"Opening five Spiritual Acupoints at once—I'm only a step away from the fifth layer of qi condensation!"
Feeling the changes within his body, Zhou Ling's face was filled with delight.
Though Refining Beast Flame carried no small risk, its rewards were equally substantial.
The most immediate benefit was that it had cleansed and enhanced his physique.
It could accelerate his cultivation speed in the future.
It had also awakened a new Growth Talent, [Marrow Cleansing Root Refining], which could improve his Spiritual Root.
This was what excited Zhou Ling the most.
One had to know that cultivators' aptitudes were divided into:
Ordinary Spiritual Roots, Low-Grade Spiritual Roots, Mid-grade Spiritual Roots, High-grade Spiritual Roots, Earth Spiritual Roots, and Heaven Spiritual Roots.
Beyond that, there were also certain powerful Extraordinary Spiritual Roots and Spirit Body Constitutions.
The quality of one's Spiritual Root played a crucial, decisive role in a cultivator's cultivation.
A Spiritual Root signified one's affinity with Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy.
Ordinary Spiritual Roots had the lowest affinity.
Cultivators with Ordinary Spiritual Roots, unless they encountered some heaven-defying opportunity in this life, would reach their limit at Late Qi Condensation.
The Spiritual Energy Affinity of a Low-Grade Spiritual Root was five to ten times that of an Ordinary Spiritual Root. Those with Low-Grade Spiritual Roots had a greater chance of entering Foundation Establishment, but their chances of reaching the Golden Core realm were slim.
The same principle applied to Mid-grade and High-grade Spiritual Roots.
At the same time, the higher the Spiritual Root Quality, the fewer cultivation bottlenecks one faced and the faster one progressed.
Zhou Ling had originally possessed a Low-Grade Spiritual Root. Being able to reach Foundation Establishment in the future would already have been his limit.
But now that he had the [Marrow Cleansing Root Refining] talent,