Ning Xiaochuan's question made the bitter smiles on the three Clan Heads' faces even more pronounced.
Feng Tuo sighed. "Little Brother Ning, I'm afraid even we cannot gauge exactly how strong you are."
"Even you can't gauge it?" Ning Xiaochuan looked astonished.
Yin Yang Daoist nodded. "That's right, we can't gauge it either. Little Brother Ning, you should know that although cultivators like us may differ in strength, the paths we walk are all the same. To become an Immortal Spirit, one must either strengthen the fleshly body until it reaches the state of an indestructible body; strengthen one's Mental Power until the spirit becomes indestructible; or make the laws one cultivates strong enough to achieve indestructible laws—or, in other words, an indestructible divine soul."
"The paths we three have taken are all the path of an indestructible divine soul. Yet when it comes to you, Little Brother Ning, we truly cannot tell which path you have taken."
"Indestructible body, indestructible spirit, indestructible divine soul." Ning Xiaochuan silently repeated these three phrases.
He had long known of these three paths, so he had always done his utmost to perfect every aspect of himself.
Take his fleshly body, for instance. At present, his body had nearly reached the level of a Chaos Body, not far from becoming indestructible.
As for Mental Power, after fusing several thousand strands of Undying Kindling, his Mental Power had likewise surged and become exceedingly formidable.
As for laws, that was perhaps his weakest area. The World Extinction Path Law he cultivated had not improved for a long time.
But no matter what, Ning Xiaochuan had at least taken his first steps upon all three paths.
Yet Feng Tuo and the other two now said they could not tell which path Ning Xiaochuan walked, leaving him rather