Hearing this, Zhang Bairen's eyes widened. "You're not joking with me, are you?"
"I'm not joking!"
Chen Changsheng looked at Zhang Bairen with utter seriousness. "I have a general understanding of your True Spirit Severing Method. If my method couldn't supply the final piece of the puzzle, I wouldn't say this."
"Once I finished developing this method, I finally understood the key to breaking through the limit."
"Cultivators below the Bitter Sea Great Emperor Realm must possess this Forbidden Key to enter the soul state."
"But once a cultivator possesses the Forbidden Key, it's all too easy to stray onto demonic and crooked paths."
"We can barely handle this key ourselves. Later generations probably won't fare any better."
"Even if one or two people eventually master it perfectly, I believe most who possess this key will still end up on demonic and crooked paths."
Faced with Chen Changsheng's concern, Zhang Bairen frowned. "Then what do you want to do?"
"I haven't decided yet!"
Chen Changsheng shook his head. "As long as the Bitter Sea Emperor Realm System exists, cultivators everywhere will never stop exploring the soul state."
"Across the vast sea of humanity, given enough time, someone will always come to possess this Forbidden Key again."
"An ordinary ban alone won't stop that from happening."
"But if we use stronger measures and erase the very concept of the 'soul' from cultivation, we'll cut off most of the road ahead for the Bitter Sea System."
"That's because the long stretch of road beyond the Bitter Sea Emperor Realm System revolves around the concept of the 'soul.'"
"If we block that road, what path will Bitter Sea cultivators have left?"
"I'm telling you all this today because every one of you has touched this realm to some degree."
"Even without my intervention,