Merit Points

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Merit Points
Alias(es)	功德点
Occupation/Role	System resource used to enhance martial arts, cultivation, and refinable items
Status	Active
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
System activation; 6 points acquired	1	Jiang Bei receives 2 and 4 Merit Points for killing two barbarians. Spending 5 upgrades Xing Tian Gong and leaves 1 point.
Ninth Rank Minor Training	1	A 5-point upgrade raises Xing Tian Gong from Novice to First Level and elevates Jiang Bei from Unranked.
Eighth Rank Minor Training	10	Jiang Bei holds 38 points, spends 30 to advance Xing Tian Gong to Level 3, and reaches Eighth Rank Minor Training.
Seventh Rank Lesser Training	31	A balance of 210 points and newly acquired Dragon Elephant Subduing Demon Skill provide the basis for Jiang Bei's Seventh-Rank breakthrough.
Sixth Rank Lesser Training	41	Jiang Bei has accumulated 820 points; upgrading his techniques advances him from Seventh Rank Great Training.
Sixth Rank Major Refinement	50	After spending points to enhance Dragon Elephant Subduing Demon Skill, Jiang Bei reaches Sixth-Rank Major Refinement with 1,100 points remaining.
Innate Fifth Rank	62	Jiang Bei spends 1,800 points to initiate the Innate Spirit Guiding Manual after earning 2,500 points from Baoxiang Temple's enemies.
Fifth Rank Major Refinement	72	A 4,500-point haul from demons and human enemies supports Jiang Bei's next advance.
Fourth Rank Lesser Training	80	Jiang Bei's 7,400-point balance allows an upgrade of the Innate Spirit Guiding Manual, bringing him into Fourth Rank.
Fourth Rank Great Training	92	Killing Zhao Yuantai and others raises Jiang Bei's balance to 16,700 points before his breakthrough.
Third Rank Lesser Training	101	Jiang Bei holds 41,500 points after killing Cheng Fengyun and Wan Chang, enabling his advance to Third Rank.
Second Rank Minor Refinement / Martial Saint	114	More than 230,000 points let Jiang Bei force a Martial Saint breakthrough without Vast Righteous Saint Qi.
Second Rank Major Refinement	129	Jiang Bei accumulates 388,000 points through the deaths of the Scarlet Abyss Dragon Lord, Yang Dingtian, Luo Yan, and others.
First Rank Heavenly Venerate	136	Jiang Bei spends from a balance of 520,234 points to upgrade Myriad Manifestations Return to Origin Art and enter First Rank.
Immortal Realm Lesser Training	151	Merit Points upgrade the Heavenly Sun Immortal Canon and Nine Revolutions Sacred King Body, producing Jiang Bei's first Immortal Realm breakthrough.
Golden Immortal Great Training	202	Jiang Bei reaches Golden Immortal Great Training while holding 12,475,800 points.
Creation Immortal Lesser Training	216	The Flying Spirit Mountain battle yields over 400 million points, enough to advance Jiang Bei again.
Divine Realm	409	Enormous rewards from killing Hei Gu, Lei Zong, Chen Qihang, Peng Wei, and Yang Ran accompany Jiang Bei's Divine Realm breakthrough.
Divine Venerable Lesser Training	448	A mission reward adds 3,000 points to Jiang Bei's identity token, supporting his advance and promotion to Heavenly Saint Disciple.
Divine Venerable Great Training	462	The deaths of Zuo Huaigu, Qin Lu, and other major enemies supply the points required to upgrade the Great Evolution Canon.
God King Great Training	476	Jiang Bei's balance reaches 50,266,044,575,800 points as he progresses through the God King realm.
Major God Emperor	503	Merit Points earned by killing enemies allow Jiang Bei to break through to Major God Emperor.
Minor God Emperor	513	Jiang Bei uses his gains after killing a Monster God Clan member to advance and refine the Monster God Pill.
Major Heaven-Transforming Realm	564	The deaths of the four great forces' leaders provide enough points to upgrade the Great Evolution Canon again.
Tongtian Minor Training	586	Jiang Bei spends from 8,872,626,604,457,580 points to upgrade the Record of Ascending to Godhood.
Great Perfection of Earth Sovereign Realm	610	Jiang Bei upgrades the Record of Ascending to Godhood after the destruction of the Thunder Ancient Clan base.
Minor Refinement Dominator Realm	650	Jiang Bei's recorded balance reaches 521,972,626,604,457,580 points.
Minor Refinement Tripod-Asking Realm	665	Merit credited from Gold Coin's kills gives Jiang Bei enough points to upgrade the Record of Ascending to Godhood and heal much of his severe damage.
Minor Refinement Heavenly Sage Realm	723	Cornered by the Heaven-Shaking Lion King and Golden Heaven Dragon Lord, Jiang Bei uses Merit Points to force a breakthrough to the next major realm.
Major Refinement Heavenly Sage Realm	731	The deaths of the Golden Heaven Dragon Lord, Golden-Winged Roc Demon, and Heaven-Shaking Lion King provide sufficient points to upgrade the Dao-less Canon and advance again.
Minor Refinement Sacred King Realm	740	Killing the Heaven-Seizing Dragon Emperor grants Jiang Bei enough Merit Points to achieve another realm breakthrough.
Saint Emperor Realm Minor Refinement	776	Jiang Bei spends the massive rewards gained from killing Mu Chiyu, three Demon Kings, and other enemies to upgrade the Dao-less Canon and advance from Saint Emperor Realm Major Refinement.

History

Merit Points first appear to Jiang Bei immediately after he kills two bound barbarians in the Death Squad Camp. The notifications state that killing those “greatly wicked” grants points proportional to the evil they have committed; Jiang Bei alone can see the interface. His first six points immediately turn an otherwise unranked soldier into a Ninth Rank Minor Training cultivator. 1

The system initially serves as a direct cultivation accelerator, but it soon proves able to refine suitable weapons, artifacts, spirit beasts, demon cores, and other items into martial arts or Talents. By the time Jiang Bei reaches the Sacred Hall, Merit Points also operate as an institutional currency for missions, cultivation resources, equipment, formations, and access to facilities. 3 17 400 411

As Emperor Bei Yun, Jiang Bei expands his means of obtaining points by personally verifying and executing confirmed death-row criminals across the Imperial City and thirteen prefectures. This campaign raises his balance to more than 3.2 million points. 141

In later realms, Merit Points continue to scale alongside Jiang Bei's cultivation, with individual major enemies yielding sums in the hundreds of trillions or quadrillions. The system still recognizes kills performed by Gold Coin, crediting the resulting points to Jiang Bei's panel. By the Saint Emperor Realm, the deaths of Mu Chiyu and several Demon Kings each yield rewards in the quadrillions. 665 731 740 776

Functions and Rules

Acquisition Through Killing

Merit Points are awarded for killing individuals judged by the system to be evil. The stated rule is that greater evil produces a greater reward. 1

• Two barbarians yield 2 and 4 points respectively during the system's first activation. 1
• A notorious Ninth Rank martial artist can yield 14 points, while the Eighth-Rank Klie Yuan yields 55. 10 41
• The Heavenly Sin Profound Ice Python yields 1,000 points; Zhao Yuanji yields 3,000; and Emperor Jing Xuan yields 80,000. 80 96 141
• High-level enemies eventually produce rewards in the trillions, including Lei Zong's 121,000,000,000 points. 409
• Gold Coin's killing of major Forbidden Ancient Clan enemies still credits Jiang Bei's panel, including rewards of 399,282,000,000,000 points for Lei Mo and 375,482,000,000,000 for Xue Shitian. 665
• The Golden Heaven Dragon Lord, Golden-Winged Roc Demon, and Heaven-Shaking Lion King yield 1,269,282,000,000,000, 1,139,282,000,000,000, and 999,282,000,000,000 points respectively. 731
• The Heaven-Seizing Dragon Emperor alone yields 3,869,282,000,000,000 Merit Points. 740
• Mu Chiyu, the Crimson Flame Tiger King, the Black-Armored Bear King, and the Venomscale Snake King yield 8,819,282,000,000,000, 7,223,282,000,000,000, 6,349,282,000,000,000, and 5,999,282,000,000,000 points respectively. 776

Martial-Art and Realm Upgrades

Merit Points can be consumed to advance discovered martial arts directly, granting Jiang Bei the associated experience and physical changes without conventional training. 1 3

• Xing Tian Gong costs 5 points to advance from Novice to First Level, while its later upgrade to Level 3 costs 30. 1 10
• Upgrade prices rise steeply with higher techniques and realms; the Innate Spirit Guiding Manual requires 1,800 points for its first level, while the Heaven-Holding Scripture of Qiankun eventually requires 400,000,000. 62 216
• The system can force an advancement to Martial Saint without the normally required Vast Righteous Saint Qi, though Jiang Bei believes possessing that qi could reduce the Merit Point cost. 114
• Breakthroughs can also heal serious injuries, as seen when Jiang Bei advances to Tripod-Asking Realm Minor Refinement. 665
• In the Heavenly Sage Realm, Jiang Bei upgrades the Dao-less Canon, Nine Heavens Mystic Fire Art, and Heaven Flame Seal Technique through Merit Point expenditure. 731
• The system can sustain breakthroughs into still higher realms, including Jiang Bei's advance to Sacred King Realm Minor Refinement after the battle at Heavenly Dragon Lake. 740
• After surviving the Hellfire Divine Pool and defeating the Profound Fire Demon God, Jiang Bei uses his latest enormous haul to upgrade the Dao-less Canon again and enter Saint Emperor Realm Minor Refinement. 776

Item Refinement

Certain items generate a refinement prompt. Paying the listed cost can consume the item and convert it into a martial art or Talent. 3 400

• Tie Muler's saber — costs 5 points to refine into the Blood Wolf Saber Technique. 3
• Illusory Eye Spirit Cat — costs 15 points to refine into the Thousand Illusions True Eye Talent, which perceives disguises and weaknesses. 17
• Ghost Abyss Demon Statue — costs 100 points to refine into the soul martial art Myriad Souls Gathering Spirit Skill. 50
• Spirit Abyss Jade — costs 200 points to refine into Spirit Abyss Shadow Transformation, a high-speed Talent. 66
• Black Ice Python Demon Core — requires 8,000 points and grants Void Leap, enabling brief short-range spatial movement. 82
• Ice Mane Spirit Bear Beast Core — can be refined after Jiang Bei receives it as part of his Class-A mission reward, granting the Myriad Qi Blessing Talent. 400 401
• Kumo Monster God Pill — requires 15,000,000,000,000 points and grants Convergence of Sources, which merges two powers into one. 610
• Heaven-Seizing Dragon Emperor's dragon gall — costs 550,000,000,000,000 points to refine into Aura Tracking, allowing Jiang Bei to locate a target when he possesses an item containing a trace of that target's aura. 740

Not every beast core displays a Talent refinement prompt. 435

Sacred Hall Exchange Currency

Within the Sacred Hall, Merit Points are used for far more than personal system upgrades. Huang Su states that the institution's operations revolve around them. 411

• Points can be exchanged for weapons, armor, treasures, formation disks, residences, spirit boats, and access to secret cultivation realms. 411
• Jiang Bei receives 5,000 Merit Points alongside a Legendary cultivation technique, a Divine Realm method, and rare treasures for completing the Ice Mane Spirit Bear Class-A mission. 400
• The Four Beasts Seize Heaven Array formation disk costs 7,500 points; its four required beast-blood materials cost another 2,000. 412
• The Soul Extinguishing Beast Pill, containing the Undead Absorption Talent, costs 2,000 points. 435

Merit Tower

The Merit Tower offers a high-risk method of accumulating points. A challenger pays an entry fee, earns rewards by clearing floors, and may voluntarily leave with the current reward. Failure resets all accumulated Merit Points to zero. 412

• Entry costs 300 Merit Points; Jiang Bei's balance falls from 500 to 200 upon registration. 412
• The tower can only be challenged once per month. 414
• The second-floor Spirit Beast Layer requires killing a Thousand Fiend Tiger matched to the challenger's realm within sixty breaths; its reward is 900 points. 413
• Clearing the third floor awards Jiang Bei 2,700 points. He withdraws rather than risk the fourth floor, raising his total to 3,900. 414
• The third floor's Mirror Trial pits challengers against a version of themselves and defeats even powerful disciples such as Pang Ze. 414
• The mirror can reproduce a challenger's realm, equipment, and techniques, but not unique Talents; Jiang Bei exploits this limitation with Mirror Reversal to overturn the trial's realm suppression. 413

Distinction from Military Merits

Merit Points are separate from military merits.

• Merit Points are awarded by Jiang Bei's system for killing wicked individuals and are spent on upgrades or refinements. 1
• Military merits are formal army rewards. Capturing a barbarian alive is worth two military merits, while barbarian heads can be exchanged for one military merit each. 1 3
• Jiang Bei uses 50 military merits to exchange for the Dragon Elephant Subduing Demon Skill; this is distinct from the Merit Points later spent to upgrade that method. 31 49
• Upon joining Yellow One Camp, Jiang Bei receives a military identity token used to record formal merits, receive pay, and undertake missions; this record is separate from the Merit Point system panel. 715

Notable Quotes

“Killing those who are greatly wicked can earn corresponding Merit Points. The more evil the enemy has committed, the more Merit Points you will receive.” 1

“Consuming Merit Points can advance martial arts progress.” 1

“If you fail during your attempt, all your Merit Points will be reset to zero!” 412