Acquiring strength, washing through the physical body, even without intentionally seizing the opportunity for cultivation, would also bring incidental benefits.
Yu Ziqing referred to it as profit.
With advancement imminent, his thesis was not yet ready.
The sixth tier of Refining God was called the Three Souls Realm, while the sixth tier of Body Refinement was called the Divine Power Realm.
According to the usual cultivation of Refining God cultivators, the Three Souls Realm required consolidating the three souls in preparation for the seventh tier, the Yang God Realm.
However, for Body Refinement, the eighth tier was known as the Shattering God Realm, and the 'God' shattered was the Divine Soul.
Pure Body Cultivation practitioners, at this moment, would begin to fragment the Divine Soul gradually, integrating it into the physical body.
In essence, this resolved the final weakness. By the time one reached the Ninth Tier Undying Realm, it became considerably challenging for Refining God cultivators to target the weaknesses of Body Cultivators.
The arduous days of turning over and becoming a provider officially began.
Even if external Body Cultivators could achieve the ninth tier of pure cultivation realm, when battling Refining God cultivators, as long as the opponent was within sight, it was highly likely that the Refining God cultivator would be crushed to death.
If one was as mighty as Emperor Zhen in body cultivation and was dismembered, they still could not die, as long as they could retrieve the severed limbs, they could immediately revive on the spot.
The issue Yu Ziqing faced was precisely this.
He practiced both Body Refinement and Refining God, with Refining God being relatively manageable. After all, he appeared to follow the Refining God path on the surface, but in reality, he was on the Hungry Ghost Dao.
However, with Body Refinement, it got a bit complicated regarding his further cultivation.
This was fundamentally why hardly any powerful figures pursued both Body Refinement and Refining God, as the two became somewhat conflicting at high tiers.
Yu Ziqing had to contemplate these issues in advance, preparing ahead of time.
The awakening of Divine Skills during the sixth tier of Refining God was not significantly impactful and could be thought through in advance.
However, the sixth tier in Body Refinement, the Divine Power Realm, was the stage where Body Cultivators began awakening Divine Skills formally.
The first step to initial success from arduous beginnings.
Every Body Cultivator, as long as they advanced normally to the sixth tier, would inevitably awaken an Innate Divine Ability.
This kind of Divine Skill was vastly different from secret techniques, though limited in quantity, each had its divine wonder. Moreover, methods that could influence secret techniques often hardly affect the innate Divine Skills awakened by Body Cultivators.
Just like some Demon Clan members and other races, they would awaken their Innate Divine Abilities upon reaching a certain level.
Self-taught by nature, born with it, aligning most with the utmost principles of heaven and earth, and born innately.
What Divine Skills one awakened were entirely different, depending on their experiences, intentions, and such, which were indeed positively correlated.
Thus, Yu Ziqing had to decide what Divine Skill he wished to awaken, laying out a thesis in advance, preparing accordingly, even providing himself with psychological hints if necessary.
It was far better than ignoring everything and leaving it to complete randomness.
However, the current situation was not exactly the right time to consider these matters, but indeed it warranted attention and needed to be scheduled.
Yu Ziqing sat there recovering, and suddenly, Lou Huai, who had been following along like a spectator, emerged from Yu Ziqing's left boot and gathered into a form beside him.
"Big brother, there's something I've been meaning to say, but when big brother was busy, at the juncture of life and death, I couldn't express it."
"I sensed demonic energy earlier."
"The demonic energy spawned after Qingyun was contaminated?"
"Not just that. Logically speaking, demonic energy shouldn't spawn within Qingyun, even if big brother contaminated it.
It was after big brother contaminated that nine-story tower that a flaw appeared, I vaguely detected an immense demonic energy inside."
"Was it generated due to my influence?" Yu Ziqing's brows furrowed slightly.
"No, although influenced by big brother, it might spawn demonic energy, but the demonic energy within that nine-story tower was too immense, far beyond what big brother could produce.
I sensed it very clearly, it was extremely terrifying demonic energy, not the type generated from Lin Fu succumbing to the devil.
Rather, it was the purest demonic energy characteristic of a Devil I once possessed.
That demonic energy definitely belonged to a peerless Great Devil.
It's just that my current strength is somewhat low, and there's not much innate knowledge from the heritage, unable to ascertain what it is."
Lou Huai spoke with unusual conviction, seeing Yu Ziqing's slightly furrowed brows, he firmly added another sentence.
"Absolutely unmistakable, no matter how a Devil conceals themselves, it's quite difficult to completely evade another Devil outside the Abyss."
"That nine-story tower is the foundation of Emperor Dui, his Dao grounds. It couldn't possibly house another person's power, which means Emperor Dui not only twisted the Incense Fire Dao of the Earth Deity into an Evil Dao but also tread into the Devil Dao of the Devil. What is he planning?"
Yu Ziqing was utterly shocked.
Was Emperor Dui stacking statuses, preparing to fully max out all statuses?
Listening to Yu Ziqing and Lou Huai, the Earth Deity, who Yu Ziqing had thrown into the corner, in a state worse than death and without hope, seemed as though its tail was trodden on.
It struggled for a bit, fell to the ground, yet stubbornly raised its head, angrily glaring at Yu Ziqing and others.
"Evil devils and demonic outsiders, you, a monster, a devil, and a ghost, you're actually slandering His Majesty with malicious words. Eventually, His Majesty will leave you neither alive nor dead."
Yu Ziqing looked at the Big Ghost, then at Lou Huai, and finally at himself, seemingly indeed lacking an argument.
Yu Ziqing stepped forward and considerately propped up the limbless Earth Deity against the stone wall, calmly and gently said,
"I won't argue with you, rest assured, I absolutely won't kill you.
The ghost look of Dingmao's End Period is rarely one of loyalty to the emperor and devotion to the country, truly wanting to make Dadui better.
Even though you are a deluded fool, it's not your fault.
In this world, those who are awake are the true evil."