Learning the path to power!

a philosophical take on cultivation. When physical prowess in this cultivation world is directly correlated to how well you can learn, how do you know you are learning for pure reasons? Does having impure motives for learning limit how much you can take in? questions lead to more questions in this fight to be the wisest. hypocrites meet firey youths in a battle of wits. one question will remain: if physical strength is objective, how do we know what mentality creates it? a general summary: this is a story where leveling up in power isn't a straight shot, and the strong cannot remain strong for long if their mentality is weak. there will hopefully be no mindless filler bad guys and the mc will also not gain power without struggling first.