A sanctuary that fostered supremacy through members of the same kind devouring one another inevitably brought to mind vessels used to breed venomous gu.
Demon cultivators and humans alike revered the strong. The difference was that the former were blunt and rigid about it, while the latter understood how to balance social development and complementary strengths, rather than judge everything purely by combat prowess.
Li Ling probed indirectly and learned, "At the Nascent Soul Realm, the manifestation of Dao arts chiefly takes the form of soul projection and Dharma-Form Transformation. Above these, however, lies the dharma body, the key to reaching the Spirit Transformation realm.
"As its name suggests, a dharma body is a body of laws, an earthly vessel for the source of Dao arts. In simpler terms, it can also be regarded as the dao body possessed only by those in the Spirit Transformation realm.
"Even ordinary cultivators can abstain from grains, dining on wind and drinking dew. How are they any different from immortals in mortal eyes? Yet we ourselves know that we remain flesh and blood, unable to escape the four elements and five elements.
"The dao bodies of Spirit Transformation adepts are different. Once they cultivate a dharma body, they no longer distinguish between substance and illusion, life and death. They exist together with the laws they cultivate, like the moon reflected in a well.
"Since ancient times, however, some exceptionally gifted beings have possessed such things from birth. Certain innate dao bodies, for example, could be called natural embryonic dharma bodies."
Li Ling paused in surprise. "An innate dao body is an embryonic dharma body?"
Madam Zhao said, "Correct. They remain flesh and blood, with the weaknesses of material bodies, but an innate dao body is still a supreme cultivation talent. Ordinary spirit root