Seed of Life

Biodata

Power Progression

The progression below follows Chen Chuan’s Seed of Life, rather than ordinary academy-issued seeds.

Cultivation Function

• Required foundation: A Seed of Life is necessary to cultivate the Life Academy’s Tree of Life Meditation Method. It must fuse with its owner and become part of their body 11.
• Life-bound commitment: Liya describes the seed as connected to the owner’s life essence and warns that choosing this path cannot be reversed 11.
• Ordinary seeds: Academy-issued seeds initially provide only one effect and are described as inferior seeds discarded by the Mother Tree of Life. Chen Chuan’s plane-core-nourished specimen begins with three 13.
• Growth requirements: Seeds evolve alongside the meditation method. Reaching the Nurturing Stage requires the Intermediate Tree of Life Meditation Method; learning that method first requires mastery of the Elementary Part at Lv5 34 40.
• Future maturation: At First-Rank Life Wizard, a seed becomes a Tree of Life. Its abilities and spell affinities develop according to its owner, potentially favoring healing, plant control, or animal communication 12.
• Formal Wizard advancement: During the attempt to become a Formal Wizard, the seed releases life energy that increases the chance of success by ten percentage points 40.

Appearance

Before implantation, Chen Chuan’s seed is fist-sized and dark green, with intricate, faintly glowing surface patterns. It pulses inside its box and moves in response to his attention 11.

• Fusion markings: Green, plant-vein-like patterns appear beneath his skin, particularly on the back of his left hand 11 12.
• Internal manifestation: During initial resonance, magic power forms the blurred outline of a seed in his chest 15.
• Visible changes: Following activation, faint green halos ring the edges of Chen Chuan’s pupils 15.
• Assessment signature: Its resonance produces a mushroom pattern and powerful life fluctuations inside a testing crystal 38.

Abilities & Skills

Vitality Solidification

Adds bonuses to the host’s physique and agility based on spiritual power.

• Resonance Stage: Each attribute receives an additional bonus equal to 25% of spiritual power 15.
• Nurturing Stage: The bonus increases to 30% of spiritual power 35.
• Scaling: When Chen Chuan gains four points of spiritual power through a meditation-method upgrade, both physical attributes rise by one point under the initial effect 17.

Life Magnetic Field

Continuously emits a field that supports the host’s recovery and nourishes surrounding plants.

• Improves physical recovery, accelerates plant growth cycles, and raises plant quality 15 35.
• Initially spreads roughly ten meters around Chen Chuan unless deliberately controlled; he can adjust its range and effects 15.
• After his early improvements, nearby plants grow visibly faster even without deliberate activation 17.

Abundant Energy

Accelerates magic recovery and stores surplus magic power for an active refill.

• Recovery begins replenishing Chen Chuan’s magic immediately after expenditure, including during mushroom summoning 36.
• The reserve does not eliminate tactical risk: summoning six advanced mushrooms in one burst would briefly exhaust his magic and leave too little room for error 41.

Summon Vitality Magic Mushroom

Acts as one of the Vitality Magic Mushroom Plane’s core sequences, allowing Plant Summoning to access that plane 35.

• Anchor type: A growth-type anchor that develops through time and nourishment rather than remaining fixed at an item grade 35.
• Summoning limit: Initially permits creatures no stronger than the host; the guardian’s enhancement raises this to one level above the host 35.
• Demonstrated cost: Summoning a low-magnitude recovery mushroom or attack mushroom each consumes one-tenth of Chen Chuan’s magic power 36.
• Control: Chen Chuan can select different mushroom types, coordinate them, and return them to their home plane 36.

• Standard formation: One defensive, one recovery, and one offensive mushroom form his usual combat unit 36 41.
• Higher-output formation: He can add two more against powerful enemies. His maximum burst is six advanced mushrooms, each comparable to a First-Class Professional Apprentice, but he avoids exhausting himself this way 41.

Life Perception and Resonance

Connects the host with surrounding plant life and the Mother Tree of Life.

• Establishes an unusually early connection with the academy’s Mother Tree shortly after implantation; this bond grows closer at the Nurturing Stage 12 34.
• Noticeably improves Chen Chuan’s perception of plants and potions after resonance 26.
• Resonates with plants on the Osteka Plain, helping him sense life auras hidden within the wilderness 42.

History

Origin and Acquisition

The Vitality Magic Mushroom Plane’s former guardian nourished the seed with the plane core, sealed it, and sent it away using spatial teleportation to preserve a “seed of hope.” The guardian subsequently died in battle. According to the current guardian, interference in space and time displaced the seed during transit 35.

Liya obtained it from a friend as a trophy from a miniature plant plane. Unlike many seeds that require spiritual nourishment in their early stages, it could nourish itself. Its full nature remained unknown when she offered it to Chen Chuan in exchange for his Black Wizard Seed badge, asking him to share any research discoveries 11.

Discovery of Its Identity

Activating the summoning effect brought Chen Chuan into contact with the Magic Mushroom King, the plane’s current guardian. The guardian identified the item as the Seed of the Magic Mushroom, enhanced its summoning ability, and offered the plane’s inhabitants for Chen Chuan to summon. It also invited him to visit after becoming a Formal Wizard 35.

During Chen Chuan’s Second-Class Wizard Apprentice assessment, Aketi recognized its mushroom-shaped resonance as evidence of a rare Mutated Seed of Life. His greed subsided after Chen Chuan invoked Alex’s patronage. Chen Chuan later reported the incident to Alex, who promised to handle Aketi and prevent disclosure of the seed’s nature 38 40.

Risks and Limitations

• Adaptation: Initial fusion can cause drowsiness, increased appetite, and vivid dreams. Liya prescribes one small bottle of Life Nourishing Liquid daily and warns Chen Chuan not to stop taking it because of anything heard in dreams 12.
• Unsafe resonance: Attempting resonance prematurely is dangerous, especially below 20 spiritual power. Hailey recommends practicing resonance with ordinary plants first 18.
• Theft through forbidden magic: Seeds can be forcibly stripped from their owners and fused into other practitioners to acquire their abilities. The technique has a high death rate and is prohibited by academy wizards, but Black Domain Wizards regard it as essential magic 38 40.
• Unconfirmed environmental advantage: Alex states that mutated seeds are often highly adaptable to extreme environments. He considers compatibility between Chen Chuan’s seed and the planar ruins possible, not established 40.