In the Primeval Era, Heavenly Demons descended upon the human world and spread cultivation methods utterly different from Immortal Dao cultivation methods. Most centered on absorbing flesh and blood, forceful plunder, and seizing souls. These methods often stirred negative emotions such as rage, hatred, malice, and cruelty, stimulating the body's potential.
The Immortal Dao focused on nourishment and cultivation, stressing gradual progress. Though slow, it was steady and reliable.
The Demonic Path relied on plunder, often using extreme methods to raise cultivation. Its practitioners frequently suffered mental breakdowns and Qi deviation. Out of a thousand people who cultivated the Demonic Path, basically nine hundred and ninety-nine would die.
The Demonic Path was known for its high mortality rate and high risks.
Yet its advantage was that it had very low requirements for cultivation aptitude, making it suitable for those with Quadruple Spirit Roots and Triple Spirit Roots. Its cultivation speed was also fast; one needed only a dozen or so years to reach Qi Refining Layer 9, comparable to a Heavenly Spirit Root.
The "White Bone Path Scripture" even listed the examples of three legendary figures of the Demonic Path.
Great Emperor Samsara had been born with a Five Spirit Root. In his early years, he cultivated in an Immortal Dao Sect, yet at seventy, he had only reached Qi Refining Layer 5. By chance, however, he obtained a demonic art from the Soul Devouring Demon Sect and soared into the heavens. He achieved Foundation Establishment at seventy-five, the Purple Mansion Realm at one hundred, Golden Core at two hundred, and Nascent Soul at three hundred and fifty. In the end, he created the Six Paths Demonic Skill, established the Samsara Demonic Vein, and ascended to the Immortal Realm.
Joyful Union Old Devil had been born with a Quadruple Spirit