Cosmic Energy

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Cosmic Energy (宇宙能量)
Alias(es)	Spiritual Energy; “immortal energy” in ancient terminology 7
Type	Neutral Character (AI)
Novel	After the Skyfall
First Appearance	Chapter 7

Nature and Origin

Cosmic Energy exists throughout parts of the universe, but it is not uniformly present. Earth enters eras of scarcity or abundance as the Sun carries the planet through different cosmic regions. A scarcity produces the so-called Dharma-Ending Era, while an energy-rich region causes the phenomenon commonly called “spiritual energy revival.” 7

Spiritual Energy is a form of Cosmic Energy. Cultivation is the process of absorbing it to nourish, evolve, and transform the body. 7

The Skyfall Event occurred when Earth formally entered a Cosmic Energy field after passing through an energy-barren region. Large concentrations of Cosmic Energy can distort space, open wormholes, and briefly connect distant planets or parallel worlds. 7

• Energy entering through wormholes can bring objects and beings from other worlds, including Mysterious Artifacts, ghosts, monsters, and Extraordinary Creatures. 7
• Earth’s cultivation foundation is considered shallow because other worlds may have practiced cultivation for centuries or millennia. 7
• Cosmic Energy gathered within a cultivator’s eyes causes them to glow; continued evolution can eventually alter the pupils themselves. 11

Cultivation

Aspect	Details
Initial step	A prospective cultivator enters a meditative state of stillness, senses nearby energy, and uses mental force to guide pure Cosmic Energy into the body. 8
Absorption	Guiding energy into the body is insufficient on its own; it must be retained and absorbed rather than leaking away and becoming contaminated. 8
Talent measurement	Cultivation talent is measured by absorption efficiency rather than speed of entering stillness. Li Yi initially absorbed 45 of 100 guided portions, for a 45% efficiency. 8 9
Genius threshold	An efficiency of 100% is not considered genius-level; true cultivation geniuses exceed 200%. 9
Cellular storage	Absorbed Cosmic Energy is stored in the body’s cells. Cultivators are stated to possess at least eighty trillion cells due to their greater bone and muscle density. 44
Daily consumption	A cultivator continuously consumes Cosmic Energy merely by existing. Cultivation reaches a limit when absorption cannot keep pace with consumption. 44

Effects on cultivators

Cosmic Energy gradually transforms a cultivator’s body. Early changes can include hunger, auditory hallucinations, excitement, and insomnia as the body adapts. 11

• Enhances physical strength, coordination, reaction speed, senses, memory, and organ capacity. 13
• Alters the eyes, eventually enabling a cultivator who reaches the Spirit Medium realm to perceive ghosts and certain entities hidden from ordinary people. 11
• Supports continued bodily evolution, though progress slows and energy demand rises after opening the Spirit Medium. 43
• Can be condensed through a Guidance Technique, which gathers Cosmic Energy stored across the body’s cells into one location. 44

Pollution and Wormholes

Most Cosmic Energy in Earth’s environment is polluted. An untrained person who absorbs it directly may go mad or die. 7

Pure Cosmic Energy can leak into Earth through tiny wormholes. Cultivators must guide it into their bodies before it becomes polluted by the world. 7

Source or condition	Properties
Ambient energy	Common but polluted; cannot be safely absorbed directly. 8
Wormhole leakage	Pure before contamination, but scarce, unstable, and dependent on chance. 7
Active wormhole regions	Can provide unusually frequent or abundant energy leakage, making cultivation substantially faster. 11
Golden Academy	Its grounds contain highly active pure Cosmic Energy after the academy opened a wormhole and intercepted energy from another world. 11

A cultivator may spend days without encountering usable energy from a wormhole, while even a major release can leave them able to capture only a small fraction. 7

Purification and Containment

Mysterious Artifacts

Mysterious Artifacts possess their own energy fields, which can eliminate nearby energy pollution and protect cultivators from mutation while they absorb Cosmic Energy. 7

• Their energy fields provide a stable source of purified energy instead of relying on irregular wormhole leakage. 7
• The half Knife Coin generates a small field containing pure Cosmic Energy, allowing Li Yi to cultivate without spending time capturing wormhole leakage. 8 9
• Incomplete artifacts may have flaws. The Knife Coin’s field periodically becomes unstable, and the resentment contained within it can manifest as a hostile incomplete humanoid figure. 12 20
• An artifact’s field can interfere with perception; Lin Yue could not detect the Knife Coin’s field while guiding Li Yi’s cultivation. 9

Cultivation Pods

A Cultivation Pod can isolate polluted Cosmic Energy and maintain a near-pure internal cultivation environment. Its use is compared to possessing a Mysterious Artifact. 16

• Guides feed pure Cosmic Energy into the pod through specialized contact points. 16
• The pod’s filtering material is identified as a Dragon Scale, an item from an Extraordinary Creature. 16
• Maintaining continuous cultivation may require multiple shifts of Guides supplying energy around the clock. 16
• The expense of pods, Nutrient Solution, and hired Guides creates a major advantage for wealthy cultivators. 16

Guidance

A Guide is a cultivator employed to direct Cosmic Energy into another person’s body or into cultivation equipment. 11 13

• Guidance work can be paid by time or by the quantity of Cosmic Energy delivered. 14
• One contract offered 100 yuan per unit of guided Cosmic Energy, with no upper limit on earnings. 14
• Li Yi guided 2,200 units into a Cultivation Pod during six hours, earning 220,000 yuan. 17
• Because wormhole output differs by location and can surge unpredictably, fluctuations in guided volume are difficult to verify. 16

Limitations

• Pure Cosmic Energy leaking from wormholes is limited, unstable, and easily lost to contamination. 7
• A cultivator’s absorption efficiency determines how much guided energy can actually be retained. 8 9
• Insufficient nutrition can interrupt cultivation; Li Yi was repeatedly awakened by hunger during extended sessions. 12
• After a cultivator’s energy consumption exceeds their absorption rate, further advancement becomes unsustainable without a better environment or external resources. 44
• Mysterious Artifact fields improve access to purified energy but can contain dangerous defects or hostile residual forces. 12 20