Peering at the Origin Through a Crack, a Golden Core of Great Virtue Bearing Myriad Changes

Cultivators pursued Nature-Life Dual Cultivation, causing their souls to continuously transform until they ultimately attained a grand harmony of life and stepped into the realm of longevity and enduring vision.

Yet cultivation was inherently a race against time, closely tied to one's comprehension and aptitude. Not everyone could sail smoothly with the wind. Thus, as cultivation methods developed and their theories and systems steadily improved, the concept of Nature-Life Dual Cultivation was continually refined to suit the times.

There were indeed extraordinary individuals who understood upon learning and, once they understood one thing, understood a hundred. But far more people had no choice but to proceed step by step. In their limited lifespans, completing the simultaneous cultivation of the Nature Dao and Life Dao was simply unrealistic. They often wished to attend to both, only to master neither in the end, wasting their years in vain and dying full of regret.

Thus came the Nature-Life Division of the Third Realm, with each path having its own emphasis.

Soul-Nourishing by the Corporeal Soul in Nature Cultivation and Soul Merging into the Corporeal Soul in Life Cultivation were born in this manner. It was worth mentioning that this did not mean abandoning one side; rather, one side served as the primary path and the other as support. Take Soul-Nourishing by the Corporeal Soul—if one did not cultivate the life souls, how could one have the foundation to nourish the soul?

Therefore, nourishing the soul did not mean neglecting the corporeal soul, much less cultivating only Nature while abandoning Life. It was still Nature-Life Dual Cultivation, merely centered on Nature Cultivation and supplemented by Life Cultivation in order to break through as soon as possible within one's limited lifespan. The reverse was true as well.

These differing emphases gradually gave rise to a