After the Desolate Fire Sparrow finished eating all the eggshell fragments scattered on the floor, it fell into a deep sleep.
With a smile, Li Ping tucked the sleeping little creature into his Spirit Beast Bag. Only then did he cast a cleansing spell to clean the room.
Demon Beasts cultivated differently from humans.
Humans relied on their spirit roots to refine the spiritual qi of heaven and earth into their own magical power.
Demon Beasts, however, had no spirit roots. Moreover, those below the fourth tier were far less intelligent than humans and had no cultivation methods to speak of.
Their cultivation chiefly involved tapping into their bloodlines and awakening the innate divine abilities within them.
The stronger a Demon Beast's bloodline, the greater its fighting prowess. Those with the bloodlines of supreme true spirits could even surpass humans of the same rank in combat.
Of course, Demon Beasts with true spirit bloodlines were exceedingly rare.
Generally speaking, most Demon Beasts were weaker in combat than human cultivators of the same rank.
However, once Demon Beasts reached the fourth-tier Transformation Stage, their intelligence could even surpass that of humans. They learned to refine treasures and study spells, and at that point, there was little difference between Demon Beasts and human cultivators.
Some high-ranking Demon Beasts could even use their innate bloodline gifts to firmly gain the upper hand over human Nascent Soul Cultivators.
In fact, from what Li Ping knew, spirit roots seemed to be unique to humans, not merely something Demon Beasts lacked.
Aside from humans, the Tuluo People of the grasslands north of the Western Wasteland likewise had no such thing as spirit roots. Every one of them could cultivate, though their methods differed from those of humans.
Human cultivators with spirit roots began by drawing qi