Spirit Stone

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Feature	Details
Name	Spirit Stone
Alias(es)	灵石
Occupation/Role	Universal hard currency; cultivation resource; energy source for arrays, puppets, and certain artifacts
Status	Widely used throughout the cultivation world
First Appearance	1

Characteristics

Spirit Stones contain spiritual energy that cultivators can absorb and convert into cultivation. They are simultaneously a means of exchange and a resource that accelerates cultivation, making them the cultivation world's hard currency. 15 264

• They are used to buy cultivation methods, spells, talismans, artifacts, materials, pills, and information. 9 63 811
• Their spiritual energy can replenish a cultivator's mana while charging talisman treasures or maintaining combat readiness. 721
• Once partially drained by an array, a Spirit Stone may be difficult to circulate again as currency. 660
• Wealth in Spirit Stones is dangerous to display; He Song repeatedly conceals, launders, or gradually spends his holdings to avoid suspicion. 102 788

“Spirit Stones. They were both currency and cultivation resources.” 15

Grades and Attributes

Grade	Spiritual-energy content	Documented properties
Low-grade Spirit Stone	Baseline grade.	Insufficient for the suspected teleportation array's consumption. 752
Mid-grade Spirit Stone	Roughly 100 times the spiritual energy of a low-grade Spirit Stone.	Commonly used by Golden Core cultivators, formations, puppets, and as high-value currency. 330 351 752
Superior-grade Spirit Stone	He Song estimates it contains roughly 100 times the energy of a mid-grade Spirit Stone.	Can possess elemental attributes and serve as hard currency in exchanges involving Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators. 752
High-grade Spirit Stone	Contains substantially more spiritual energy than a mid-grade Spirit Stone.	Elementally attributed; one is priced at no less than 5,000 mid-grade Spirit Stones through the Treasure Gathering Pavilion's internal channels. 757 876 877
Supreme-grade Spirit Stone	He Song speculates it may contain roughly 100 times the energy of a superior-grade Spirit Stone.	Mentioned as a grade even more precious than superior-grade Spirit Stones. 752

Elemental Spirit Stones

High- and superior-grade Spirit Stones may carry one of the five elemental attributes. Earth-attributed superior-grade Spirit Stones are especially useful to He Song's earth-attributed Golden Core cultivation. 752 876

Attribute	Appearance	Noted aura or effect
Metal	Golden-yellow	Emits a sharp force. 876
Wood	Emerald green	Contains vigorous life force. 876
Water	Deep blue	Emits dense water-attributed energy. 876
Fire	Fiery red	Radiates intense heat. 876
Earth	Earthy yellow	Gives off a heavy, solid aura and appears weightier than other Spirit Stones. 876

Uses

Cultivation

Spirit Stones may be directly absorbed to improve cultivation, though pills become more efficient for Foundation Establishment cultivators and above. 15 264

• Early in his career, He Song hoards Spirit Stones rather than using them for cultivation, prioritizing skills and long-term income. 15 88
• Once he gains greater wealth, he spends them on pills, Spirit Gathering Arrays, spirit rice, spiritual materials, and tea to increase his cultivation speed. 102
• Elementally compatible superior-grade Spirit Stones can further improve cultivation efficiency. 752

Arrays and Formations

Spirit Stones fuel arrays, with the cost rising sharply in high-level combat.

• The Five Elements Array can kill a Qi Refining Late Stage cultivator if supplied with enough Spirit Stones. 205
• The Seven Killing Heavenly Fire Array can threaten a Foundation Establishment Real Person, but consumes a “sea” of Spirit Stones at full power. 205
• Golden Core Great Arrays consume Spirit Stones at a visibly rapid rate while suppressing powerful enemies. 320
• He Song spends several thousand mid-grade Spirit Stones to keep the Heavenly Dipper Divine Thunder Array operating against Cloud-Treading True Lord. 677
• To reduce waste, he feeds the Heavenly Dipper Divine Thunder Array several hundred mid-grade Spirit Stones at a time instead of loading it with more than ten thousand at once. 660

Puppets and Artifacts

• The cores of He Song's four gold-armored guards are powered by mid-grade Spirit Stones; he replenishes each core to 2,000 mid-grade Spirit Stones. 351
• He places 30 million Spirit Stones into Clear Wind's core to strengthen the puppet and support its missions. 926
• Spiritual Artifact flying boats and the Heavenly Dipper Divine Thunder Array both require enormous Spirit Stone expenditure at full power. 416

Teleportation Arrays

A suspected teleportation array has nine grooves corresponding to nine stone pillars, suggesting Spirit Stones as its energy source. 752

• Nine mid-grade Spirit Stones make the array flash briefly but do not fully activate it. 757
• He Song estimates that a single teleportation may consume nine high-grade Spirit Stones completely. 757
• At the Treasure Gathering Pavilion's internal price of at least 5,000 mid-grade Spirit Stones each, this would cost at least 45,000 mid-grade Spirit Stones per use. 757 877
• He later considers that the grooves might accept stacked mid-grade Spirit Stones or another Spirit Stone-shaped energy source instead. 758

Economy

Common Prices

Item or service	Price	Notes
Low-grade Thick Earth Talisman	5 Spirit Stones	Stall-area price. 8
Spirit rice	1 Spirit Stone per 10 jin	Stall-area price. 8
Fasting Pills	2 Spirit Stones per bottle	Stall-area price. 8
Basic Qi Refining spell	10 Spirit Stones	Includes the Spiritual Eye Technique, Sound Transmission Technique, and Conceal Breath Art. 9
Mountain-Connecting Light Body Technique	50 Spirit Stones	Mid-grade movement and escape spell. 61
Earth Escape Technique	100 Spirit Stones	High-grade escape spell; can be countered by the Earth-Shaking Technique. 61
Object Manipulation Technique	50 Spirit Stones	Mid-grade spell. 63
Stele-Splitting Finger	100 Spirit Stones	Mid-grade offensive spell; offensive spells cost double the usual mid-grade price. 63
Nine high-grade Spirit Stones	At least 45,000 mid-grade Spirit Stones	Estimated cost for one teleportation-array activation. 757

Income and Resource Management

Spirit Stones determine access to cultivation resources, but skilled cultivators can turn the Hundred Arts of Cultivation into lucrative income streams.

• He Song initially earns roughly 30 Spirit Stones annually as a Spirit Plant Farmer. 88
• After opening his own Spirit Field, his annual income rises above 1,000 Spirit Stones. 88
• Talisman-making, pill refinement, artifact forging, arrays, and medicinal gardens become his primary means of accumulating wealth. 225 375 445 483
• Alchemy and medicinal gardens allow He Song's Spirit Stone reserves to increase by approximately one million every ten years. 375
• He considers Spirit Stones the foundation of his combat power because they allow him to operate formations at full strength. 651 652

Notable Holdings and Transactions

Event	Amount	Details
Five-year savings	100 Spirit Stones	He Song saves 100 Spirit Stones while at Qi Refining Layer 3, then spends his entire fortune on an introductory guide to the Hundred Arts of Cultivation. 15 19
Spirit Field harvest	Over 1,100 Spirit Stones in value	He Song harvests more than 11,000 jin of spirit rice from his personal Spirit Field. 88
Spirit rice sale	Nearly 2,000 Spirit Stones	He Song sells spirit rice at Spirit Rabbit Immortal Market and begins laundering the proceeds through talisman-making expenses. 102
Golden Snake Immortal Workshop gains	63,529 Spirit Stones	He Song collects the scattered Spirit Stones after the incident; he estimates the total value of all gains could exceed 200,000 Spirit Stones. 242
Gold-armored guard reserves	2,000 mid-grade Spirit Stones per guard	He Song fully replenishes all four guards' cores. 351
Earth Spiritual Pills	Over 400,000 Spirit Stones	More than one hundred bottles offered to Xu Jie carry this total value. 375
Stockpile liquidation	Over 3 million Spirit Stones	He Song sells accumulated goods and spiritual pills across multiple Immortal Cities. 391
Void Stone purchase	320,000 mid-grade Spirit Stones	He Song purchases a Void Stone from True Lord Miao Tian after negotiating down the price by 30,000 mid-grade Spirit Stones. 797
Nascent Soul cave-abode sale	Over 20 million mid-grade Spirit Stones	He Song sells acquired treasures, then invests 30 million Spirit Stones into Clear Wind's core. 926

Trivia

• Ping'er's monthly stipend is two Spirit Stones with lodging included; she spends it immediately on cultivation and is astonished that He Song can save 100 Spirit Stones. 15
• He Song once regards 300,000 mid-grade Spirit Stones as insufficient, since a prolonged life-or-death battle using Golden Core Great Arrays could rapidly exhaust his reserves. 651
• Spirit Stones are valuable enough that cultivators may regard a Storage Pouch containing several thousand low-grade Spirit Stones with intense excitement. 778