Immortal Elder Wuji nodded and said:
"Naturally."
He immediately added:
"But if he can gather the five Life-Bound Divine Weapons and three Life-Bound Divine Abilities I mentioned, and enter the Origin Opening Realm, the second stage of Dao Integration, in such a state, his combat strength will increase tenfold from its original foundation."
Xu Taiping's heart trembled at once as he said:
"Doesn't that mean that even upon first entering the Origin Opening Realm, his cultivation and combat strength would allow him to defeat an ordinary cultivator at Great Completion of the Origin Opening Realm?"
Immortal Elder Wuji smiled and said:
"Not merely Great Completion of the Origin Opening Realm. Even against an ordinary cultivator who has just entered the Heavenly Communion Realm, you would be able to put up a fight."
Xu Taiping drew a deep breath, then asked:
"What should I pay attention to when cultivating toward the Great Perfection of the Dao Integration Origin Opening Realm?"
Immortal Elder Wuji gave Xu Taiping a searching look and said:
"For you, Xu Taiping, reaching Great Perfection of the Origin Opening Realm may actually be considerably easier than it is for ordinary cultivators."
Somewhat puzzled, Xu Taiping asked:
"What do you mean, Immortal Elder?"
Immortal Elder Wuji immediately explained:
"The key to cultivating toward Great Perfection of the Origin Opening Realm lies in severing the seven emotions and breaking the six desires."
"The seven emotions are joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, hatred, and desire. The six desires are the desires of sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and thought."
"Under normal circumstances, cultivators who wish to sever the seven emotions and break the six desires must experience each of them personally."
"But doing so entails immense danger and consumes an immense amount of time. Thus, many cultivators begin to stagnate when