Chapter 90 - 88: Research Progress on Spiritual Energy (Part 2)

Upon learning that Wang Qiang’s team had other findings, Lin Li quickly inquired about the specific details."The remaining part of the discovery is related to the concentration of spiritual energy."

Seeing Lin Li standing and looking somewhat tired, Wang Qiang poured him a glass of water and pointed to the gas in the glass container, saying:

"Captain Lin, as mentioned before, the 11% unidentified gas we initially discovered can now be confirmed as spiritual energy.

But within this 11% spiritual energy, only a very small portion of the activated part can be absorbed by the human body.

According to our experiments, based on the same volume of air in the Damo Realm,

a Four Spirit Root Cultivator can absorb about 0.5% of the activated spiritual energy, while a Double Spirit Root Cultivator can absorb up to 2%.

With the assistance of the Wei Mansion, we attempted to increase this by introducing a Spirit Gathering Array to regular air.

According to the final results,

the highest quality Tier One Spirit Gathering Array can increase the concentration of spiritual energy in the air to 15.3%, but the intake ratio for Four Spirit Roots is only 1.2%, while for Double Spirit Roots it is 3.7%.

Then, we conducted tests on spirit stones.

We found that the concentration of spiritual energy in spirit stones can reach 21.5%, but the highest absorbable amount by humans is about 6.4%.

As for better medium-grade and high-grade spirit stones, theoretically, the effects should be even better."

Lin Li pondered for a while before slowly saying, "So, you mean that cultivators in the Damo Realm actually have a very low absorption rate of spiritual energy?"

"It should be said that it is very, very low, because some spiritual energy exists but cannot be absorbed by the human body at all."

Wang Qiang, now fully into research mode, quickly explained,

"However, there’s a trait about spiritual energy, which is that the higher the concentration of spiritual energy, the activated proportion that can be absorbed will also increase in a certain trend.

Moreover, the upward trend of the latter is higher than that of the former.

We refer to this absorbable activated spiritual energy as spiritual particles."


Upon hearing this, Lin Li reached out and picked up a spirit stone from the table.

This spirit stone had been tested and no longer contained spiritual energy, appearing almost indistinguishable from an ordinary stone.

He tossed the spirit stone in the palm of his hand, seemingly contemplating something, and then asked,

"So does that mean... if we can purify spiritual energy... and spiritual particles to a certain concentration and then create a cultivation environment, the warriors’ cultivation speed will be significantly enhanced?"

Based on the information recently gathered by the rabbits on various cultivation aspects,

the vast majority of cultivators in the Damo Realm primarily use conventional seated meditation for cultivation, with only one or two spirit stones allocated per month and three to five days of Spirit Gathering Array usage duration. (In future writing stages, Huaxia days will be used as a unified representation; Damo Day will be noted when Damo Realm time is needed.)

Combining several cultivation methods into an average,

a regular Four Spirit Root Cultivator can absorb about 0.8% of spiritual particles during cultivation if they have no other special opportunities.

Honestly, it’s quite pitiful, not even reaching one percent.

As for Three Spirit Root Cultivators with slightly higher qualifications—people like Wei Qiangsheng and Wei Fan—they can absorb more spiritual particles on average, around 1.5%-2%.

Regarding Double Spirit Root Cultivators who can be considered the family foundation level of cultivators, in cases where family resources are not particularly tight, they often receive a large resource tilt.

Hence, the proportion of spiritual particles absorbed by Double Spirit Root Cultivators can reach about 3%-5%, depending on the family.

For Double Spirit Root Cultivators in large city families, it’s possible for them to rely on spirit stones and Spirit Gathering Arrays for daily cultivation.

But from a universal point of view,

the most common cultivation method in the Damo Realm still involves long-term meditation + a small amount of spirit stones + a little Spirit Gathering Array assistance, with less than 2% of cultivators absorbing enough spiritual particles.

Yet if the rabbits can use technology to increase the concentration of spiritual energy, the scenario becomes quite interesting...

You must know,

according to Wang Qiang, the increase in the proportion of spiritual particles is better than the growth rate of spiritual energy.

For example,

when the spiritual energy concentration is 11%, the maximum spiritual particle is 2%.

But when the spiritual energy concentration reaches 21.5%, the maximum spiritual particle value reaches 6.4%.

This means that the growth rates of both are not 1:1, but even more than 1:2.

If the spiritual energy concentration reaches 30%, the spiritual particle content may directly reach over 14%.

If it reaches 65%, then the peak value can be at least 39.7%!

This is almost ten times the intake of cultivators of the same level.

What kind of concept is this?

It means that cultivating in such an environment for one year is equivalent to others cultivating for ten years!

And don’t forget.

In the letter left by Wei Siming, it was mentioned that

due to the gradually thinning spiritual energy in the Damo Realm, there is even life-threatening danger during boundary breakthroughs.

Otherwise, during the ancient times of abundant spiritual energy,

even if Wei Siming failed to pass a Core Formation Tribulation, he would not die or have his path come to an end.

If the rabbits can purify a large amount of spiritual particles, the difficulty for warriors to break through in the future will also be significantly reduced.

Mass-producing billions of Core Formation Realms over a few years is not an exaggerated thing.

Its importance is self-evident.

So after Lin Li finished speaking, he stared closely at Wang Qiang, waiting for the final response.

Unfortunately, Wang Qiang’s response was not as hopeful as he had imagined:

"Captain Lin, theoretically, purifying spiritual particles is feasible, but there are still significant difficulties in operation.

The properties of spiritual energy are very strange, and we’ve tried several physical or chemical ways such as low-temperature fractionation and selective adsorption.

But at best, we can only increase the spiritual energy concentration to 38.8%, with the maximum spiritual particle content around 17.4%—and this process still requires the consumption of an equal amount of spirit stones.

Even if methods are used to extract other gases, once the concentration of spiritual energy reaches 38.8%, it begins to dissipate, and the concentration still cannot be increased."

Lin Li, after quietly listening, sighed somewhat disappointedly.

However, he was mentally prepared, so the feeling of loss only lasted for a few short seconds.

After all, spiritual energy is an entirely unknown gas, very possibly the alpha substance that countless scientists dream of, and it’s unrealistic to think it would be so easy to crack.

For the rabbits,

achieving a spiritual particle content of 17% is already very good; this is an environment suitable for mass production for cultivation!

Even though the majority of warriors are Four Spirit Roots, and the efficiency of absorbing spiritual particles is only about one-third of the peak, it’s still several times better than cultivators of the same realm.

In terms of improvement magnitude alone,

Four Spirit Root Cultivators benefit even more than Double Spirit Root Cultivators after purifying spiritual energy.

Thinking of this, Lin Li took a deep breath and said heavily to Wang Qiang,

"Xiao Wang, quickly write a report on the relevant findings for me.

I’ll have Colonel Lin immediately report this to the base camp and apply for more advanced equipment from the core level.

I know the 2XX Institute has an advanced non-dispersive infrared three-component gas analyzer equipped with a quad thermopile infrared detector.

This machine has been under optimization at the Tianhe Computing Center since 18, as technical reserves for a certain aviation mission. I’ll see if I can apply to have it transferred over."

After giving these instructions, Lin Li tiredly rubbed his temples.

Releasing his hand, he looked at the small white mouse crawling in the experiment container, his face gradually showing a bit of lament and hope.

"Spiritual particles... Y particles... the newly discovered substances are increasing more and more, hopefully, it’s all in time."

No one knows how long the existence of the light gate can remain confidential, coupled with various threats in the Damo Realm, the current situation is still rather urgent.

Otherwise, the base camp wouldn’t be frantically sending resources to the Damo Realm every day.

The rabbits have no fear in group combat, but when it comes to high-end individual combat power, the rabbits are less sufficient.

After all, at this time, the "strongest individual combat power" in the homeland is still painstakingly preparing to break through to the second level of qi cultivation.

Under normal trajectories,

the rabbits, with the help of mined spirit stones, can cultivate at a speed two or three times faster than peers with the same qualifications at most.

Under these circumstances,

the most qualified Cao Yi would still need at least a few years to break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Now that there’s a possibility of purifying spiritual energy, it’s like a shortcut appearing in front of the rabbits.

But a boss is blocking this shortcut, and it must be dealt with to step onto this path.

If this boss doesn’t have any flaws, the rabbits might really be stuck.

But now Wang Qiang’s team has initially optimized a 17% content of spiritual particles, which is almost like cutting an open wound on the boss.

And for the rabbits, as long as something shows a health bar,

eh heh heh...