Path!
Ashen's room, Phoenix Feather Sect,
Ashen pondered on what to spend his Villain Points on.
Advancing to the next realm?
No, He couldn't do that.
Why?!
Because the next realm was the Core Formation. In this realm, one had to form a core with the qi they had stored in their dantian.
It was also seen as choosing a path in cultivation.
There were multiple types of qi in the surrounding and one could only choose some to use to form his core.
The type of qi he used to form his core would determine the strength of the skills he would be able to use in the future.
For example, If someone had formed his core with sword qi and another had formed their core with blade qi.
Then, the same sword skill would be ten times more powerful when used by the cultivator with sword qi core than when used by the Blade cultivator.
And the opposite would also be true for a blade skill.