Heaven Refining physique

"Let me tell you the difference between a mortal and a cultivator.

Mortals are those who don't have spiritual roots inside their bodies.

Without a spiritual root, you won't be able to sense spiritual qi, hence cultivation is impossible.

There are various types of spiritual roots in this world, they are divided into single elemental spiritual roots, dual elemental spiritual roots, tri-elemental spiritual roots... However, if a person has 4 or 5 elemental spiritual roots, they are called pseudo-elemental spiritual roots.

They are grouped together because, whether 4 or 5 elements, pseudo-elemental spiritual roots are not suitable for cultivation, and no sect in any world would take them in.

So, usually, cultivators with pseudo-spiritual roots become loose or rogue cultivators.

Single elemental spiritual roots are the best for cultivation and are also known as heavenly grade spiritual roots. Usually, there are not many heavenly grade spiritual root cultivators, as heavenly grade spiritual roots are very rare. These are the talents all sects fawn over, as they become the backbones of sects.

Dual-element spiritual roots are known as earthly grade spiritual roots and are the real strength of every big sects . There are far more cultivators with earthly grade spiritual roots available than heavenly grade spiritual roots afterall .

Tri-elemental spiritual roots are known as common-grade spiritual roots. I won't explain tri-elemental spiritual roots in detail, as they are just used as servents in the top sects."

After finishing his explanation about spiritual roots, Hu Tian stopped and looked at Jiang Hao calmly.

"Before your refinement, you possessed earthly grade spiritual root, which is quite rare, as both your parents are mortals, or else they would have already made you cultivate.

The 5 elements I was talking about are Metal, Earth, Fire, Wood, and Water and you had Fire-Earth spiritual root before.

Almost all spiritual roots fall into these basic elements, but there still exist some variant-grade spiritual roots. These spiritual roots mainly include Ice, Thunder, and Wind, which are even rarer than heaven-grade spiritual roots, but their speed of normal cultivation is the same as heaven-grade ones.

Most cultivators fall into these spiritual root categories, but there still exists a category that defies the laws of nature itself."

Hu Tian paused for a minute, as if reminiscing about his past, and then continued.

"The special category I am talking about includes those who have special physiques instead of normal spiritual roots.

Cultivation is a process of going against the heavens themselves, but there are some physiques in this world that are favored by the heavens, which is quite contradictory.

However, not all physiques are favored by the heavens. In fact, there are some physiques in this world that are ostracized by the heavens, and their cultivators face multiple obstructions in their cultivation.

Even so, all cultivators will risk their lives to obtain these physiques, as a cultivator with a physique will have many advantages over one having none.

Physiques are divided into four categories:

Common-grade physique, Earth-grade physique, Heavenly-grade physique, and lastly the Celestial-grade physique.

Even common physiques are far rarer than heaven-grade spiritual roots, let alone the other physiques.

The spiritual roots of a physique are quite different from normal spiritual roots. If you want to compare them, even a common-grade physique has a cultivation speed equal to earth-grade spiritual roots, let alone others.

As I said before, physiques defy heavenly laws. Let me give you an example. There is a heavenly physique called the Elemental Body. As its name suggests, this physique consists of spiritual root that can support all five basic elements, just like pseudo-spiritual roots, but its cultivation speed is similar to that of heaven-grade spiritual roots.

This is why everyone wants to obtain a physique and Yes, there are some physiques that are obtainable, but the price and risk are so steep that not many can attempt it.

However, if you get a universal treasure, the chances of obtaining a special physique are much higher. But to obtain such a treasure is foolish dream.

He paused and looked at Jiang Hao.

"You might ask why I am explaining special physiques in detail to you. It is because you have just obtained one."

Hu Tian looked at Jiang Hao with an excited glint in his eyes while saying that.

Jiang Hao was stunned when he heard that. Today, he had learned many things and was already coming to terms with them, but he was still shocked to learn that the hellish torture he endured gave him a special physique that everyone desires.

He didn't know what to say. He was just a mortal a while ago and didn't even have knowledge of the cultivation world. But suddenly, he was given a special physique.

It seemed like this was the reason why he felt so strong right now.

"The pill you consumed was something I obtained from a universal treasure. You can't even imagine how valuable it was. If you had died, it would have been wasted.

But you didn't disappoint me. After all, even I was killed because I obtained that pill. My death would have been meaningless if it had been wasted."

Hu Tian spoke while looking at Jiang Hao.

"There are very few known universal treasures in this world. Universal treasures are the pinnacle of all treasures, and they are sentient. Hence, they can't be obtained willingly, as they choose their owners themselves if they wish to.

Usually, a universal treasure doesn't appear in the world. But sometimes, they do, and chaos spreads everywhere."

Hu Tian sighed.

"This pill came from the universal treasure known as the Heaven Refining Furnace. The Heaven Refining Furnace is the ultimate treasure for refining anything. Legend has it that this furnace can refine top-quality pills or weapons, even if the materials used are not good. Who knows what else it can do?

When it appeared in the world, everyone thought it wanted to acknowledge a master, which is why it revealed itself. Hence, every top-tier expert tried their luck. But everyone was wrong. The furnace only released a single pill and left.

Anything related to a universal treasure is of unimaginable value. None of the experts knew the pill's effect, but everyone wanted it as if their lives depended on it. Hence, massive battles ensued, and countless people died. I was one of the strongest experts nearby, so naturally, I was also tempted to obtain it.

Eventually, the pill fell into my hands, and I escaped with it. But my body was already marked with many secret skills to track me down, so I couldn't run even if I wanted to. Since I was going to die anyway, I did my best not to let the pill fall into anyone else's hands.

I had cultivated a clone at that time and sent it to the lower world. With the restrictions of the lower world, my clone wouldn't have survived more than an hour. But that was enough for me to create this cave and leave a remnant will behind.

Shortly after, I felt my main body die. How it died, I don't know, as I was separated by the restrictions of the lower world. However, I had already set a suicide trap and must have killed many of those greedy bastards before dying. So, I don't have many regrets... Haahhh."

He sighed again.

"The moment I got the pill, knowledge about it also entered my mind. Its value was truly unimaginable. If someone succeeded in consuming it, they would gain a special physique.

Although there are ways to obtain physiques in the world, they can't provide heavenly or celestial physiques. So, those methods can't even compare to 10 percent of this pill..."

He looked at Jiang Hao and spoke solemnly.

"The physique you obtained is known as the Heaven Refining Physique, and its grade is... celestial."

Although Jiang Hao was prepared, he was still shocked. He knew he had obtained a physique after the refinement. He thought it was only a normal grade, but he was thoroughly wrong. It was celestial grade, the highest grade possible for any physique.

"Remember, never reveal your physique to anyone. Greed and jealousy are common in the cultivation world, especially when you reach the upper world."

"Upper world? Senior, you mentioned the lower world. What are these?"

Jiang Hao asked, unable to understand the meaning of the upper and lower worlds.

"Ahhh... Yes, it's understandable that you don't know their meaning. Even in this entire world, very few might know about them.

Actually, the world we are in right now is a lower world. The universe is very big, and it contains an unknown number of lower worlds like this one. Although it's not known how many exist, it's far beyond the number you can imagine. Also, new worlds are created, and some old ones are destroyed. So, you'll never know the exact number.

Similarly, there are upper worlds. They are far bigger than lower worlds like this one. A single upper world might be as big as millions of lower worlds."

Jiang Hao was truly shocked and amazed. He had thought the world was big, but who would have thought this was just a speck of dust in the universe? For someone who had only traveled to the closest city to his village a few times in his life, this knowledge was truly overwhelming.

"Don't think too much about it right now, when you become stronger, you will eventually come to know these things.

Now let's talk about cultivation realm's , when a cultivator starts his first step into cultivation they have to sense the sprit qi present in the nature, naturally you will be able to sense all types of qi but you can only be able absorb qi according to your spritual root.

And once you are able to absorb the sprit qi, you will enter qi refinement realm."