Essence Blood

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Essence Blood
Original Name	精血
Alias(es)	Blood essence
Type	Concentrated life essence contained in vital heartblood 6
Sources	Demon beasts, human cultivators, and Mountain and Marsh Spirits 263 332 479
Uses	Cultivation, body tempering, pill refining, talisman drawing, and blood-fueled techniques; powers the Origin Cauldron’s Spirit Seizure and Transformation 6 300 440
First Appearance	Chapter 6, in the provided context

Power Progression

Essence-blood grades describe bloodline quality, not the donor’s cultivation realm. The following records Lin Changheng’s access to increasingly advanced grades in chapter order; Divine Origin is below True Spirit despite being identified later 173 598.

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Mundane tainted	6 408	Fire Crow essence blood extracted from pills advances its treasure seed from 5/100 to 10/100. The Fire Crow is later identified among Lin’s completed mundane-tainted bloodlines.
Turbid baleful	52	Lin buys two portions of Flame-Tailed Spirit Fox blood for six Spirit Stones to investigate Transformation.
Mystic spirit	110	A shop offers blood from second-tier Green-Eyed Mystic Pythons. Lightning contamination makes it dangerous and unusually cheap.
Nether Void	173	Identified as the grade above Mystic Spirit. Lin previously encountered it in Wind-Splitting Falcon blood; beasts with this bloodline can also exist at the second tier.
Blazing Origin	440	Lin obtains thunder-, metal-, and earth-aspected blood. This higher grade supplies transformations for Nether Void treasure seeds.
True Spirit	562 563	Feng reveals a single drop whose aura makes the Origin Cauldron react without touching it. Feng has failed to refine it for over a century.
Divine Origin	598	Haiya identifies the grade immediately above Blazing Origin and offers to investigate possible sources. Lin seeks it for subsequent transformations of Blazing Origin treasure seeds.

Nature and Measurement

• Not ordinary blood: A demon beast’s ordinary blood contains faint demonic power and numerous impurities. Essence blood is its vital heartblood—the concentration of its life essence and the anchor of its power 6.
• Measured in portions: A portion is the basic quantity required for a single pill. A first-tier early-stage beast contains one portion; a middle-first-tier beast contains two 52.
• Also handled as drops or masses: Higher-grade blood is frequently collected in discrete drops. A fourth-tier Truefire Flood Dragon yields at least 180 masses, each approximately the size of a chicken egg 440 492.
• Donor condition matters: Blood taken from the Truefire Flood Dragon’s body is fuller and more vigorous than the diminished masses carried away by its soul 492.
• Individual sources retain distinct properties: Essence blood can carry elemental affinities, innate talents, life imprints, and rejection properties that complicate its absorption or fusion 138 351.

Physical Characteristics

• Mystic Spirit blood: One delivered batch is deep crimson, rich, and visibly flickering with spiritual vitality 152.
• Mountain-Moving Ape blood: Ocher-yellow 153.
• Wave-Turning Thorn Puffer blood: Thick, deep blue, and resembling molten gemstones 391.
• Azure-Pattern Demon Conch blood: Pale blue with tiny, starlight-like points 624.
• Thunder-contaminated python blood: Produces purple electrical arcs and a sharp, numbing sting when tested 110.
• True Spirit blood: A radiant azure pearl with flowing green light that alternately resembles a bird and a fish; its aura feels vast and primordial 562.

Cultivation Applications

Spirit Seizure

The Origin Cauldron absorbs essence blood to form and advance treasure seeds. Completing Spirit Seizure allows Lin to select an innate talent from the source creature and refine it into himself 138.

• Repeated refinements strengthen the chosen talent through successive layers. Mountain-Moving Ape blood advances Mighty Strength through Spirit Motion and Clarity, while Azure Rain Mist Toad blood eventually brings its illusion art to Transcendent Mastery 153 265.
• Absorption can remove the blood’s color, smell, and substance, leaving a thin, water-like residue 325 419.
• Lin can absorb blood concealed in his sleeve, even during a confrontation 280 601.
• Some sources have limited potential: the Wooden Puppet Fox’s Self-Healing Art remains a third-layer otherworldly art rather than developing into a completed demonic art 215 308.

Transformation

After a treasure seed completes Spirit Seizure, suitable higher-grade essence blood can fill its Transformation progress. Completed transformations produce true cores that can grant ancestral or bloodline-reversion demonic arts 158 209 419.

• A different species can supply transformation blood: Jade Banyan Blood serpent blood completes the Azure Rain Mist Toad’s transformation; Earthfire Nether Serpent blood completes the Flame-Shadow Mouse’s 280 357.
• A donor’s name need not be known: Unidentified but genuine Mystic Spirit blood completes the Flame-Tailed Golden Mouse’s transformation 158.
• Donor cultivation affects quantity: For the Mountain-Moving Ape transformation, Lin calculates that twenty portions of first-tier earth-affinity Mystic Spirit blood or ten portions of second-tier blood would fill ten progress points 170.
• Higher-grade drops can be especially efficient: Five drops of wind-aspected Blazing Origin blood complete the Wind-Splitting Falcon’s transformation 448.
• Different blood kinds are not freely interchangeable: Lin states that different kinds cannot be pooled to complete the particular transformation he considers using Azure-Winged Roc blood 422.

Spiritual Roots and Soul Strengthening

Refining treasure seeds and true cores also washes through Lin’s body and soul, improving his spiritual-root resonance and divine sense 209 273 488.

• A true core’s cleansing effect exceeds that of an individual treasure seed and slightly exceeds the combined cleansing of all five seed layers 488.
• Higher-ranked bloodlines generally provide stronger cleansing. Exceptional bloodlines can outperform ordinary bloodlines of the same grade 488.
• Mystic Fire Rhinoceros blood helps Lin obtain a fire-attribute earth spiritual root, improving fire affinity, perception, and cultivation 364.
• Human thunder-aspected essence blood can transform his Origin Mystic Root into a mutated Thunder Spiritual Root 479.
• Bloodline grade does not guarantee compatibility: Huang Lingsu’s Dragon Roar Body blood fails when Lin tests it with the Origin Cauldron 435.

Demonic Arts and Divine Abilities

Essence-blood refinement can yield immediately usable bloodline arts or reveal the true intent of a divine ability 170 280 444.

• Demonic arts provide practical power without requiring extensive contemplation, but their eventual limits depend on the source bloodline 280.
• Divine abilities can continue growing with cultivation and attainment. Their immediate output is still constrained by the user’s magical power, soul, or physique 170 280.
• Blood-derived abilities can be combined with learned human techniques. Lin’s perception arts contribute to his increasingly layered Divine Light, while elemental talents complement the Five-Qi Turtle Scripture of Returning to the Origin 273 391 419.

Other Uses

• Alchemy and crafting: Essence blood is used in pill refining, talisman drawing, body tempering, and cultivation. Spiritual Wine Workshops and Talisman Shops reserve the Li Family shop’s supply 6 440.
• Artifact empowerment: A False Core cultivator sprays essence blood onto the Soul-Striking Whip, immediately intensifying its dark radiance and power 329.
• Medical investigation: Lin tests Huang Lingsu’s Dragon Roar Body blood with earth-nether aura. Their harmonious reaction helps identify a means of suppressing her condition 332.
• Pill ingredients: Lin uses Azure-Winged Roc blood in a medicinal batch and later considers his surplus Truefire Flood Dragon blood for elixir refining 422 570.

Documented Refinements

Essence-blood source	Result	Chapter
Fire Crow	Early treasure-seed progress; its completed bloodline later yields the true intent of the Fire-Control Divine Ability.	6 408
Earthfire Lizard	Over two hundred portions bring the treasure seed to its fourth tier and Fire-Repelling Art to True Ascension.	79
Flame-Tailed Spirit Fox	Advancing the seed grants bodily and facial alteration for layered disguises.	79
Mountain-Moving Ape	Successive layers strengthen Mighty Strength; the fifth reveals the Dao Fruit associated with Shouldering Mountains, also called Mountain-Bearing.	138 153 170
Flame-Tailed Golden Mouse	Unnamed Mystic Spirit blood completes Transformation at 10/10, forming a Supreme True Core.	158
Jade-Horned Snake	Grants Breath Concealment, hiding cultivation, magical fluctuations, and presence; its later true-core refinement also extends divine sense.	170 209
Poisonfire Savage Bull	A completed Supreme True Core grants Poisonfire, bringing its fire-poison energy to mid-grade second-tier strength.	187
Deep Lake Spirit Clam	Improves Spirit-Nurturing Art, allowing two wondrous items to be strengthened simultaneously; water-root resonance reaches twelve strands.	222
Black-Armored Earth Turtle	Grants Earth Control, improving manipulation of soil and stone and the depth and range of Earth Escape.	222
Azure Rain Mist Toad	Reaches Transcendent Mastery in its illusion otherworldly art, then transforms through Nether Void serpent blood into Illusion Demonic Art.	265 280
Black-Spined Vulture	More than four hundred portions advance Insight through Clarity and True Ascension, revealing finer details, energy circulation, and formation weaknesses.	273
Blazing Green Lion	Two thousand portions bring Flame Manipulation to Transcendent Mastery and form its Supreme True Core.	301
Cold Jade Crystal Scorpion	Five deep-blue drops complete Transformation and grant Water-Shadow Stealth.	316
Medicinal Spirit Golden Toad	Its remaining blood, followed by Nether Void blood, contributes to acquiring the true intent of Heaven-in-a-Pot.	325
Flame-Shadow Mouse	Grants Fire Escape; later transforms using Earthfire Nether Serpent blood into Fire Escape Demonic Art.	326 357
Cavern-Ore Golden Turtle	Grants Gold Devouring, which extracts and stores refined-gold essence from metals and artifacts.	349
Nether Abyss Flame Sparrow	Grants Nether Abyss Icefire; a second refinement strengthens it to lower second tier.	351
Mystic Fire Rhinoceros	Improves Lin’s fire spiritual root and Mystic Fire Furnace Art, increasing the stability and control of his fused flames.	364
Wave-Turning Thorn Puffer	Supplies the Water Control talent for Lin’s developing five-element system.	391
Sun-Eclipsing Crow	Transformation using fire-aspected Nether Void blood grants Fire Immersion Demonic Art, rapidly restoring serious wounds with fire energy.	405 419
Soulweaving Demon Butterfly	More than a hundred bottles produce Spirit-Sealing Life Spring, which can preserve a soul and true-spirit wisp and influence souls.	437
Torch Yin Vine Matriarch	Grants Hold a Candle to the Night; further refinement reveals the sixth divine-ability true intent, Candle Gaze.	419 444
Wind-Splitting Falcon	Five wind-aspected Blazing Origin drops complete Transformation and grant Blue-Eyed Insight Demonic Art.	391 448
Qiu, a thunder-aspected cultivator	Nine drops are extracted; five complete the Origin Mystic Root’s transformation, granting a Thunder Mutated Spiritual Root with 27 resonance strands.	479
Truefire Flood Dragon	Blazing Origin blood grants Dragonkin Breath, refined through five layers to Transcendent Mastery.	492 493
Molten-Rock Turtle-Dragon	Higher-grade fire blood completes its Supreme True Core and unlocks the bloodline-reversion talent Longevity.	507
Blackwater White Kun	Water-aspected Blazing Origin blood completes Transformation and grants Ablution Water Origin, cleansing Lin’s golden core until it becomes leakless and flawless.	545
Wind-Piercing Beast	Forty additional portions bring its fifth-tier treasure seed to 80/100 Spirit Seizure and reinforce Lin’s wind root.	595
Jade-Mist / Azure Twig Leopard	Blood harvested during combat, followed by wood-aspected Blazing Origin blood, grants Azure Pivot Spirit Creation Demonic Art.	601
Purple Lightning Bull	Grants Command Thunder and Absorb Lightning; completed Spirit Seizure produces an art that enhances and restores lightning spells.	611 615
Azure-Pattern Demon Conch	A stock sufficient for more than four hundred Spirit Seizure points supports a talent intended to improve nourishing rain and fertility within Heaven-in-a-Pot.	624

Origin Heartblood and Fusion

Origin Treasure Seed

The Origin Cauldron also steadily extracts Lin’s own essence blood to advance his Origin treasure seed 408 435.

Milestone	Chapter	Effect
Six drops fused into three masses	351	One fused mass advances Spirit Seizure twice as quickly; Lin estimates a potential saving of more than eighty years.
547/1000 Spirit Seizure	408	Improved cultivation and absorption methods reduce his estimated wait for the next Transformation to about nineteen years.
1000/1000 Spirit Seizure	435	Completed during six years of seclusion; Lin next seeks thunder-root cultivator blood for a lightning-attribute Mystic Root.
Thunder-root Transformation completed	479	Five drops of Qiu’s thunder-aspected blood produce the Thunderclap Mystic Root.

Essence Blood Fusion Secret Art

Lin develops the Essence Blood Fusion Secret Art after studying the blood-processing principles in two Hehuan Sect manuals 351.

• The original method uses specially oscillating spiritual power and guiding runes to break apart life imprints and rejection properties, then knead blood from different sources into a stable mixed source 351.
• Its original application brutally drains other people’s essence blood, magical power, origin, and foundation through dual cultivation 351.
• Lin rejects that practice but adapts its fusion principle to consolidate his own origin heartblood, accelerating the Origin Cauldron’s progress 351.

Acquisition and Supply

Collection Methods

• Extraction from pills: Ruined and inferior pills provide Lin’s earliest documented supply. He destroys the ruined-pill remains and extracts only about half the blood from inferior pills to avoid exposing himself 6.
• Hunting: Lin extracts blood directly from a slain beast’s heart-origin. The Jade Banyan Blood serpent yields six dark-green drops collected in a specially made jade vial 280.
• Repeated harvesting: Two Mystic Fire Rhinoceroses produce more than 420 portions over ten years without lasting harm 417.
• Recovery support: Lin feeds a captured Purple Lightning Bull blood-replenishing pills while harvesting its blood 611.
• Soul control: He plans to use Spirit-Sealing Life Spring to obtain blood safely from mature beasts rather than depend on dangerous hunts or lengthy rearing. The art requires subduing the target and touching its forehead; he intends to secure it with a Divine Blood Curse Seal first 437.
• Human donors: Lin collects Huang Lingsu’s blood during treatment, extracts Qiu’s after killing him, and takes ice-aspected blood from the already-dead Fairy Han Shuang 333 479 501.

Major Supply Networks

• Su Shuangjiang — Supplies Fire Crow blood and later large quantities of Wave-Turning Thorn Puffer blood; also continues searching for fire-aspected beast blood 15 391 595.
• Spirit Fox Beast Pavilion — Provides Flame-Tailed Spirit Fox blood, handles transfers between Liu Family branches, and offers rare thunder-contaminated python blood 52 55 110.
• Xu Family — Collects Mountain-Moving Ape and other beast blood, delivers more than four hundred portions of Black-Spined Vulture blood, and maintains the rhinoceros harvest 169 170 273 417.
• Mo Zhaoli — Uses sect contacts to obtain rare blood and prepares hundreds of bottles of Cavern-Ore Golden Turtle and Nether Abyss Flame Sparrow blood for Lin 145 263 349.
• Deng Changsheng — Supplies unnamed Mystic Spirit blood and completes large collection assignments, including one thousand portions of turbid-baleful blood and two thousand portions of Blazing Green Lion blood 145 158 222 301.
• Zeng and the Spirit Wine Tower — Offer second-tier Azure Wave Spirit Turtle blood at cost through a regular culinary supply chain 146.
• Zhu Fugui and the Flowing Stone Merchant Guild — Provide access to large-scale sourcing, including the Medicinal Spirit Golden Toad shipment 310 325.
• True Person Dong and the Great Shun Merchant Association — Locate rare sources and coordinate Soulweaving Demon Butterfly and Dark Underworld Demon Wolf deliveries 435 436 510.
• Azure Rosy Clouds Temple — Exchanges Sun-Eclipsing Crow blood and alchemy notes for Lin’s teaching and pill-refining expertise 405 419.
• True Lord Haiya — Agrees to investigate Divine Origin sources and separately seek Nether Void and Blazing Origin blood 598.
• True Lord Qingwei — Searches for beasts on Lin’s requested list and delivers small quantities despite their rarity 612.

Trade and Storage

Example	Terms or significance	Chapter
Flame-Tailed Spirit Fox blood	Two turbid-baleful portions cost six Spirit Stones.	52
Thunder-contaminated Green-Eyed Mystic Python blood	Offered at twelve Spirit Stones per portion because its thunderous baleful intent is difficult to purge.	110
Recurring Nether Void supply	A Zhao Kingdom cultivator agrees to deliver blood to Origin Immortal City once every three years, paid in pills or Spirit Stones.	440
Blazing Origin wind blood	Seven drops exchanged for future Return-to-Truth Pill refining for Yellow Maple Cliff.	448
Green Jade Gate exchange	A Heavenly Dao Contract secures five portions of water-aspected Blazing Origin blood, with further blood required before Lin releases a shark demon core.	545
Storage containers	Sealed bottles, specially made jade vials, rune-inscribed bottles, and a Spirit-Locking jade chest are used for transport and preservation.	169 280 436 440

Risks and Limitations

• Scarcity: Ordinary shops rarely stock Mystic Spirit blood. Even low-grade supplies may already be reserved by commercial workshops 6 142.
• Unrest disrupts supply: Few hunters pursue Fire Crows, and regional instability further reduces available blood 15.
• Contamination: Blood can retain harmful forces from a beast’s death, including difficult-to-purge thunderous baleful intent 110.
• Bloodline rank and cultivation tier are separate: Nether Void blood is not restricted to third-tier beasts; second-tier populations can possess it 173.
• Exalted blood may be unusable: Feng cannot refine True Spirit blood despite more than a century of effort at the late-third-tier peak 563.
• Blood loss can be dangerous: Blood-Shadow Escape burns the user’s essence blood for extreme speed and can cause lasting injury or death 300.
• Lin’s tolerance is exceptional, not universal: Long exposure to the Origin Cauldron’s extraction lets him resist blood-loss exhaustion that would severely weaken other users of blood-burning escape arts 483.
• Some abilities impose further physical costs: Mighty Strength and Shouldering Mountains remain constrained by how much force Lin’s body can withstand 170.
• A source can fail completely: Dragon Roar Body blood does not work in Lin’s attempted Origin Cauldron refinement 435.