Energy Stones encompasses any type of crystallized energy, whether spiritual, demonic, or others. They are all essential for various cultivation practices, even though each type serves different users and purposes.
These stones special minerals formed from highly concentrated energies. Each type of stone has its own unique origin, formed by different energy sources and environmental conditions. These energy will be crystalized in form of stones.
Functions of Energy Stones:
Source of Cultivation Energy:
Energy Stones are a primary resource for cultivators, providing a portable, concentrated source of energy. By holding, meditating with, or refining these stones, cultivators can quickly replenish their qi, break through bottlenecks, or sustain themselves during long periods of seclusion.
Formation Arrays and Protective Barriers:
Energy Stones are often embedded into formation arrays to power them.
Recovery:
The concentrated energy within these stones are often employed to restore depleted qi or to aid in recovering from injuries.
Maintaining Spiritual Grounds and Sect Resources:
Sects and clans use large quantities of Energy Stones to maintain their cultivation grounds, power their protective arrays, and sustain the spiritual atmosphere of their lands. Spirit Stones are buried within the earth or placed in strategic locations to ensure a continuous flow of energy.
Currency in the Cultivation World:
Beyond their functional uses, Energy Stones, especially Spirit Stones, serve as a form of currency among cultivators. Their value depends on their grade and purity, making them a universal medium of trade in the cultivation community.
As a general guideline for currency exchange, the ratio between grades often follow a logarithmic scale. For instance:
1 Low Grade = 100 spirit beads
1 Middle Grade = 100 Low Grade
1 High Grade = 100 Middle Grade
1 Superior Grade = 100 High Grade
1 Superb Grade = 100 Superior Grade
Example of Energy Stones:
Spirit Stones (灵石, Língshí):
Formed from concentrated spiritual energy (灵气, Língqì) in areas with dense spiritual veins. Over centuries, the qi in these areas crystallizes into Spirit Stones, usually being used by 'Dao' cultivator.
Demon Stones (魔石, Móshí):
Formed in regions saturated with demonic energy,. These dark crystal contain demonic energy.
Both Spirit Stones and Demon Stones are available in cultivation ream, or the small worlds that have spiritual energy or demonic energy.
And if cultivator ascend to the higher world, obviously the currency is not exactly same as the lower worlds. That because the energy on this world are denser than on the lower worlds.
Obviously both of Spirit Stones and Demon Stones also have 'upgrade'. This upgrade is varied between the Author. Some just continue with the higher grade naming. And some have a new name entirely such as Fairy Stones (仙石, Xiānshí) or Abyssal Stones (渊魔石, Yuān Móshí). Thus the grade also went back to 'beads'- low- middle- high- etc.
While these stones primary found in immortal realms or middle worlds, some of them can occasionally be discovered in the cultivation world or small world, often in:
Ancient Secret Realms
Ruins of fallen Immortal
Areas of extreme spiritual concentration
The scarcity of these stones in the lower realm makes them objects of immense value and desire among high-level cultivators