Spirit Race

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Spirit Race
Original	灵族
Affiliation	Pan-Spirit Alliance; one of its three peak races
Status	Active
Known representatives	Irelia Hina, Lord Radiance, Inspector Iser, Edith, Dominator Qingyan

Overview

The Spirit Race is an ancient, powerful race and a leading force within the Pan-Spirit Alliance. It is one of the three peak races whose mutual deterrence prevents either side from monopolizing the Star Sea's rich territories and opportunities. The race is described as being close to the origin of the universe and eternity, with long lifespans and an innate capacity to contain Source Energy from birth. 262 284

Their core territories contain resource-rich star domains, giving even declining Spirit Race families wealth that can greatly exceed ordinary Human Race forces. 221

Society and Civilization

Lifespan and innate traits

• Spirit Race members can naturally live for more than ten thousand years. 262
• They possess an innate talent for containing Source Energy from birth. 262
• Their techniques and habits include distinctive approaches to Rule-based energy flow, particularly in Life Rule applications and energy-node resonance. 238

Culture and heritage

• The Origin Ancestral Court is the Spirit Race's sacred core heritage site, immersed in pure Source Energy; even World-Deriving Rank figures rarely receive permission to enter its outer regions. 308
• The race maintains ancient internal selection traditions, including the Battle of the Sacred Tree, which ranks its young geniuses. 308
• Spirit Race aesthetics can combine life and crystal motifs, as seen in their crystalline leaf-shaped vessels. 393
• Spirit Race combatants commonly wear spirit-patterned armor; their members are generally described as slender and possessing pure auras. 345

Political outlook

The Spirit Race's long-standing peace and abundance shaped some guardians into viewing the Human Race's competitiveness as wasteful internal strife. Xu Chen instead characterizes that competition as a pressure-screening mechanism that can become extraordinary external momentum under capable leadership. 213

The race treats strategic support as conditional: aid to allied races is evaluated according to their results and total Battle Merit contributed to the Pan-Spirit Alliance. 366

Power and Influence

• The Spirit Race is one of the three dominant races competing over territory, secret realms, and cosmic Source Essence. 284 325
• Its strength is comparable to that of the Yuan Race and Shi Race; their balance of power preserves survival space for weaker races. 284
• It possesses multiple Dominators, Lords, and major families with deep foundations. 221 325 391
• Spirit Race members account for over sixty percent of the 1,000 contestants advancing to the Pan-Spirit Alliance Genius Tournament's Ranking Tournament. 323
• The race provides significant military and high-end combat support to allied factions, including the Human Race, but may reduce that support when returns are judged insufficient. 366

Relations with the Human Race

Alliance and strategic dependence

The Human Race is aligned with the Spirit Race among the three peak powers. In exchange for this relationship, the Human Race cedes 20% of exploration rights for newly discovered secret realms in its territory to the Spirit Race. 284

Spirit Race support is strategically important to the Human Race, particularly after the latter's Dominator suffered severe losses in war. A reduction in Spirit Race assistance could force the Human Race to abandon territory, endure greater losses, and become trapped in a cycle of weakening resource acquisition and combat capability. 354 366

Civilization guardians

The Human Race grants relatively few Spirit Race members positions as civilization guardians. Such roles allow guardians to witness the rise and fall of intelligent civilizations—an experience useful for Star-Vortex Rank Rule comprehension—and may offer the rare chance to gain an Eternal God's guidance. 10

• Irelia Hina served as Blue Star's guardian for a five-thousand-year term. 10
• Her reports initially interpreted Blue Star's competitive culture as destructive internal friction. 213
• After Blue Star's rise, Irelia increased her monitoring priority and came to recognize humanity's potential. 93

The Shina Family

The Shina Family is a Star Domain Rank Spirit Race family and Irelia's clan. Facing powerful enemies, it chose to sell ancestral assets in Spirit Race territory and migrate to comparatively safer Human Race territory. 217

• The family was considered to be in decline, yet retained assets reflecting the wealth of an old Spirit Race Star Domain Rank lineage. 221
• Its status improved as Lin Yi and the Silver Blue Civilization rose. 314
• Family members established assets across several Human Race star domains and entered institutions including East Blade Military Academy, the Mercenary Alliance, and the Human Race military system. 314
• Its future is increasingly tied to Human Race territory rather than a return to its former position among the many Spirit Race clans. 314

Pan-Spirit Alliance Genius Tournament

Selection practices

The Spirit Race usually does not send its strongest contemporary genius to the Pan-Spirit Alliance Genius Tournament. Under Origin Ancestral Court convention, its top three Battle of the Sacred Tree finishers receive major rewards but do not compete; the fourth-place contender is normally sent instead. 302

If victory appears uncertain, the race may abandon that convention and deploy one of its top three—or its true strongest genius—while supplying exceptional resources. 302

Lin Yi contingency

Concerned that Lin Yi had concealed his actual strength, Lord Radiance replaced the planned representative Liuguang with Iser, an Eight-Fold Domain cultivator who practiced the Space-Time and Light-Dark Rules. 308

The decision was also driven by intelligence that the Yuan Race and Shi Race had prepared Star Core Level geniuses with Nine-Fold Domains for the Myriad Secret Realm. Lord Radiance subsequently ordered Edith to enter the tournament and gave her a resource intended to help her reach the ninth-level domain. 308

Tournament outcome and aftermath

• Edith entered as an Eight-Fold Space-Time Light-Darkness cultivator and was widely regarded as a leading contender. 309
• Lin Yi ultimately exposed Nine-Fold Space-Time Life-Death Domain strength, defeating Edith and winning the tournament. 311 319 325
• After Lin Yi spared Edith, Spirit Race contestants tacitly avoided targeting Human Race competitors during the Ranking Tournament and instead focused attacks on the Nightmare Race. 323
• Spirit Race staff and competitors later treated Lin Yi with public respect, while Lord Radiance formally named him leader of the Pan-Spirit Alliance side for the Myriad Secret Realm expedition. 323 324

Political Strategies

Recruitment and absorption

The Spirit Race has a history of recruiting talented individuals from other races through status, resources, and permission to establish their own families. 313

Lord Radiance offered Lin Yi a high position and resources within the Spirit Race, then gifted him the Reliate Star Domain after he refused. Human Race Lords interpreted the gesture as a political trap rather than simple goodwill. 313

Potential concerns surrounding Spirit Race recruitment include whether defectors would truly receive unrestricted support when seeking to advance toward Dominator rank. 313

Maintaining tournament dominance

The Spirit Race considers tournament victory a matter of alliance authority, strategic leverage, and future Myriad Secret Realm arrangements rather than mere prestige. 308

Its leadership was willing to change representatives and deploy resources to ensure “absolute success” against threats to its expected first-place finish. 308

Myriad Secret Realm and War

The Spirit Race participates in the Myriad Secret Realm competition alongside the Human Race and other Pan-Spirit Alliance members. The secret realm's core resource contains near-primordial cosmic Source Essence, which is vital to Eternal Deities seeking to condense Source Laws and progress further. 284

• Spirit Race Dominators and Lords oversee major secret-realm openings. 325 391
• Edith served as deputy leader under Lin Yi during the Myriad Secret Realm expedition. 325
• Spirit Race survivors and forces joined Lin Yi's group within the realm, including a group of more than seventy thousand injured Spirit Race members. 345
• Spirit Race deity Serwilla was rescued by Lin Yi's team after being pursued by two Shi Race deities. 394
• In a later decisive conflict, Spirit Race Lords treated injured Yuan and Shi Race gods while receiving evidence that Lin Yi had defeated the Yuan-Shi allied forces. 408
• Dominator Qingyan subsequently shifted the Spirit Race's direction toward cooperation and alliance-building with other races, with Lin Yi a central consideration. 410

Notable Members

• Irelia Hina — Blue Star's former Spirit Race guardian; member of the Shina Family and Lin Yi's close friend. 10 217 238
• Edith — Spirit Race prodigy and “princess”; Space-Time and Light-Darkness practitioner who later condensed a Time Law Mark. 308 339
• Lord Radiance — Spirit Race Lord responsible for the Genius Tournament; sought to secure Spirit Race victory and later attempted to recruit Lin Yi. 308 313
• Inspector Iser — Lord Radiance's intelligence official, responsible for monitoring new-generation geniuses across the Pan-Spirit Alliance. 308
• Dominator Qingyan — Spirit Race Dominator who later endorsed a new strategic direction emphasizing cooperation and alliances. 408 410
• Lanzhi, Tianhe, and Yaosuo — Spirit Race Lords present at the Myriad Secret Realm medical platform after the Yuan-Shi defeat. 408
• Serwilla — Spirit Race deity rescued from Shi Race pursuit; later travels with Lin Yi's team. 394 398
• Ya Xi — Spirit Race Illusion Law master from a family backed by a Superior Deity. 370
• Valerie — Spirit Race prodigy who encounters Elizabeth after joining Lin Yi's secret-realm formation. 346