The sheer volume and weight of the information made Xiao Yan's head throb, but after only a moment, he gradually began to recover and absorb the information flooding into his mind.
"Heavenly Lightning Soul Forging!"
"On the Douqi Continent, people have two means of advancement: absorbing douqi and strengthening the soul. Yet people today distinguish between them as soul skills and douqi techniques. It is truly absurd beyond measure."
"If one only understands how to strengthen douqi, then even upon reaching the Dou Sheng realm, one will have missed the greatest hidden treasure within the human body—the soul! If an alchemist spends every day honing only the power of the soul while their own strength remains feeble, then they too have strayed down the wrong path and will never glimpse the truly vast world that belongs to alchemists! Within a single year, I broke through to both the rank of a ninth-tier alchemist and the Dou Sheng realm. Deeply realizing the complementary effect of douqi and the soul, I condensed my insights into a douqi-soul cultivation technique—Heavenly Lightning Soul Forging!"
"Cultivating this technique allows one to borrow the power of heavenly lightning from the world, tempering the body and forging the soul! Draw forth the power of lightning to refine the physical body and soul, cleansing away impurities! If a fated descendant can break the sealing pattern upon the medicinal cauldron, they may obtain this work of which I am most proud. This technique is the product of my painstaking efforts. Anyone may cultivate it, and it will not affect the cultivator's original technique. The heavenly lightning required by this technique is far from ordinary. Should it fall into the hands of one weak-willed and of lowly fate, it will only bring undeserved disaster. Better to give up early. Only