[In the days that followed, you spent most of your time in Xi City, devoting yourself to arduous cultivation.]
[After your Soul Power broke through level eighty, advancing another step atop the hundred-foot pole became several times harder. Every thread of accumulated cultivation demanded immense amounts of time and mental effort.]
[For ordinary Soul Masters, reaching this realm often meant grinding away day after day, like water slowly wearing down stone. But you had no intention of exhausting yourself that way.]
[There were roughly two ways for Blue Silver Grass Soul Masters to accelerate their cultivation-]
[The first was to follow the Blue Silver Emperor's example, drawing on the vital essence of plants to nourish oneself, guiding them through resonance and gathering the power of countless grasses to sustain one person. This method was balanced and gentle, advancing step by step. Its strength lay in its solid foundations, making it an upright and proper path.]
[The second was the Dark Blue Silver Grass used by Tang Ya during the "Peerless Tang Sect" era: forcibly plundering and devouring the vitality of plants to advance a thousand miles a day in cultivation. It was, however, an utterly crooked path.]
[As for the former, you were not the Blue Silver Emperor and lacked an emperor's standing, so you could not command the world's Blue Silver Grass to willingly offer its vital essence. As for the latter, forcibly seized power was impure and heterogeneous, bringing endless future troubles, readily corrupting the mind and damaging one's foundations. Naturally, you disdained it.]
[Neither path was viable, but with your "Top-Tier Comprehension," you soon worked out a method that offered the best of both worlds-]
[You spread your "Ice-Blue Domain," using your own origin as a catalyst to grow vast quantities of icy Blue Silver Grass within