Chen Mobai stood atop the Taiyi Five Smoke Net and looked at the Li Li opposite him, which, after revealing its true form, had drawn the Earth Qi within ten thousand li to gather in an endless stream. He could not help but nod lightly.
This was the strength a Spirit Transformation level ought to have, able to receive Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy and use it to augment itself.
Ordinary cultivators all drew spiritual energy into their bodies and refined it into power, then used it when needed. However much spiritual power they possessed was whatever realm they were in.
Even Nascent Soul Cultivators fell within this scope. However, if one mastered powerful spells, Sword Intent, Magic Artifacts, Dao Fruits, and the like, then even below the Spirit Transformation level, one could roughly call upon a portion of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy.
For instance, Chen Mobai could use the Purple Lightning Sword to receive the power of Yang-attribute heavenly lightning and increase the might of his Sword Intent.
But compared to Spirit Transformation Cultivators, these were as different as heaven and earth.
After possessing a Primordial Spirit Manifestation, under the long years of change wrought by their cultivation method, a cultivator's own being was already extremely compatible with a certain kind of spiritual energy between heaven and earth. They could even be regarded as the crystal of that portion of spiritual energy, as well as its hub and core. So long as they were willing, they could call upon it at any time without needing to refine it.
And spells and divine abilities that could be augmented by calling upon Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy had power at least ten-odd times stronger than usual; some could even be amplified by several dozen times, a hundred times.
It was