It was just that this world's power system was highly unusual. The Great Source could grant people power, but it could not give them long lives. The reason was that the abilities of ability users could not effectively nourish and strengthen their spiritual radiance.
Once one's spiritual radiance dispersed, even a strong body and powerful mind would still perish.
Only Demon Gods, having seized the authority of the Great Source and bound themselves to it, could endure forever.
In a sense, this path bore some resemblance to the immortal way described in certain scriptures: entrusting one's spirit to heaven and earth, thereby achieving longevity.
The ritual continued. Zhao Cheng also reached a deal with Li Tianzheng. He condensed a portion of the ritual's power, and Li Tianzheng immediately reassembled himself.
Indeed, compared to him, the other man was like a speck of dust. But being small did not mean being useless.
Someone was waiting to ambush him beyond the cosmos of real spacetime, but there was no such threat in this spacetime. He could explore outward, perhaps discovering even more mysteries of cultivation.
Indeed, this method was less efficient than opening a new instance dungeon and using Starfire Descends, but it was still a path to speed up his own growth.
That was also one of the meanings of broadening one's horizons.
As for the increase in combat power brought by parallel spacetimes, that was secondary instead.
In Zhao Cheng's view, Li Tianzheng far surpassed the so-called "protagonist" of the original plot in every respect.
From what Zhao Cheng had observed across past and future, in the original plot, Li Tianzheng had enemies throughout the world. He fought humanity, fought Demon Gods, and even the Great Source had been plotting against him. Yet under such circumstances, he had still come