Spirit Tool

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Spirit Tool
Alias(es)	灵器 (Língqì)
Occupation/Role	High-level cultivation artifact, primarily used for combat, defense, and specialized support
First Appearance	Chapter 138

Characteristics

Spirit Tools possess an inherent profundity or spirituality beyond ordinary magical artifacts. Certain defensive models can protect their owners without being actively triggered. Even ordinary Spirit Tools are generally valued above 100,000 Spirit Stones. 138

• They are normally used by Golden Core cultivators, whose true essence is required for successful activation. 169
• A newly advanced Golden Core cultivator without a Spirit Tool is generally disadvantaged against peers who possess one. 169
• Spirit Tools vary too widely in material, design, inscriptions, and effects for a universally accepted grade system to exist. 321
• Their practical quality is often judged by true-essence consumption, though greater consumption does not automatically mean greater power. 177
• A usable secondhand Spirit Tool can still sell for at least 50,000 Spirit Stones; well-preserved tools with clean origins commonly command 60,000–70,000 Spirit Stones. 252

Activation and Refinement

True Essence Requirement

Spirit Tools cannot be properly activated with mana alone; Xiao Chen's attempts to use mana on the White Bone Soul Summoning Banner produced no response. 169

• The White Bone Soul Summoning Banner requires at least 30 strands of true essence for normal activation. 177
• The Ghost Mask Profound Light Shield requires 60 strands of true essence for normal activation. 177
• Some Spirit Tools require up to 270 strands of true essence, placing significant strain on early Golden Core cultivators. 177
• Nascent Soul cultivation greatly eases this burden: an early-stage Nascent Soul can contain up to 3,333 strands of true essence and sustain Spirit Tool expenditure more freely. 289

Spirit Ascension Forms

Many Spirit Tools possess two operational forms. 177

• Normal form — available after initial refinement and intended for ordinary use.
• Spirit Ascension Form — requires complete refinement and generally consumes at least twice as much true essence. 177
• Xiao Chen could not fully refine the White Bone Soul Summoning Banner even after exhausting his mana, suggesting its complete refinement requirement was at least four times higher than its normal activation cost. 177
• The Ghost Mask Profound Light Shield's Spirit Ascension Form requires an estimated minimum of 300 strands of true essence. 196

Types

Offensive Spirit Tools

Offensive Spirit Tools include banners, flying swords, spears, and other weapons designed for direct combat. Directly committing such a tool to an attack can produce its strongest offensive output, but risks damage or seizure by an enemy. 316

• The White Bone Soul Summoning Banner must capture Essence Souls before it can manifest Spirit Puppets and display its true power. 180
• Its captured souls must be of sufficient quality; Qi Refining or Foundation Establishment cultivators cannot adequately replace Golden Core-level Essence Souls. 180
• Natal spirit swords can develop alongside a Sword Cultivator, but damage to a bound sword can injure the cultivator's Golden Core. 195

Defensive Spirit Tools

Defensive Spirit Tools prioritize compatibility with their owner's true essence and may also draw upon embedded Spirit Stones for power. 380

• Defensive tools are generally more expensive than offensive ones. 246
• The Hibiscus Hairpin creates a hibiscus-shaped Spiritual Power shield, nourishes Spiritual Sense when worn, and emits increasingly bright white, pink, then red light as more true essence is infused. 425
• The Jade Ruyi is a specialized Spirit Tool that trains Spiritual Sense by applying pressure in six adjustable levels. 304
• The Hundred Feather Linked Silk Robe, woven from 999 third-order spirit-bird feathers, can spread into a feather shield. 213

Custom Spirit Tools

Custom Spirit Tools are commissioned around a cultivator's personal needs, preferred combat style, and available materials. Their effects and limits vary so greatly that they cannot be reliably ranked against one another. 321

• Their construction can incorporate rare materials, specialized Artifact Inscriptions, Spirit Stone slots, and unusual functions. 321 343
• Cultivators commonly conceal both their identities and a commissioned tool's effects from the Artifact Refiner to prevent enemies from preparing countermeasures. 351
• A custom Spirit Tool carries a baseline processing fee of one million Spirit Stones from Shattered Gold True Monarch, excluding materials and refining expenses. 351
• Custom tools forged from rare materials can be several or even dozens of times stronger than Fine Spirit Tools with two Spirit Ascension Forms. 321

Fusion Spirit Tools

Fusion Spirit Tools use a Spirit Fusion Technique to enhance and combine spirit materials; they may also use Magic Treasure Fragments as their core. 351

• Fusion Spirit Tools must first develop the properties of their Magic Treasure Fragment before accommodating the user's own needs. 351
• Fusing ordinary Mysterious Star Sand into Refined Mysterious Star Sand increases hardness by 50% and toughness by 30%. 351
• A conventional custom Spirit Tool estimated at six million Spirit Stones can exceed thirteen million when made entirely from fusion spirit materials. 351
• Lower-cost partial fusion plans can keep total costs between eight and fifteen million Spirit Stones. 352

Complete Fusion Spirit Tools

A Complete Fusion Spirit Tool is an exceptionally costly, fully fusion-enhanced Spirit Tool. Historically, one costing over fifty million Spirit Stones appears only about once every thousand years. 352

• The shortest proposed refinement plan required more than 700 materials, including over 100 fourth-order spiritual objects. 352
• Another plan required over 1,100 materials, including more than 90 fourth-order spiritual objects. 352
• Such tools can be tailored for specialized requirements, including armor-piercing, shieldbreaking, spellbreaking, durability, and compatibility with both Dharma and body cultivation. 352 483
• Shattered Gold True Monarch described the completed Giant Elephant Soul Severing Spear as the pinnacle of contemporary artifact-forging technique. 484

Notable Spirit Tools

Spirit Tool	Type	Known properties
White Bone Soul Summoning Banner	Offensive	A Yellow Springs Path inheritance tool that requires captured Essence Souls to manifest Spirit Puppets and unlock its full combat power. 169 180
Ghost Mask Profound Light Shield	Defensive	A high-consumption shield whose Spirit Ascension Form requires at least an estimated 300 strands of true essence. 177 196
Wind Thunder Pair Swords	Natal spirit swords	Awakened through spiritual objects, then advanced into Spirit Tools after Xiao Chen bound them to his Life Core and used a Sword Tablet. 164 195
Brocaded Myriad Flower Basket	Bonded defensive tool	Jade Bloom True Person self-destructed this inherited, bonded Spirit Tool to escape Nirvana Mirror's scheme. 173
Hibiscus Hairpin	Defensive / Spiritual Sense support	Forms a hibiscus-like shield and nourishes its wearer's Spiritual Sense. 425
Jade Ruyi	Spiritual Sense training tool	Applies six escalating levels of pressure to cultivate and strengthen Spiritual Sense. 304
Giant Elephant Soul Severing Spear	Complete Fusion Spirit Tool	An eight-zhang great spear with spellbreaking, armor-piercing, shieldbreaking, indestructibility, and imperishability inscriptions; its shaft can absorb small amounts of hostile true essence or Demonic Essence. 483

Notable Uses in the Story

• Xiao Chen acquired the White Bone Soul Summoning Banner and Ghost Mask Profound Light Shield as offensive and defensive preparations before reaching Golden Core. 169
• After forming a Flawless Golden Core, he initially refined both tools with true essence and discovered their demanding activation costs. 177
• His Dual Golden Cores later provided enough true essence to activate all three of his Spirit Tools simultaneously or use the Banner's Spirit Ascension Form when necessary. 195
• Xiao Chen chose a defensive Spirit Shield as the first-victory reward from the East Arena, primarily because defensive Spirit Tools retain high resale value. 246
• He commissioned Shattered Gold True Monarch to forge the Giant Elephant Soul Severing Spear, ultimately paying five million Spirit Stones upon refining the completed weapon. 483 484

Trivia

• Black Iron Venerable's cave residence contained fourteen finished fourth-order Spirit Tools and twenty-four unfinished Sword and Blade Embryos. 433
• A fifth-order Blade Embryo found in the same residence was believed capable of becoming at least a fifth-order Spirit Tool if further forged. 433
• During a period of large-scale conscription, basic Spirit Tool prices rose by roughly 10%, with the cheapest models beginning at 120,000 Spirit Stones. 278