The Rematch with Fang Biya

Fang Biya knew far more about these secrets than Huo Hai and the others. Even before he had lost his memory, Huo Hai had never known as much about them as Ji Mu did.

One look at Ji Mu now told him that she had not known this either. There were indeed people in the world who still cultivated by the methods of ancient times. But it took so long that almost no one could truly persevere. Even in major powers, those who wanted a firm foundation had to condense vast amounts of spiritual power and break through to become Spirit Adepts by their own strength.

Even with abundant resources, someone of extraordinary talent would usually need decades to accumulate enough power. Whether anyone could persevere for decades was one question. Whether they could break through afterward was another.

Not everyone could gather enough spiritual power to break through on their own. In ancient times, only a handful of humans had reached the Spirit Practitioner Realm or beyond. Spirit Adepts certainly had not filled the streets the way they did now.

These days, perhaps only powers in the mightier domains still raised people who broke through by their own strength.

Such people had one great advantage: they could more easily break free of the shackles imposed by their Source Spirit Stones. Even after reaching their stones' limits, they had some chance of accumulating their own spiritual power and breaking through another bottleneck. That advantage alone was enough to astonish anyone.

They were also strong in other ways. Those who fused with Source Spirit Treasures gained special powers, but people who broke through on their own had powerful spiritual energy, sturdy bodies, and even strong souls.

When someone like that succeeded, they usually became one of their power's absolute elites. More