Yang Qingyun had no choice but to be tempted.
Although his soul seemed to be different from that of this world, allowing him to absorb the world's origin power directly without any hidden dangers, turn it into cultivation, and temper and strengthen his physique at the same time,
that did not mean he lacked no need for cultivation resources.
After obtaining the three Dao Integration legacies from the Wind Thunder Pavilion, along with numerous Supreme Realm legacies,
he had already gained a deeper understanding of the realms ahead.
Because of this,
he clearly understood that the farther one progressed, the more astronomical the cultivation resources required would become!
A single wisp of mana from the Dao Integration Realm was enough to crush mountains and rivers spanning ten thousand miles, sweeping aside Supreme Realm martial artists and those below them!
In the face of power from a realm above that, numbers were utterly meaningless.
And such terrifying power could not possibly be born from nothing.
Even though Supreme Realm martial artists had already begun cultivating the Great Dao along the path ahead, they still could not create something from nothing and completely break free from spiritual energy, the most fundamental form of energy.
Because of this,
every increase in mana on the path to the Dao Integration Realm required refining and consuming an unimaginable quantity of spiritual energy!
The farther one progressed, the greater the amount of spiritual energy—or energy resembling spiritual energy—needed to advance one's strength!
Spirit stones, heavenly treasures, earthly treasures, and all manner of rare treasures of heaven and earth—any resource containing spiritual energy was nourishment for advancing beyond the Supreme Realm.
And to reach the Dao Integration Realm,
or even achieve something above it,
how many resources would that require?
One only needed to take a brief