The Difference Between Inanimate Objects and Living Beings (Bonus chapter for alliance leader "Pure Natural Yin-Yang Fish")
"The greatest difference between inanimate objects and living beings lies in vitality and flesh and blood. But how can something truly develop vitality and flesh and blood, and become a genuine living being?"
Feng's gaze drifted as memories continually surged through his mind.
He had traveled throughout the entire world and witnessed many things.
If an answer could be found within this world, then searching his memories should more or less give him what he wanted.
Time quietly slipped away.
A long while later.
Feng's eyes regained their focus.
As he considered how inanimate objects could become living beings, he thought of the Spirit Race.
Before becoming members of the Spirit Race, they were merely ordinary flowers, grasses, and trees. In a sense, although they were not inanimate objects, they were scarcely any different, falling far short of being living beings.
"Plants aren't truly inanimate objects, because they possess vitality. But they have neither flesh and blood nor Sentience, so they aren't truly living beings either."
"No—that's not right!"
Feng shook his head, rejecting his earlier idea.
He had always believed that flesh and blood distinguished living beings from inanimate objects. But now that he thought it through carefully, the greatest difference between them was Sentience.
Only those possessing Sentience could be considered true living beings.
Plants had no Sentience, and neither did clay figures, so neither could be considered true living beings.
With that realization.
Feng immediately found a direction to pursue.
"For plants to become members of the Spirit Race, the most important prerequisite is developing Sentience. And to develop Sentience, they must absorb and release spiritual energy.
"In other words, the transformation from an inanimate object into a living being must begin with absorbing and releasing spiritual energy.
"Spiritual energy is the root of all things in