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He also learned from True Person Yujie that the Hehuan Sect's paths were further divided.
There was both the harmonious indulgence method and the desire-control and emotion-restraint path.
This was the first Lin Changheng had heard of it.
He had always understood the Hehuan Sect to be a sect founded on dual cultivation, its disciples indulging in sensual pleasures and throwing all restraint to the winds. He had never expected it to contain two entirely different paths of cultivation.
The harmonious indulgence method was the one widely known to the world. Its practitioners indulged their passions, using dual cultivation to draw upon the essence, vitality, and spirit of the opposite sex and convert them into their own magical power. This path offered rapid progress and great power, but made it easy to lose oneself in desire and left one's mental state unstable.
The desire-control and emotion-restraint path was a different method. Its practitioners restrained their passions, keeping their hearts clear and their desires few, and cultivated mainly alone. Progress was slower, but their mental state remained firm, making cultivation deviation less likely.
In short, the former pursued the ultimate sensory experience, seeking the true meaning of the Dao in pleasure; the latter pursued absolute self-control, comprehending the essence of the Dao through restraint.
But before Nascent Soul Formation, both had to break out of their established patterns and make their mental state whole, or they would leave weaknesses for their heart demons to exploit.
In other words, practitioners of the harmonious indulgence method had to try reining in their passions before Nascent Soul Formation, while those following the desire-control and emotion-restraint path had to open their hearts—for example, by joining with a Dao companion or allowing the seven emotions and six desires to emerge.
It was like a string stretched