Of the four strange auras, three did not belong to aquatic demons.
Demons from outside Blue Wave Lake had appeared within its territory, and their cultivation had reached the Sixth Tier. Something about this was deeply suspicious.
Human cultivation was founded on drawing in and refining qi, beginning with the Qi Refining Realm.
Above Qi Refining lay the Divine Dao Realm. Upon entering it, a cultivator could condense spiritual sense.
With spiritual sense, cultivators could wield spiritual power and activate magical artifacts and talismans. Such strength was enough to stand toe-to-toe with Third-Tier demons.
A Third-Tier demon was the equivalent of a human cultivator in the Divine Dao Realm.
The Demon Race cultivated in an entirely different way. They tempered their bodies first, nurturing spiritual sense through the process.
Only after their spiritual sense took shape did they refine qi into their bodies. In the end, different roads led to the same destination.
The path of qi cultivation also had strict rules. Once a cultivator absorbed the True Qi of a lineage, they could never change their Dao Path in this lifetime.
For example, if a cultivator practiced the Can Shui lineage and rooted its True Qi within their body, they could not later switch to another lineage.
Only one wondrous treasure in the world could break those shackles: Primordial Yi True Water.
It could wash away old cultivation, allowing a cultivator to shed their former power, choose a new True Qi lineage, and open another road ahead.
But such a rare spiritual treasure was almost impossible to find. Ordinary cultivators had no hope of touching it; only those who held a Fruit Status could command it.
When human cultivators first set foot on the path of cultivation, they had to choose their Natal Essence True Qi and establish the