Ability Seed

Biodata

Nature and Function

• An Ability Seed is a wondrous object containing an ability. Humans without innate supernatural powers can gain abilities by fusing with seeds, becoming Aberrants and beginning their life evolution. 1
• Ability Seeds are responsible for supernatural powers ranging from lightning control and invisibility to transformation, enhanced strength, and aerial movement. 1
• Most Ability Seeds contain a single ability; rare exceptions, such as Avatar Ability Seeds, can contain several. 2 273
• All Ability Seeds found on Earth originate from the Star Realm. They may be harvested from Star Realm creatures or form naturally in the Star Realm environment. 1
• Seeds vary drastically in appearance, including fruits, roots, gemstones, energy crystals, glands, flesh, tendons, organs, and other difficult-to-identify forms. 1 83 126

Origin and Formation

• Killing a Star Realm creature can yield the Ability Seeds associated with its abilities. 1
• A creature’s naturally awakened abilities can be harvested after death. Abilities it previously fused from seeds cannot produce another seed; these are marked with an asterisk on Ji Xinghuo’s Myriad Stellar Eye interface. 43
• Some Ability Seeds form directly in the environment rather than inside living creatures. 1
• Most seeds possess palpable “vitality,” comparable to an egg about to hatch. Ji Xinghuo’s dormant Myriad Stellar Eye seed was anomalous in that it initially felt inanimate. 1
• Extremely unusual seeds may comprise an entire corpse. Gene Recombination, for example, requires consuming the target creature’s complete body to fuse. 202

Fusion

General Process

• Ability Seed fusion is ordinarily performed by a professional surgeon. The seed must be implanted in the body part where its effect is expressed, with rejection, medication, suturing, and recovery all requiring consideration. 1
• Fusion methods differ by seed. Thunderclap Hand must connect to the palm’s tendons, while Star Force can be fused by eating its flesh-like seed. 1 126
• Battle pets generally fuse compatible Ability Seeds by swallowing them. 137
• An Aberrant normally gains only one fusion opportunity per life evolution. 4
• A fused ability cannot be fused again. 43

Effects and Limits

• Fusion grants the seed’s ability and increases an Aberrant’s Stellar Force capacity, strengthening their foundation for later evolution. 22
• Stellar Force gained through fusion does not directly accelerate life evolution; it expands the user’s capacity rather than filling it. 22
• Expansion Oddities can grant additional fusion opportunities beyond the usual limit. Examples include the Life Spirit Seed, Amber Cat’s Eye Stone, Red Scale Extract, Toad Spirit Egg, Azure Sky Fruit, and Star Tear. 22 78 162 489
• Fusion success rates vary by individual compatibility. Random seed combinations average roughly a 20% success rate, while rates above 50% are considered good for ordinary Aberrants. 21 85
• Grade and compatibility are separate factors: a basic seed may be exceptionally compatible, while a higher-grade seed may not suit its prospective user. 21 126

Identification and Harvesting

• Earth’s Astral Defense Council maintains the largest Ability Seed database, with more than 12,000 recorded seeds; the total number of known and concealed abilities may approach 20,000. 1 4
• Seed information commonly includes its name, grade, fusion success rate, and whether it can be upgraded. 21
• Ji Xinghuo’s Myriad Stellar Eye can identify a creature’s Ability Seeds and display their locations within the body, allowing him to harvest them efficiently. 42 83
• The Myriad Stellar Eye can also assess fusion success rates for battle pets, showing separate compatibility values for each potential recipient. 137
• Most unclassified seeds sold in shops are damaged, worthless, or not Ability Seeds at all, making genuine discoveries among them exceptionally unlikely. 126

Grades

Special Types

Notable Ability Seeds

• Myriad Stellar Eye — An anomalous eye-related seed fused by Ji Xinghuo; it grants multiple visual functions and an information interface. 2
• Psionics — A Super-Limit seed that opens the path to mental-power cultivation and serves as the core ability of the Psionic Stringer template. 78 83
• Wither-Bloom Rebirth — A Starfall seed that provides resurrection, Rapid Self-Healing, and Limb Regeneration, though its rebirth can be interrupted if enemies locate the seed. 293
• Plant Origin Body — An Eclipse seed that allows a Plant Witch to graft plants onto their body, acquire and replace their abilities, and enhance the power of those plants. 297
• Multiple Personalities — An Eclipse seed capable of plundering and merging another Aberrant’s mind, memories, knowledge, and abilities into controllable personalities. 492