Ling Ye sat cross-legged in the darkest, most secluded corner of the training grounds. His clothes were old and threadbare, his body covered in purple bruises, and dried blood still clung to the corner of his mouth. The spiritual energy around him was so faint it was almost impossible to detect.
He had cultivated for three whole years.
In that time, countless fellow disciples had already reached the third or fourth layer of Qi Refining. Those with exceptional talent had even broken through to the fifth or sixth layer, just one step away from Foundation Establishment.
And Ling Ye had remained at the first layer of Qi Refining from beginning to end, without making the slightest progress.
There was only one reason: he had been born with a crippled, useless spiritual root.
In the path of cultivation, spiritual roots are the foundation. The purer one's roots among the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, the greater one's talent. Mixed spiritual roots come next, while a crippled root is recognized throughout the cultivation world as useless. It absorbs spiritual energy at an impossibly slow rate, making it easy for energy to build up and block the meridians. Such a person can scarcely make any progress in a lifetime and is fated to have no part in the Great Dao of Immortality.
Detecting the Host's extreme obsession and overwhelming resentment. Conditions for binding the Strongest Villain System have been met.
The peerless beauty Dual Cultivation System is now activated!
A cold, emotionless mechanical voice suddenly rang out deep in Ling Ye's mind.
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.