True Essence
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Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | True Essence (真元) |
| Nature | Liquid power refined from a martial artist’s spiritual power 27 |
| Role | The power cultivated upon entering the Profound Martial Realm; it can be further strengthened and purified 27 28 36 |
| First Appearance | Lin Chen forms his first drop during his Profound Martial Realm breakthrough 27 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| First drop of True Essence | 27 | Lin Chen uses Sword Intent as a furnace to refine spiritual power from his Qi Sea into a drop of liquid True Essence. |
| Profound Martial Realm, First Level | 28 | After four months of refinement, his spiritual power has become a stable lake of True Essence. |
| Three Revolutions Profound Origin Art: First Revolution | 37 | Cultivation with supporting herbs and fruits deepens the True Essence’s color and gives it a white-jade texture. |
| Three Revolutions Profound Origin Art: Second Revolution | 55 | Lin Chen’s status panel confirms completion of the art’s second stage. |
| Three Revolutions Profound Origin Art: Third Revolution | 68 | Profound Insight Grass and Attribute Allocation help transform the entire lake into a pale-gold Profound Origin True Lake. |
| Earth Martial Realm, First Level | 90 | Earthfire burns impurities from the True Essence, leaving less than a tenth of the original lake and producing Spirit Power Crystal Sand. Lin Chen then replenishes the lake. |
Formation and Refinement
To enter the Profound Martial Realm, a cultivator must turn the spiritual power in their Qi Sea into liquid True Essence. The conversion demands precise control and sustained concentration: power running wild can injure the cultivator or damage the Qi Sea. Lin Chen’s Sword Intent provides a stable furnace for the process, though converting his full reserves still takes four months 27 28.
The Three Revolutions Profound Origin Art subsequently increases the quantity, purity, and recovery speed of True Essence. Each completed revolution also improves the practitioner’s chance of breaking through to the Earth Martial Realm 36. At that breakthrough, Earthfire purifies Lin Chen’s True Essence further; its initial loss of volume is followed by the formation of denser power and the restoration of his lake 90.
Applications and Limits
Combat and Techniques
- True Essence can be channeled into a flying sword; Lin Chen uses an infused sword to demonstrate his Profound Martial Realm strength to the Li Family 30.
- It can sustain techniques such as an underwater veil and a barrier against Heavenwind Gorge’s cutting winds 69 87.
- After completing the third revolution, Lin Chen judges his True Essence alone sufficient to contend with a Profound Martial Seventh Layer opponent 68.
- Its reserves are finite. Before reaching the Earth Martial Realm, one full-power swing of Lin Chen’s Heavenly Profound Sword drained six-tenths of his True Essence lake 97.
Purity and Resistance
- The Three Revolutions Profound Origin Art strengthens True Essence, but a cultivator must complete its required revolutions before passing certain cultivation bottlenecks 36 49.
- Hostile forces can wear down a True Essence barrier continuously; Lin Chen estimates he could endure Heavenwind Gorge’s black winds for only about ten minutes 87.
- Attacks can interfere with an opponent’s True Essence circulation, as Lin Chen’s lightning Sword Qi does during his duel with Ling Jianxin 74.