"Are you preparing to form your core already?"
Su Jinxiu asked, disbelief written across her delicate face.
She could hardly be blamed for asking. Liu Changxu had progressed far too quickly, leaving ordinary gifted disciples well behind and reaching the level of the sect's heavenly prodigies.
Generally speaking, the standard for a sect genius was to reach Foundation Establishment between twenty and forty, form a core between fifty and a hundred, and shatter that core to form a nascent soul between a hundred and fifty and two hundred and forty. Reaching Foundation Establishment between twenty and forty was also the basic requirement for becoming an inner sect disciple of the Azure Cloud Sect.
This was also the level attained by the vast majority of the Azure Cloud Sect's nascent soul cultivators. To achieve Spirit Transformation, however, talent alone was not enough. The main reason was that high-grade spirit treasures capable of aiding a breakthrough to Spirit Transformation were exceedingly rare on this planet. This was also an important reason why wars between sects were so frequent.
The standards for a sect heavenly prodigy were far more exacting: Foundation Establishment before twenty, Core Formation before fifty, and Nascent Soul Formation before a hundred and fifty.
For heavenly prodigies, as long as their cultivation resources kept pace and they worked hard enough, breaking through to higher realms was much easier than it was for ordinary geniuses.
However, becoming a Heavenly Prodigy demanded exceptional innate aptitude. Generally, only those with a spirit body, a single spiritual root, or, in rare cases, dual spiritual roots could reach that level.
Liu Changxu had successfully reached Foundation Establishment in his twenties, already bringing him close to the standard of a heavenly prodigy. He was now only thirty-three. If he succeeded in breaking through to Golden Core