Mental Power

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Mental Power is a distinct form of cultivation power that is considered even harder to cultivate than martial arts. It is central to mental-system treasures and techniques, particularly the Star Chart Spirit Refining Method. 211 228

Jiang Li acquired the Star Chart Spirit Refining Method from a stone tablet beneath the collapsed Sand Python Mine Area. The method is assessed as SS-Class or higher and becomes the foundation of his subsequent Mental Power growth. 211 212

At higher realms, Mental Power is necessary to control Martial Venerable Power and a Martial Venerable Domain. Insufficient Mental Power can cause loss of control, qi deviation, or death; sufficiently powerful Mental Power can also produce danger and future premonitions. 325

Applications

Perception and Scanning

Mental Power enhances awareness and sensory range.

• Jiang Li can scan his surroundings within 10,000 meters after perfecting the method's second level. 216
• The Jialan Necklace amplifies Mental Power, benefiting perception and defense according to the wearer's capability. 228
• At a sufficiently high level, Mental Power grants an instinctive premonition of danger and the future. 325
• Jiang Li can share vision with a Sixth Grade Dragon Guard Spirit. 418

Mental Shock and Suppression

Mental Power can directly overwhelm, immobilize, or incapacitate opponents.

• Jiang Li incapacitates three Fourth Grade Great Grandmasters through a display of Mental Power. 211
• He freezes a Demonic Beast assassin in mid-air after it attempts to use mental control and a poisoned dagger against him. 245
• Mental Power Suppression temporarily restricts the Little Peng King, though its Golden Body Talent Ability allows it to survive. 253
• Jiang Li instantly subdues a Fourth Grade Elephant Demon with Mental Power. 254
• He annihilates more than a thousand Insectoid Exotic Beasts with Mental Power during his approach to the Insectoid Queen. 418

Telekinesis and Physical Interference

At sufficient strength, Mental Power affects physical matter directly.

• Jiang Li's post–Heavenly Dragon Seal Mental Power can shatter objects. 216
• He levitates a taxi after cultivating the Taiyin Star Chart and enduring twenty-seven gales. 235
• An Exotic Beast woman uses Mental Power to control countless flying daggers and forms a colossal mental blade. 210

Mental Defense and Counterattack

Mental Power may clash directly with other mental attacks.

• Jiang Li barely blocks the Exotic Beast woman's colossal mental blade with assistance from his War Souls. 210
• The Insectoid Queen destroys a Dragon Guard Spirit with her Mental Power; Jiang Li subsequently freezes her Taiyin Seal attack and envelops her in mental mist. 418
• Mental mist can engulf an opponent and is associated with freezing and hallucination-inducing effects. 418

Cultivation Methods and Items

• Star Chart Spirit Refining Method — An SS-Class-or-higher mental cultivation method discovered in the Sand Python Mine Area; its documented star-chart milestones include the Mountain Lord Star Chart, Heavenly Dragon Star Chart, and Taiyin Seal. 211 212 216 317
• Jialan Necklace — A Mental System treasure forged by Daxia's top mental-system experts; amplifies Mental Power and enhances perception and defense. 228
• Mental Power flying swords — Jiang Li seeks to forge flying swords from ore compatible with Mental Power. 217
• Spirit Connecting Sword Array — A sword array Jiang Li obtains for its potential to control his forged flying swords. 296

Limitations

• Mental Power cultivation is described as more difficult than martial-arts cultivation. 228
• Its amplification through the Jialan Necklace depends on the individual wearer. 228
• Powerful opponents can resist or counter mental techniques; the Little Peng King survives Mental Power Suppression through its Golden Body Talent Ability. 253
• Mental Power must be sufficiently strong to control Martial Venerable-level power safely. 325