"What do you mean?"
"It's actually quite simple. You can think of 'Spirit' as the soul and 'Form' as the physical body. That's why Cultivators can easily wield abilities involving the Sea of Consciousness, while Martial Artists cannot. They are merely physically robust, but a Cultivator can achieve the same level of robustness by cultivating their spirit."
"So, by your logic, martial arts are fundamentally inferior to cultivation?"
"Uh... not necessarily. Cultivation is extremely difficult and consumes a great deal of energy, so a Cultivator's advancement through the realms is much slower than a Martial Artist's. In the early stages, they might not be able to compete, but in the later stages, Cultivators are definitely superior."
Jiang Ce stroked his chin. Is cultivation for Cultivators really that slow? I don't feel that way at all. That Xuanyuan must have been some kind of genius to create a cultivation manual as incredible as the Xuanyuan Ninefold Jue.
