Compared to physical cultivation and magical cultivation, the advantages of unorthodox cultivation methods are that they are faster and do not require spiritual energy; they only require the necessary materials provided by the cultivation method.
Its weaknesses are also obvious: weak combat power, superficial strength, and great difficulty in making breakthroughs.
Then there are the demonic cultivators.
Demonic cultivators and evil cultivators don't sound like good people, and that's true, but they're not the same kind of people.
Evil cultivators harm people and are not tolerated by the Heavenly Dao, but the Heavenly Dao will still give them a chance to undergo tribulation. As the saying goes, Heaven and Earth are ruthless and treat all things as straw dogs. As long as evil cultivators do not go too far, the Heavenly Dao will not suppress them.
But demonic cultivators are different.
If you carefully search the history of the Blazing Spirit Continent, you will find that there has never been such a cultivator.
Demonic cultivators were created during a major human calamity on the Blazing Spirit Continent; they are considered an alien species.
They not only harmed people, but also stole the plane's origin from the Blazing Spirit Continent, attempting to drag the entire plane into utter destruction.
If a normal cultivator encounters an evil cultivator on the road, they will scoff at them and stay away from them. But if they encounter a demonic cultivator on the road, then everyone will truly want to kill them.
Even a three-year-old knows that demonic cultivators deserve to die.
However, demonic cultivators are like rats, hiding in very dark corners, never showing their true faces, and they don't even undergo tribulation. Their methods of increasing combat power are similar to those of magic cultivators, but no one has ever seen a demonic cultivator undergo tribulation.
When Heaven sees such a thing, it will personally step in and crush it to death, with absolutely no chance of survival.
Therefore, demonic cultivators are even more heinous than evil cultivators.
If a demonic cultivator wants to become stronger, he must, like the zombies on Earth, pollute the dantian of another person with something called "demonic energy," absorb its essence, and use it to nourish himself.
Li Xuanzu would never consider becoming a demonic cultivator; this stemmed from an instinctive aversion and disgust.
The last cultivation system, which is also the most complex, is collectively referred to as the Special Cultivator system.
As mentioned earlier, cultivators who cultivate merit, the five elements, yin and yang, and fortune are all included.
Merit is doing things that greatly benefit the local plane or planet. The local Heavenly Dao will directly bestow merit. Merit is an ethereal thing, but you can feel yourself becoming stronger.
The Five Elements Qi refers to the cultivation of a branch of the origin of heaven and earth that demonic cultivators steal, without absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
These cultivators are collectively known as Five Elements cultivators. Their spells are very powerful, but they are not the mainstream.
Because those who cultivate this method must possess at least the five elemental roots, namely metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. They can only have these five; they cannot have even one additional non-elemental root, and the quality of the roots must be no lower than that of ordinary roots.
However, the more spiritual roots one has, the lower one's aptitude becomes. Therefore, there are very few cultivators of the Five Elements, and very few strong ones.
Yin and Yang are said to be even more ancient than spiritual energy, existing since the beginning of chaos.
Cultivators who practice Yin-Yang Qi are also known as Yin-Yang practitioners. There are rumors in the Blazing Spirit Continent that cultivators are a branch that evolved from the original Yin-Yang practitioners.
However, the Yin and Yang energies are extremely difficult to control. Even a Nascent Soul stage cultivator does not have absolute confidence in maintaining the balance of Yin and Yang energies within their body.
Therefore, the number of cultivators in this lineage is very small. It only rose to prominence in ancient times for a period of time before rapidly declining. Due to their unpredictable abilities and prophetic abilities, Yin-Yang cultivators are still quite respected in the Blazing Spirit Continent.
Finally, there's luck.
Some cultivators do not absorb spiritual energy but instead cultivate forces in the mortal realm, relying on absorbing their fortune to strengthen themselves.
These types of cultivators often find priceless treasures such as the inheritance of great cultivators, hidden treasures, and high-grade medicinal herbs.
Unfortunately, they were not very strong, and although they held a prestigious position among the many sects, they had no real power.
If it weren't for their immense fortune and the numerous karmic consequences of killing them, they probably wouldn't even have the basic ability to protect themselves in this dog-eat-dog world.
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