Aksai frowned slightly as he listened.
He rembered how desperate the three Core Formation Lords from the demonic faction had been to claim the resources of the Holy Land Torel.
Only now did he understand why those seemingly rich and wealthy Spirit cultivators were fighting like beggars for the resources.
Still, Aksai was not satisfied that he would have to choose a single elent. He looked at Yelia before asking to confirm. "And if... if I still try to practise all three elents?"
"Then," Yelia said, "once you reach a certain stage within the Third Realm, you will no longer be allowed to advance unless all three elents reach the late stage of Core Formation."
Aksai blinked. "All three...?"
"Yes," she said. "If you choose to walk the path of three elents, then the path binds you. You cannot break through to the Fourth Spirit Realm unless all three reach the sa level."
She took a slow breath before adding the final warning.
"And one more thing. The breakthrough event for the Third Realm becos harder if you practise more than one elent."
A silence spread through the hall.
Aksai closed his eyes for a mont. "So the more elents I try to master, the harder the path becos."
"Exactly," Yelia said softly. "The path becos longer, more dangerous, and more expensive. But if soone succeeds... their power becos much greater than a one-elent cultivator."
Aksai rubbed his chin for a mont. "You told all the drawbacks," he said. "But what about the advantages? There must be so reason people still try to master more than one elent, right?"
Yelia nodded slowly. "There are advantages, my liege. Very real ones. That is why so people risk everything despite the difficulty."
Aksai leaned forward a little. "Go on."
Yelia held her hands behind her back and began explaining.
"First, if you master more than one elent in the Third Spirit Realm, your fighting style becos far more flexible. Most Core Formation Lords have only one main elent. Because of that, their attacks often follow simple patterns. Their strengths are strong but fixed. Their weaknesses also beco clear.
"But soone who has mastered two or three elents... their abilities beco harder to predict. Their attacks don’t follow a single pattern. Their defence also becos harder to break."
She paused for a mont before continuing.
"Second, your Spirit Sense grows stronger. Each elent trains the mind in a different way. When you combine them, the improvent adds up. A dual-elent or tri-elent Core Formation Lord usually has a sharper Spirit Sense than soone who follows only one path."
Aksai raised his eyebrow. "Sharp enough to make a difference in a fight?"
Yelia nodded. "Yes. Sotis it can even be the difference between life and death. After all, Spirit Sense isn’t only about how far you can perceive your surroundings.
"After the Third Spirit Realm, it also lets cultivators observe things that are normally hidden from the naked eye. I’m specifically talking about Elental Daos, which can only be sensed by those who are compatible with those elents.
"The more elents you choose to master, the more your compatibility with those elents increases. And that ans your Third Order Spirit Sense can detect more Elental Daos. It then depends upon the cultivator how they choose to make use of that information in real ti."
She then added.
"Third, your long-term potential increases. If soone reaches the Fourth Spirit Realm—or even the Fifth—while mastering more than one elent, their growth becos much faster than a normal cultivator.
"They can reach heights others cannot even dream of. Their bodies, Spirit Cores, and Spirit essence beco richer and more stable. Even their souls gain a lot of dormant benefits."
Aksai thought about it quietly.
Yelia spoke again. "And lastly, if you ever get the chance to form your Spirit Avatar or Spirit Domain in the future, having more than one elent will give you more freedom. The combined power of multiple elents can create rare and powerful forms that single-elent cultivators can never achieve."
Aksai let out a slow breath. "So that’s why the Big Five Sects fight over the hidden realms so fiercely."
Yelia nodded. "Yes. And honestly, the so-called ’Big Five’ sects and the three major demonic sects are nothing special. Their foundations are shallow.
"The competition among the older, much more powerful sects that exist outside the Dadangar Subcontinent should be far more intense. Those sects know that if they can find enough Spirit Pools, treasures, and resources, they can raise multi-elent geniuses who might dominate the world for centuries."
She continued, "In fact, elental Spirit Pools can also be used to speed up cultivation in the Spirit Gathering Realm and the Foundation Establishnt Realm. The speed of progress in those realms becos tens of tis faster for soone who has access to such pools compared to soone who doesn’t.
But using elental Spirit Pools in the first and second Spirit realms is considered wasteful, because cultivators in those realms can only use less than ten percent of the pool’s true potential."
Yelia clasped her hands in front of her.
"There is another issue. If soone uses an elental Spirit Pool too early—during the first or second Spirit realm—their choices in the Third Spirit Realm beco more limited. Their foundation becos harder to stabilize, which ans they would need an intervention from a higher level Spirit cultivator or suitable high-level resource."
She finished, "That’s why, even among the most well-established sects beyond the Shinayin Empire, the right to use elental Spirit Pools is given only to the sect’s top geniuses, even when they’re just in the first or second Spirit realm. And such geniuses are usually backed by their respective masters, sect elders, and clan mbers."
Aksai leaned back in his seat again, thinking deeply as he processed every word. He suddenly thought of sothing and smiled mirthlessly before murmuring to himself.
"No wonder Nuya chose to leave the Dadangar Subcontinent and go with her father to the Shinayin Empire. This place... it is indeed barren for geniuses and higher level Spirit cultivators."
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