Chapter 759: 319: Attempt to Change Spiritual Root!
The big things Sect Leader Chen did after taking up his post (No conditional additional update)_1 Chapter 759: 319: Attempt to Change Spiritual Root!
The big things Sect Leader Chen did after taking up his post (No conditional additional update)_1 ‘To transform the spiritual root and become an immortal, it is difficult to illustrate without materials.
I dare not speak of it publicly, and only calculus alone in my mind.
Without encountering an outside protector, I have kept the secret of destiny for a few years.
Numerous experiments reveal mysteries that are even more profound and specify the accumulation of wisdom to collect water from the spiritual spring…’
This is a description of “Spirit Fusion Seizing Base Skill” recorded in the jade token of Infernal Ghost Monarch.
This skill is not an empty representation, nor a pretext.
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It needs to be executed in one with a spiritual root.
Even if it’s the worst possible spiritual root, there’s still a chance, otherwise it would be like cooking without rice.
Therefore, a few days ago, Chen Dengming once considered making use of this skill to create spiritual roots for Chen Jing and Chen Yiran.
But after some research, he reluctantly accepted the reality.
It seems like the Cultivation World doesn’t provide any opportunities for people without a spiritual root.
It’s harsh and disheartening.
However, when you think about it, it seems again like the most normal thing in the world.
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The first step from nothing to something is the hardest in everything.
Once achieved, any subsequent optimization is merely a process of adding more details based on what already exists.
It’s similar to how humans could create civilization from a tiny spark, fueling a roaring fire.
But before that spark, humans didn’t even know what ‘fire’ was, much less how to create it.
This is the process of creating something from nothing, full of trials and tribulations.
Cultivators with spiritual roots often focus on how to optimize their existing spiritual roots.
Thus some techniques like “Life-Shortening Cultivation Enhancement Skill” or “Spirit Fusion Seizing Base Skill” were born.
Although extremely rare, they are not impossible.
However, nine out of ten cultivators with spiritual roots would not think about how to create spiritual roots for a non-spiritual person.
That would be a thankless task and nearly impossible to achieve from nothing.
Chen Dengming is also a cultivator with an in-depth understanding of spiritual roots.
He is fully aware of the difficulties in this process.
He even knows that he can hardly delve deeper into this area.
Because any experiment related to changing a person’s potential, whether in the early stage or the late stage, involves many mortals and cultivators, possibly requiring many mortal lives as a sacrifice.
During the research process of “Life-Shortening Cultivation Enhancement Skill” by Hundred Loss Demon Path, numerous cultivators lost their lives.
Whether in his past life or after he entered Jianghu World, Chen Dengming has always maintained his original intention.
As a transmigrator, he hasn’t lost himself as he gradually strengthened in the Jianghu and Cultivation Worlds because he remembered his initial purpose.
He realized that he would find it hard to stay steadfast on this kind of path.
This would also inevitably divide most of his focus on cultivation, and there’s no guarantee of success, either.
So, some things can only eventually become a regret in his heart, waiting for opportunities in the future.
However, the effort of benefiting from others’ accomplishments, like picking peaches, was still feasible.
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With the assistance of Martial Immortal’s Incarnation implementing “Spirit Fusion Seizing Base Skill”.
The selected incense believer, Sui Jingshi, had successfully undergone the spirit fusion.
The process was painful.
For instance, when Chen Dengming changed his low-grade water spirit root into a metal spirit root, he screamed in agony for half a day.
After half a day, the incense believer had successfully absorbed and integrated the finished metal spirit root.
His lower-grade water spirit root was replaced by a middle-grade metal spirit root, and there was a subtle change in his aura.
The success of this first attempt didn’t thrill Chen Dengming too much.
The incense believers who witnessed Sui Jingshi’s transformation were absolutely thrilled, bowing in reverence, treating it as a miracle.
But only Chen Dengming knew how valuable the resource consumed in this seemingly easy process was.
It was gained from the lives of at least 1,100 cultivators.
It was recorded in the jade token left by Infernal Ghost Monarch.
There were two complete spirit roots, one was a top-grade water spirit root, and the other was a middle-grade metal spirit root.
For each finished spirit root required, the first component is a precious spiritual material called Rootless Fruit found under the Nether Spring.
The second is the extraction of spiritual roots from a thousand low-grade cultivators, a hundred middle-grade cultivators, and ten high-grade cultivators with the same attribute.
Only then can a top-grade spirit root of corresponding attribute be successfully crafted.
Cultivators practicing “Spirit Fusion Seizing Base Skill” can absorb and integrate one of the newly crafted top-grade spirit roots.
There is a probability that they can directly inherit the corresponding top-grade spiritual root, or even change their own spiritual root attribute.
The reason why the probability is mentioned is that the success of the fusion process varies from person to person.
If the fusion is not smooth enough or if the spirit root of the cultivator contradicts the spirit root being integrated, there is a high chance that they will not inherit perfectly.
This could result in the low-grade spirit root being upgraded to a middle-grade spirit root despite having integrated a top-grade spirit root.
Chen Dengming chose Sui Jingshi, this incense believer to attempt this because he was the only water spirit root cultivator among the three believers.
The other two were respectively fire and wood spirit root cultivators.
Fire overcomes metal, metal overcomes wood, both are not suitable for infusing the metal spirit root, which could cause adverse effects.
But as Gold Produces Water, although water can impair metal, the relationship between metal and water has mutual benefits and a higher probability of a virtuous cycle.
Moreover, the high-grade water spirit root Chen Dengming had reserved was for preparation to change his own metal spirit root in the future.
Starting with Sui Jingshi, later he would have a reference for this attempt to shift between water and metal spirit roots.