One week later, inside the Cultivation Room
As a faint golden light blossomed around Bai Yi, the Spiritual Power in the Cultivation Room, still and calm moments before, seemed to be drawn by some force. It surged toward him, converging wildly in his Qi Sea and Dantian.
The Dao Foundation of the [Profound Void Sword] within the Five Elements Qi Vortex gave a soft hum. Vast amounts of spiritual energy poured into it, condensing into tiny droplets of liquid True Power that fell into his Dantian.
The faint light faded. Within Bai Yi, hundreds of millions of micro- and nanorobots slowly withdrew through his pores. The scale-like Super-Analytical Atomic Spiritual Root Derivation Device lost its luster and reverted to a smooth metal sphere, dropping to the floor.
"Metal-Type Heavenly Spiritual Root..."
Bai Yi opened his eyes. Spiritual light flickered within them, and he could see countless active streams of Metal-Type spiritual energy dancing in the void.
He didn't need to circulate his cultivation art to draw them in. Just by standing there, he could freely command those streams of Metal-Type spiritual energy as though they were his subjects.
This was the pinnacle of Spiritual Root aptitude among the Outer Heavens-the single-element Heavenly Spiritual Root.
His every movement drew in the corresponding spiritual energy. Even in battle, his Spiritual Power recovered and replenished itself far more effectively.
Both the speed at which he absorbed spiritual energy and the speed at which he refined it had multiplied.
"No wonder every cultivation faction in the Outer Domain uses Spiritual Root aptitude as the bare minimum for entry."
Bai Yi thought to himself. Unlike the Outer Heavens, in the Immortal Alliance, after ten thousand years, all newborns had been born with Spiritual Roots.
Although Spiritual Root aptitude and cultivation realm were important components of