Dao Lord Xuanhai's situation flashed through Chu Fei's mind. This fellow's cultivation foundation was a mixture of the demonic and immortal paths, a relatively common cultivation method.
Both the demonic path and the immortal path were forms of cultivation. Their underlying logic was interconnected: both sought truth and the Dao, ultimately striving to reach the realm where one's fate was determined by oneself rather than Heaven. Thus, in theory, one could cultivate both the immortal and demonic paths.
Of course, plenty of things worked in theory. In practice, conflicts were inevitable.
Immortal cultivation emphasized uprightness, balance, and harmony between man and Heaven; demonic cultivation emphasized pressing forward through torrents and rapids, rising above all rules.
The foundation of immortal cultivation was very stable—this referred to orthodox cultivation with complete inheritances. But even orthodox cultivation was slow and heavily dependent on talent. That was why immortal cultivation required examinations of one's spiritual roots and the like.
In contrast, the demonic path was all about pushing yourself to death so long as you did not die. This extreme mindset brought explosive progress, but naturally left problems in one's foundation.
The demonic path had much to recommend it. Its refusal to submit to innate talent and its conviction to defy Heaven and change one's fate at any cost were worthy of recognition. Yet the demonic path was ultimately the demonic path, and it inevitably crossed moral boundaries at times.
Then some clever people wondered whether they could walk on two legs—adopting the immortal path in thought and the demonic path in action. As a result, quite a few cultivation techniques for cultivating both immortal and demonic paths emerged.
Today, dual immortal-demonic cultivation had become an important trend in the cultivation system, producing several Quasi-Saint-level elites.
Dao Lord Xuanhai was one of its representative