Chapter 574 (2/2)
”Of course, some also prefer cultivating two different powers, but that will greatly reduce one's cultivation speed. Furthermore, the resulting combat prowess isn't that much stronger than cultivating only a single power. The only benefit is gaining the ability to use the two powers and complement each other for unique effects.
“As for cultivating three or more powers, that is a choice almost no one will make. That is mainly because someone doing so will lack the ability to use all the different powers together, resulting in a lower combat prowess.
”Of course, there are people that refused to admit defeat and insisted on cultivating multiple powers, and all of them have ended miserably. The only type of people capable of cultivating five powers are those possessing a Primal Astral Physique. This physique grants one an innate physique with five stars of five different powers.
“For someone not born with this physique, it is extremely hard to cultivate this physique through effort alone. After all, the main advantage of this physique is the balance between the five powers, and that balance is something almost impossible to achieve artificially. After all, the Primal Astral Physique is one of the strongest combative physiques in existence.
”As for nine-star physiques, it is extremely hard to balance nine different powers. However, there is an ancient legend claiming that a legendary physique known as the Nine Heavens Celestial Physique, also known as the Major Primal Astral Physique, exists. It is a physique granting someone an innate ability to absorb nine different astral energies, accomplis.h.i.+ng something n.o.body else can accomplish.
“It is said that this is a physique only the ancient G.o.d involved in the creation of the world possessed, and that ancient G.o.d is also the ancient ancestor of us humans. He is the creator of the dominion, the sky, and the stars above us.
”Throughout the years, many humans have tried recreating someone comparable to the ancient G.o.d. Children with a nine-star physique were all requested to cultivate nine different powers. Us, the Dragon Phoenix Academy, also once did that. We called it the Strongest Physique Cultivation Project. However, it all ended in failure. All those nine-star physiques had gone to waste, and thus, n.o.body wants to ever see a nine-star physique holder cultivate nine different powers and walk the path of no return ever again.”
Xiang Shaoyun's face turned ghastly as he listened, his will to continue down the same path wavering.
Have I really made the wrong choice? Xiang Shaoyun asked himself.
He had also seen a lot of ancient records depicting the failures of cultivating nine powers. However, he had a.s.sumed that the records only referred to a small portion of those who had tried. He thought that he would be different with his talent, creating a path unique to himself.
But from what the gravekeeper elder had just said, since the ancient times, humanity had been trying to cultivate such physiques. Even the Dragon Phoenix Academy had done so before, and they had all failed.
Anyone with a nine-star physique was a remarkable talent. Xiang Shaoyun was not stupid enough to believe he was better than all of them. Since all of them had failed, would he still have the courage to attempt something n.o.body had accomplished before?
Perhaps it was as the gravekeeper elder said, it was a path of no return, something impossible to succeed. The Nine Heavens Celestial Physique was merely a legend left behind by the ancient humans. There was no way to even confirm if that physique had once existed before.
”Then is it fine if I opt to cultivate one power now?” Xiang Shaoyun asked. Yes, he was finally scared. After all, he had filled his nine stars with different powers. Was it too late to give up now?
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