Chunibyo in Cultivation World

At this moment, Li Tianwei on Heaven’s Gate Peak, after finishing his words, had already begun to activate the Spiritual Root atop his Spirit Platform.

Under Li Tianwei’s power, a faintly five-colored yet unusually dim Spiritual Root appeared behind him.

As the Spiritual Root manifested, Qing Changyu—who had been anticipating witnessing the never-before-seen Five-Colored Spiritual Root—was momentarily stunned, gazing at Li Tianwei’s Spiritual Root, unable to react for a while.

Even though they had all been purified by the Scripture of Supreme Virtue and Radiant Purity, the cognition of people like Qing Changyu still remained.

Staring at that so-called Five-Colored Heavenly Root, their minds turned over again and again.

Because that Spiritual Root looked entirely wrong.

No—it looked too much like a False Spiritual Root. After all, once a Spiritual Root was revealed, its luster and form could be used to determine its grade.

The brilliance and form of a Heavenly Spiritual Root needed no further words—once displayed, it would be dazzling beyond compare, radiant to the extreme.

Yet what Li Tianwei revealed now was dull and dim, with scattered, multicolored specks—utterly chaotic.

Judging by the luster and the variegation, it was completely unlike what a Heavenly Spiritual Root should be—it looked exactly like a False Spiritual Root.

Yes, a False Spiritual Root—only a False Spiritual Root would bear such blemished specks and dim radiance.

Though they had this thought, feeling that Li Tianwei’s Spiritual Root was strange, under the awe of Li Tianwei’s overwhelming power, this strangeness vanished from their hearts in an instant.

At the same time, a single thought surfaced in everyone’s mind—

“Senior Brother Li can’t possibly have a False Spiritual Root! It’s just that Senior Brother Li’s root is something unseen through the ages, one that merely resembles a False Spiritual Root.”

“Have you ever seen a False Spiritual Root that built its Foundation in a hundred days? Formed its Golden Core in one year? Crushed Nascent Soul cultivators while still in the Foundation Establishment Realm? Not to mention, he’s comprehended a hundred Dao Intents!”

“You haven’t seen such a thing? Then there you go!”

“So, damn it, this isn’t a False Spiritual Root!”

Thus, whether Qing Changyu or the other disciples of the Sacred Lands, when they saw Li Tianwei display that Heavenly Root resembling a False Spiritual Root, they all reached the same conclusion.

What False Spiritual Root? This was merely a Heavenly Spiritual Root that looked like one—a Five-Colored Heavenly Root, nothing more.

Five-Colored Heavenly Root—no mistake about it!

“As expected of Senior Brother Li! As jade has ten hues and five lights, Senior Brother Li’s root gleams like translucent jade, with stars revolving within—it is truly a Spiritual Root unseen since antiquity!”

“Indeed, Senior Brother Li’s Spiritual Root leaves us all in awe and admiration!”

The moment Li Tianwei revealed his root, everyone fell silent for a brief instant—but soon, someone sharp-witted began to praise loudly.

Following those words, others joined in one after another.

In Li Tianwei’s eyes, these reactions were perfectly natural. As for their brief silence when first seeing his root—how could that be called silence? They had merely been stunned by the magnificence of his root!

“Ah, as expected of disciples of the Sacred Lands—they have such broad vision! They could recognize my talent at a glance. Not like the System, the Book Spirit, or those Evil Demons.”

Seeing this, Li Tianwei couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.

And as his thought was transmitted, the System within his consciousness had long since covered its face.

Regarding the scene of Li Tianwei revealing his root—it had known this would happen all along.

【I knew it would turn out like this. With the host’s current situation, even if he said he had a False Spiritual Root, no one would believe it.】

Compared to the shock of those disciples, or the confusion of the System, the many Ancestors and Elders in mid-air were even more dumbfounded.

Among them were several in the Out-of-Body Realm. When Li Tianwei had said he would reveal his Spiritual Root, they had quietly scanned him.

Even Soul Yuan’s pills couldn’t conceal things from those in the Out-of-Body Realm—so with a single scan, they had learned Li Tianwei’s situation.

“False Spiritual Root…”

It was, without a doubt, a False Spiritual Root. Divine Sense and cognition would not deceive.

But then—how could one even describe Li Tianwei’s talent? A False Spiritual Root had achieved what even Heavenly Roots could not. So, was it still important whether it was Heavenly or False?

Compared to them, Zhang Linyuan had long since known Li Tianwei’s situation—he still remembered how shocked he’d been upon learning it.

Precisely because such terrifying ability arose from a False Spiritual Root, it was all the more frightening.

As for the Spirit Transformation Realm Elders and Peak Masters, upon seeing Li Tianwei reveal his root, they too were momentarily at a loss for words.

For they had all met Li Tianwei before and had been fooled by Soul Yuan’s pill into sensing that he possessed a Pure Yang Root.

But now that Li Tianwei had revealed it—the False Spiritual Root’s colors and form were beyond doubt. How had it changed?

“False Spiritual Root?”

Those three simple words echoed in the ears of the Elders and Ancestors, and everyone turned toward the one who spoke.

Then, exchanging glances, they seemed to find the same answer in each other’s eyes.

“False Spiritual Root? What False Spiritual Root? That’s clearly a Five-Colored Heavenly Root—a true Heavenly Spiritual Root, bright and pure!”

“Yes, exactly—a Heavenly Root, an unprecedented Heavenly Root!”

“Indeed! The Sacred Land’s testing disciples truly have discerning eyes, to have found one of such immense talent!”

“Yes, yes, well said…”

The many Elders began praising in chorus.

“But that’s clearly—”

Of course, someone without tact tried to insist on what he saw, but before he could finish, someone stepped up and covered his mouth.

“Yes, exactly—a Heavenly Spiritual Root, capable of comprehending a hundred Dao Intents, forming a Golden Core within a year—a true Heavenly Root!”

The Elder who covered his mouth emphasized his answer firmly.

And the Elder whose mouth was covered understood instantly—what Heavenly or False no longer mattered. The key was Li Tianwei’s current state—his talent could no longer be measured by any Spiritual Root.

False or Heavenly—before him, such labels had lost all meaning.

So whatever Li Tianwei said it was, then that was what it was. Could anyone question him? And if they did—could they accomplish what he had?

The Elders had already decided—Li Tianwei’s was indeed a Heavenly Spiritual Root. Yes, a Five-Colored one, that merely looked like a False Spiritual Root.

Call it speaking lies with open eyes if you wish—it was only that the blind could not recognize a true genius.

On the side, Zhang Linyuan, as one of the Evil Demons, watched the Elders—the entire human race’s performance.

He only wanted to say—how utterly shameless.

Still pretending, still acting.

But he couldn’t interrupt, for whether Li Tianwei’s root was Heavenly or False no longer mattered—his existence had already transcended that concept.

Zhang Linyuan himself didn’t know how to comprehend it, yet an involuntary thought surfaced in his mind—

That Li Tianwei had already proven through action that even a False Spiritual Root could reach unprecedented heights. The distinction of high or low no longer mattered.

That bizarre thought emerging in his consciousness made Zhang Linyuan pause—he realized immediately that it wasn’t his own thought.

“It’s that.”

Seeing this, Zhang Linyuan immediately looked toward the Golden Core hanging above Heaven’s Gate Peak. At that moment, the Golden Core no longer emitted that pure brilliance, yet its influence upon Zhang Linyuan still lingered.