Of course, in the Primordial World, cultivators of both Qi Refining and Body Refining could follow the Primordial Spirit Great Dao after their Three Flowers of Essence, Qi, and Spirit converged at the crown and they broke through to Daluo Golden Immortal.
They could even cultivate Essence, Qi, and Spirit together.
In truth, an Innate Sacred Being's foundation made cultivating all three entirely feasible.
As long as one's innate aptitude was sufficient, cultivating all three was the best choice.
That way, the grade of all three flowers would be higher!
If one refined only the spirit, neglecting Qi Refining and Body Refining, the three flowers' grade would likely never rise very high.
Ordinary Innate Beings had to make such choices because their foundations were poor.
But those with an Innate Sacred Foundation had no need to choose. They could have it all!
Essence, Qi, and Spirit were equally important.
Because of their Innate Foundations, the myriad living beings of the Primordial World refined Qi, refined the body, refined the spirit, or cultivated all three.
But regardless of their choice, they could cultivate the Primordial Spirit Great Dao once their three flowers converged at the crown.
Only the Twelve Ancestral Witches were different.
Their Primordial Spirits were clouded, leaving them no path but Enlightenment of the Dao through the physical body.
On the Primordial Spirit Great Dao, the Primordial Spirit comprehended the Source Great Dao. That was one's realm.
Nurturing Qi with the spirit produced Magical Power and cultivation, which constituted one's power.
This was where the distinction between power and realm came from.
Thus, within the Primordial Spirit Great Dao system, one's Magical Power and cultivation—one's power—could not exceed one's realm.
In a Qi Refining system, by contrast, Magical Power and cultivation took precedence, while realm played a supporting role.