Judging from the few successful cases of Severing Corpses around him, one couldn't reach any other conclusion: apart from increasing one's cultivation, the method of attaining the Dao through Severing Corpses was mainly about tempering the mind.
After severing the Good Body, one's state of mind would naturally be affected. That was the first time. Then, after severing the Evil Body, one experienced the change in one's state of mind again. That was the second time. The third time came from severing the Self-Body... Each time was a process of experiencing changes in one's state of mind.
The impact each severing had on one's own personality was impossible to estimate.
After talking about the duel between Eastern King Duke and Taiyi, Zhen Yuanzi sipped his tea while secretly communicating with Wu Chu and Hong Yun through Divine Sense.
"Brother A Chu, do you know why Taiyi and Di Jun want to establish the Heavenly Court? Why is Fellow Daoist Fuxi willing to join them? They contacted me before, too..."
Hong Yun asked in confusion, "Why do you ask, Brother Zhenyuan? Didn't they say it was to put an end to the wars raging across the Primordial Land? Could there be another motive?"
Zhen Yuanzi didn't want to deal with Hong Yun, who thought far too well of people. Instead, he silently watched Wu Chu. He always felt that there was more to the brothers' actions than met the eye.
Wu Chu shook his head. "I'm not sure either, but it probably just happened to be the right time! I heard Taiyi say that the Heavenly Palace has Thirty-Three Heavens and could be considered an extremely vast Grotto-Heaven, capable of housing countless living beings. If they truly want to work together to build a prosperous Primordial World, I'd be glad to