"No matter how high a cultivator's natural talent is, there is always a limit. Some soar during the Plastic Yuan Stage, only to find themselves unable to break through to the Creation Stage, while others may seem unremarkable in their youth, only to make rapid, thousand-mile strides once they reach the Creation Stage."
"Genius figures like Lu Tiesheng or Ye Tong possess a deep understanding of the Creation Stage, but their capacity for insight has its ceiling. Without guidance from a master, they are essentially destined to stop at the Creation Stage for the rest of their lives."
"Of course, cultivation resources also play a significant role. Many geniuses are unwilling to settle for condensing only ten strands of power from the Laws before breaking through to the peak of the Creation Stage. They try their best to condense as many as possible at the start, but once they enter the Lesser or Greater Achievement stages of the Creation realm, they find themselves lacking enough high-grade or top-grade Dao Stones to absorb. Their initial greed ends up restricting their subsequent progress."
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