The more Chen Xuan improved his cultivation, the less he cared to suppress his own evil, unrestrained nature. Since those martial arts prodigies had sought his life, he certainly would not show them mercy.
Yang Zhu had once said that cultivators in higher realms were less inclined to suppress their true selves as their cultivation deepened. It was unlike the middle realms, where the pursuit of the "ruthless Dao"—preserving heavenly principles while extinguishing human desires—led practitioners to cultivate until their very personalities were erased, ultimately leaving them unable to achieve the true Great Dao. Only Dugu Ye had seen through this early on; he indulged in the sword, lost himself in wine, and finally ascended as a sword immortal.
Higher realms operated on a philosophy of following one’s heart and indulging in freedom. The more one expressed their true nature, the more it benefited their cultivation; emotions like joy, anger, sorrow, and delight were never hidden. Cultivators who were aloof, detached, and seemingly untouched by the world were actually quite rare in the higher realms. Thus, Chen Xuan could foresee that the cultivators he encountered in the Heavenly Martial Realm would express their emotions far more openly and intensely than those in the Mountain and Sea Realm.
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