Chapter 146: The Sacred Body

"Spirit body?"

"Yes, spirit body." Heling nodded and said, "Very few possess a spirit body. Across all races and humanity, it is basically one in a thousand. In your current Earth, this is referred to as a superpower.

Living beings with a spirit body have a unique advantage in cultivating related secret arts, progressing by leaps and bounds—they are all geniuses. In those star regions of ours, various factions hold a Spirit-Enlightening Ceremony every year specifically to test the talent of children over the age of six.

However, those who possess a spirit body are extremely rare. I don't need to elaborate; you should already know this. There are so many transcendent beings on your Earth, yet those with superpowers are very scarce."

Gu Sha frowned and asked, "But heterologous bones can develop superpowers."

Heling shook his head and replied, "Not everyone succeeds, right? It's simply because your Earth currently lacks an understanding of cultivation. A batch of people emerged who awakened superpowers relying on heterologous bones, leading people to believe that heterologous bones can develop superpowers. In reality, it is not like that. Some people successfully awaken with a single heterologous bone, while many others fail to unlock anything even with three, five, ten, or a hundred heterologous bones.

Because there are people in this world who possess spirit bodies, but they are not strong. They can stimulate awakening with the help of external objects. However, depending on the strength of their talent, the degree of external stimulation required varies. These are called pseudo-spirit bodies. If they can unlock them, their talent is considered decent and will surpass ordinary people. But for most, no matter how much stimulation is applied, awakening is impossible. Such people simply do not have a spirit body."

Gu Sha nodded and asked, "Then tell me, why are superpowers and transcendence separated on Earth?"

Heling explained, "Due to environmental limitations, Earth's initial origin energy came from the origin pearls bestowed by the Heavenly Dao. The origin energy was extremely barren, causing humans on Earth to develop in a somewhat distorted manner upon awakening, making it difficult for spirit bodies to awaken automatically. Therefore, they were basically all transcendent beings first, and only step by step did spirit bodies appear later. It is much like planting a tree branch.

A branch has no roots, but when stuck in the soil, a portion of them will still survive—this is equivalent to transcendence. However, if it wants to grow into a towering tree, it must sprout roots. Only when the two merge is there a chance to become a giant tree. That is the Realm Master realm!"

Gu Sha asked doubtfully, "Do you mean that transcendent beings without superpowers can never break through to become Realm Masters?"

"It's not that absolute," Heling said. "It's just very difficult. The spirit body is the limit of one's talent and potential. No matter how hard a person without a spirit body tries, their talent has a hard cap unless they encounter a monumental opportunity. Take me, for instance—I was already a Ninth-Order Battle Emperor thirty years ago, and haven't I been stuck right here ever since? Moreover, even if one obtains an opportunity and successfully breaks through to the Realm Master realm, the path ahead will become increasingly difficult."

Gu Sha asked again, "Then, does the distorted separation of superpowers and transcendence among Earthlings affect their talent?"

Heling shook his head. "Basically, there is not much impact, except that the resources consumed in the early stages will be more than half greater, because one needs to cultivate both transcendence and superpowers simultaneously. Once both reach the Battle Emperor realm, the superpowers and transcendence will merge into a complete spirit body."

Gu Sha suddenly understood.

He finally realized why, right after his superpower broke through to the Emperor rank, the superpower genetic lock had disappeared—it had merged with his transcendent power.

Heling continued, "Spirit bodies also have strengths and weaknesses, divided into nine grades, with the first grade being the highest and the ninth grade the lowest. Spirit bodies of higher grades possess greater talent and potential. Legend has it that beyond the first-grade spirit body, there is an astonishingly peerless physique known as the Sacred Body."

"The Sacred Body," Gu Sha asked. "How does it differ from a spirit body?"

Heling replied, "I don't completely understand the specifics, but the general idea is that every Sacred Body possesses peerless power. This is innate dao law power, completely different from the talented power mastered by spirit bodies. It is said that as long as those with a Sacred Body do not perish, even if they just cultivate step by step, they can become top-tier figures. The most terrifying thing about such people is that before reaching the limit of their potential, there are practically no bottlenecks in their cultivation."

"Dao law power?" Gu Sha asked doubtfully.

"Yes," Heling said. "I don't quite understand the specifics either, only the general concept. Dao law power can ignore the gap in realms. To give an example, for a spirit body with spatial talent, when facing a powerful enemy, their spatial ability is basically useless. But the Sacred Body is different. If they can tear through space, even if shrouded by the energy of a supreme being, they can still tear through space. This is what we call a dao law. For instance, the ice dao law can still create ice at the center of the sun—completely unreasonable. This is what we call a dao law. That's all I know; I'm not familiar with the rest."

Gu Sha raised an eyebrow.

This was practically cheating!

Immediately afterward, Gu Sha asked again, "You said that powerful talent depends on the spirit body, but how do you explain origin pearls? Why do people who consume more origin pearls have extremely powerful talents?"

Heling said, "This is also a misunderstanding held by you Earthlings.

Origin pearls do not have the function of enhancing talent. If they truly had such a power, would it ever be your turn to obtain them? Supremes across the heavens would have come to seize them.

Origin pearls merely contain a massive amount of initial origin energy. They can be considered decent heavenly treasures—a program set by the Heavenly Dao for self-preservation, used to provide origin energy to drive the rapid transformation of the world.

To put it simply, when the Crimson Descent occurred on Earth, there was no origin energy, and humans could not acquire genetic power. Therefore, the Heavenly Dao descended initial origin energy, allowing Earth to rapidly become a world capable of cultivation.

As for why it was mistaken as having the ability to enhance talent, it is because the initial origin energy belongs to the highest and purest form of origin energy. Low-tier cultivators cannot absorb it completely in a short time, so it remains contained within their genetic locks. It is equivalent to continuously providing energy over a short period, which naturally accelerates the cultivator's cultivation speed. The more origin pearls swallowed, the more of that pure origin energy there is, and the longer the time needed to digest it.

Additionally, the presence of pure origin energy within the body increases the cultivator's attraction to ordinary origin energy, creating an illusion during cultivation that they are absorbing it quickly due to good talent."

A strange glint flashed in Gu Sha's pupils.

According to Heling's explanation,

the reason he could cultivate so rapidly was not because he had swallowed a large number of origin pearls, but because he inherently possessed a powerful physique.

As for the twenty years of memories he had experienced,

the reason his cultivation speed was very mediocre was likely due to two factors: first, a lack of resources, and second, in that memory, he possessed no superpowers—meaning he had no spirit body, resulting in very ordinary talent and very slow cultivation speed.

Thinking of this,

Gu Sha began to ponder his time superpower.

Was this a dao law or a talent?

If it was a talent, then he should also possess a relatively high-grade spirit body. But if it was a dao law,

then he was a Sacred Body!