"How would I know?" Yan Zhen said with a furrowed brow. She then led me eastward. I had to admit, although the energy in this realm was stagnant, it was blessed with green mountains and clear waters, and its lush vegetation was rare among the realms. The terrifying vitality of life had found its finest expression here.
"So there's no shortcut to raising one's cultivation here?" I asked. At present, only those who had reached the Dao Tribulation Realm could inflict Dao-system damage on the Dao Tribulation. Moreover, their attacks were completely different from the system of the Ninth Heaven. Since they needed to condense pure Dao-system attacks, they naturally could not match the Ninth Heaven in variety, and their power should have been somewhat weaker as well. Yet what shocked me was that the consequences of such attacks were terrifying beyond compare.
Once a Dao-system attack injured an opponent, it directly damaged their Dao-system meridians. If it struck a weak point, the victim might not even be able to enter the Six Paths of Reincarnation. That was somewhat different from the situation in the Ninth Heaven.
"Of course there is a shortcut. But Dao-system cultivation requires steady, practical progress. If you only cultivate your meridians to the Dao Tribulation Realm while failing to manifest your Dao system, then it won't mean much when dealing with the Dao Tribulation. And if you focus too heavily on one side, you won't be able to enter the Dao-Proving Realm, because the stringent requirements for using a Dao system in the Dao-Proving Realm are not something you can deceive." Yan Zhen said.
"Under normal circumstances, shouldn't the meridians themselves be the Dao system? Could it be that the attacks one unleashes aren't entirely the Dao system itself?" I asked in surprise.
"Normally, one