Spirit Plants and Spiritual Roots (2000 Words, Please Subscribe)

The Wood Origin Immortal Sect's Fourth Rank Wood Origin Spirit Tree, which guarded the sect, was a spirit tree that had mutated on its own. Its aptitude was exceptionally high because of this, allowing it to enter the Fourth Rank early and become a powerful spirit tree with Nascent Soul battle prowess.

The Fourth Rank Thunder Spirit Tree atop Azure Sea Azure Sky Sect's "Core Breaking Peak" was also said to be a spirit tree that had mutated on its own.

Such spirit trees were also known as possessing Heavenly Spirit Roots.

Spirit plants could roughly be divided into five grades of aptitude. Among them, spirit plants with the poorest, low-grade spirit root aptitude would basically remain trapped in the Qi Training Realm for their entire lives.

Spirit medicines such as Qi Training Grass would find it difficult to reach Foundation Establishment throughout their lives. Their lifespans were only several decades, and once that limit passed, the grass would wither away.

Those with medium-grade aptitude had some chance of entering the Foundation Establishment Realm on their own, though such cases were still rare.

Yellow Sprout Grass was a representative example. Although it could reach First Rank High Grade after at most ten years, it also had some chance of entering Foundation Establishment.

High-grade aptitude was like that of Gathering Yuan Grass. So long as it had sufficient years, it could enter Foundation Establishment.

Among Gathering Yuan Grass spirit seeds, there was also a small chance for seeds possessing Earth Spirit Root aptitude to be born. Once such Gathering Yuan Grass spirit seeds matured, they would have a chance of reaching the Golden Core Realm.

Spirit plants with Heavenly Spirit Root aptitude were things that could only be encountered by chance, never sought after.

However, among these five grades of aptitude,