Outside the simulation, Zhou Qing wore a grave expression.
Demonic beast bloodlines were divided into low-grade, middle-grade, high-grade, earth-grade, heaven-grade, and the legendary true spirit bloodlines.
True spirit bloodlines originated from divine beasts and immortal beasts.
True Dragons, Heavenly Phoenixes, Kunpeng, and the like, for instance.
Of course, whether in ancient times or in the present Recent Antiquity era, genuine true spirit divine beasts had long since vanished.
All that remained in the world were descendants carrying traces of their bloodlines.
Even so, once a demonic beast with a true spirit bloodline awakened it, ascending to become a fourth-tier beast king was practically inevitable.
It could even advance very, very far within the fourth tier.
After all, even a demonic beast with a heaven-grade bloodline could not be certain of becoming a fourth-tier beast king.
Much like human cultivators with heavenly spiritual roots, they could at most be considered nascent soul seeds. Whether they actually became Nascent Soul True Lords still depended on fate and the opportunities they encountered.
But true spirit bloodlines were different. Even a mere thread of that terrifying power inherited from divine beasts could unleash potential rarely seen in the world.
"True spirit bloodlines..."
Zhou Qing narrowed his eyes.
Unlike human cultivators, among whom strength reigned supreme,
demonic beasts were subject to bloodline suppression as well as differences in strength.
An early-third-tier demonic beast with a true spirit bloodline had a chance of escaping unscathed from a late-third-tier beast with a heaven-grade bloodline. It could even challenge the latter head-on.
A beast with a heaven-grade bloodline would have its strength suppressed in the presence of a beast with a higher bloodline.
Such a thing was utterly impossible among human cultivators. An early Golden Core cultivator challenging a Golden Core Late Stage Grand True Person? Not even