Magic Power

Biodata

Power Progression

Realm Transformations

Equal quantities of magic power can differ in strength by at least tenfold between major realms, with some comparisons approaching a hundredfold. The exact gap depends on the cultivators and stages being compared 777.

Documented Increases in Liu Yu’s Magic Power

Nature and Cultivation

Refining Spiritual Energy

• Conversion: Cultivation brings disordered spiritual energy into order, compresses and condenses it to the realm’s requirements, then brands it with divine sense 777.
• Circulation: Energy passes through greater celestial circuits before joining the cultivator’s reserves. Liu Yu’s Foundation Establishment practice returns refined liquid power to the “lake” in his dantian 266.
• Nascent Soul refinement: His cultivation cycle consists of seventy-two circuits through the physical body followed by thirty-six through the Nascent Soul, for a total of 108 776 777 835.
• Bodily dependence: A Nascent Soul can absorb and refine spiritual energy directly, but still requires nourishment from the flesh. Prolonged direct exposure also risks contamination 776.

Quantity, Purity, and Control

• Quantity determines endurance: Larger reserves allow artifacts and spirit artifacts to remain active longer 267.
• Purity affects potency and speed: Purer magic power delivers greater might from a smaller amount and circulates faster. Circulation speed is primarily determined by purity 285 721.
• Divine sense governs control: During Foundation Establishment, insufficient control can allow liquid power to disperse back into gas, causing cultivation to fall 113.
• Realm bottlenecks restrict growth: Breakthroughs open new circulation routes and remove limits on further accumulation 404 835.
• Accumulation becomes more demanding: Late Foundation Establishment requires substantially more stored power than the earlier stages; progressing through Golden Core middle stage likewise takes far more accumulation than the preceding advancement 433 611.

Purification and Replenishment

Demon Fire Refining Essence

• Schedule: Nine temperings per realm—at the beginning, midpoint, and peak of each of its early, middle, and late stages 151.
• Result: Completing all nine produces magic power described as roughly 20% purer than that of cultivators at the same level 151.
• Immediate cost: Tempering consumes some accumulated magic power, which must be cultivated back 266.
• Flame requirement: The Azure Yang Demonic Flame must be sufficiently powerful for the stage being tempered 151.
• Cultivation trade-off: Purifying magic power demands time and slows cultivation progress 285 711.

Sources of Recovery

Magic power obtained by refining pills is treated as equivalent to power obtained by refining spiritual energy. Directly absorbing another person’s magic power or essence origin is different: it can taint the Golden Core and impair its fusion with the primordial spirit during Nascent Soul formation 755.

Applications

Artifacts and Treasures

• Magic power supplies energy, while divine sense directs the artifact or treasure 628.
• An artifact’s grade does not guarantee its full output: with Qi Refining power, Liu Yu can release only 30–40% of a top-grade magical artifact’s potential 116.
• Stronger magic power increases both artifact might and flight speed, and improves the nourishment of life-bound treasures 116 568.
• Artifact refinement and familiarity can quickly convert cultivation into practical fighting strength, making equipment an efficient means of applying spiritual power 519.

Spells and Talismans

• Spells can rival or surpass artifacts and treasures in power, but many require longer preparation and dedicated practice 218 519 628.
• Powerful spells generally take longer to cast and cause greater backlash if interrupted, though exceptions exist 170.
• A talisman releases its sealed spell with only a thread of magic power, avoiding the spell’s normal casting delay 218.
• Against comparable opponents, concentrating power into compact attacks reduces waste; broad attacks are more efficient against weaker targets 522 730.

Defensive Barriers

• Ordinary magic-power shields can exclude environmental hazards at very low cost 631.
• The Flame Bodyguard Shield activates rapidly and consumes little power, but its strength depends closely on the purity and depth of its user’s magic power 369.
• Damaged flame shields can regain their radiance through a fresh surge of power 369 784.
• Magic power can also suppress sound: Liu Yu uses an azure shield to prevent noise from reaching nearby demon beasts 588.

Movement and Recovery

• Magic power supports flying artifacts and unaided escape light 116 682.
• At Nascent Soul, Liu Yu can project a brute-force blast dozens of li without it dissipating 758.
• His combined magic-cultivation and body-cultivation powers accelerate healing and crush hostile demonic power lingering in wounds 524.

Body-Cultivation Magic Power

Body-cultivation magic power emphasizes physical enhancement and specialized properties. It is comparatively less effective for casting spells or controlling artifacts and treasures 458.

• These powers are primarily condensed from the cultivator’s own essence, making them more stable than qi refined from external heaven-and-earth energy 719.
• Astral True Form close combat consumes relatively little magic power. During the Bright Moon phase, Liu Yu estimates he can fight at full effort for an entire day and night 471.
• Advancing to fourth-tier body refining improves the characteristics of all three powers 793 794.

Limits and Higher Forms of Power

• Simultaneous artifact use is expensive: At fifth-layer Qi Refining, Liu Yu spends roughly one-fifth of his reserves in a brief exchange while controlling three artifacts 12.
• Flight can exhaust reserves: During a pursuit, his lower cultivation means he will run out before opponents using comparable flying artifacts unless he replenishes or changes tactics 22.
• Higher realms are not inexhaustible: Nascent Soul cultivators can fight for ten days or half a month at low intensity, but rapid, high-intensity exchanges consume their reserves extraordinarily quickly 823.
• Heaven-and-earth energy can supplement personal reserves: Certain Nascent Soul divine abilities draw surrounding spiritual energy into their attacks, extending beyond the cultivator’s finite internal supply 768.
• Rule-bearing power is fundamentally different: Spirit treasures and heaven-and-earth wonders contain incomplete rule fragments, giving them a quality far beyond ordinary magic-power spells 638 655.
• Immortal Mansion authority is not ordinary cultivation strength: Within the Mansion, Liu Yu can command spiritual energy and amplify spells and artifacts beyond his normal realm. This enhancement comes from the Mansion’s authority, not his own magic power alone 282.