Fang Chen frowned slightly. "Are there no Cultivation Techniques?"
The Skeleton Boatman shook his head. "There are, but very few!"
"Why?" Fang Chen asked.
"Because beyond the Quasi-Emperor Realm lies the Great Emperor Realm. The path each Great Emperor powerhouse takes is almost always unique. The Cultivation Techniques they create don't suit other cultivators. If those cultivators keep practicing the Cultivation Techniques created by Great Emperor powerhouses, they'll find it very difficult to reach the Great Emperor Realm. To become a Great Emperor powerhouse, one must create a Cultivation Technique of one's own and forge one's own path!"
Fang Chen's gaze sharpened. He hadn't expected the path to becoming a Great Emperor to work this way.
But then he thought of Ye Qingci's Nirvana Immortal Scripture. It had twelve layers, and by cultivating it to the Eighth Layer, she had gained strength comparable to a Great Emperor Envoy. If she cultivated the Immortal Scripture of Indestructibility to the Ninth Layer, she should possess the strength of the Great Emperor Realm.
Yet the Immortal Scripture of Indestructibility must also have been created by someone in the past. According to the Skeleton Boatman, Ye Qingci would be unable to cultivate it to the Ninth Layer.
Fang Chen felt the Skeleton Boatman must be wrong. "I have a friend with the Hun Yuan Netherworld Sacred Body who has also awakened the Nirvana Immortal Eyes. She obtained a Cultivation Technique called the Nirvana Immortal Scripture. It has twelve layers, and mastering the Ninth Layer would let her reach the Great Emperor Realm. By your reasoning, she'll never be able to break through to the Great Emperor Realm?"
"The Nirvana Immortal Scripture?"
At Fang Chen's words, the flames in the Skeleton Boatman's eye sockets flickered several times. He seemed surprised.
Fang Chen nodded slightly. "Yes."