The Tongshen Sutra was jointly written by ten Ninth Realm Experts and more than thirty Eighth Realm Experts of that era, led by eight Immortal Sects after the founding of the Tianshan Sect at the Peak of Yunxiao. It was originally intended to allow future cultivators to practice this scripture and embark on the immortal path. However, reality proved otherwise: very few people could truly understand it, and those who did refused to impart it to those who didn't, causing the common-born disciples at the Peak of Yunxiao to quickly face a severe generational disconnect with no successors. The Wuji Sect's desire to turn the Peak of Yunxiao into a deliberation-based Immortal Sect remained nothing more than a pipe dream.
It was from the Li Family's scripture pavilion that Wang Yun learned about these matters. "If the Tongshen Sutra is edited to be too colloquial and easy to understand, so that everyone tries to cultivate immortality, it will only bring even greater chaos. Yet if it is edited to be too obscure, only those with exceptional talent can understand it; and those with exceptional talent generally look down on ordinary people, let alone condescend to teach them. Truly, there is no perfect solution."
Thinking of the Glutton's Method his senior brother had once passed down to him—which had been comprehended from the Tongshen Sutra—and recalling Xuemei's remark that he had inhaled and exhaled the vital energy of heaven and earth while practicing his techniques, Wang Yun felt…
Chapter 236