After becoming an eldritch warrior, the strength of my soul has grown exponentially. But as I cultivate vital ether and expand my soul chamber, most of my soul’s power is taken up by the soul chamber. Wu Yuan finally grasped the difficulty of cultivating two paths simultaneously.0

The soul was intangible. When a cultivator perceived the outside world, they converged their soul power. For body refiners, a significant portion of the soul's power remained concentrated within the soul chamber, a smaller fraction resided within the upper dantian lobe, and only a tiny amount merged into the flesh.0

The fusion of soul and flesh granted immense physical strength to a body refiner and granted one strong recovery abilities.1

To cultivate the soul chamber, a majority of the soul's power had to be dedicated to expanding it. The stronger the soul chamber, the further it nurtured the soul, thus amplifying its strength. However, this also necessitated a stronger soul to sustain it.0

Eventually, a body refiner's soul completely integrates into the soul chamber, forsaking the middle and upper dantian lobes. In contrast, a qi refiner follows the opposite path, continually merging their soul’s power into the qi sea, strengthening it, and ultimately abandoning...16