Dalvin is a young man who spends his time working on art commissions for online clients while trying to improve his declining fitness. In order to quell his boredom, he downloads a strange mobile app called 'Path of Heaven,' advertised as a free Eastern fantasy-style game with great immersion. However, upon creating his character, an accident occurs, and Dalvin ends up awakening a space/time element physique, which causes him to be dragged into the world of 'Path of Heaven,' known as Tianzi! With his life at stake and only the ability to simulate a certain amount of time into the future, he must navigate his way through this dangerous and cutthroat cultivation world!
Most top sects heavily advised their Qi Refinement and Foundation Establishment disciples not to waste their time on the Hundred Arts of Cultivation, for they would have plenty of time in the Core Formation realm to pursue such things.
But sects on par with the True Spirit Sect would even advise such disciples to wait until Nascent Soul, as the Nascent Soul realm's special characteristic was not just the body escape, but also dual enlightenment. In other words, your Nascent Soul could learn and comprehend at the base rate of your own IQ, so it could learn about techniques, methods, or crafts while you cultivated, or vice versa.
This was why Ling Long, Xia Qingyan, and Xue Mei did not have any trades mastered at all, only combat skills. It was completely unlike loose cultivators who would learn trades even at the Qi Refinement realm in order to support themselves and gain resources for their cultivation.