The first step of the sect assessment was to assess the candidates' spirit roots.
Red ones were inferior-grade, orange and yellow ones were medium-grade, and green ones were superior-grade. If one possessed a blueish-green spirit root, they would be able to skip the outer sect and become an inner sect disciple immediately.
As for blue and purple spirit roots, no one had seen one for over a thousand years. None of the sect were still hoping for that.
The way Xuanling Sect assessed spirit roots was rather special. It did not require candidates to show their spirit root. Instead, they would place their hands on a human-sized Spirit Stone and direct their strength using their spirit root. The Spirit Stone would change into the same color as their spirit root.
The order people were tested was based on the sequence in which people finished the Path to Heaven, starting from the last.
