Evolution Points

Biodata

Power Progression

Acquisition

Sunlight Refinement

Yu Ziyu can accumulate Evolution Points without hunting, although the rate changes as he grows stronger 25.

Killing and Plundering

• The status panel lists both animals and plants as sources from which points can be extracted 1.
• Direct kills trigger system notifications identifying the victim and the points awarded 2 15 43.
• Stronger creatures generally provide larger rewards, but Yu Ziyu initially treats this as an observed trend rather than a confirmed universal formula 16.

The hare, porcupine, boar, and eagle rewards fit a pattern of 10 points per Entry-Level rank, but the supplied observations do not establish this as an exceptionless rule 13 16 43.

Mechanics and Costs

Directed Enhancement

Evolution Points allow Yu Ziyu to choose which part of himself to develop rather than relying solely on natural growth 18 31.

• Body control: Early branch and root enhancements make those parts move as readily as limbs 1 6.
• Physical strengthening: Further investment improves toughness and can add properties such as paralyzing toxin 45.
• Ability selection: His panel presents unlockable evolutionary directions, including Dense Fog Shroud and Hallucination 18.
• Rapid application: Unlocking abilities can deliver both bodily changes and information about their use; Hallucination’s upgrade takes only a few breaths 18 19.

Increasing Expenditure

Costs depend on the target and its existing development. Strengthening an early branch costs 0.1 points, while bringing a newly grown First Order branch up to his current standard costs 0.5 points 6 30.

• Reserve spending: Yu Ziyu keeps 40 points for emergencies, reasoning that he could use them to develop an ability that addresses an unexpected weakness 31.
• Scaling demand: Growing more branches increases his total enhancement burden even when individual upgrades remain affordable 30.

Relationship to Other Resources

Spiritual Energy

• Spiritual Energy supports growth: Yu Ziyu absorbs it from the atmosphere, and his absorption rate increases severalfold after reaching First Order 25.
• Evolution Points provide directed upgrades: They remain a separate resource on his panel and let him strengthen selected abilities 25 31.
• Environmental resources still matter: Yu Ziyu regards the underground Spiritual River as a foundation for his next evolution, alongside the ability-strengthening effects of Evolution Points 41.

Life Essence

• Yu Ziyu suspects that some essence within his body may be a physical manifestation of Evolution Points after extracting it weakens his control over a branch. This remains his hypothesis, not a confirmed equivalence 8.
• Life Essence is separately identified as a spiritual fluid that accelerates other creatures’ evolution and heals injuries; excessive expenditure depletes his reserves 9.

Hunting Strategy

Yu Ziyu initially obtains hunting rewards from creatures entering his immediate reach. When animals begin avoiding his territory, his supply becomes restricted 4.

He later has Nine-Tails and the Wind Wolves bring prey back alive so that he can deliver the killing blows himself. By the time his balance reaches 172 points, this arrangement has supplied 120 points, including a recent gain of 60 43 44.

• Long-term helpers over immediate rewards: He raises the peregrine falcon chicks instead of killing them for points, anticipating their usefulness as allies 4.
• Expanding supply: As Spiritual Energy Revival progresses, even casually captured prey increasingly reaches Entry-Level 1 44.
• Sustained reinvestment: His animals’ hunting supports months of branch upgrades rather than a single purchase 47.

Limitations

• Enhancement does not remove every biological weakness: Root control does not initially let Yu Ziyu uproot himself; attempting to move his main root causes nearly unbearable pain 6.
• Human transformation is unproven: Taking human form is an early aspiration, not an established application of Evolution Points 3.
• Unlocking an ability does not eliminate operating requirements: Hallucination Lv2 still needs substantial energy and time to alter perceptions 19.
• Second Order remains prospective: Near the peak of First Order, Yu Ziyu believes that further root strengthening followed by the use of Evolution Points could give him a chance to break through. No completed Second Order advancement is shown in the supplied context 48.