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Original Name:功德值 (gōng dé zhí)Gender:NeutralKind:ConceptScope:Novel-specificStatus:ActiveSource:AIOccurrences:147Chapters:40
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Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Merit Points |
| Alias(es) | 功德值 |
| Affiliation | The System |
| Occupation/Role | System-managed reward, cultivation, and recovery resource |
| Status | Active |
| First Appearance | Chapter 1 |
Origin
Merit Points first appear when Gao Fei's Four-Pillar Pure-Yang Body destroys a wandering spirit that attempts to possess him. The System announces a one-point reward, and its initial panel displays a balance of ten points. 1
The System tracks Merit Points as a visible balance and converts them into accelerated cultivation, martial comprehension, experimental deduction, and—in certain circumstances—physical recovery. 1 37
Acquisition and Judgment
Rewarded actions
| Action or target | Recorded reward | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Eliminating a wandering spirit | +1 | First recorded reward. 1 |
| Giving food to a starving girl | +1 | Giving her further buns immediately afterward produces no additional reward. 2 |
| Giving coins to ten beggars | +2 total | Only two beggars appear to be genuinely near starvation. 4 |
| Killing Awakened Intelligence Dog Demons | +10 to +14 | Unawakened Intelligence Dog Demons are recorded at +1 each. 7 |
| Killing a Skin Tempering Realm Rat Demon | +21 | Awarded after Gao Fei finishes the heavily wounded demon. 10 |
| Killing the corrupt middle-aged constable | +12 | Gao Fei interprets the reward as confirmation that the killing was justified. 6 |
| Killing Lin Shaoxiong | +10 | The reward follows Gao Fei's intervention during Lin's assault on a woman. 14 |
| Killing Lin Shaokun | +31 | His recorded “sin value” exceeds that of Minor Monsters that eat humans. 30 |
| Killing a Middle Spirit-Absorption Realm Fox Demon | +123 | Raises Gao Fei's balance to 957. 43 |
| Killing the Cat Demon | +289 | The Cat Demon yields fewer points than Yellow Great Immortal despite being described as somewhat less wicked. 50 |
Uncertain criteria
The System does not explain its standards. Gao Fei repeatedly tests whether merit depends on need, intention, the target's crimes, or a person's future fate. 2 4
- Charity cannot be reliably farmed: after initially rewarding the hungry girl and two desperate beggars, the System later stops granting points for alms to beggars. 2 4 7
- Killing is not rewarded uniformly. Of two white-clad runners who surrendered to demons, one death grants four points while the other grants none. 20
- Gao Fei concludes that the System appears to make its own moral distinctions, particularly regarding traitors and those judged irredeemably corrupt. 20 35
- Rescuing victims can also generate points; saving a group from Rat Demons earns five points. 38
System-Funded Advancements
Merit Points initially convert at a rate of one point per year of simulated training. The subjective training can last decades or centuries while almost no time passes outside the System. 1 4
| Investment | Chapter | Result |
|---|---|---|
| All 10 initial points into the Blood-Congealing Art | 1 | Ten simulated years elevate the art to Great Accomplishment and raise Gao Fei to the Middle Qi-Blood Realm; his lifespan increases from three to thirty days. 1 |
| 2 points into Six Harmonies Spear | 4 | Three simulated years bring the spear art to the Proficient realm. 4 |
| All available points into Eight Blades of Breaking Edge | 7 | Twelve years of practice and combat bring the blade art to the Ultimate Realm, freeing it from fixed forms. 7 |
| 20 points, then 2 more years of combat experience, into Six Harmonies Spear | 10 | The spear art reaches the Ultimate Realm and gains the principle of using a point to pierce a surface. 10 |
| 20 points into the Blood-Congealing Art, supported by a Low-Grade Spirit Stone | 12 | Reaches Blood-Qi Realm Return to Truth; Gao Fei's Four-Pillar Pure-Yang Body is repaired by ten points. 12 |
| 50 points into the Purple Tendon Bone-Tempering Art | 21 | Reaches the Perfect Bone Tempering Realm; his tendons and bones become exceptionally dense and resilient. 21 |
| 20 points into Form-Intention Fist | 21 | Reaches Bright Force, doubling the striking force of a punch. 21 |
| 431 points into the Purple Tendon Bone-Tempering Art | 23 | Deduces the self-created Purple-Viscera Organ-Tempering Art, repairs damaged organs, restores lifespan to 125 years, and enters Early Organ Refinement. 23 |
| Remaining 52 points into Form-Intention Fist | 23 | Develops Dark Force and precise control over its intensity. 23 |
| All available points into the Purple-Viscera Organ-Tempering Art | 34 | Derives the Golden Body Art, restores the Four-Pillar Pure-Yang Body, and completes Foundation Establishment. 34 |
| 525 points into the Golden Body Art | 36 | Advances the art to the Initial Stage of the First Transformation, greatly improving strength, speed, toughness, and reactions. 36 |
| 300 points into Form-Intention Fist | 38 | Reaches Transforming Force; Gao Fei gains full-body force release, controllable Tiger-Leopard Thunder Roar, and Bone-Melting Palm. 38 |
| 900 points into the Golden Body Art | 43 | Nine hundred years of refinement more than double Gao Fei's strength and reaction speed. 43 |
| 1 point into Savage Bull Force | 44 | Immediately reaches the beginner stage and enters the Early Spirit-Absorption Realm. 44 |
| 300 points into Shrinking Earth to Inches | 47 | Reaches Mastery, allowing one-step movement of one to ten zhang when terrain and spiritual power permit. 47 |
Functions and Limits
Accelerated training
Merit Points allow Gao Fei to experience years of focused training within his consciousness. Martial-skill upgrades can occur in less than a second outside the System. 1 4
- The System can refine established techniques, train practical combat experience, and identify flaws in inherited martial arts. 10 13
- It can support original deduction: Gao Fei derives Form-Intention Fist, Purple-Viscera Organ-Tempering Art, and Golden Body Art through extended simulated research. 13 23 34
- A cultivation breakthrough still requires sufficient energy. Spirit Stones, Beast Cores, Demon Cores, medicine, and spiritual energy remain necessary to sustain major realm advancement. 4 12 23
Recovery
A single Merit Point invested into the Golden Body Art lets Gao Fei research bleeding control and recover from severe injuries over one simulated year. 37
- Gao Fei begins reserving points for healing rather than spending every balance on immediate advancement. 38
- Recovery does not remove the need for caution; he avoids pursuing Yellow Great Immortal while outmatched in speed and reaction time. 37
Resource constraints
Merit Points are powerful but difficult to replenish consistently.
- Charitable acts stop producing reliable rewards, forcing Gao Fei to seek demons, traitors, and other targets judged worthy by the System. 7 35
- Major body-tempering techniques consume both large point totals and external spiritual resources. 36 43 50
- Gao Fei regularly exhausts his balance during emergencies, leaving him dependent on future demon hunts for further advancement. 23 30 47