Spiritual Root

There are 5 Spiritual Roots, one for each element:

* Gold
	+ Strength
	+ Vital Energy
	+ Life Essence
	+ Dexterity
	+ Perception
* Wood
	+ Strength
	+ Vital Energy
	+ Life Essence
	+ Dexterity
	+ Perception
	+ Absorption
* Water
	+ Strength
	+ Vital Energy
	+ Life Essence
	+ Dexterity
	+ Perception
* Fire
	+ Strength
	+ Vital Energy
	+ Life Essence
	+ Dexterity
* Earth
	+ Strength
	+ Vital Energy
	+ Life Essence
	+ Dexterity
	+ Perception

Roots do not increase your Attributes by themselves. However each Skill has an elemental property, and each Root increases the power of every skill of the same element.

Every level of Spiritual Root increases Attributes, gained from skills, by 2 per Skill Tier. It means that if you possess two lv2 Life Essence earth skill : it will be +8 Life Essence with only one click on the earth symbol. This may not seem much in the beginning, but you will rapidly increase your root levels and number of skills.

Spiritual Roots are upgraded by spending Qi.

When you have Censor or Inspector active, a checkbox in the top right allows the activation of auto upgrading of the Spiritual Roots. Qi will be spent automatically as soon as it reaches the amount needed for the next upgrade.

## Levels

Like Cultivation Realms, Spiritual Roots have some name change every 10 levels. However there is no extra boost for this, this is just aesthetic. They start at Damaged Lv.1, upgrade to Damaged Lv.2 ... Damaged Lv.10 then to Poor Lv.1, and so on.

Spiritual Root levels are:

* Damaged
* Poor
* Inferior
* Primal
* Normal
* Advanced
* Superior

* Fantastic
* Flawless
* Excellent
* Perfect
* Epic
* Sage
* Earth

* Profound
* Immortal
* Venerable
* Saint
* Celestial
* Great Origin

## Strategy

* Like most things in the game, there is no point to minmaxing, increase all your Roots equally. You will soon be blocked by the level of your Qi-gathering Array anyway.
* An exception is at the very beginning, when you are more limited by your Qi gathering speed than the max amount. If you bought the Heavenly Books and Mantras available in the Spirit Jade Hall (for Spirit Jades), these are Wood and Gold skills, so focus on these first to speed up your Perception and Absorption.
* Manually upgrading can be a pain in the beginning, so use the Inspector Ticket you can get from Redeem Codes, so that it is automatic. No wonder available unless you have Censor position.
* Increasing the level of your Qi-gathering Array is necessary to improve your Stored Qi limit, allowing you to level your Spiritual Roots. For this reason, it is important to continue leveling the Iron, Wood, and Food production on the Spiritual Mountain in your Dwelling in order to maximize your resource production.
* Lv. 10 Great Origin is the maximum level for the Spiritual Roots and requires 1,549,400[1] Qi to reach. This needs a level 194 Qi-gathering Array. (False)

**Quick tip**: you can use the materials from roaming to increase the level of the Qi-gathering Array by not having to wait to increase the production centers from the spiritual mountain since you can have materials above a certain cap. For example, if the iron storage only produces up to 370k iron, then you can wait until it is filled automatically and then use the stored iron from the inventory to reach 450k or more and then increase the Qi-gathering Array level.

## Upgrade Cost

When the next increase of required Qi for a level up is inconsistent, the number is bolded. This is only within the same tier.

Qi Needed value will show at the prior level. For example, Qi for Lv. 2 will show while root is at Lv. 1.

**Quick tip**: you can use the materials from roaming to increase the level of the Qi-gathering Array by not having to wait to increase the production centers from the spiritual mountain since you can have materials above a certain cap. For example, if the iron storage only produces up to 370k iron, then you can wait until it is filled automatically and then use the stored iron from the inventory to reach 450k or more and then increase the Qi-gathering Array level.