Published: March 2, 2025
Chapter 1: Liu Yu (Great Cultivator)
In the Chu State, there lies the Yuan Yang Sect. The Yuan Yang Sect is one of the five major immortal cultivation sects in Chu State, a neutral existence that is neither righteous nor evil. Its strength is formidable, with deep foundations and a long heritage, having been established for over eight thousand years.
Throughout the ages, there have always been nascent soul stage cultivators stationed at the sect, making it a formidable force that countless loose cultivators and families flock to. The sect is located in the Transverse Mountain Range, extending to a branch in Qingzhou, with hundreds of spiritual mountains both large and small.
In the outer sect, at the first-tier spiritual mountain, Greenwood Peak, there is a modest cave dwelling. Inside the cave, the furnishings are extremely simple, consisting only of a table, a chair, and an old stone bed.
Liu Yu sits cross-legged at the center of the stone bed, his expression tranquil, neither sad nor happy, with a green spiritual light on his face flickering unpredictably. His hands are forming a spell technique, as his chest slowly rises and falls, operating the "wood spirit technique," absorbing and refining the spiritual energy from the heavens and earth.
"Whoosh~"
After a long while, Liu Yu exhales a heavy breath of turbid air, gradually ending his cultivation.
"Not bad."
Feeling a slight improvement in his cultivation, a hint of a smile appears on his face. At this moment, he is not far from the fifth layer of qi refinement!
This is a world of immortal cultivators, where only those with a spiritual root can refine the spiritual energy from the heavens and earth and embark on the path of immortality, acquiring all sorts of incredible divine abilities!
Once one reaches a high level of cultivation, achieving immortality and performing feats like burning mountains and boiling seas is not impossible.
However, ordinary mortals without a spiritual root cannot sense the spiritual energy of the world, let alone refine it. They are destined to become a pile of dust a hundred years later, scattered into the unknown darkness!
Most mortals, from birth to death, never come into contact with the world of immortal cultivation. When discussed over tea and meals, it is merely regarded as a legend.
In this world, those possessing a spiritual root are extremely rare; often, among thousands of mortals, only one is endowed with a spiritual root.
If either parent is an immortal cultivator, the chances of their offspring possessing a spiritual root increase significantly! Hence, when immortal cultivators choose to reproduce, they prefer to mate with another immortal cultivator.
Over time, this has led to the formation of various immortal cultivation families, bound together by blood relations.
Spiritual roots can generally be categorized into five elemental types: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. The vast majority of immortal cultivators possess one or more mixed attributes of these five elemental roots.
Under normal circumstances, the fewer types of spiritual root attributes one has, the purer the root is. The easier it is to sense the corresponding spiritual energy, the faster one can absorb and refine it.
Mixed roots with four or five attributes refine spiritual energy very slowly and are referred to as mixed spiritual roots or false spiritual roots, which belong to the lowest tier of aptitude.
Roots with two or three attributes have a significantly improved cultivation speed compared to false spiritual roots and are thus called "true spiritual roots."
As for single attribute "single spiritual roots," they can easily sense and refine the spiritual energy of the world, cultivating at the fastest pace. Therefore, they are also called "heavenly spirit roots," meaning the chosen ones of heaven!
In addition to the five elemental roots, there are also mutated spiritual roots. For example, special roots like ice, wind, and thunder have various advantages in cultivation, but they are still somewhat inferior to heavenly spirit roots.