The Five-Element Arcana differed from ordinary cultivation methods and was exceedingly difficult to cultivate.
Resonating with it and comprehending it required not only insight and innate talent, but also fortune aligned with the five elements.
All things in the world were varied and tangled, like a vast river of stars, yet at their root lay nothing more than yin and yang and the five elements.
Everyone was born with the power of the five elements, buried deep within their fate.
Its strength varied, as did the fortune or misfortune it brought.
Some were born with abundant wood, yet loathed wood power.
Some had no wood in their fate, yet regarded it as life-giving rain.
Fate, the fortunes of passing years, opportunity, the Heavenly Dao, and karma intertwined and mingled. Together with the favor or hatred of divine powers, they shaped a person's entire life.
To cultivate the Jia Wood Heaven-Subduing Scripture, one first needed abundant wood; second, an affinity and fondness for wood; and third, heaven-defying insight. Only by meeting all three conditions, along with the wood god's blessing, did one have a chance of comprehending it.
Of course, with a sufficiently powerful constitution, all those restrictions would vanish like smoke and clouds.
"Qin Qiankun, you'll die a wretched death! Aah!"
"He's near-immortal! We can't stop him! Quick, retreat!"
In the distance, flames wreathed a towering mountain, and gold and black energy filled the sky. Qin Wuji and two Qiankun Divine Seeds clad in divine radiance were fighting on a low peak. Before them stood hundreds of greater demons, their demonic light surging like waves.
Yet despite their overwhelming numerical advantage, the demons were still driven back again and again by the terrifying youth in the air, who remained as composed as if he were strolling through a quiet