Ethan hadn't the faintest clue which great master had compiled these statistics, nor how they'd conducted their research. Still, he grudgingly accepted the numbers as gospel for now.
The text also noted these figures included those burdened with a "useless" Spirit Root—though what that truly meant remained beyond his comprehension.
He'd once fantasized about surgically extracting the wretched thing from his body just to examine it properly. If Spirit Roots were tangible, couldn't transplants become possible? Swapping this dud for a premium model would solve everything.
That delusion shattered the moment he'd entered Stellar Ascent Sect's gates. Like meridians, Spirit Roots defied physical perception—yet the sect possessed mystical methods to categorize them with terrifying precision.
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