I, a cultivator, have ended up in the wizarding world.

Chapter 82 The Basic Setting of the World
Create something out of nothing.

Also known as a perpetual motion machine.

In Jemin's previous life, anyone who claimed to have discovered a perpetual motion machine could be considered insane.

After discovering the uniqueness of the space within his body, Jemin conducted numerous experiments, even spending a large amount of points to purchase an isolation system personally crafted by a level six wizard.

Finally, it was confirmed that the space within his body did not possess characteristics similar to vacuum zero-point energy or drawing energy from outside the world, but was indeed capable of creating spiritual energy "out of nothing".

Such a discovery would have been a world-shaking event in Jemin's previous life, but Jemin now appears remarkably calm.

Although I was somewhat surprised at first, that was all.

after all……

"This must be the third thing I've encountered that can create something from nothing."

Jemin looked inward at the ever-increasing spiritual energy within his own space, his expression somewhat strange.

"This cultivation civilization is truly amazing..."

That's right, this is the third time that Jieming has encountered something that can come from nothing, and all of them originated from the cultivation civilization.

However, his understanding of the world was not so clear in the previous two instances, and he did not know much about supernatural powers, so he did not react immediately. It was only after a long period of study that he gradually understood.

Besides this space where spiritual energy can be created out of thin air, the second time Jieming encountered the phenomenon of creating something from nothing, he actually used it quite often, which is the "materialization of concepts" in the cultivation world.

Phrases like the Eastern Purple Qi, refined gold, and his Five Elements Rainbow Mirror all rely on the ability to materialize concepts to produce effects.

The ability to transform what was originally a man-made concept into usable matter and energy is itself a form of creating something from nothing.

While concepts like refined gold consume matter and energy during their creation, there are also things like the Purple Qi from the East that not only do not consume energy but also increase it out of thin air.

As for the first type of creation from nothing, which was also the earliest type of creation from nothing that Jieming came into contact with, it was actually spiritual energy.

There is no spiritual energy in the wizarding world.

This was a fact that Jemin had known for a long time.

Because there was no spiritual energy in the outside world, they chose the method of refining essence into qi, which involves refining one's own essence to generate spiritual energy, thereby gaining cultivation...

This sounds like a normal and reasonable process and choice... Yeah, right!
Further investigation reveals that this seemingly reasonable process is actually quite absurd.

At first, Jemin didn't realize this, but as his alchemy skills improved and his understanding of the world became clearer, Jemin finally recognized this serious problem.

However, to understand the problems involved, we need to answer another question first: What exactly is Reiki?
A special kind of energy?

A power imbued with spiritual concepts?

It wasn't until Jemin learned about the microscopic structure of the wizarding world that he finally realized this problem.

Fortunately, his Great Dao Library lived up to its name, easily providing him with the answer through just a few books:
So-called spiritual energy is the most basic particle that constitutes the world of cultivation!

There are three worlds that Jemin knows: the wizarding world he is in now, the technological world of his previous life, and the world of cultivation described in the Great Dao Book Pavilion.

These three worlds are remarkably similar in their microscopic composition, all consisting of matter made up of various tiny particles. Of course, there are also differences.

For example, the worlds of cultivation and wizardry truly possess concepts like "time" and "space," unlike the technological world of Jemin's previous life, where these concepts were merely used to describe the trajectory and range of particle activity.

But this difference is insignificant. What truly differentiates the three worlds is their most fundamental particle composition.

Like the technological world of the previous life, although due to the limitations of technology, a fundamental particle to describe gravity had not yet been found, the remaining strong force, weak force, and electromagnetic force could all be described by fundamental particles, which is the so-called Standard Model of elementary particles.

According to that model, the technological world of Jemin's previous life was composed of 61 fundamental particles, including 32 quarks and 12 leptons that make up matter, as well as several bosons used to transmit interactions.

Of the three known particles that make up most matter—protons, neutrons, and electrons—only the electron is considered a fundamental particle; the remaining protons and neutrons are composed of quarks.

The Wizarding World is similarly structured, except that the most fundamental particles constituting their world are elements.

Strictly speaking, they are particles belonging to the four major categories of elements: earth, fire, and feng shui.

Earth element constitutes matter, fire element constitutes energy, wind element constitutes space, and water element constitutes time, and each type of element contains dozens of variations.

Elements other than these four elements are basically composed of different elemental particles from the four elements combined in a certain proportion.

As for the cultivation world, the fundamental particle that constitutes all things is naturally spiritual energy.

However, the term "spiritual energy" is too misleading. Based on Jieming's current understanding, it would be more appropriate to call it "spiritual particles."

According to the knowledge provided by the Great Dao Library, the classification of spiritual energy is not so exaggerated; there are only two types: "yin" and "yang".

However, the limited variety of fundamental particles does not mean that the world they form is monotonous.

Just as there are many kinds of fundamental particles in the technological world, the neutron and proton that make up matter are only composed of three kinds of quarks respectively.

In the wizarding world, matter and energy particles are generally composed of four to five elemental particles.

As for the cultivation world... it is generally composed of two to nine different types of yin and yang particles.

In short, although they are very similar at the macro and relatively "basic" micro levels, the three worlds are completely different at the deepest micro level.

The reason why extraordinary powers can appear in the wizarding world and the cultivation world is that the particles that form the most basic building blocks in these two worlds have additional active characteristics compared to the technological world.

Wizards typically manipulate elemental particles with relatively high activity levels in the environment. The higher the wizard's rank, the lower the activity threshold of the elemental particles they can manipulate.

Having understood what spiritual energy truly is, let's return to the initial question: Without spiritual energy, how can one cultivate using the techniques of the cultivation world?

The answer is no, cultivation is impossible!

Because the very foundation of the world is different!
The Great Dao Library contains almost an infinite variety of cultivation methods, from the most basic refining essence into qi and breathing in spiritual energy, to more unorthodox methods such as guiding starlight, refining malevolent energy, the essence of the sun and moon, destiny and fortune, Yang spirit visualization, and Yin-Yang union, and even some evil methods involving death energy, malevolent energy, emotions, and flesh and blood...

Regardless of the cultivation method, its essence remains unchanged: using specific methods to "decompose" these things to extract spiritual energy that cultivators can utilize!

As for whether this spiritual energy is ultimately used for body refinement, qi refinement, or spirit refinement, it mainly depends on the differences in cultivation methods and the cultivator's intentions.

Therefore, in Jieming's current view, the act of refining spiritual power using the most basic method of refining essence into qi is a completely absurd operation.

Because the wizarding world has NO RESENTING!
This is like trying to extract water from a pile of gold—it's simply impossible!
(End of this chapter)