"Wait. The cultivation method of this Shadow Demon Transformation Art clearly shared similarities with the Three Transformations Technique and the Spirit Gathering Body Condensing Move I obtained years ago at the Heavenly Absolute Sect.
"The difference was that the Shadow Demon Transformation Art was a Cultivation Method and Secret Technique of the Devil Race, while the Three Transformations Technique and Spirit Gathering Body Condensing Move were orthodox Daoist Sect methods.
"But all the myriad methods in the world, when traced back to their roots, should follow principles that were ultimately interconnected..."
As this thought surfaced, Su Shi'er no longer bothered to continue examining the Moon Palace female cultivator's storage treasure.
He immediately sat cross-legged on the ground, while three cultivation methods and other information concerning avatars and clones flashed through his mind at once.
The Three Transformations Technique allowed cultivators at lower realms to use their own Essence, Qi, and Spirit to derive avatars. It was naturally an extraordinary method.
And once cultivators reached the Spirit Severing stage, they could naturally choose whether to manifest clones.
The reason was that at the Spirit Severing stage, a cultivator's cultivation realm rose, and their strength underwent a qualitative transformation.
Though the physical body was the Vessel of Crossing the World, its relationship with the Primordial Spirit and soul was in truth exceedingly complex.
Essence, Qi, and Spirit were the foundation.
An increase in any one type of power would invisibly nourish the others. Yet excess was as bad as deficiency; if one kind of power became too strong, it would instead destabilize one's Essence, Qi, and Spirit.
When Essence, Qi, and Spirit became unstable, the cultivator would inevitably be affected.
Thus, at the Spirit Severing stage, some exceptionally gifted cultivators with sufficiently powerful cultivation would often choose to refine clones.
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