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[Through careful observation, your understanding of spiritual roots has deepened.]

[Through careful observation and by combining it with the principles of the Creator, you discovered the existence of spiritual roots.]

"Spiritual roots are actually this kind of thing!"

Zhang Taixuan reached out and grabbed a four-colored lotus flower, which flew out from the Golden Light Master's spiritual platform and landed in his hand.

The four colors are white, green, black, and red, corresponding to the four spiritual roots of Master Jin Guang: metal, wood, water, and fire.

The four colors rotated, slowly absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy.

Zhang Taixuan was somewhat surprised.

In his original conjecture, spiritual roots should only be talents such as meridians, soul, and physique. He never expected that spiritual roots in the mortal world could actually manifest as physical objects.

Of course, to manifest physical objects, one must at least grasp the principles of creation.

It is impossible for ordinary people to observe or pull out the spiritual root.

The facts before him overturned his previous assumptions.

Looking at the Golden Light Master again, having lost his spiritual root, the spiritual energy within his body seemed to suddenly lose its support, leaking out wildly. In just a moment, he had no strength left and became a mortal.

Zhang Taixuan's eyes narrowed, and he actively gathered spiritual energy, surrounding the Golden Light Master.

Then, using the Heavenly Demon Technique, he manipulated the Golden Light Master, making him cultivate according to his original cultivation method. As a result, when spiritual energy entered his body, it vanished in the blink of an eye, like trying to draw water with a bamboo basket.

Zhang Taixuan's heart stirred, and he tried cultivating the Immortal Martial Path again, but the result was still the same.

377 "It seems that there is a problem with the people in the mortal world. They have lost their spiritual roots and can no longer cultivate either the path of immortal martial arts or the path of immortal cultivation."

[After careful observation, you discover that spiritual roots are a means of creation, primarily used to control the affinity, attributes, and absorption efficiency of spiritual energy. Without spiritual roots, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth simply cannot reside within the physical body.]

As for the positive correlation between comprehension and spiritual root, the reason is simple—the stronger the spiritual root, the stronger the affinity with spiritual energy. It is well known that spiritual energy nourishes the soul. Those with strong spiritual roots have their souls nourished by spiritual energy daily, naturally resulting in higher comprehension than those with weaker spiritual roots.

"However, something's not right! If one cannot cultivate the path of immortal martial arts without spiritual roots, then how did Li Feiyu, who has already achieved success in martial arts, manage to do so?"

Zhang Taixuan frowned, somewhat confused.

Open the chat group and have Han Paopao bring over a few mortals without spiritual roots.

Han Paopao: "No problem. There are a lot of thugs and ruffians around here. Please wait a moment."

moment.

Several thugs and ruffians were brought over by Han Paopao.

Zhang Taixuan looked at the group of thugs, waved his hand to put them to sleep, and then activated the Dao of Manipulating Creation to observe them carefully.

Suddenly, he reached out and grabbed.

The next moment, a phantom five-colored lotus flower flew up from everyone and landed in their hands.

"They actually all have spiritual roots?"

"No, this shouldn't be a spiritual root. A spiritual root is one in ten thousand. How could it be so outrageous? Han Paopao can just grab a few thugs and catch several spiritual root owners."

While pondering, Zhang Taixuan used the "Heavenly Transformation" magic to manipulate the thugs into practicing their techniques, making various attempts.

Ultimately, he discovered that without the illusory Five-Colored Lotus, even the Path of Immortal Martial Arts was no longer operational for the local thugs.

By returning the illusory five-colored lotus, the thugs can once again cultivate the path of immortal martial arts.

However, the path of cultivation is still not working. It's not that they can't absorb any spiritual energy, but rather that their efficiency is ridiculously low.

At that rate of cultivation efficiency, even after a hundred years, one would not be able to reach the first level of Qi Refining.

[After careful observation, you discovered that spiritual roots are commonly found in the bodies of beings in the mortal world. In addition to manifest spiritual roots such as celestial spiritual roots and dual spiritual roots, you also discovered the existence of hidden spiritual roots.]

Hidden spiritual roots: These are widely existing spiritual roots with limited effects, much like recessive genes (acei). They have almost no effect on cultivating immortality, but can be used to cultivate the path of immortal martial arts.

[Through careful calculation and by combining the characteristics of spiritual roots, you have discovered that spiritual roots are a means by which heaven and earth limit the number of cultivators: those with manifest spiritual roots can cultivate immortality, while those with latent spiritual roots cannot.]

The world can absorb and transform chaotic energy into spiritual energy, but this transformation efficiency has an upper limit. In the ancient world of cultivation, spiritual energy was abundant, and the Heavenly Dao did not impose restrictions, allowing all living beings to cultivate.

However, as the number of high-level cultivators increases, the world's efficiency in converting spiritual energy cannot keep up. Without restrictions, the world will inevitably face spiritual energy depletion and the collapse of civilization. It is at this time that spiritual roots appear!

With the limitation of spiritual roots, the Heavenly Dao can control the number of cultivators, maintaining a relative balance between the spiritual energy transformed by the world and the number of cultivators. This allows for the development of a powerful cultivation civilization while also keeping the spiritual energy of heaven and earth above a certain level.

"However, why can the Immortal Martial Path absorb spiritual energy on such a large scale?" Zhang Taixuan asked, puzzled. "It's impossible that I'm so powerful that even the top-tier Great Thousand Worlds would give way to me, right?"

Maintaining spiritual energy at a certain level is crucial to the development of civilization in the mortal world.

This is the lifeblood of this vast world.

He couldn't believe he had such influence that the whole world would risk their lives to flatter him.

By combining the causes and consequences and carefully calculating the celestial secrets, a result was quickly obtained.

"The mortal realm and the Heavenly Dao have actually not concealed this heavenly secret!!!"

After some calculation, Zhang Taixuan was astonished.

Isn't this a secret of heaven and earth?!

The emergence of the Immortal Martial Path is also a means of balancing the world. With the rise of the Immortal Martial Path, the cultivation forces and all races will certainly not stand idly by. At that time, a great war will inevitably break out among the races, further reducing the number of cultivators and high-ranking members of the various races, which will greatly benefit the maintenance of spiritual energy in the world.

Furthermore, the power of the Immortal Martial Path will also hone the civilization of cultivators, pushing it to even greater heights. This is beneficial to the mortal world.

"Heaven intends to use the Immortal Martial Path as a weapon to continue reducing the number of high-level cultivators and to hone the Immortal Path. This is an open strategy. Any rising lineage will vie for resources, influence, and authority over Heaven and Earth, and battles are inevitable. This is why Heaven and Earth do not conceal their secrets!"

This also explains why martial artists in the mortal world cannot reverse their innate abilities and embark on the path of cultivation.

There's no other reason than that the martial arts of the mortal world are not strong enough to qualify them as the blade of the Heavenly Dao, nor do they have the right to absorb spiritual energy on a large scale.

[After careful calculation, you discover that the Heavenly Tribulation and the rise of all races are both weapons of the Heavenly Dao.]

Heavenly Tribulation: In the mortal world, the Heavenly Tribulation is fierce. Don't you see that in a million years, only two people ascended to heaven in the Spirit Realm? One of them was Han Paopao, who had cheated.

This shows just how brutal this heavenly tribulation is.

The myriad races: The myriad races are extremely powerful, serving as a sharp blade that restricts the development of the human race.

The strength of the human race is also a sharp blade that restricts all other races.

It can be said that the struggle between the human race and all other races is manipulated by the Heavenly Dao behind the scenes.

No, saying it was manipulated is not accurate.

Because the Heavenly Dao only strengthened the myriad races slightly.

When all races become strong, they will naturally not sit idly by and watch the human race grow stronger. They will fight for resources, and then the Heavenly Dao will achieve its goal of reducing high-level cultivators and conserving spiritual energy.

Heavenly Tribulation, myriad races, and spiritual roots—these are the three trump cards that the Heavenly Dao has played in its path of sustainable development of spiritual energy.

Now, there's another card to play—the Tai Xuan Immortal Martial Path.

"No wonder I was allowed to establish a lineage in the mortal world, with only rights and no obligations. So this was what was waiting for me all along." Zhang Taixuan broke out in a cold sweat.

Heaven's will is truly formidable; if he hadn't been cautious, he might have unknowingly fallen into its clutches.

"This plot looks like something out of a novel."

With a single thought, all previous doubts vanished, and "First, I was tasked with spreading the Great Dao, then came the tribulation of the gods, and everything was reduced to ashes!"

"Isn't the Investiture of the Gods just a result of this? On the surface, it's a struggle for the orthodox lineage, but in reality, it may be the Heavenly Dao Hongjun working behind the scenes to ensure the sustainable development of spiritual energy."

The primordial wilderness is vast and its spiritual energy is inexhaustible.

However, there were too many powerful beings in the primordial world.

At its peak, even Golden Immortals are no better than dogs, Great Luo Immortals are everywhere, and only Quasi-Saints can truly tremble.

This situation places a considerable burden on the prehistoric world.

"No wonder the two Western Saints became the final victors in the Investiture of the Gods—the Western religion most reveres the way of faith and incense offerings. The so-called 'incense offerings for refining the golden body' was created by this sect."

"If you don't want to take advantage of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, Hongjun will naturally open the door wide and let you do whatever you want."

"As for my own disciples suffering some injustice? Heh heh, before the authority of Heaven and Earth, I can kill not only my own disciples, but even my own son!"

I opened the chat group and posted what I had learned.

Han Paopao: "I'm numb. No wonder my ascension is so difficult. It turns out it's the limitation of heaven and earth. I had three trump cards, and now I have one more. The danger has increased."

Su Xiaoxiao: "That's not right. If the heavens and earth can use spiritual roots to limit the number of cultivators, then why use heavenly tribulations, myriad races, and the Tai Xuan Immortal Martial Path as weapons? A single spiritual root can completely limit the number of cultivators."

Ye Hei: "That seems to make some sense, but something about your statement just doesn't feel right! [Scratches head]"

Hu Yifei: "Competition, of course. Without competition, how can civilization develop?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Yifei understands this clearly. That's right, limiting the number of cultivators is not the goal, but a means. The ultimate goal is to maintain the prosperity of the cultivation civilization."

Zhang Taixuan: "For civilization to flourish, competition is naturally indispensable. Otherwise, if we directly limit the number of people in the world to cultivating immortality, we might conserve spiritual energy, but civilization will stagnate or even regress. The purpose of conserving spiritual energy is to maintain civilization. Such a restriction would directly destroy civilization. Wouldn't that be putting the cart before the horse?"

Ye Hei: "After Daojun and Teacher Hu talked about it, I realized the problem with Su Xiaoxiao's words. Civilization, the most important thing for the world is civilization. Various restrictions on cultivators are not meant to extinguish this civilization, but to make competition elevate the cultivation civilization to another level."

Yukino Yukinoshita: "Many industries in modern society also have various restrictions, but are not directly prohibited. It turns out that the restrictions are only for sustainable development!"

Su Xiaoxiao: "[Hehe] I guess I didn't see the key to the problem again."

Zhang Sanfeng: "They say that Heaven is ruthless, and they are right. In order to promote the prosperity of civilization, they actually use Heaven and Earth as a chessboard and all living beings as chess pieces. I wonder how many lives will be lost."

Lin Fengjiao: "Sigh, as a human being, it is truly a terrifying thing to see clearly the logic behind the laws of nature."

Ying Zheng: "Indeed terrifying. I never imagined that even the Dao Lord almost became a blade of the Heavenly Dao."

Huang Rong: "Husband, what do you plan to do? Should we restrict the inheritance of immortal martial arts in that world, or face the challenge head-on?"