Fang Qianyuan now primarily cultivated the Wind Path and Ice Dao, drawing on the powers of his lifebound spirit creature, Little White, and the black wind true meaning he himself had made into a spirit creature.
These two were the most compatible with him, the easiest to wield, and the strongest Dao paths he could command thus far.
Beyond them were the dark power of shadow escape he obtained from the Demon-Ice Nether Soul and the power of the Water Dao he obtained from Wormfish.
Both were earth-rank spirit creatures, whose powers were inherently formidable. Yet because Fang Qianyuan could only make limited use of them, they remained considerably weaker than his Wind Path and Ice Dao powers.
There were also the powers of the Flame Dao, Thunder Dao, Light Dao, and others, drawn from spirit creatures such as the Fire-Eyed Xian, Lei, and Invisibility Grass.
He had only skimmed the surface of these, able to draw out their innate divine abilities by following the prescribed steps.
By now, Fang Qianyuan could be said to have crossed the threshold into true proficiency. He gradually came to understand that every spirit creature commanded the power of a corresponding Dao path. When a Spirit Tamer established Spirit Communion with one, whether through the Transformation Dao or Manifestation Dao, the initial stage involved nothing more than using the spirit creature as a tool to unleash its innate divine abilities.
These divine abilities and spells were what the spirit creature had learned when it was still a demonic being or spirit monster. Examples included Little White's Frost Breath, Lei's Illusion-Breaking, the Fire-Eyed Xian's Clear Sight, and Invisibility Grass's Invisibility Technique.
Strictly speaking, when a Spirit Tamer used them, it did not mean they had learned to perform those divine abilities and spells. They were