In the past, Qin Sheng had first led Yun Shan to obtain the Bodhi Ancient Tree's opportunity—the Hundred-Lifetime Reincarnation and Bodhi Seed. Later, he had all manner of Eighth- and Ninth-Rank Pills to aid his cultivation. Added to that was Yun Shan's wholehearted devotion to secluded cultivation, and his strength had advanced at astonishing speed.
After Qin Sheng returned to the Dou Qi Continent and awakened Yun Shan this time, Yun Shan had already become a powerful Mid-Rank Dou Sheng.
In truth, if Yun Shan had not been worried about his Dou Qi becoming unstable and his foundation weakening, he could probably have advanced to Nine-Star Dou Sheng simply by taking pills. Given his status, there was no way he could lack Ninth-Rank Pills.
However, Yun Shan's years of secluded cultivation showed that he had no interest in power and possessed a resolute heart devoted to the Dao. In the original plot, the old sect master Yun had truly worked hard at cultivation, far more diligently than Yun Yun.
Even though Yun Yun was Qin Sheng's beloved senior sister, he still had to say it: she was a Salted Fish.
However, Yun Yun had a goal now, so she had been working much harder.
Thus, Yun Shan did not choose the self-destructive cultivation method of crazily swallowing pills. At most, he used pills as assistance.
On the Dou Qi Continent, cultivating through pills had always carried the major problem of making one's Dou Qi unstable. Taking a small amount was fine, but consuming too many greatly affected one's foundation and combat strength.
The only cultivation art capable of refining and solidifying one's Dou Qi with Heavenly Flames, ensuring that even explosive advancement—three stars today, eight tomorrow—would not damage one's foundation was the Flame Mantra.
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