Wang Yuan finished the sentence he had left incomplete. Yet those four simple words left Luo Chen utterly shocked and asked, "If Physique Refinement cultivators could rival Qi Refinement cultivators in ancient times, how could they not achieve longevity?"

Wang Yuan sighed and replied, "The exact reason, I don’t know either. Perhaps the true methods of Physique Refinement have long been lost to the river of history. Today, Qi Refinement cultivators dominate the cultivation world. Even if there are some Physique Refinement cultivators, most of them are dual-practitioners.

"Or maybe the once-mighty Physique Refinement cultivators never had a path to longevity to begin with. Otherwise, how could they have been erased from history?"

In Wang Yuan’s explanation, Luo Chen finally understood why the path of Physique Refinement no longer led to longevity.

For Qi Refinement cultivators, breaking through tiers gradually strengthened their divine soul. Eventually, the body became nothing more than a vessel to carry the divine soul. While the body decayed easily, the divine soul was immortal, naturally...