Zhou Yunshen frowned. "Can a Sage really touch those laws without losing themselves to heaven and earth?"

Fu Chaosheng glanced at him. "Of course. How else do you think anyone reaches Divine Transformation?"

Zhou Yunshen fell silent. 

Cultivators had debated that very question for countless years. Some claimed that one must first attain Divine Transformation and form a Primal Soul strong enough to preserve the self before safely comprehending Laws. According to that approach, the breakthrough came first, and comprehension followed. Others believed the order was the opposite. A cultivator had to grasp Laws first while still in the Nascent Soul Realm, and only then could they cross the final threshold and become an Ascendant. 

These were not merely different interpretations of the same process but two distinct paths. The first was broader and safer, suited to cultivators with excellent aptitude but ordinary comprehension. It was also the path the other six Sages had always believed...