Kuzhu guided his sword with Spiritual Sense, and after slaying the last illusory Water Demon, he stood at the end of Hidden Abyss Island's trial ground.
He let out a soft breath and recalled his Natal Flying Sword.
A dark-black spiritual light flickered, and Hidden Abyss Island's black-robed cultivator appeared before his eyes.
"Congratulations. You have passed the trial and may receive Hidden Abyss Island's Dao Fruit inheritance."
When Kuzhu heard this, though his expression remained calm, a trace of joy flashed through his eyes.
Ever since he had been brought here and nursed back to health, he had charged into the Trial Path without looking back. Every step had been filled with hardships and dangers, with sweat and blood spilled dry, and now, at last, he could receive his reward.
A Dao Fruit was a supreme inheritance possessed only by the holy lands of the Sky River Realm! The so-called Dao Fruit was the final transformation of a cultivator's Nascent Soul into a Primordial Spirit!
But not every Primordial Spirit could be called a "Dao Fruit"! Only a Primordial Spirit that could advance one step further, that was, reach Above Spirit Transmutation and ascend, could count as a Dao Fruit!
In the Sky River Realm, there were quite a few cultivation methods that could be cultivated to the Spirit Transformation Realm, but those with Dao Fruit inheritances could be counted on one's fingers. This was because only Ascended Cultivators could leave behind Dao Fruits.
After talented Dao Sons and Saintesses accepted a Dao Fruit inheritance, they could, through silent and subtle influence, perfectly align with an Ascension Secret Art. Their Nascent Soul transforming into a Primordial Spirit would also be much easier than for ordinary Nascent Soul Cultivators.
Why were the Nine Heavens Demon Purging Sect and the Dao