Cultivation: Every Spell I've Practiced Counts

When Yu Heng joined Tongshan Sect, he was just an ordinary outer disciple with middling-to-poor aptitude. Two spirit stones a month and a few of the cheapest basic spells were all his path to immortality had to offer. Until he noticed something strange. The spirit-control experience he gained from practicing Object Manipulation did not disappear when he learned Fireball. And what he truly mastered in Fireball became the foundation for the next spell he learned. When others learned a spell and moved on to something better, they gradually set the old one aside. Yu Heng was different. Nothing he had truly mastered ever went to waste. Object manipulation, shaping, controlling fire, gathering water, movement techniques... The more he learned, the more he retained. And the more he retained, the less the spells he learned later felt like completely unfamiliar arts. At first, he was simply a little faster than everyone else at learning. Later, he became steadier, more accurate, and a little more knowledgeable. Many years later, when Yu Heng looked again at the spells he had once thought impossibly beyond his reach, he realized that he had already practiced most of what they required. And it had all begun with the most ordinary Object Manipulation spell in Tongshan Sect’s outer court.