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

The method contains nine star charts representing nine cultivation levels. Separately, some Great Grandmasters describe Mental Power using five realms, a classification that also encompasses Martial Venerables; these are not the method’s nine levels. Mental Power complements Martial Will, while the integration of essence, qi, and spirit at Fourth Grade allows stronger True Essence to contribute to its growth. 211 255 278

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
• After forming the Sun Seal, Jiang Li can envelop all of Heaven Stabilizing City with his Mental Power. He later spreads it across Beihe City to check on his family and acquaintances. 342 477
• Mental Power can survey distant terrain, probe for Martial Power, and conceal a user’s presence. Jiang Li uses it to examine Sacred Martial Mountain and to hide himself and Wu Kong during travel. 293 332 358
• Powerful Mental Power does not make every target detectable: Jiang Li cannot locate Wang Yu with it despite seeing him, and certain ores and protected sites obstruct or resist his probing. 344 358 438

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
• The Taiyin Seal creates crushing pressure and a destructive mental vortex. At Cloud Dragon Manor, Jiang Li uses it to kill four of five attacking Great Grandmasters and grievously injure the survivor. 278
• Jiang Li later presses the Insectoid Queen to the ground with the Taiyin Seal without needing the Sun Seal. At Immortal Ridge, his Mental Power kills beasts across the battlefield, though three unusually powerful Second Grade Demon Kings withstand his initial assault. 419 489

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
• After forming the Sun Seal, Jiang Li melts an iron ornament with Mental Power and controls twenty-four flying swords as though they were extensions of his arm. 342 343
• Jiang Li uses Mental Power to move people away from danger and rescue survivors during a destructive confrontation in Shu City. He later seizes Ji Yuanhua with it. 360 514

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
• The Mountain Lord Seal protects the sea of consciousness against mental shocks. Jiang Li withstands the Vermillion Bird Divine Abode’s mental storm without injury. 212 215
• Mental Power can shape deceptive perceptions. An Qianqian influences opponents’ vision, while Tu Shan Guanguan briefly draws Jiang Li into an illusion despite his exceptional Mental Power. He breaks free using the Taiyin and Sun Seals. 59 489
• Mental techniques can take manifested forms: Jiang Li’s Divine Ape Seal forms a Great Sage Divine Aspect, and his four earlier seals together suppress Tu Shan Guanguan’s fox-shaped mental assault. 463 490

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
• Further star-chart milestones — The Sun Star Chart produces the fourth-level Sun Seal; the fifth-level Divine Ape Seal manifests a Great Sage Divine Aspect. The sixth-level Chang Geng Star Path strengthens Mental Power as its stars are lit. 342 463 472
• Demon stones — Resources from the Demon Stone Mine can greatly enhance Mental Power and may accelerate its cultivation. 438 472
• Black-and-Yellow Sacred Chariot — Its cultivation environment helps Jiang Li train in the Star Chart Spirit Refining Method, making the sixth-layer bottleneck easier to break through and increasing his progress rate. 471 472

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
• Cultivation can cause backlash: a gale of the Taiyin Star Chart freezes Jiang Li’s Mental Power, leaving him unconscious and weakened before he recovers. 235
• Protection, materials, and stronger techniques can obstruct Mental Power. Jiang Li encounters mental barriers and an ore that blocks probing; Zheng Yue’s Divine Might suppresses his Mental Power, while a powerful monk nearly suppresses his Divine Ape Seal. 358 438 463 474
• Not every apparent mental effect is a Mental Power attack. Yun Youyou’s charm stirs desires within Jiang Li even after he recognizes that it is not caused by Mental Power. 335
• Greater Mental Power requires a body capable of bearing it. The Chang Geng Star Path’s stars are painful and extraordinarily slow to cultivate, even with the Black-and-Yellow Sacred Chariot’s assistance. 462 472