Normally speaking, body, spirit, and inner qi are three things one cannot have all at once.
This is because divine essence is limited—much like a bowl of water, once it is full, it can hold no more. Thus, some people attain divinity through their physical bodies, while others transform their primordial origin into divine essence to become gods.
Throughout history, peerless geniuses could achieve a Breakthrough and attain divinity through two of these aspects, but such individuals were exceedingly rare, undoubtedly the ambitious lords and favored children of their eras.
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