Spiritual Energy

"Yes… the thunderstorm that occurred at the peak of the Misty Mountain was not an ordinary thunderstorm but Heavenly Tribulation."

"And before explaining about Heavenly Tribulation. It would be better if I explained it from the start." He added

"So, listen carefully…." Elder said while looking at the Misty Mountain as if trying to recall the past events.

In this world there is something called Spiritual Energy. This is the natural energy of the world.

all things that exist in the world whether on land, sea or in the sky cannot be separated from the Spiritual Energy of the Heavens and Earth.

There are many opinions about the nature of this Spiritual Energy, some say that Spiritual Energy is the natural order of this world, while others say that it is the world's lifespan and the rest say that it is a way to escape mortal boundaries. It doesn't matter which one the correct answer is...

Spiritual Energy of the Heavens and Earth is the essence of the world!

As the essence of the world, it is natural for Spiritual Energy to influence the world directly or indirectly. For example, places rich in Spiritual Energy are bound to have abundant natural resources, there are even some rare treasures that only appeared in areas with places rich in Spiritual Energy. Vice versa, a place that is poor in Spiritual Energy will have the opposite effect.

Not only does it affect nature, but Spiritual Energy can also affect living things. This is evidenced by the animals and plants that are always attracted to places with great Spiritual Energy.

And it is in places with abundant spiritual energy that Magical Beasts are usually born.

Magical beasts.

Magical Beasts are the names given by cultivators to animals that can practice cultivation.

Born from an ordinary beast that absorbs Spiritual Energy for a long time then gains spiritual awareness and intelligence. After they gain awareness and intelligence, they will naturally begin to seek out places with high Spiritual Energy and begin to grow strongly over time.

After that, they would absorb essences from the sun and moon to strengthen their bodies. After a long time, a core will appear within them which will give them magical powers.

That core is called the Beast Core. Beast cores are the source of magical beast Spiritual Energy.

That's why an animal that has developed a Beast Core and has magical powers is called a magical beast.

And if they wanted to evolve and go even further then they couldn't rely on their beast bodies to comprehend the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

It is still a mystery why only human form can comprehend the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

But no matter what, Magical Beasts who wish to go further and assume human form must undergo a trial called Heavenly Tribulation.

But that is not the true nature of Heavenly Tribulation.

Heavenly Tribulation.

Heavenly Tribulation is actually a punishment from the heavens. This was the punishment given when beasts tried to go against the rules of heaven and earth, trying to evolve to understand the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth. Because a beast trying to cultivate is an act against the heavens. Therefore, the heavens will bring down Tribulation in the form of Heavenly Thunder to destroy them. If they succeeded, they would assume human form and comprehend the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, and if they failed, they would be reduced to ashes and dust by the Heavenly Thunder.

That's why some of them call it trials and tribulations.

What a heaven-defying beast!

Truly a being worthy of being called a Demon!

And when Heavenly Tribulation occurred, the heavens would send Heavenly Thunder with an incredible amount of Spiritual Energy descending from the sky and the energy surge would attract the attention of monsters ten kilometers away. That was why monsters that were not supposed to be seen around the village suddenly appeared attracted by Spiritual Energy of Heavenly Tribulation.

And for those who go through it, Heavenly Thunder will create a prison called the Thunderflame Prison that encloses and also tortures, weakens and tries to destroy anyone who goes through Heavenly Tribulation.

This is the reason behind why those who make it through are weak and helpless, because they have to try to survive all of this.

Basically, the Heavenly Tribulation will occur when a Magical Beast tries to evolve into a demon beast or a Demon Beast that tries to ascend to a higher level. And this phenomenon is commonly referred to as Demon Ascension.

Demon Ascension.

Demon Ascension was the term used to refer to the evolution of Magical Beasts into Demon Beasts or Demon Beasts that attempted to ascend to the next stage with the Heavenly Tribulation as trials they had to face as obstacles to comprehending the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

That is the time when Magical Beasts make it through Heavenly Tribulation and assume human form is the time when they are called Demon Beast.

Demon Beast.

Demon Beast were beings with a strong and unwavering will coupled with high intelligence and directly forged by Heavenly Tribulation, making them powerful and formidable opponents for cultivators.

Their cores, which had also been forged by Heavenly Thunder directly with an extraordinary amount of Spiritual Energy, made them evolve from beast cores to Demon Cores.

Demon Beasts will make their demon core the center of their cultivation as well as their spiritual power. Making demon cores much more valuable and also much rarer.

Some of them even proudly called themselves Demon Race to differentiate themselves from Magical Beasts, more precisely to distinguish those who had passed through Heavenly Tribulation.

There are rumors that demon cores can help cultivator breakthrough to the next realm.

Shatian who had been silently listening to the elder's explanation finally spoke up, "rumors? How can a Demon Core help a cultivator?"

Elder only sighed as Shatian interrupted his explanation. "There is a saying that there is no smoke if there is no fire, and this also applies to rumor. There no way rumors just popped up like that if no one believed them… and I dare say that this is the truth!"

Shatian hearing that found it hard to believe, but if it was an Elder, there was no way he would tell such a lie. So, the only conclusion is that it is the truth.

Shatian also asked with a cautious tone, "if so... why?".

Elder only furrowed his brows at Shatian's too ambiguous question, "why…what do you mean why is it useful for cultivators?"

Shatian only nodded because Elder knew what he wanted to ask clearly.

"… Why not? Demon Core contains spiritual energy as well as the essence of demon beast cultivation, so it is only natural that a demon core can help one's cultivation, aside from demon cores that have passed through the heavenly tribulation even beast cores can help one's cultivation depending on their cultivation level.

although the latter is only useful in the Essence Condensation Realm, it can also be used for a variety of other things." Elder said ending his explanation.

Shatian was speechless because there was so much incredible information he had received and he needed quite a bit of time to process it. Like Spiritual Energy, this was the first time he had heard of this energy, because he had never seen or felt it directly and it was energy absorbed by beasts to become Magical Beasts. Shatian had some inkling about what these Magical Beasts were actually like.

Next was the Heavenly Tribulation, Xiao Ling had previously explained about Heavenly Tribulation, but this was very different from what he had heard from him. This proved that Elder's knowledge and experience were on a different level, to think that the true nature of the heavenly tribulation was both terrifying and terrifying. Made him think how many survived and also vanished while passing through it.

And the last one is the Demon Beast itself. Shatian was very surprised that they were able to survive Heavenly Tribulation and have human forms. What's more, that they can cultivate like humans. And their cultivation is an act against the heaven! What if a creature like that got into the human crowd and caused chaos.

Silence filled the air between the two of them except for the sound of wind blowing past them. Elder allowed the younger to organize his thoughts, while Elder tried to catch his breath again after his long explanation.

After a while, Elder finally said while looking at Shatian, "So… what are you thinking son? Most of the information you hear is common knowledge to cultivators, if not all of it. But for cultivators from great sects or even high-level cultivators, this is even more true."

Shatian was not too surprised to find that not all cultivators knew about this information, he realized that the elder's knowledge and experience was extraordinary when he heard it when compared to what Xiao Ling had explained.