It was easy to go from frugality to luxury, but hard to go from luxury back to frugality.
Ever since North Spring Mountain had become a spirit mountain, Gu Yuanqing had never had to worry about the supply of spiritual qi for his cultivation.
Yet after becoming an Immortal, he felt as though he had returned to the days before the mountain had first awakened its spirituality.
Of course, the shortage of immortal spiritual qi kept his cultivation from advancing rapidly, but it also allowed him to build an exceptionally solid foundation in the early True Immortal stage.
He had to use every fraction of his strength precisely and sensibly, making his qi yield the greatest possible effect.
He had gained an entirely different perspective on ordering the Great Dao within the Heavenly Human World, as well as the circulation and changes of Dao rhythm.
Sometimes, Gu Yuanqing even felt that all of this had been arranged, as though it followed a predetermined fate and plan.
Only when his cultivation slowed did he gain enough patience to comprehend the most delicate subtleties of this realm.
One day, Li Chengyi came to visit and seek his guidance.
Several hundred years had passed, and he had reached peak shattering heaven, just one step away from the chaos heaven immortal level.
Such progress naturally could not compare with Gu Yuanqing's or Li Miaoxuan's, but he still ranked among the very best in the Spirit Realm and the Exquisite World.
Gu Yuanqing naturally held nothing back when guiding his own son. Looking at the Chaos Realm through an Immortal's eyes, everything appeared different again.
The Great Dao foundation Li Chengyi considered perfect still seemed riddled with flaws to Gu Yuanqing.
Yet only after Li Chengyi had personally walked those paths could he truly grasp