After leaving the edge of the world, Qin Shujian headed elsewhere within his inner world.
Teaching the Violetcloud Divine Thunder Scripture to the black tiger had merely been a whim.
For hundreds of years.
The tiger had carried him without complaint, which counted as a contribution of sorts.
Of course.
The real reason Qin Shujian had imparted the cultivation manual was still a passing whim.
At his level.
Cultivation manuals no longer mattered much.
Instead.
What truly mattered was his understanding of rules and of the path he himself walked.
That kind of understanding.
Could not be gained from a cultivation manual; it depended on the natural workings of heaven and earth.
"All cultivators have only three ways to break through to the Dao Fruit realm. The first is to use the power of rules to nurture the body. Once the body has been nurtured to its utmost limit, they will naturally break through into a profoundly mysterious realm.
"The second is to follow a single path. Mastering one method leads to mastery of all methods. Taking a single rule to its utmost limit naturally allows them to advance.
"The third method is to comprehend the Myriad Rules, then unite them all within oneself to become an existence at the Dao Fruit level."
"Of these three methods, the last is the greatest, because comprehending the Myriad Rules is the hardest. Once someone attains the Dao that way, their strength will also be the greatest. Unfortunately, throughout history, no expert has ever broken through to the Dao Fruit realm through the Myriad Rules."
Walking across the land, Qin Shujian recalled everything he knew about the Dao Fruit realm.
The first method was the method of his Third Era, what was now called fleshly sainthood.
The second method was this era's original