Evolution and power.
From beginning to end, they had always been things that complemented each other.
In Ling Wuyuan's view,
the pursuit of power was, in essence, the pursuit of evolution.
As the type of cultivation method most helpful to the physical body, body-tempering methods had always been one of his key focuses during cultivation.
Their priority far surpassed that of all kinds of martial techniques.
Now, for the vast majority of low- and mid-level body-tempering methods, Ling Wuyuan only needed to look through them once to directly grasp their subtleties. With a little time, he could peel back their layers like drawing silk from a cocoon, extracting all their profound truths and adding them to his own My Own Path, making it ever more perfect.
As for those body-tempering methods he had obtained earliest on,
such as <Enlightened Intent Realm Cultivation Method—Heavenly Dipper White Stream Golden Body>, the supreme art of the [Azure Lake White Stream Palace], he had long since cultivated it to an unprecedented realm. Even if that technique's creator were resurrected, they would absolutely be unable to compare with him.
Under such circumstances,
as the tangible product of refining the ultimate truths of countless cultivation methods together with his own innate potential,
his physical body naturally possessed many extraordinary abilities.
Impervious to water and fire, invulnerable to blades and spears, devouring toxins, regenerating flesh and blood, adaptive evolution, antigravity flight... all of these were manifestations of that fact.
Moreover,
ever since successfully advancing into the [Divine Ability Realm], as he continued evolving without pause, Ling Wuyuan could clearly sense that the third force within his body—the power that was likely his third [Innate Divine Ability]—was awakening at an increasingly rapid pace, like a seed receiving nourishment.
That sensation made him believe even more firmly in certain