The endpoint of the path of cultivation was even more extraordinary than he had imagined.
Fu Qian clearly noticed everyone's reaction, but he had no intention of explaining anything. He simply seized every second to experience it.
He had indeed reminded Liu Shuang to maintain a proper relationship between cultivation and the self, but at the time, that reminder had been based mostly on intuitive impressions.
Later, during the battle with his inner demon, he had come face-to-face with something like the endpoint of the sword path. The bearing of that man and woman, the two Sword Saints using their Combined Skill, had left a deep impression on him to this day.
If what he was seeing truly represented the endpoint of Jade Soul Master's Zen path—"Form is emptiness; emptiness is form"—then his earlier warning had apparently not been an overreaction.
Old Man An Jing Shizhi was an example of the traditional path to godhood.
Although the process had been perilous, and even his foundation had been incomplete, after ultimately becoming a New God, he seemed to be in a fairly normal state.
He could still run and jump, and he could even hold a grudge, having come straight over to deal with Fu Qian.
It was just that the impression he gave fell somewhat short of the sublime and immortal.
Could this be the difference between fruit and candy?
The former was less pure than the latter, so although its form was more concrete, it lacked an overwhelming advantage.
At the same time, however, because the latter was excessively pure, those who attained godhood by this path seemed to become some kind of subordinates rather than masters.
Though this also brought benefits: they had gained a sense of sharing the same lifespan as heaven and earth, a more stable