Lu PingAn was delighted. Both reason and a Professional's intuition told him that he had found a new path, one based on a logic different from that of traditional superhumans.
Professions were supernatural profession templates for humans and humanoid Professionals.
They were, in truth, a social concept—a link between the individual and society as a group, the embodiment of "individual evolution" within the concept of society as a whole.
"This is actually quite rare. Many powerful beings in the multiverse started out on the path of self-evolution."
In Lu PingAn's eyes, gods and God Above Gods differed not only in their level of power, but also in certain essential ways.
"Gods—ordinary Tier 10 gods—always make choices within an established order. Or rather, they write essays based on assigned topics."
They needed the world's Investment, the subscription of mortals, and high-dimensional links with the world. From the very beginning, that made their paths fairly pure.
Warrior, hero, sun, and so on—each theme was extremely clear, and most stood at the pinnacle of a single path.
"Exceptional quasi-gods can follow a far broader path of dual cultivation."
It was called dual cultivation, but in reality, they had already transcended so-called "profession paths" and fused many powers together.
Lu Mouren's theme was "Flow of Life." With it as the core, he had "Life Assessment (value)," "Life Fusion (evolution)," and "Life Separation (reproduction)." Going even further, Lu PingAn could already touch upon the essence of life.
"Once you truly reach the point where you can define the form of life, you naturally break down the barrier between life and death."
If Lu PingAn could define "life and death" as states of life, then he could naturally alter those states, turning the dead into the living—or the other way around.
Life Circulation—or what was known