"Please enlighten me!"
He Pingsheng cupped his hands toward Ling Zhiwang.
Ling Zhiwang said, "Actually, the sprouting of a Dao Root and Breaking the Core to Form the Nascent Soul don't necessarily happen at the same time. There isn't any inevitable connection between them!"
He Pingsheng knew what Breaking the Core to Form the Nascent Soul meant.
When advancing from the golden core stage to the nascent soul realm, taking a [Transformation-Breaking Pill] would cause the golden core in the dantian to split, eventually transforming into a nascent soul.
That process was called Breaking the Core to Form the Nascent Soul.
Once the Nascent Soul had successfully formed, one could summon a heavenly tribulation. Surviving it meant entering the nascent soul realm.
Under normal circumstances, a Dao Root would sprout from the Spirit Root within the body as Breaking the Core to Form the Nascent Soul took place.
This was common knowledge in the Cultivation World.
He Pingsheng had always thought these two things were inseparable, two parts of a single whole.
Yet today, Ling Zhiwang had said they didn't necessarily happen together and had no inevitable connection!
This shattered He Pingsheng's understanding.
Ling Zhiwang continued, "As I just said, some exceptionally gifted cultivators can sprout a Dao Root while still in the golden core stage!"
"There are also those who aren't exceptionally gifted but can sprout a Dao Root in the golden core stage because they practice a particular cultivation technique!"
"Fellow Daoist Xu, do you understand what I mean?"
He Pingsheng nodded. "I understand!"
Of course he could understand that.
Ling Zhiwang said, "But... a Dao Root that sprouts in the golden core stage goes against the natural order, after all. And compared with a Dao Root that sprouts when the core shatters to form a Nascent Soul,