After all, under normal circumstances, a person's three treasures—vital energy, physical strength, and spirit—should develop in a balanced manner and progress together.

If the differences between the three are too great, it will inevitably lead to a series of serious consequences.

The reason why cultivators like Luo Xuan can rely on divine essence to cultivate without having to consume essence and qi as nourishment is due to the existence of the divine river's Daoist rhyme.

All the Daoist essences had been collected by the powerful domain lords, leaving ordinary cultivators with no choice but to rely on their essence or qi to nourish their divine essence.

As a result, their cultivation speed will become extremely slow.

Moreover, if the spiritual energy is too weak, it is easily interfered with and affected by the essence or qi, causing the practitioner to lose effective control over the essence and qi.

The final result was that he went mad with evil spirits and met a tragic end, dying and disappearing from the world.

Therefore, for those at the bottom of the cultivation level, the Daoist essence is an indispensable key element for their survival and advancement.

However, those high-level cultivators have a more urgent need for spiritual objects.

However, if a cultivator at the lower level loses their Daoist essence, the consequences are unimaginable, and they may very well face the threat of death.

However, even without spiritual objects, high-level cultivators can still maintain their cultivation path by relying on the profound Daoist wisdom they have accumulated.

This situation is, in essence, clearly an extremely unfair exchange.

For this reason, cultivators at the lower levels have no choice but to reluctantly hand over the spiritual objects they have worked so hard to obtain in exchange for precious Dao essence and to seek protection from powerful figures at the higher levels.

Within this divine realm, up to 90% of the spiritual objects will eventually flow to the Fire Crow Sect.

Moreover, even at this ratio, it is a blessing for those at the bottom of the cultivation level.

Even more extreme, the number of spiritual items that the lords of some divine realms require to be handed over exceeds the total amount that the divine realm can obtain in a year.

So, what should be done when there is a shortage of spiritual resources? The only way is to forcibly seize resources from other divine realms.

As a result, fierce battles frequently broke out between various forces in the two divine realms.

Moreover, even between different divine realms belonging to the same sect, it is difficult to avoid the situation of fighting each other.

Even fellow disciples sometimes resort to ruthless killing and plundering against each other in order to compete for those scarce spiritual resources.

Despite his early-stage Grand Luo Golden Immortal cultivation, Luo Xuan's participation in the perilous battle to hunt parasites was not due to his exceptional self-sacrifice.

One reason for this is that he possesses numerous powerful magical treasures, such as the Ten Thousand Crow Pot, which the parasites do not have.

In this way, as long as he is not facing a powerful parasite at the level of a Grand Luo Golden Immortal, Luo Xuan can protect himself with these magical treasures.

However, the second reason that prompted Luo Xuan to make this decision was truly out of helplessness—he was forced into it.

The Five Elements Theory is one of the most accessible and perceptible principles for living beings in the world.

For this reason, the number of practitioners who choose to cultivate this path is countless.

However, the Five Elements Dao in a world can only support a maximum of five Primordial Chaos experts, not to mention that there are those who can directly control the power of the Five Elements and thus monopolize the entire Five Elements Dao.

Therefore, among all the cultivation competitions of the Great Dao, the Dao of the Five Elements is undoubtedly the most intense and brutal.

This is what is known as the struggle over the Dao.

Therefore, for most practitioners, the Five Elements Way is regarded as an enlightenment method or a supplementary way to enrich their understanding of their own original laws.

However, there are always some exceptions, like Luo Xuan.

From the moment he was born, a powerful force of the fire element law surged into his body. From then on, everything about him was closely connected to this fire element law power and inseparable.

Fate had already been decided, and Luo Xuan had no choice but to embark on the path of cultivating the Fire Element Law.

Within the Lingbao Dao Sect, the figure most similar to Luo Xuan is the Holy Mother of Fire Spirit.

The Holy Mother of Fire Spirit was also born from the essence of fire, but her origins were far more noble than Luo Xuan's, because she was a pure fire spirit that directly took human form.

Although the Holy Mother of Fire Spirit had not cultivated for even half as long as Luo Xuan, she was of noble birth and fortunate enough to be chosen by Duobao Daoren, the eldest disciple of the Lingbao Dao Sect, who then took her under his wing.

In this way, the Holy Mother of Fire Spirit naturally became the true successor of the Lingbao Dao Sect.

Don't underestimate the fact that the Holy Mother of Fire Spirit is only a third-generation disciple of the Lingbao Dao Sect, while Luo Xuan is a second-generation disciple of the Lingbao Dao Sect.

In reality, within the Lingbao Dao Sect, there is a world of difference between the true disciples and the outer disciples.

Take the transmission of the Dharma as an example. Outer disciples only have the opportunity to hear the voice of the Great Dao during specific times of sermons. As for how much they can comprehend in the end, it depends entirely on their individual level of understanding.

In this divine realm, almost every great cultivator possesses an extremely long lifespan, usually measured in tens of thousands of years or even a lifetime.

Therefore, for outer disciples, the only opportunity to listen to a great cultivator's sermon is when that great cultivator celebrates his birthday or the beginning of his life.

Most of the time, these outer disciples are not even qualified to live in the sect for a long period of time. They are forced to disperse to various parts of the world to open their own cave dwellings as places of cultivation.

Above the outer sect lies the inner sect, where disciples recognized and accepted by the sect can reside peacefully. Not only are there excellent cultivation facilities here, but more importantly, various opportunities frequently await them within the sect.

Inner disciples within the sect would occasionally hear highly respected and unfathomably powerful cultivators holding discussions on the Dao.

The cultivation insights and profound understanding of the Dao shared by these great practitioners are undoubtedly an extremely valuable treasure for inner disciples. By attentively listening and comprehending their true meaning, one can make their cultivation path smoother, thereby achieving greater breakthroughs and progress.

However, compared to inner disciples, true disciples enjoy far superior treatment and resources.

They no longer need to search for opportunities to listen to the teachings of great masters, as they are the ones personally taught and nurtured by great practitioners.

No matter when or where, whenever a true disciple encounters difficulties or confusion on their path of cultivation, they can directly consult their master and seek guidance.

This unique advantage allows true disciples to avoid many detours on their cultivation path and improve their strength more quickly.

If any outer disciple unfortunately encounters misfortune or even dies, the sect usually does not go out of its way to seek revenge.

After all, there are many outer disciples, and their quality varies greatly, making it difficult for the sect to take care of the safety of everyone. However, if a true disciple is killed, the situation is completely different.

The first to take revenge will inevitably be the master who took him under his wing. If the master is unable to get justice for his disciple, then it will be the grandmaster-level figure who will step in to uphold justice.

Once you offend a true disciple, it's essentially the same as offending an entire powerful sect.

The Lingbao Dao Sect has a long history and profound cultural heritage.

The first patriarch was the renowned Lingbao Daojun, who also had two other prestigious titles—Tongtian Daojun and Tongtian Jiansheng.

After countless years of dedicated cultivation, this Lingbao Daojun's cultivation had already reached the Hunyuan Taiji Jiluo Golden Immortal realm.

As the true disciple of Lingbao Daoren, Duobao Daoren was also renowned.

He inherited his master's mantle and his cultivation level reached the level of Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian.

As for the Holy Mother of Fire Spirit, although she is only a third-generation disciple, she is no ordinary person.

Under the careful cultivation of Daoist Duobao, the Holy Mother of Fire Spirit's cultivation level is also not to be underestimated, and she has already entered the ranks of Hunyuan Golden Immortal.

Although both were disciples of the Lingbao Dao Sect, the Fire Spirit Mother's cultivation methods and magical treasures were significantly more powerful than Luo Xuan's.

Even if there were no difference in their cultivation levels, Luo Xuan would probably be no match for the Holy Mother of Fire Spirit. Fortunately, the Holy Mother of Fire Spirit didn't take Luo Xuan seriously at all, and therefore didn't specifically target him.

However, Hu Lei, the disciple of the Holy Mother of Fire, was not so magnanimous.

This person was single-mindedly focused on eliminating potential threats to his master, attempting to sever Luo Xuan's path of cultivation.

Therefore, Hu Lei often instructed some outer disciples with ulterior motives who wanted to curry favor with him and his master to plunder the various precious resources in the divine realm where Luo Xuan was located.

It should be noted that among the nine major divine realms of the Creation Divine Realm, the Lingbao Dao Sect has always been criticized for the uneven quality of its disciples.

This place is a melting pot of all sorts of people, from upright gentlemen to evil spirits and demons.

Although the Lingbao Dao Sect claims to uphold the doctrine of "education for all" and welcomes all those who are willing to seek the Dao, in reality, the sect still adopts a certain degree of coldness towards some disciples who misbehave.

This is why these neglected disciples racked their brains to find a powerful backer and climb the social ladder.

As a result, the divine realm where poor Luo Xuan resided became turbulent.

Of course, those troublemakers didn't dare to openly attack Luo Xuan himself.

However, with such a vast divine realm, Luo Xuan had to concentrate on cultivation and was also stretched thin, making it difficult to maintain complete and flawless control.

This has made the situation in this divine realm extremely complicated, especially for the Tianluo Kingdom and the Fire Crow Sect disciples abroad, who are facing unprecedented pressure.

Those people turned their attention to them, launching a series of highly targeted actions.

This has resulted in Luo Xuan being unable to deliver the full amount of spiritual items to the higher realms for many years.

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