Cultivation Realm and Martial Dao Realm were two different kinds of realms.
Cultivation Realm focused more on True Essence in the Dantian and was also tied to a Warrior's lifespan. The higher a Warrior's Cultivation Realm, the longer they lived.
Martial Dao Realm was different.
The Origin Laws a Warrior mastered determined their Martial Dao Realm.
What it brought was a breakthrough in combat power!
If two Warriors had the same Cultivation Realm but different Martial Dao Realms, the one with the higher Martial Dao Realm could easily crush the other.
Beyond that...
The higher one's Martial Dao Realm, the easier it was to advance one's Cultivation Realm.
That was why so many people said that if Qi Long entered the Azure Flame Spirit Pool, he had every hope of leaping straight from the Ninth Layer of Saint Martial Realm to become a Seventh Layer of Venerable Martial Realm Venerable!
Because Qi Long had mastered a Seventh-Order Origin Law!
Seventh-Order Space Laws!
The highest-tier Origin Laws Qin Hao had mastered were the Destruction Laws, which had reached the Fifth Tier.
In theory, then, entering the Azure Flame Spirit Pool could take Qin Hao straight to the Fifth Layer of Venerable Martial Realm.
Of course, even without entering the Azure Flame Spirit Pool, Qin Hao could accumulate Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy if given enough time, Refine it into True Essence, and still break through to become a Fifth Layer of Venerable Martial Realm Venerable.
But...
It would take time!
Even with Qin Hao cultivating the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art, it would take several years at the slowest, or half a year at the fastest.
That was the Azure Flame Spirit Pool's greatest benefit: it could drastically cut the time a Warrior spent accumulating Spiritual Qi, freeing that time to comprehend