Chapter 175: One Sword Rules Life and Death, the Solitary Dao Bears Yin and Yang

Divine Techniques are, in essence, methods for applying the Heaven and Earth Law.

If techniques that approach divinity are but a crude application of the Heaven and Earth Law—like an infant swinging a sledgehammer, possessing great strength but no technique...

...then Divine Techniques are combat methods formed by meticulously carving and repeatedly tempering the Power of Law.

They possess a complete cultivation system and a clear path for advancement.

A Cultivator of Divine Techniques has a degree of control over the Heaven and Earth Law far surpassing those at the peak of Foundation Establishment or the Golden Peak, who can only use it 'instinctively'.

The latter's methods are, at best, merely introductory exercises for Divine Techniques—transitional means used at a Low Tier to lay the groundwork for future cultivation of such techniques.

Take, for example, Dark Heavy Water in relation to Beiming True Water.