"If I could take a step forward from the foundations, others may well follow. Do you know how the Technology Society classifies technological knowledge?" Dongguan looked at Di Qing, intending to argue.
Di Qing looked at him and nodded slightly, signaling for him to continue.
"I divided what we call technological knowledge into two categories. One is 'basic technology,' and the other is 'specialized inheritance.'" Dongguan's gaze grew somewhat distant.
"Basic technology means that a technology does not require a particular person. As long as there is energy and matter,
"it can be applied. Perhaps beings at higher realms have more methods and can achieve better results with the technology, using their own means to create the artifacts and produce the phenomena. But the weak can achieve them too. It simply takes longer, requires more people, and so on-"
"Specialized inheritances, on the other hand, are technologies that require special cultivation to realize. For example, in many inheritances, the later secret arts require prior cultivation and modification of oneself. Or they require condensing a special, personalized power."
"The greatest difference between the two is not whether they are realized individually or collectively. Rather, basic technologies have absolutely no conflicts with one another, whereas specialized inheritances often conflict. Once you cultivate one type of specialized inheritance, you cannot cultivate another. In other words, you must choose a path."
"In our usual cultivation, we don't actually concern ourselves with the distinction, because by the time we reach our current level, we have long since completed our specialization. In fact, every True God can be considered specialized to some extent. After all, their miniature universes have different architectures and follow different paths, and their divine power carries personal characteristics."
"The Technology Society's philosophy is actually to consolidate specialized inheritances and divide them into