The Heavens: From Film and Mythology to Conquering Myriad Realms

In the spiritual root system, the heterogeneous spiritual root is second only to the heavenly spiritual root.

A Heavenly Spiritual Root has only one type of spiritual root attribute. It allows for rapid cultivation and has no bottlenecks before reaching the Core Formation stage. In other words, a Heavenly Spiritual Root is equivalent to a Core Formation cultivator.

A different spiritual root is a combination of two spiritual roots that result in a mutation and fusion.

Strictly speaking, a unique spiritual root is the same as a dual spiritual root, but it is more mysterious and rarer.

The combined attributes of the Thunder Spirit Root should be both Metal and Water, while Lu Yao's Water and Wood should have mutated into an Ice Spirit Root.

Therefore, Lu Yao always suspected that his lightning spiritual root was not the lightning spiritual root in the traditional sense of the mortal world, but was related to the martial arts techniques he cultivated.

"Hmph, so Fairy Shui Li had this planned all along. No wonder you were so calm and collected."

The burly man with stubble from Spirit Beast Mountain snorted coldly, clearly having seen through Fairy Shui Li's thoughts.

"What a pity, what a pity, this kid has no chance with my Qingxu Temple."

The Taoist priest from Qingxu Temple shook his head, realizing that they couldn't snatch this genius with the lightning spiritual root.

After all, the rules of the Ascension Conference were jointly established by the seven major sects. They were merely Foundation Establishment cultivators, so how could they risk being punished by forcibly seizing the prize?

Apart from the Water Fairy, all the other masters shook their heads, leaped up, and returned to the high platform.

"What's your name?"

The Water Glass Fairy, wearing a veil, took two steps forward and came to Lu Yao, asking a question.

"Reporting to the Master, my name is Lu Yao."

Lu Yao looked at the woman in front of him dressed in a pure white white dress and said calmly.

"My Hidden Moon Sect is the head of the seven major sects. You will be glad you made this choice in the future."

"Come with me."

Water Fairy used her magic to lift Lu Yao up and bring him to the high platform.

"The conference continues!"

Water Fairy gave a soft shout, announcing that the Ascension Ceremony would continue.

After the brief incident, the atmosphere among the cultivators in the arena was completely ignited.

Han Li, who was in the arena, smiled when he saw Lu Yao successfully join the Hidden Moon Sect.

……

"Dual spiritual roots! Qualified!"

With the emergence of yet another genius, everyone's attention was immediately drawn back to the scene. However, with Lu Yao, who possessed the lightning spiritual root, preceding them, people were no longer as excited.

"Haha, I didn't expect my luck to be so good. Even without the Thunder Spirit Root, having two Spirit Roots isn't bad at all."

The burly man with stubble from Spirit Beast Mountain laughed heartily, in a very good mood.

The one who was found to have dual spiritual roots was Han Yunzhi, and she was overjoyed.

“Little girl, you don’t need to participate in the arena battles anymore. I’ll recommend you to join the Spirit Beast Mountain.”

The stubble-faced man used his magic to lift Han Yunzhi back to the high platform, where she stood with Lu Yao.

"Friend Lu Dao."

Han Yunzhi greeted Lu Yao with a smile.

"Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Han."

Lu Yao responded with a smile and then fell silent, since there were several Foundation Establishment cultivators nearby.

"Four spiritual roots? Not up to standard!"

Han Li looked at the four colorful rays of light that appeared in the sky, his expression somewhat grim.

He guessed that his spiritual root talent might not be very good, but he didn't expect it to be so bad, actually being a pseudo-spiritual root, a four-elemental root.

With this kind of aptitude, the possibility of reaching the Foundation Establishment stage is extremely slim; the upper limit is only the Qi Refining Perfection stage.

"Luckily, I had the Ascension Token given by Brother Yao."

Han Li breathed a sigh of relief. This Ascension Token was like a lifeline, and he suddenly felt its weight was quite heavy.

However, Han Li did not immediately produce the Ascension Token. The tournament was not yet over, and he planned to wait until the winner of the Ascension Tournament appeared before producing the Ascension Token in front of many cultivators.

If you secretly go to find the Foundation Establishment cultivators in Yellow Maple Valley, you might get killed without anyone knowing.

If we had known that the Ascension Token was not only a ticket to directly enter a sect, but also represented a Foundation Establishment Pill, such a precious item would have been hard to resist for Foundation Establishment cultivators.

After being taken to the high platform by Fairy Shui Li, Lu Yao ignored him and was happy to have some peace and quiet, so he started watching the Ascension Tournament arena.

The battles on the arena were extremely fierce. In order to be admitted to one of the seven major sects, no one would choose to hold back, resulting in many cultivators being injured or killed in the arena.

Two hours later, the arena battles finally ended, and a total of seventy cultivators stood out. They will each join the sects they have chosen.

"I have an Ascension Token!"

Just then, Han Li held up the Ascension Token and shouted at the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the seven major sects on the high platform.

"Hmm? There are Ascension Tokens? This Ascension Conference is really interesting."

Water Glass Fairy let out a soft "hmm" and looked at Han Li with some curiosity.

"I remember this kid's spiritual root aptitude is pseudo-spiritual root, let's see which sect is so unlucky to have to waste a Foundation Establishment Pill."

The stubble-faced man carefully examined Han Li in the distance for a few moments, and with the memory of a Foundation Establishment cultivator, he immediately recalled Han Li's spiritual root aptitude.

Soon, Han Li was brought up by the cultivators from Tai Nan Market.

"Greetings to all the esteemed masters."

Han Li was a little nervous when he saw the Foundation Establishment cultivators from the seven major sects, and quickly took out his Ascension Token.

"Hahaha, it's actually the Ascension Token from Yellow Maple Valley."

The burly man with stubble glanced at the Ascension Token in Han Li's hand and immediately laughed loudly.

"call out!"

The female cultivator, dressed in Huangfeng Valley attire, calmly snatched the Ascension Token from Han Li's hand.

"It is indeed the Ascension Order from my Yellow Maple Valley."

The female cultivator from Huangfeng Valley carefully examined the Ascension Token and confirmed that it indeed belonged to Huangfeng Valley.

"Since you possess the Ascension Token of my Yellow Maple Valley, you shall return to Yellow Maple Valley with me, and the Sect Leader shall make the final decision."

The woman from Huangfeng Valley nodded, ignoring the stubble-faced man's teasing.

So what if she wastes a Foundation Establishment Pill? It's not like she has to pay for it. She just needs to follow the sect rules.

"Thank you, Masato."

Han Li quickly cupped his hands in greeting to the woman from Huangfeng Valley.

Soon, the Foundation Establishment cultivators from the seven major sects each returned to their sects with ten cultivators, thus concluding this year's Ascension Conference.

……

Yellow Maple Valley, the main hall of the sect leader.

"Sect Leader! Why is the Foundation Establishment Pill allocated to my grand-nephew being delayed?!"

A Foundation Establishment cultivator stormed into the main hall, shouting angrily.

“Junior brother, please forgive me. During this Tai Nan Valley Ascension Ceremony, a disciple with an Ascension Token joined the sect. I also allocated a Foundation Establishment Pill to this disciple in accordance with the sect rules.”

Headmaster Zhong looked at his junior brother surnamed Ye in front of him with a helpless expression.

"But! Why should my grand-nephew's Foundation Establishment Pill be allocated to him?"

The Foundation Establishment cultivator surnamed Ye's expression darkened slightly, and he said with some resentment.

"Your grand-nephew ranked last in the inner palace competition, so we can only take his Foundation Establishment Pill."

Sect Leader Zhong began to explain.

"Sigh! Isn't there any other way?"

The Foundation Establishment cultivator surnamed Ye knew that what Sect Leader Zhong said was true, but he was still somewhat unwilling.

Knowing that the next distribution of Foundation Establishment Pills wouldn't be for another five years, was he really going to make his grand-nephew wait for those five years?