Spiritual Power

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Power Progression

Nature and History

Ancient Immortal Cultivation World

• Seven thousand years earlier, spiritual energy was colorless, formless, and extremely pure; it only appeared mist-like when highly concentrated 9.
• It existed throughout heaven and earth. Cultivators could not bind it, and even Spirit Gathering Arrays could only modestly increase its density 9.
• Naturally formed Spiritual Veins produced crystalline spirit stones, graded as Low-, Mid-, High-, and Top-grade according to spiritual-energy concentration 9.
• The ancient system was founded on the five elements—Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth 9.
• Spiritual Roots were root-like organs in the Numinous Palace that absorbed spiritual energy and determined aptitude 9.
  • A Single Spiritual Root was a Heaven-Born Dao Seed, free of bottlenecks before the Golden Core Stage 9.
  • A Mixed Five Elements Spiritual Root could scarcely reach Foundation Establishment 9.

Later-Era Transformation

• Over seven thousand years, pure spiritual energy transformed into countless Variant Spiritual Energies with distinct traits 9.
• Clouds, mist, swamps, volcanoes, lightning, plants, and bones can each nurture different variants 9.
• Modern cultivation methods are built around Variant Spiritual Energy, and spells function best when their properties match the user's energy 9.
• Innate Spiritual Roots no longer exist in the current era. Cultivators instead transform their five viscera into Corpse Spirit Roots during the Childhood Stage 9.
• Modern spirit stones contain mixed Variant Spiritual Energies and cannot be directly used as cultivation assistance without preparation or separation 10.

Cultivation Mechanics

• A cultivator must first use consciousness to communicate with external spiritual energy; the time needed varies greatly by aptitude 12.
• Spiritual energy is drawn into the body, circulated through the meridians, refined, and stored as spiritual power within a dantian 13.
• Childhood Stage Layer 1 consists of filling and compressing the Middle Dantian. Once its spiritual power overflows, the cultivator can advance to Layer 2 13.
• From Layer 2 onward, advancement centers on transforming the five viscera into Corpse Spirit Roots; the purity of those roots determines the stability of a cultivator's foundation 13.
• Highly corrosive spiritual power can damage meridians during circulation, making bodily adaptation necessary 13.
• A cultivator who already possesses spiritual power can use its resonance to absorb matching external energy without a Spiritual Root, though this Qi-cultivation route is inefficient and typically needs formations and pills 227.

Known Forms

Li Mo's Use of Spiritual Power

• Li Mo developed a dual-flow cultivation method: one stream continuously cycles through his meridians and Middle Dantian for purification, while the other draws in external spiritual energy 14.
• His Multi-layered Dantian and Leakless Body remove excess impure spiritual energy, which crystallizes on his skin into recoverable spiritual-energy crystals 14.
• Miasma Spiritual Power can form semi-material constructs through the Magic Finger, including an ink brush, Miasma Silk Thread, and Dust Spear 13 14.
• Increased purity strengthened Miasma Spiritual Power's corrosiveness enough to eventually destroy a Low-grade Magic Tool 53.
• Li Mo maintained Miasma and Ash Spiritual Power as separate streams; their coexistence was enabled by the Innate Sage, since Ash Spiritual Power would otherwise erode and assimilate other powers 187 273.
• The Hidden Aspect Dao Seed can extract spiritual power from corpses and transform it into pure spirit stones, complementing the Terminus Dao Seed's analysis of cultivation methods 264.
• At the Spirit Severing Stage, Li Mo's Spiritual Root Divine Abilities allow microscopic perception of individual spiritual-energy particles and precise identification of eight energy types 382.