Dual cultivation

Dual cultivation (双修) refers to male and female cultivators having sex. It was not rare to have multiple Dao-companions or sex partners. However, usually they would tell their partners everything and not hide it, or else their partner would feel they were being cheated. Such an unfortunate thing happened to Duan Tianjiao (when Qu Chunsheng tricked her) which led to the end of her life.
== Description ==
Cultivation was like rowing against the tide. If you weren't moving forward, you were going back. So for men, dual cultivation wouldn't normally cause that big of an impact, but it would cause quite the impact for women.
Unless the woman simply didn't love the man and was also simply doing it for his looks, in which case she could also get the same benefits. But normally, the gains didn't make up for the losses.
But alchemists were different. Even women didn't need to care that much about that aspect. As long as their talent and comprehension were high enough, they didn't need to necessarily maintain a perfectly clear heart.
That was why Pill Valley didn't prohibit their disciples from doing such things. Zhao Xiang was telling Long Chen this to give him motivation. After all, he was a man.
== Dao companion ==
Pill Valley did not prevent men and women from dual cultivating. A situation where a man had multiple dual cultivation Dao-companions (道侣) was not that rare. 
But the majority of those men would tell their Dao-companions about everything. They wouldn't conceal their partners. That was because whether it was in the secular world or cultivation world, the feeling of being tricked was unendurable. 
That was especially true in the cultivation world. The Dao-heart was extremely important, and being tricked like this would very easily form a heart-devil. It was taboo.
== Jade Lake Pageant ==
Jade Lake Pageant was almost like a blind date. Countless geniuses had come in hopes of finding their own Dao-companion.
There were two kinds of Dao-companions. One was like husband and wife, the kind used to carry on one’s ancestral line. The other kind focused on dual cultivation of the mind and soul.
For example, the Illusive Music Immortal Palace’s disciples never married and had to maintain an unsullied body. However, they could taste some slight feelings of love sometimes that could let their comprehension of the world grow. It was very beneficial to their growth.
That was why Di Xin’s show of affection for Shen Bijun was not the kind where he was hoping to have babies with her, but to undergo this kind of dual cultivation. That would be greatly beneficial to him.
Shen Bijun’s high comprehension of the Heavenly Daos would be shared with him during dual cultivation, allowing him to cultivate faster and to progress without bottlenecks. That was something any cultivator would dream of having.
That was why Di Xin had used all his tricks. One reason was because dual cultivation with her would bring unimaginable benefits to him, while another was that dual cultivating with the disciple in line to inherit the Illusive Music Immortal Palace would be a supreme glory.
Long Chen saw that there were men and women amongst the empyreans, and they were surrounded by countless worshippers. In this world where the strong were respected, it was all too easy for the strong to obtain powerful followers.
==References==
Category:Cultivation Types