Translator: AnubisTL
Creation from nothing.
Also known as a perpetual motion machine.
In Jieming's previous life, anyone claiming to have discovered a perpetual motion machine would have been immediately dismissed as insane.
After discovering the unique properties of the space within his body, Jieming conducted numerous experiments, even spending a significant number of merit points to purchase a sixth-tier wizard-crafted isolation system.
He finally confirmed that the space within him didn't merely draw energy from vacuum zero-point energy or external sources; it genuinely generated spiritual energy from nothing.
Such a discovery would have shaken the world in Jieming's previous life, yet he remained remarkably calm.
Though initially surprised, his reaction was merely mild astonishment.
After all...
"This should be the third thing I've encountered that can create something from nothing, right?"
Jieming inwardly observed the ceaselessly accumulating spiritual energy within his space, his expression peculiar.
"This cultivation civilization is truly remarkable..."
Indeed, this was the third time Jieming had encountered something capable of creating something from nothing, and all three originated from the cultivation civilization.
During his first two encounters, Jieming's understanding of the world and his knowledge of extraordinary powers were still limited, so he didn't immediately grasp their significance. It was only through prolonged study that he gradually came to comprehend them.
Aside from the space that spontaneously generated spiritual energy, the second instance of creation from nothing that Jieming encountered was actually quite common in the immortal cultivation world: conceptual materialization.
Techniques like Eastern Purple Qi, adamantium, and his own Five Aggregates Rainbow Transformation Mirror all relied on this ability to manifest their effects.
Conceptual materialization transforms purely artificial concepts into tangible substances and usable energy—a form of creation from nothing in itself.
While concepts like adamantium consume matter and energy during their creation, others, like Eastern Purple Qi, not only conserve energy but also spontaneously generate it from nothing.
As for the earliest form of creation from nothing that Jieming encountered, it was none other than spiritual energy itself.
The Wizard World lacked spiritual energy.
This was a fact Jieming had known since his earliest days.
Because spiritual energy was absent in the external world, wizards had adopted the cultivation method of refining essence into qi. By refining their own essence, they could generate spiritual energy and thus advance their cultivation...
This sounded like a perfectly normal and logical process and choice... right?
If you dug deeper, you'd find that this seemingly reasonable process was actually complete nonsense.
Jieming hadn't realized this at first. But as his mastery of alchemy grew and his understanding of the world deepened, he finally recognized the critical flaw.
To understand the problem, he first needed to answer another question: What exactly is spiritual energy?
A special kind of energy?
A power imbued with the concept of spirituality?
It wasn't until Jieming studied the microscopic structure of the Wizard World that he finally grasped the answer.
Fortunately, the Great Dao Library Pavilion lived up to its name. Through just a few books, it revealed the truth:
Spiritual energy is the fundamental particle that constitutes the immortal cultivation world!
Jieming knew of three worlds: the Wizard World where he currently resided, the technological world of his previous life, and the immortal cultivation world described in the Great Dao Library Pavilion.
At the microscopic level, these three worlds were remarkably similar. All were composed of various elementary particles that formed matter.
Of course, there were also differences.
For example, in the immortal cultivation world and the Wizard World, "time" and "space" were genuine, tangible entities, unlike in Jieming's previous technological world, where they were merely concepts used to describe the trajectories and ranges of particle movement.
However, this distinction was relatively minor. The true divergence between the three worlds lay in the fundamental particles that constituted their very foundations.
In his previous technological world, although the level of scientific advancement had yet to discover the fundamental particle responsible for gravity, the remaining strong, weak, and electromagnetic forces could all be described through elementary particles, as outlined in the standard model of elementary particles.
According to that model, Jieming's previous technological world was composed of 61 elementary particles, including 32 types of quarks and 12 types of leptons that formed matter, as well as several bosons that mediated interactions between them.
Among the three commonly known particles that make up most matter—protons, neutrons, and electrons—only electrons were considered elementary particles. The remaining protons and neutrons were composite particles made of quarks.
The Wizard World shared a similar structure, except that its most fundamental particles were Elements.
Strictly speaking, there are four fundamental types of elemental particles: earth, fire, wind, and water.
Earth particles constitute matter, fire particles constitute energy, wind particles constitute space, and water particles constitute time. Each type of elemental particle encompasses dozens of variations.
Elements beyond these four are generally formed by combining different elemental particles from the four fundamental types in specific proportions.
In the immortal cultivation world, the fundamental particles that compose all things are naturally spiritual energy.
However, the term "spiritual energy" is misleading. Based on Jieming's current understanding, it would be more accurate to call them "spiritual particles."
According to the knowledge provided by the Great Dao Library Pavilion, the classification of spiritual energy is far simpler, with only two types: yin and yang.
Yet the limited number of fundamental particle types doesn't imply a monotonous world.
For instance, the technological world has numerous fundamental particles, but the neutrons and protons that constitute matter are each composed of only three types of quarks.
In the Wizard World, matter and energy particles typically consist of four to five types of elemental particles.
As for the immortal cultivation world... matter particles are generally composed of two to nine different combinations of yin and yang.
In summary, while the three worlds appear similar at macroscopic and relatively "fundamental" microscopic levels, they diverge completely at the deepest microscopic level.
The reason the Wizard World and the immortal cultivation world possess extraordinary powers lies in the fact that their most fundamental constituent particles exhibit an inherent activity far exceeding that of the technological world.
For instance, wizards typically manipulate elemental particles with relatively high activity levels in their environment. Higher-tier wizards can manipulate elemental particles with progressively lower activity thresholds.
Having grasped the true nature of spiritual energy, we return to the original question: without spiritual energy, how can one cultivate using the immortal cultivation world's techniques?
The answer is: it's impossible!
Because the very foundation of the world's structure differs!
The Great Dao Library Pavilion houses nearly limitless cultivation methods, ranging from the most basic refining essence into qi and inhaling/exhaling spiritual energy to more esoteric techniques like drawing starlight, refining malevolent qi, absorbing the essence of the sun and moon, harnessing heavenly mandate and fortune, practicing Yang God Contemplation, and achieving yin-yang harmony. Some even delve into sinister practices involving death qi, malevolent qi, emotions, and flesh...
Regardless of the method, the essence remains unchanged: using specific techniques to "decompose" these substances into spiritual energy that cultivators can utilize.
Whether this spiritual energy is ultimately used for body refinement, qi refinement, or spirit refinement depends on the specific cultivation technique and the cultivator's intentions.
Therefore, Jieming now views the act of refining spiritual energy using the most basic method of refining essence into qi as utterly absurd.
Because the Wizard World has no spiritual energy!
It's like trying to refine water from a pile of gold—completely impossible!
(End of the Chapter)
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