Chapter 145 - 100: Breakthrough, Late-Stage Qi Cultivation, Triple Transformation

Cultivation has never been about the mere accumulation of Magical Power. It is, and always has been, about the "Dao Practice" that settles within one’s heart.

Dao Practice is the understanding and living of the "Dao," as well as the tempering of one’s mind and character.

And since man follows the earth, the earth follows heaven, heaven follows the Dao, and the Dao follows nature... Dao Practice can also be simplified as a cultivator’s perception and understanding of the world, which they must then practice with unity of knowledge and action.

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