"Uh—what do you mean?"
Roselle tilted his head and asked in confusion.
Of course he knew what the mental imprint inside a Beyonder Characteristic was.
It was like a contingency left behind by God Almighty.
The higher the Sequence, the more active that mental imprint became.
As the Sequence 0 Black Emperor, he naturally knew how persistent and dangerous it was.
Yet now Edwin was actually saying that this damned imprint was an "advantage" when it came to overcoming inner demons?
It was like someone telling you that the tumor in your body was actually the secret to growing stronger.
That sounded downright—absurd.
"Have you heard of the method of severing the three corpses?"
Instead of answering his question directly, Edwin asked a question of his own.
"What does severing the three corpses have to do with this?"
Roselle muttered, his voice full of confusion.
His face practically screamed, Are you kidding me?
Severing the three corpses.
He had seen that concept plenty of times in those dime-a-dozen Primordial World novels.
The good corpse, the evil corpse, the corpse of attachment—sever them and you could become a sage, transcend the Three Realms, and escape the Five Elements.
But what could that technique possibly have to do with Beyonders like them, or with the gene lock?
"Sever all thoughts of good and evil, cast off the self bound by attachment. When all three corpses are destroyed, the primordial spirit manifests of its own accord.
"Simply put, this method discards the ego, the id, and the superego, allowing the primordial spirit to manifest."
Edwin explained.
Roselle's gaze flickered. He had not expected the concepts to line up so neatly.
"In a sense, the gene lock is an alternative method of attaining the Dao.
"The id, ego, and superego are the three components