Of course, philosophical reasoning could only go so far. At some point, empirical applications had to take over, and Liam found something irreconcilable there.
'It's one thing to swallow the Ancestral Beasts for personal growth,' Liam considered, 'But to actually train in their methods …'
Whatever the Demoness had used, it was a specialized application of the Qi. Liam hadn't actually seen that, but their conversation had more than suggested as much.
Still, that wasn't Liam's first time facing a similar crossroads. It was the same issue that had put him in a pickle back in the Pale Moon Sect, one that had actually become more difficult to navigate after shedding his cluelessness like snakes shed skin.
Liam's success in creating a rank 3 poison despite not being at the stage's peak came from mathematical factors, namely his black Qi and his Qi reserves.
