Lin Shuguang still felt some regret over not having fully secured the [Beast God Soul].
Over this period, Lin Shuguang had deepened both his use and understanding of Dao patterns. Equipping the corresponding Dao patterns allowed him to cultivate methods with twice the results for half the effort.
It was not that he no longer needed pay-to-win. Rather, he needed it to raise all the cultivation methods he had learned to perfection, identifying and filling gaps, even completely remedying flaws their creators had overlooked or been unable to fix.
This would greatly reduce the gold leaf needed for pay-to-win, preserving enough wealth for Lin Shuguang to absorb more cultivation methods and enrich his Martial Dao.
The path Lin Shuguang walked was different from everyone else's.
Now, through his Dao patterns, he increasingly experienced a vague sense of insight... It felt as though a sheet of paper stood before him that he had yet to pierce, but once he did, the benefits would be endless.
A thought occurred to him... Lin Shuguang felt that this hazy insight he had gained might even extend beyond the Core Realm.
Back when his cultivation had been below the Profound Connection Realm, Lin Shuguang could hardly have experienced such a sudden intuition. Even if he had, it could never have reached this level of Martial Dao insight.
As his cultivation deepened and the Dao patterns he equipped grew more advanced, his grasp of the Martial Dao had long since surpassed what it once was.
During his time at the Baojian Sect, the [Dark Prison] Dao patterns and the [Sky Breaking] Dao patterns he had deciphered in his final few days had already strengthened Lin Shuguang's foundations to a truly terrifying degree.
Moreover, once he equipped the Dao patterns, his cultivation was in the Core Realm.