Eerie Object

Biodata

Nature

Eerie Objects are anomalous entities connected to cultivation methods, mutations, and magical artifacts. A cultivator's body can serve as the “bottle” imprisoning an Eerie Object; severing that connection prevents the cultivator from using their Arts. 127

• They possess consciousness or instinct and may resist control, seek revival, or react to compatible materials. 225 474
• Their consciousness can be worn down through confinement, including by the yin energy of the Land of White Bones. 474
• Killing an Eerie Object while it is still developing creates an Eerie Fetus, though doing so may cause body-and-soul mutation. 224
• Eerie Objects can be associated with specific cultivation paths, such as the Divine Feet Scripture, Mirror Immortal, Taotie Method, and Dragon Snake Spine. 88 111 306

Containment and Control

Cultivator Bodies

The body functions as a vessel that imprisons an Eerie Object. Ren Qing inferred this after entering the Stomach within Stomach and losing his connection to his Arts. 127

Prison Within the Stomach

Ren Qing's Taotie Method transforms his stomach into a prison capable of containing Eerie Objects. After its Jailer anomalous change, it can use an imprisoned Eerie Object as a Jailer. 111 189

• The Divine Feet Scripture's uncontrollable Eerie Object is confined within this prison. 111 189
• Ren Qing stores and gathers Eerie Objects there for artifact-forging experiments. 225
• The Eternal Prison can restrain a living Eerie Object with black ropes and is used to examine the nature of Anomalous entities. 287

Consciousness Suppression

An Eerie Fetus Artifact whose consciousness remains intact can remain aggressive even after being refined and recognized by its owner. If its controller weakens, it may retaliate. 474

• The Land of White Bones gradually erodes an Eerie Object's consciousness. 474
• Eerie Objects whose consciousness has been obliterated emit a weaker aura. 404
• Conventional methods of nourishing artifact consciousness are likened to inefficient blood sacrifices requiring substantial resources. 287

Eerie Fetus

An Eerie Fetus is the beastified form produced from an Eerie Object for use in artifact forging. 225

Forging Requirements

Eerie Fetus Artifacts

Eerie Fetus Artifacts are living magical artifacts formed by integrating an Eerie Fetus into a compatible artifact. Their materials become tougher and more unified during fusion. 226

• They may instinctively integrate into magical artifacts refined from materials related to their Jailer Method. 404
• They are made entirely of flesh and bone, allowing rapid recovery from damage using their own materials. 616
• An Eerie Fetus may reject unsuitable materials or cause the original magical artifact to collapse during forging. 225
• The forging process can create aggressive artifacts that retain an urge to revive. 474

Artifact Spirits

An artifact spirit can replace an Eerie Fetus Artifact's original consciousness. Ren Qing developed this approach after studying Demon Spirits formed under demonic influence. 287 288

• A Demon Spirit integrated into an Eerie Fetus Artifact can continuously nourish its consciousness. 287
• The method provides a more reliable route to advancing artifacts than mass corpse consumption. 288
• Artifact spirits can also be linked to Jailers and demon cultivators, granting the latter recovered cultivation and unique abilities. 289

Known Examples

• Bronze Mirror Fragment — The true form of the Mirror Immortal Eerie Object, found at the bottom of a well. Ren Qing retrieved it with the Dragon Snake Spine, collapsing the well. 88
• Divine Feet Scripture Eerie Object — An uncontrollable Eerie Object imprisoned inside Ren Qing's Prison Within the Stomach. 111 189
• Kunpeng Eerie Object — A potential forging material Ren Qing declined to use because he was uncertain whether its Jailer could be removed. 225
• Ghost Ship Eerie Fetus — Integrated into Ren Qing's sand boat through its dragon keel; it later devoured additional Eerie Fetuses and developed greater internal space. 226 227
• Nascent Soul Insect Eye Eerie Fetus — A flesh-and-blood mass covered in insect eyes, whose consciousness had been obliterated before Ren Qing attempted to fuse it with a mutated eyeball. 404
• Plague Dream Tree — An Eerie Object associated with fungal growth, spores, nightmares, and the consumption of the Corpse Crab's consciousness. 436
• Corpse Fengdu Eerie Object — Successfully fused by Ren Qing during his breakthrough to the Heavenly Eerie Realm. 493

Relationships

• Ren Qing — Captures, imprisons, studies, destroys, fuses, and refines Eerie Objects into Eerie Fetuses and magical artifacts. 111 224 225 493
• Jailer Hall — Uses Eerie Objects and Eerie Fetus Artifacts to strengthen its foundation; its cultivators develop artifact-consciousness and artifact-spirit methods. 226 288 289
• Ghost Shadow — Assists Ren Qing in retrieving, dissecting, restraining, and refining Eerie Objects. 159 287 436
• Heavenly Dao Worm — Assists in acquiring an Eerie Object and can control the corpses of former Fire Refining Palace Chief Seats. 159 306