The Path of Cultivation and

In the ancient primordial era, only the Immortal Spirit Realm and True Immortal Realm could cultivate Immortal Techniques. The beings of the Mortal Realm had only a few decades of life before entering the cycle of reincarnation. The prosperity and wealth of this life would be forever out of their reach, and their fate in the next life, whether as human or beast, was left to the heavens.

But regardless of the realm or race, since ancient times, longevity and power have been the dreams of all living beings. Therefore, from the ancient era, among the various races of the Mortal Realm, there were powerful humans, demons, and other strong individuals. These strong individuals naturally hoped to achieve immortality, so they could enjoy all the pleasures of life for longer. Thus, generation after generation, these strong individuals constantly explored and sought this faint hope, pursuing the path of Immortal cultivation.

Through their own continuous efforts and exploration, they gradually discovered some of the powers of the laws of heaven and earth, and then began to try to use these laws to strengthen their own abilities.

At that time, the Immortal Spirit Realm was also facing difficulties in reproduction and growth. Many ancient primordial families, sects, or other races began to decline or even disappear. Although they were incredibly powerful, they were unable to change the shackles of heaven and earth. Therefore, they began to look for new ways to continue their lineage. They could not easily ascend to the True Immortal Realm, so they turned their attention to the lower Mortal Realm.

These Cultivators from the Immortal Spirit Realm used great divine powers to shatter the boundary passage between the two realms and came to the Mortal Realm. However, they found that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the Mortal Realm was far inferior to that of the Immortal Spirit Realm. For them, it was extremely thin. They came with great enthusiasm but left disappointed. In their disappointment, they could only give it a try, planning to simply investigate the specific situation of this realm before breaking through the void and returning to the Immortal Spirit Realm to find other ways to solve the issue of inheritance.

But to their surprise, they discovered that many powerful beings had also been born in the Mortal Realm. Through observation, these powerful humans or demons all possessed the basic physique for cultivation, either an Immortal Spirit Root or a demonic beast bloodline talent. They could initially use the laws of heaven and earth to give themselves abilities beyond ordinary beings. And besides humans and demons, some powerful beings of other races also possessed corresponding cultivation physiques.

As for humans, cultivation requires an Immortal Spirit Root, also called a Spirit Root. People with this physique are very sensitive to the laws of heaven and earth and the fluctuations of spiritual energy. With a Spirit Root, they can embark on the path of immortality, pursuing the great Dao of heaven and earth and eternal life.

Spirit Roots, like cultivation realms, are also divided into levels. From low to high, they are Mixed Spirit Root, Mystic Spirit Root, Earth Spirit Root, Heaven Spirit Root, and Saint Spirit Root. This division comes from the degree of the body's sensitivity to the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth is composed of the basic Five Elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Other elements such as wind, mist, thunder, and lightning are derived from these five elements.

If someone is particularly sensitive to only one of the Five Elements, they are called a Saint Spirit Root. Because these people are only sensitive to one element, their perception is singular and their physique is pure. Cultivation for them is like advancing a thousand miles a day. They are very likely to cultivate to the Tribulation Transcendence realm, and the chances of cultivating to the Great Ascension Stage are also considerable. As for whether they can ascend to the True Immortal Realm, even those powerful cultivators in the Immortal Spirit Realm dare not say who can cultivate to that level. It's just that the probability of ascension is higher than other physiques. However, such a physique is extremely rare, with only a few appearing every thousand years. Similarly, if someone is sensitive to only two of the Five Elements, they are called a Heaven Spirit Root. Because these people sense one more element, the energy in their body begins to be somewhat impure. Cultivation is much slower than a Saint Spirit Root, but this is still an extremely rare physique. If a cultivation sect has one or two such people, it is considered a great fortune for the sect. The probability of such people cultivating to the Integration Stage is still very high, and there is a certain chance of reaching Tribulation Transcendence and Mahayana. By analogy, the worst is sensitivity to all Five Elements, which the Cultivation World calls a Mixed Spirit Root. Cultivation is very difficult for people with this physique. Their perception is too mixed, and it is considered heaven-defying luck to cultivate to Foundation Establishment. They basically remain at the Qi Condensation Stage for their entire lives, let alone the great path of longevity.

The biggest difference between the above physiques is the speed of cultivation, which is the biggest difference between cultivators. Although lifespan increases with each realm, the final results of different physiques are vastly different. For example, for a Mixed Spirit Root and a Saint Spirit Root, it may only take four or five years for the Saint Spirit Root to go from the Qi Condensation Stage to the Foundation Establishment Stage, while it takes decades for the Mixed Spirit Root. Before their lifespan increases, the Mixed Spirit Root person has already become a pile of bones, while the Saint Spirit Root uses the extra time to advance rapidly. The probability of cultivating to the point of ascension and becoming an Immortal is naturally much greater.

As for people with wind, mist, thunder, and lightning physiques, they do not belong to these categories. They are called Exotic Spirit Roots, which are variations of the Five Elements. People with this physique are also quite rare, and their cultivation speed is almost the same as a Saint Spirit Root. However, their combat abilities are often much stronger than Five Elements Spirit Root cultivators of the same level.

Except for Saint Spirit Roots and Exotic Spirit Roots with single-element sensitivity, other physiques sense multiple attributes. There must be a distinction between the strengths and weaknesses of the two or more attributes in the body. As for which attribute is strong and which is weak, that is innate. However, cultivators with Heaven Spirit Roots or lower generally choose to cultivate the strongest attribute in their body. This greatly increases the speed of cultivation and maintains the maximum power of their Immortal Technique. If they cultivate an attribute that is not the strongest in their body, the speed of cultivation will be greatly slowed down, and the power of their attacks will be greatly reduced.

The Cultivation World is full of bloody storms, where the weak are prey to the strong, which is beyond the imagination of mortals. Although cultivators mainly pursue longevity, without the ability to protect themselves, the path to longevity will only be a short trip. Therefore, cultivators often strive to improve their cultivation realm and pursue powerful divine powers.

In the Mortal Realm, the proportion of people with Spirit Roots is far less than in the Immortal Spirit Realm. In the Immortal Spirit Realm, one in ten people may have a Spirit Root, but in the Mortal Realm, basically only one in a hundred thousand people can be found with a Spirit Root. It is extremely rare. However, the various races in the Mortal Realm are vast in number, often in the hundreds of millions, and the area is too large to calculate. Therefore, overall, the number of races with cultivation physiques far exceeds that of the Immortal Spirit Realm.

These Immortal Spirit Realm cultivators also discovered that although the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the Mortal Realm was thin, this was not always the case. In many places, there were actually good spiritual veins where the spiritual energy was relatively abundant, enough to support a sect or family to cultivate to the Nascent Soul Stage. If someone could cultivate to this stage, they would have the ability to move mountains and summon rain with a flip of their hand, and fly through the sky. They would already be half-Immortal. If cultivation advanced to the late Nascent Soul Stage, this person would have the divine power to cross the space between the two realms. Their magic power could resist the turbulence and storms within the space, and then ascend to the Immortal Spirit Realm to find their family or sect and cultivate higher-level Immortal Techniques. In this way, the inheritance of the Immortal Spirit Realm could be continued for generations.

Thus, this solved the inheritance problem for these Immortal Spirit Realm cultivators. They began to search for places with richer spiritual energy in the Mortal Realm and gradually established their own inheritance sects. Then, they found people with Spirit Roots to be their disciples and taught them Immortal Techniques. Afterward, they used great magic power and heaven-defying divine powers to open several boundary passages connected to the Immortal Spirit Realm in the Mortal Realm. When these disciples in the Mortal Realm cultivated to the late Nascent Soul Stage, they could pass through these inter-realm passages, break through the void, and ascend to the Immortal Spirit Realm.

In this way, from that time on, many cultivation families and sects were gradually established in the Mortal Realm. Even other races from the Immortal Spirit Realm came to the Mortal Realm one after another and began to establish their own inheritances using the same methods. After hundreds of millions of years of inheritance and reproduction, these families, sects, and races are now spread throughout various regions of the Mortal Realm. However, these families, sects, and races cannot be seen by ordinary mortals. They generally choose to establish their sects in places with spiritual veins, where the spiritual energy is abundant. Where the spiritual energy is abundant, demons and ghosts are bound to run rampant, and ordinary humans or other races can hardly survive. If ordinary beings occasionally appear there, they will basically be directly killed by the powerful demons and ghosts. Even if they are lucky enough to survive, it is still difficult for them to find Immortal sects. Usually, illusion formations that mortals cannot see through are set up outside the Immortal sects. Ordinary humans or other races who enter them will become lost and unable to find their way out even after a lifetime. The result is that they will starve to death within them. If they are lucky and encounter righteous cultivators, they will cast a spell to let them out. If they encounter some evil cultivators, the consequences will be a miserable death on the spot, or even a fate worse than death.

Another situation is when a place inhabited by mortals happens to be located on a spiritual vein. Then it depends on the nature of the cultivators who take a fancy to this place. Some cultivators simply cast spells to make the people living there feel that the place is strange and full of supernatural phenomena, causing them to feel fear and unable to live a normal life, and eventually move away on their own. Then the cultivators establish their own sect or family. Some cultivators directly slaughter all the living beings in this area and then occupy it for their own use.

After telling all this, the Gray-Robed Old Man's face became even more haggard, and his body began to become faintly blurred in a strange way. Li Yan also noticed some of the old man's problems, but he was so shocked by what the old man had just said that he had no time to think about it. He just kept telling himself in his heart, "It's fake, it's fake, it's all fake." These things were not only extremely fantastical to him, but even if a knowledgeable old man were standing here at this moment, hearing these words, he would only think it was a dream.

Li Yan had only read about these things in a few bizarre unofficial histories, or occasionally dreamed about them. Not to mention the concepts of realms, voids, and Spirit Roots. What he encountered today truly made him feel dazed, but at the same time, he felt it so real, so truly and certainly existing.

The Gray-Robed Old Man was not surprised by Li Yan's expression. He smiled at him and said, "I know you can't believe it, but these are indeed true. Once your consciousness leaves here and you feel your physical condition, you will know that these are not false words or hallucinations. Okay, what I said above can only be explained simply like this. That way, you should be able to understand what I'm going to say next. Otherwise, there would be no point in rambling on for so long."

Upon hearing this, Li Yan was already somewhat skeptical. However, he thought that what the old man was about to say next was the real thing. Since that was the case, he would no longer ask questions. He just floated in mid-air, watching the old man and listening quietly.

The Gray-Robed Old Man saw his expression and knew that Li Yan was beginning to believe in this strange matter. Furthermore, he didn't have much time left. He nodded at him and continued to speak.

"I come from an ancient sect in the Immortal Spirit Realm, the Gui Water Immortal Sect. But unlike other sects, among the oldest Immortal sects in the Immortal Spirit Realm, there are five that are the most mysterious. They are the Gui Water Immortal Sect, the Yi Wood Immortal Sect, the Ding Fire Immortal Sect, the Ji Earth Immortal Sect, and the Xin Metal Immortal Sect," the old man began to tell the young man.

In the Immortal Spirit Realm, since ancient times, there have been countless cultivation sects, established by powerful beings such as humans, demons, beasts, ghosts, and Immortal plants. They are of all sizes and countless in number. But among them, there are five Immortal sects that are extremely powerful and mysterious. The people of these five Immortal sects rarely appear before the world. Only a few people appear in the eyes of the world every few hundred or even thousands of years. But every time they appear, they stir up the Cultivation World, causing fear and panic. Everyone is afraid of accidentally offending them. If they accidentally provoke them, they can often wipe out an entire sect of Immortals with their own strength. Even if there are terrifyingly powerful cultivators at the Tribulation Transcendence and Mahayana stages within the sect, very few can survive. But fortunately, they rarely appear before the world, and as long as they are not deliberately provoked, they will not form grudges with any sect. But once a grudge is formed, their actions are extremely ruthless.

It is precisely because of this that many sects respect and fear them. The Immortal Techniques they use are even more terrifying. Why are there such powerful Immortal Techniques in the world? People with such powerful Immortal Techniques often only appear once every tens of thousands of years in a vast area of the continent. But the people who appear from these five mysterious ancient sects all have incredibly powerful divine powers. Such Immortal Techniques that can make an entire sect so powerful are rare even in the Immortal Spirit Realm. Therefore, many people try to find ways to join these five ancient and mysterious Immortal sects. But they cannot even find the location of these five ancient sects, let alone join them. Thus, as time changes, there are still many people searching for them. They desperately seek that glimmer of possibility to make themselves stronger.