When he first came into contact with it, Lu PingAn had noticed that the "Circus" path was somewhat irregular. Many of its professions were not "pure."
The three ambiguous choices before him were like combinations of composite professions.
"You find it strange because you've always been operating among the lower tiers, and you've also been following the orthodox paths of the righteous gods. Ultimately, professions are miniature templates of themselves stripped away by higher divine beings. They use themselves as the official template and place evolutionary ladders below, making it easier for others to become more 'like' them."
The "college entrance exam" materials Lu PingAn had seen back then listed more than sixty common paths. But that was actually the result of careful selection, standardization, beginner-friendly adaptation, and popularization.
Under normal circumstances, if the end of a path was occupied by a massive monster like a cyclops, then if one only pursued the most direct route, its evolutionary path might turn monstrous from the very first tier, directly becoming a huge green troll. In fact, such advancement paths were smoother and more likely to reach greater heights.
It was like a small magical beast growing into a large magical beast. When most so-called gods did not even possess human forms, there was naturally no need for the "young" beings compatible with them to resemble humans either.
Professionals above Tier 4 had themselves already become "pollution." Their human forms might merely be an illusion, perhaps even just a "habit."
And on Earth, since they had to deal with the vast number of novice Earthlings, the early paths—especially those below Tier 3—naturally had to lean toward standardization and commonality. That made them easier for newcomers to enter while also preventing large numbers of irreversible "monsters" from appearing too early.
"When we fought