Xuanchen lay back down again, looking up at the glittering stars, and said, "Everything has its pros and cons."
"Cultivation grants greater power, but it is fraught with countless calamities and disasters, and rarely ends well. Ascension through the accumulation of merit offers power inferior to that of cultivators, but ensures tens of thousands of years of peace and prosperity."
"The former is easy, the latter is hard. The mortal realm is vast, with countless worlds, and many achieve immortality, yet few can manage to live virtuously for life after life."
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