Li Qingyue suddenly understood everything.
Countless ages ago, there had been no such thing as a waste body or a mortal body.
In that era, heaven and earth essence had been abundant. All living beings could temper their bodies with it, along with all manner of beast blood and treasure medicines.
Their bodies grew stronger, their strength continually increasing, like the cubs of mighty fierce beasts.
Many living beings could even condense unusual dao patterns within their bodies, giving rise to divine radiance.
Inscribed into their bones and flesh, these patterns gave birth to powerful treasure arts. This was also known as treasure blood and treasure bone.
It was a symbol of strength.
They mobilized the blood and vital energy throughout their bodies, refining treasure blood, treasure bone, and bone script, kindling divine radiance within their blood and seizing the fortune of heaven and earth to continually transform their flesh.
Ultimately, they reached the limits of the human body and opened a grotto-heaven.
A grotto-heaven was opened outside the body and connected to a person's will and soul. It could seize the boundless fortune and vitality of heaven and earth to nourish its owner.
In a sense, a grotto-heaven was like a life spring.
A life spring that could devour the fortune of heaven and earth to replenish its owner.
This had been the way living beings cultivated countless ages ago.
Yet from the very beginning, she had been unable to cultivate the Shrouding Method or open her bitter sea.
She could only comprehend certain mysteries from heaven and earth and the emperor script of a Great Emperor, then inscribe them within her dantian to transform herself.
In a sense, the path she walked was extremely similar to that ancient method.
Perhaps this was why she could grow stronger and