"What spirit creature is that?" Wu Qing could not help being startled at the sight of such an enormous python coiled within the camp. Surprise showed on his face as he asked.
"That is a Cosmic Serpent, a rare spirit creature from the depths of the starry sky that can commune with the Time Dao. To think we would see a Cosmic Serpent above Earth Rank even in this age!" the Bone Princess said.
In this age, the growth of spirit creatures was closely tied to their Spirit Tamers' status, wealth, and strength.
They, too, needed opportunities and diligent cultivation.
An elder of a great sect and supreme expert like Fang Qianyuan naturally had more opportunities to nurture these spirit creatures.
Yet even for someone in a lofty position, raising a Cosmic Serpent was no easy task.
It required the Spirit Tamer himself to possess sufficient talent in his Dao Path to draw upon origin power and aid its growth.
Otherwise, it could only dwell for long stretches within the River of Time, feeding on the origin power of the Time Dao and origin energy.
It grew a little every few weeks or months and developed a segment each year. To grow beyond Earth Rank, it had to live through thousands upon thousands of years, becoming ever harder to capture along the way.
Even a Heaven-Tier Powerhouse like the Bone Princess had only read descriptions of this spirit creature in ancient texts. This was her first time seeing one in the flesh.
"The space-time here seems to have been folded by some unknown means, like a world inside a painting..."
Fang Qianyuan's "Dimensional Transformation" and "Transcendent Transformation" methods came from surviving fragments of the "Demon God Nine Transformations."
This was no secret. There were even a handful of Spirit Tamers