Spirit Tamers had two major schools. Among them, the Transformation Dao drew Spirit Creatures into the body, using their innate gifts to command Heaven and Earth Essence, and even the power of laws, for the cultivator's own use.
Spirit Creatures possessed innate gifts, while humans possessed wisdom and spiritual insight. Combining the two allowed them to break through the limitations of this Age of Dharma Decline and wield Divine Abilities and spells like those of spell-path cultivators, thus embarking on a journey of cultivation and seeking the Dao, defying heaven to change their fate.
But to become a Spirit Tamer, one first had to cultivate Spirit Essence and open a Spirit Sea, then possess the gift of communicating with Spirit Creatures.
For many mortals, this meant passing several hurdles and possessing talent found in only one person out of ten thousand. It was far from easy.
Even after becoming Spirit Tamers, people differed in aptitude and comprehension, and their opportunities and encounters varied. Not everyone could achieve something.
One could even say that remaining at the Human Rank, with cultivation between the fourth and sixth transformations, was the norm. Reaching seven turns or higher was beyond many people.
At first, the various factions had focused on broadening their recruitment, vigorously expanding the ranks of menial servants, powerful household retainers, and nominal Outer Court disciples, hoping to sift gold from the rushing sands and uncover more geniuses.
Later, however, they gradually discovered that this approach yielded extremely limited results.
Those of poor aptitude often remained Spirit Tamers of the fourth through sixth transformations even as they approached thirty, barely reaching the threshold for wielding Divine Abilities and spells.
Such people were weak. Wherever competition arose, experts at the tenth turn of the Human Rank from rival factions could easily brutalize them,