this characteristic of keeping pace with the times and improving together with one's own cultivation level, the mastery of this characteristic will never be outdated or become useless.

What about the [Saintly Stance] trait?

Leaving aside the topic of being close to the Dao, Lu Heng knew without even thinking that this was probably very far from his own reach.

But what about entering the [Saintly State] afterward, and how his demeanor naturally approaches that of a saint over time?

With a thought, Lu Heng activated the [Saintly State], and a flash of white light appeared.

At this moment, the immortal staircase seemed to appear before our eyes, and the cornerstone of truth was no longer faintly visible, but clearly audible.

But in the very next instant, Lu Heng broke free from the [Saintly State].

"Hahaha--"

Like a drowning person, even though he had reached the limit of the Body Refinement Secret Realm, Lu Heng collapsed to the ground like an ordinary person, his back soaked with cold sweat.

In that instant, the moment his rationality saw the truth, it would have crumbled completely if not for the protection of the panel's essence.

With just a thought, he almost died on the spot.

"I used the wrong one."

"The 'Saintly Demeanor' isn't used like that." Having experienced life and death, he hadn't been without gains. Lu Heng looked up at the sky, his eyes becoming calm.

The [Saintly State] certainly allows him to directly perceive the truth, and in just a moment, he can be in harmony with the Dao; that is the realm of a true saint!

But clearly, his essence was far too insignificant to the sage; he was almost annihilated with just a glance.