["Fourth-tier middle-stage body refinement!"]
[A smile appeared on your face as you watched the roiling tribulation clouds rapidly disperse beneath the heavens.]
[The stronger your body became, the more room you had for error, the more means you had to fight your enemies, and the harder it was to counter or restrain you.]
[In Elder Antiquity, those supreme spell cultivator true lords regarded their bodies as dross, using them when they pleased and discarding them when they wished.]
[First, the path of a supreme spell cultivator truly did not depend much on the body.]
[Second, those supreme spell cultivator true lords simply did not have the energy to cultivate their bodies.]
[The supreme spell cultivation path alone demanded almost all their energy, attention, and time, leaving them nothing to spare for their bodies.]
[Even a late-stage Nascent Soul Grand Cultivator only had a lifespan of a little over a thousand years.]
[Devoting that same amount of time solely to spell cultivation could bring them into the nascent soul late stage.]
[Dividing it between spell cultivation and body cultivation would only bring them to the nascent soul middle stage, alongside fourth-tier middle-stage body refinement.]
[Which should they choose?]
[You were different.]
[You could simulate endlessly and possessed virtually unlimited time, which was why you had chosen to pursue body cultivation as well.]
[Moreover, the times had changed.]
[In Elder Antiquity, resources were abundant, and spirit transformation heavenly lords watched over the world.]
[Under the guidance of those heavenly monarchs, true lords with outstanding aptitude had a substantial chance of reaching the nascent soul late stage.]
[But now? In Recent Antiquity, the world's resources had run dry, and cultivation had become vastly more difficult. Even with all your opportunities and fortunate encounters, you could not guarantee that you would reach the nascent