If they could open a universe with twelve heavens, Flawless Celestial Immortals could even cultivate all the way to the middle stage of the Celestial Immortal realm without worrying about a shortage of innate qi.
When a universe advanced and opened the heavens, it was similar to opening heaven and earth upon breaking through to Earth Immortal. It depended not only on one's magical power and cultivation, but also on one's combat strength, divine abilities, immortal treasures, and other methods.
Chen Nianzhi felt that if Chen Qiyuan and the others possessed one or two suitable innate treasures or rare wonders, they might have a chance to open even more heavens.
A cultivator's talent and foundation were divided into innate aptitude and acquired aptitude.
Innate aptitude was like Jiang Linglong's Lunar Immortal Body or Qu Nishang's Nine-Colored Immortal Scallop bloodline, whose potential was often boundless.
Acquired aptitude, meanwhile, was the foundation gradually built through cultivation. Opening nine heavens and condensing a Three Taiyi foundation were themselves ways of improving one's acquired aptitude.
Chen Qiyuan, Ya Ya, Yan Ziji, and the others could not compare in innate aptitude to the direct descendants of Zenith Heaven powers or the main lineages of ancient immortal clans. Only after condensing Three Taiyi foundations could they make up for the gap through acquired aptitude.
If they wished to catch up to, or even surpass, those peerless prodigies, they could only continue making up the difference in these acquired aptitudes.
Chen Nianzhi felt that if Yan Ziji and the others opened one more heaven when breaking through to Celestial Immortal, they might gain another sliver of hope of reaching Zenith Heaven in the future.
After considering it for a long time, Chen Nianzhi stepped into the depths of the immortal herb garden. He took out a strand