The Official Path was a cultivation method that blended the teachings of many schools. The reason it had flourished in The Present World, nearly becoming the mainstream, was naturally due to its superior capacity to revolutionize the cultivation system.
This was, to date, the cultivation system that made the fullest use of Humanity's Torrent. If one had to draw a comparison, it could be regarded as a political manifestation of the military path.
Gather soldiers into an array, and transcend the gap between the extraordinary.
Gather people into a state, and cultivate by drawing upon the power of the state.
A person atop the torrent could race ten thousand miles. When the waters rose, the boat rose; when the current rushed, the boat sped on.
The relationship between Official Path cultivators and the power of the state was mutually reinforcing.
The stronger the state, the more cultivators it could support, and the higher their levels could be.
If the Official Path did not prosper, the Official Path cultivators sharing in the power of the state would instead suck the nation dry.
A small state could exhaust its entire national strength merely supporting a few Divine Presence Official Path cultivators.
When the Yong Kingdom was fading like the sun setting over West Mountain, it had nearly had its national fortune drained dry by a single True Person, Han Yin.
Examples like these were too numerous to list.
Official Path cultivators had to shoulder more responsibilities than sect cultivators; this was determined by their path of cultivation. You Sheng's Notes said: "If one receives its support, one must have a use. If one draws its salary, one must accept its office. If one accepts its office, one must bear its responsibilities!"
Thus, cultivators of those great sects under heaven naturally enjoyed comparatively