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"Hmm." After listening to Lu Yunshi's words for twenty minutes, Shangguan Yue fell into deep thought, her expression seemingly serious.

"Are you serious? You want to... reach the pinnacle?"

“That’s right, Sister Shangguan, I’ve decided to do it.” Lu Yunshi nodded emphatically and said very seriously.

The ultimate realm is the final minor realm within each major realm.

After the initial, middle, and late stages, there is the ultimate stage, also known as the stage of perfection.

However, while the term "extreme realm" is not entirely unfamiliar to cultivators in the world today, it is still a realm that no one pays much attention to.

According to the information Lu Yunshi had read in the book, it is said that long ago, human cultivators would cultivate to the extreme level before breaking through to the next major realm. People called the next major realm they broke through in this way the Immaculate Realm.

But at some point, a brilliant mind suddenly made a breakthrough from the later stages, and even more surprisingly, he succeeded.

After that, everyone discovered that you only need to cultivate to the late stage of a realm to begin breaking through, and compared to the extreme realm, breaking through is even easier.

The only drawback is that after breaking through to a higher realm in the later stages, the strength of the smaller realms within the same level will be three points weaker than that of the Immaculate Realm.

But so what? It doesn't stop the later-stage breakthrough from becoming the mainstream breakthrough method in the cultivation world today.

Although it may be three points weaker, the difficulty of breaking through in the later stages is lower, and the amount of resources required is also less.

When people with the same talent cultivate under the same conditions, while a cultivator who has broken through from the extreme realm has just broken through to the next major realm, a cultivator who has broken through from the later stage has probably already reached the middle stage. The extra three points of strength you have are not that useful in the face of a difference of one minor realm.

Moreover, in other words, even if they break through later, they can still use various methods to make up for the three-point gap in the same realm.

Over time, breaking through to the later stages became the mainstream, while those who insisted on cultivating to the extreme became remnants of the era. In this world that values ​​cultivation efficiency, such people were gradually abandoned, and even the great families no longer used this method of cultivation that was three times stronger.

From today's perspective, since the later breakthrough method became the mainstream, there are indeed more strong individuals among the human race.

Nowadays, among cultivators, there are probably only one in ten thousand who are still cultivating to the extreme realm.

"I'm surprised you want to cultivate to the extreme realm, but do you really understand how difficult the extreme realm is? Even the extreme realm of the Body Tempering Realm." Shangguan Yue didn't say whether it was possible or not, but stared intently at Lu Yunshi and asked in a deep voice.

“I’ve thought about it for a long time. If I’m pursuing speed in cultivation, with my ability to absorb spiritual energy, I’ll always be slower than others in my entire life,” Lu Yunshi said.

"So you're not planning to pursue speed, but instead to pursue strength? But even at the extreme level, you won't be much stronger, and it will affect your future breakthrough speed." Shangguan Yue sighed and continued.

"Furthermore, do you know that the Immaculate Realm... cannot be tainted by dust? This time you broke through to the Immaculate Realm with the Extreme Realm. If you cannot enter the Extreme Realm when you break through to the next major realm, you will be trapped for the rest of your life. Moreover, you must clearly understand that the Extreme Realm of each realm will only become more and more difficult. Once you achieve Immaculate Realm, you can only reach the Perfection Realm for the rest of your life."

Extremes are also one of the fundamental reasons why the Pure Realm is now abandoned, because you can't break through a major realm in one go, but instead break through from the later stages and then cultivate to the extreme realm again.

Just as Shangguan Yue said, once you break through to the Immaculate Realm, you must walk this path every time you go on.

The two paths are separate and cannot be chosen at the same time; you can only take one.

Immaculate is more difficult to achieve, and it is also easier to trap people.

"I know." Lu Yunshi smiled and nodded slightly. He had naturally struggled with the decision for a long time before making it.

But one day, while he was sitting under the eaves thinking, he suddenly understood.

Since he was destined to be slower than others in breaking through to higher realms, he stopped chasing after others' quicker pace, focused only on his current self, embarked on the path of purity, and concentrated on the strength of his current realm.

Judging by my current cultivation speed, I might not have many more major realms to advance to. So I might as well just cultivate my current realm to its strongest point.

If you can't progress further, can't reach the next major realm, and can't refine your spiritual energy, then being an invincible body temperer isn't bad either.

If you have the opportunity to reach the next higher level, then no matter how fast others are or how slow you are, as long as you have enough time and can survive, everyone will be the same sooner or later. And survival and time are actually hard requirements for everyone.

As for not being able to survive, then so be it, that's fate... just accept it.

Lu Yunshi was very calm. He had no origin and no destination in this world. He would live as long as he could and do as much as he could.

He transmigrated here. His parents had been gone since he could remember, leaving him an orphan. But he had no intention of seeking revenge, since he hadn't even had time to develop any feelings for them. Before reminiscing about his parents, survival was his top priority. Once his survival was secured, he could no longer remember anything about those he had never even met.

So he didn't even have any enemies.

As for En, Lu Yunshi can confidently say that he survived because of his own efforts, and he doesn't owe anyone anything.

Without gratitude or enmity, without pursuit or attachment, a life free from worldly dust—perhaps this is destiny.

That youthful, impulsive passion, that "my fate is in my own hands" mentality, and that desire to reach the pinnacle of power, were not good things in his empty heart.

So I don't want to think too far ahead, I just want to focus on the present and do my best right now.

I neither seek death nor cling to life.

Lu Yunshi thoroughly analyzed his own practical and mental conditions and realized that choosing perfection was something that had been predetermined in the dark. At that moment, he felt relieved.

Why is it easy? Because he has some degree of decision-making difficulties.

Everyone knows how satisfying it is for someone who has trouble making decisions to finally make a choice.

"It seems you've made your decision." Shangguan Yue shook her head; she still didn't approve of the choice.

“When faced with difficulties, we must rise to the challenge. Isn’t that exactly what Sister Shangguan wants to see?” Lu Yunshi raised his fist, a confident smile on his face. “We must be bold enough to take on challenges, not cowards who run away at the first sign of trouble.”

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Yue opened her mouth, but remained silent for a moment.

Yes, as a brave person, this is the person she wants to meet.