Spiritual Strength

Spiritual Strength (灵魂之力) was the foundation of any pill refinement. At the time of refining, a large amount of Spiritual Strength was needed in order to control the temperature. If even a slight deviation occurred, it would waste all your previous efforts and you would end up refining a pile of pill ashes. And if the medicinal pill had a very large medicinal strength, then you might even cause a furnace explosion.
Most alchemists wouldn't start using their Spiritual Strength right at the beginning of the refinement. They would only use it towards the latter stages when the pill was about to take form in order to very carefully control the flame's strength.
After all, that was the critical time in the formation of the pill. At that time the flame's temperature had to constantly change, sometimes high and sometimes low, and doing so required a large consumption of Spiritual Strength.
If at that time the alchemist's Spiritual Strength was already exhausted, then the furnace of pills could basically be considered as scrapped.
== Long Chen ==
When Zhuo Tianxiang performs Soulsearch, he discovers Long Chen's Spiritual Strength was something he had never seen before from a Foundation Forging disciple. His Spiritual Strength was comparable to a peak Soul Transformation alchemist.
== Ranking ==
Chu Yao’s soul value had been measured at 1,370,000 points, while Di Xin had reached 1,350,000 points. It could be said that he was equal with Chu Yao in this regard. However, Di Xin had been holding back at that time, but in the same vein, Chu Yao had only measured her soul value a few months ago, and it had now increased by quite a bit. It was just that she hadn’t tested it again. In any case, their Spiritual Strength should be on the same level.
However, Meng Qi’s soul value had reached 1,490,000 points. She was at the top of all of them.
On the other hand, Tang Wan-er was left out. Her soul value was only 57,000 points. In the outside world, this was incredible, but compared to these monsters, she was clearly much inferior.
When they had tested themselves, even Meng Qi hadn’t expected Tang Wan-er’s soul value to be so low. However, she was a very brute-force kind of fighter, so it was understandable.
Meng Qi was a pure soul cultivator. In truth, her Spiritual Strength had mutated strangely and could no longer be classified according to normal standards.
As for Chu Yao, she was the disciple that the palace master was fondest of, to such a point that the latter had been willing to sacrifice her longevity and beautiful appearance to make up for the fact that Chu Yao had missed her golden cultivation time.
As a wood cultivator, Chu Yao had both plentiful spiritual yuan and Spiritual Strength that wouldn’t lose out to her master’s. When Meng Qi had arrived, the palace master had been shocked to find that Meng Qi’s Spiritual Strength was even greater than Chu Yao’s. That had already filled her with disbelief.
As for Di Xin, his Spiritual Strength hadn’t surpassed Meng Qi’s. He had only reached the same level as Chu Yao.
In truth, Meng Qi’s Spiritual Strength was the result of Long Chen cutting off a portion of his own Spiritual Strength, creating a spiritual seed for her. That was what had resulted in the mutation.
Hence, they had called Long Chen over mainly for Tang Wan-er. They had to fight for one of the many opportunities in the Jade Lake Pageant that would increase Tang Wan-er’s Spiritual Strength. This was also why Tang Wan-er was so anxious when Long Chen arrived so late. She wanted to get back at him for it.
A normal cultivator at their level had a soul value under three thousand.
== Yuan Spirit ==
A person’s Spiritual Strength normally had to be upgraded passively. It was mainly based on one’s natural talent. Hard work had a limit when it came to Spiritual Strength. Natural treasures that could increase a person’s Spiritual Strength this much were incredibly rare.
The exceptions were things from the Corrupt path, which were made by extracting other people’s souls. However, absorbing those also resulted in absorbing a terrifying amount of resentment. As your soul energy increased, you would also become bloodthirsty and crazy. So upgrading one’s Spiritual Strength was far too difficult.
Spiritual Strength was the main foundation for nourishing the Yuan Spirit. Someone with weak Spiritual Strength couldn’t possibly have a powerful Yuan Spirit. After all, the size of the water decided how large a fish could be raised. There was no such thing as a whale raised in a washbowl.
== See also ==
*Skills: spiritual energy is one type of energy needed to cast skills
==References==
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