Chen Changsheng's answer left Yuan Yi at a loss for words.
Seeing this, Chen Changsheng brushed the dust off himself and said,
"When it comes to cultivation, I've always stressed one point: realm can measure strength, but it isn't the only measure."
"Take a simple example. Once cultivators of the Bitter Sea System enter the True Person Realm, they must start working on laws."
"As Bitter Sea cultivators comprehend more laws, their cultivation rises with it."
"But some people are different by nature. They're slow to sense most laws, yet exceptionally keen when it comes to one particular law."
"As a result, they take that single law to its limit."
"When you encounter someone like that, the moment they fight for their life, they can easily kill someone above their realm."
"But this extreme approach has a serious flaw. If your enemy withstands your fiercest attack, you have nothing left to follow it up with."
"After all, your overall cultivation is lower than theirs."
"So what does that have to do with you not entering the Quasi-Emperor Realm?"
Yuan Yi asked, puzzled. Chen Changsheng grinned. "Everything. I established those three minor realms precisely because I'd discovered this special situation."
"And in terms of cultivation methods, those three minor realms have no fixed standards."
"To put it simply, you need to challenge an Emperor Realm expert to find out where your strength stands."
"Later, as the Emperor Realm system changed, many people gave up studying those three minor realms and turned to figuring out how to survive the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation."
"That may have let their realms advance faster, but it also put obstacles in their future path."
"Why?"
Yuan Yi asked again. Chen Changsheng replied, "Because their foundations weren't solid enough. They hadn't dug deeply into their own potential."
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