985 Mystic 3 (1/2)

'What?' This explanation made sense, but it confused Dyon beyond belief. 'In this kind of environment, how could the Soul Path lose to the Energy Path?'

'That's obvious. The Soul Path has never been able to effectively translate their soul strength into battle prowess. I have no doubt that soon after your soul unseals, it will advance by leaps and bounds into the dao levels. But, I also have no doubt that even then, you would be no match for true dao formation experts. If you tried to fight, you'd die without leaving a corpse behind.'

'I don't believe it's so simple.' Dyon's frown deepened. 'Maybe in one on one combat, a soul cultivator would be looked down upon, but in war, I dare to say that no one is more effective than a soul cultivator. Everything from pills for recovery, to weapons for fighting efficiency, to formations for battles of attrition, soul cultivators are unmatched in all of these aspects.'

'You're too naïve. Not every soul cultivator is lucky enough to be gifted the [Dao of Array Alchemy] like you were, and even if they were, the formations you're talking about were things you learned from the second trial world, no? Haven't you noticed that large scales formations are rare in this day and age? It's a lost art.

'Something like using the feng shui of your surroundings to construct and power large scale formations is a feat that only the most ancient clans can do. And, even they can only maintain the formations they had from long ago, having lost the ability to construct new ones.

'Also, don't you find it odd that this quadrant is being controlled by others behind the scenes? Obviously this wasn't a fair a war.'

'Are you trying to say that this has something to do with the ban on Array Alchemy?'

'That's very likely the case. Such an accumulation of soul talent would definitely be a threat. Even with the general consensus being that formation theory and alchemy should be kept separate, it was only a matter of time before someone became curious enough to test it.

'Obviously, there's no such ban on array alchemy in the transcendent world because those who've lived for millions of years aren't so easily manipulated. Instead, there was just immediate all out war between the Chaos and Balanced Paths.'

'Alright… But if this quadrant was once known for its soul talent, how did everyone somehow forget that?'

'It's not that they forgot, everyone with enough power either learns of it or remembers it. It's just that they receive benefits from the current situation in this quadrant.

'There was a time where this quadrant was ranked into the top 20. It wasn't any higher because ranks were mostly fought for through combat, and for obvious reasons, a soul-based quadrant was weak in that aspect.

'However, after the Energy Path won, they no longer had the talent to sustain their ranking and continuously fell into disgrace.

Dyon didn't like where this was going. He understood why the Dragon King and Zabia would think he would go and do something stupid now.