Chapter 626: The Challenges of His Idea
Creating a cultivation technique that could replace the devil cultivation method while allowing cultivators to retain their cultivation without having to destroy their entire foundation sounds like a story too good to be true.
There are some major problems awaiting Aldrian, and he must know how to address them if he wants to succeed.
It is already known that changing one’s cultivation technique is possible, but the downside is that cultivators have to destroy their cultivation foundation and rebuild it from scratch.
Why must they do that?
Because the cultivator’s entire body and foundation have already been shaped by their previous cultivation technique, changing the method is akin to replacing the foundation of a building all at once. There is no way the old foundation can support the new structure of the cultivator’s new path.
This is the biggest problem for anyone who desires to change their cultivation technique, because from this issue, many other problems arise.
The most obvious issue, of course, is the cultivation itself. Once cultivators destroy their foundation, they lose the cultivation they have built over a long time. After that, they must regain their strength using the new cultivation method, but not before healing themselves first. This is because destroying one’s own cultivation foundation seriously harms both the body and even the soul.
The healing process may take a long time or not, depending on the severity of the injury caused by destroying one’s own cultivation. It also depends on how many resources the cultivator has to recover. This process might require rare and expensive resources, which not everyone can obtain.
However, with sufficient resources, they might be able to heal quickly before starting cultivation again.
Time is another major issue. It is especially dangerous because a cultivator’s lifespan is directly supported by their cultivation stage. The moment they destroy their foundation, there is nothing left to sustain their extended lifespan, as their cultivation collapses.
If they do not begin cultivating with the new method quickly, their natural lifespan will catch up to them. They must advance rapidly, or their remaining years will run out. If they cannot grow fast enough, they are as good as dead.
To speed up their cultivation, they need a large amount of resources to support the process. Without those resources, they will not be able to cultivate fast enough to escape the limit of their original lifespan.