True, these Elemental Spirits of different attributes could become Elemental Life after being cultivated.
But as the notes said,
before they were cultivated into Elemental Life, they were excellent Magic Materials!
The greatest use of an Elemental Spirit was to enhance a Weapon's Spirituality and cultivate an Artifact Spirit.
For ordinary, standard-issue Weapons, having an Artifact Spirit was irrelevant.
But for a Semi-Divine Artifact or a true Divine Artifact, there was a world of difference between one with an Artifact Spirit and one without!
A Divine Artifact with an Artifact Spirit possessed the ability to fight on its own,
and even a Divine Artifact whose Artifact Spirit had just been born could be wielded as if it were an extension of one's own arm.
And to have a Semi-Divine Artifact or a Divine Artifact birth an Artifact Spirit often required a long period of cultivation.
