In Type-Moon, people create a magic family lineage

It combines the ideas of Taoism and Yin-Yang philosophy from the Tang Dynasty, emphasizing the gathering of different 'shikigami' by the collective power of the masses to achieve an effect similar to the 'spirit splitting' of its mysterious origin.

【Yes】

Shugendo and Onmyōdō (the art of Yin and Yang) originate from the same source, yet they have already become distinct.

Although Onmyōdō is still considered a branch of Shūgendō in this era, you know it will soon become 'independent'—in this period called 'Peace,' which is anything but peaceful.

After all, Yin-Yang techniques have developed extremely rapidly and have gained enormous influence both in the court and among the general public.

[Aside from demons and monsters that can be used as shikigami]

Those with demigod or demonic bloodlines are naturally more intuitive than ordinary people and can benefit more from the 'Spirit Curse' system.

[Based on what Yasunori Kamo said, and also on what you yourself know]

Abe no Seimei, the foremost master of Onmyōdō, was a uniquely gifted individual possessing the blood of a 'demon'.

[He was the offspring of Abe no Masatsugu, a lower-ranking nobleman under the Grand Steward, and the great demon 'White Fox' who possessed the bloodline of the first Inari god.]

According to Kamo no Yasunori, the first 'spirit of incantation' that Abe no Seimei contracted with in the system of incantations was actually the mystery inherent in the blood of Inari, which he himself possessed.

[Half-demon, half-god, born with considerable 'spiritual power']

This is also their unique advantage.

This is also something that ordinary people cannot achieve.

...

"Whether in terms of innate spiritual power or innate inspiration, Seimei was absolutely a genius."

When Kamo no Yasunori spoke of his "junior brother," he expressed great admiration: "My father, who was also our mentor, Kamo no Tadayuki, predicted when he entered the school at the age of six that Seimei would surpass him and reach a realm that he could not reach."

"But even my father didn't expect that he would surpass it so quickly... He had already reached the level of 'Great Onmyoji' when he was just fourteen years old!"

"The Kikyo Seal he created in his youth integrates the Five Elements theory of the Tang Dynasty and goes a step further on the system created by En no Ozunu, the first ancestor of the Kamo family. It allows people to use it as a basis to regulate the internal and external Yin and Yang, and temporarily merge the spiritual power of the cursed spirits, so as to achieve the purpose of using the human body to intimidate and exorcise demons."

The technique that allows one to briefly merge with a 'phantasmal beast' or even a deity's spirit is considered a top-level secret art in the Western magic world—a 'Grand Foundation' comparable to the highest achievement of the Clock Tower's Spirit Conjuring Department.

No wonder Kamo no Yasunori, despite being the senior student, was still amazed by it.

Don't say it's him.

Even with Lu Kang's knowledge, he could understand the extraordinary nature of this 'Kikyo Seal' from these few words.

"Lord Seimei is indeed a man of extraordinary talent."

Lu Kang hesitated for a moment, then spoke.

Looking at the earnest and serious yet sentimental voice of the one-and-a-half-year-old child, Kamo Yasunori seemed to suddenly come back to his senses, his beard trembling and a smile appearing on his lips.

"He is exceptionally talented, but you are no less so, Lord Yuzhang."

Kamo no Yasunori said, "In terms of physique, you may not be as good as Seimei, who has the blood of a great demon, but in terms of inspiration, compared with your peers, he is actually slightly inferior to you."

"I look forward to your future, hoping that you will surpass him in this field."

...

Kamo no Yasunori has high hopes for your future achievements, and you can see the great expectation in his eyes and words—expectations that you will defeat his junior, Abe no Seimei.

Now you finally know the real reason why this great Onmyoji, standing at the pinnacle of Shugendo, traveled all the way from Kyoto to get here.

[Besides the legacy from your ancestors, it's also due to the talent you've shown yourself.]

You know, what he's hoping for is actually very difficult.

Abe no Seimei, who created the Kikyo Seal in his youth, a concept equivalent to the highest rank, is now over sixty years old. After sixty years of life experience, his achievements remain unknown. As fellow "Great Onmyoji," the gap between him and Kamo no Yasunori is like a chasm, something Abe no Seimei can never see.

But hardship has never been a problem for you.

If you can't surpass Abe no Seimei, it will be very difficult for you to achieve your ultimate goal in this life.

After listening to Yasunori Kamo's description, you already have some ideas.

[You begin to think]

Kamo Yasunori tells you that for the Onmyoji sect, which is currently still a branch of Shugendo within the Jujutsu system, the first step for normal people who are neither demigods nor half-demigods is often to establish a communication connection with either 'gods' or 'demigods'. The former will become the source of power when you chant incantations, while the latter will become the shikigami you directly summon.

You can obtain 'spiritual power'—that is, a 'mystical' essence—from Him or it to complete the foundation of your own Yin-Yang arts.

This step requires an extremely high level of inspiration.

But you completed this step in just three days.

Three days later, under the 'protection' of Yasunori Kamo, you communicated with the 'spirit fragment' of the first 'deity'.

However, instead of signing a contract with it, establishing a stable connection, and making it your 'cursed spirit,' you actively severed the connection.

Kamo no Yasunori was surprised by this, but could only marvel at the extraordinary genius of this man—in his memory, even Abe no Seimei could not achieve such rapid communication, much less such a decisive break.

He thought you were seeking a more powerful deity, or a 'divine branch' descended from a more powerful god.

Only you yourself understand that what you are about to embark on is not the original 'Spirit Curse System'.

Rather, it is innovation built upon this foundation, and further evolution based on it.

You must try to condense a phantom spirit using your own thoughts.

[Then use 'Phantom Spirit' as the spirit of your spells]

This is not impossible.

[You once gathered the power of the entire nation in the West a thousand years later to summon an illusory yet majestic spirit. You know the essence of illusory spirits—and in that fleeting glimpse just now, you also learned about the mechanism of the divine spirit's descent.]

They are somewhat similar.

The illusory spirit is the thought of the human heart, while the divided spirit is the thought of the gods.

They are all thoughtful.

They all have power.

One is so weak that it's hard to manifest itself, while the other is so powerful that it can arise at will.

But since the principle is the same, it proves that this path is feasible.

It's just very difficult.

However, difficulties are what you should be facing.

You must forge a path of spiritual incantation based on solid principles, rather than on occasional, unpredictable 'spiritual perceptions'.

In this process, you will inevitably find ways to strengthen your own thinking abilities.

The manifestation of phantoms relies on 'thought' itself.

You need to make your mental calculation ability comparable to that of a 'god'.

This was your original purpose this time.

Their paths may differ, but they lead to the same destination.

[Do you want to start here and proceed steadily?]

Faced with Kamo no Yasunori's surprise and confusion, you didn't hide anything but directly told him your thoughts.

Kamo no Yasunori was greatly amazed, saying that if this path could be successfully followed, you would indeed surpass Abe no Seimei, and might even become the new founder of Onmyōdō—perhaps completely separating Onmyōdō from Shūgendō, which involved contracting with deities to obtain divine power.

He said you're capable of founding your own school of thought.

[To leave a mark on history]

Chapter 110 Contemplating the Records, Heian-kyo, Great Unrest

The West has its magic, and the East has its mystical systems.

Western modern magic originated from Solomon, was founded on the fifth fictional element created by Yumina, the first and first magician and witch, and reached its zenith with the establishment of the Clock Tower. It inherited the research and inheritance results of Solomon's disciples, including King Brisessan, the second magician, Kishua Zelrich Schbein'ogu, and others.

The mystery of the East—the great Eastern nation of China is mysterious and unpredictable, and its unique mysterious characteristics make it difficult for outsiders to see or perceive it. However, in the Far East region adjacent to the University of Tokyo, there exists an extremely unique 'Curse Spirit System' that, although it has lost most of its function, can still barely maintain its operation.

The incantation uses "spirit" as its basis and originated from Kamo no Enki-kun Ozunu, the first patriarch of the Shinto sect of Shugendo in the Far East Yamato Kingdom and the progenitor of all Onmyoji.

Its foundation was laid by the world-renowned Onmyoji, Abe no Seimei.

However, his true culmination came from a successor named Sugawara no Akio.

If Kamo no Yakumo no Ozunu is the Solomon of the Far East, then Abe no Seimei is the first magician of the Cursed Spirit World.

Then Sugawara no Hajime was the one who brought everything together after that.

It is the true 'originator' of the Far East mystery system that is now in operation.

—"On the Differences and Similarities Between the Mystical World and the Eastern World", by Webber Velvet, Head of the Department of Modern Magic and Priest Magician, published in 1999.

...

Although it was not created from scratch.

However, innovation is not an easy thing to do.

Establishing a basic framework for anything is certainly difficult, but ensuring its normal operation while incorporating new elements is an even greater test of one's abilities.

Especially when you don't fully understand the matter.

Lu Kang is currently in the same state.

You have observed the process by which deities descend to the mortal world in 'divine manifestations,' but this only gives you an understanding of the principle; it is still insufficient for you to understand the whole picture.

Your understanding of the 'Spirit Curse' system is only just beginning.

Your deductions on the path of solidifying phantom spirits into 'cursed spirits' through solidified thought are extremely slow.

[Limited by incomplete knowledge]

[Also limited by the intensity of thinking]

But thankfully, having lived through two lifetimes, you have never lacked patience.

You are only one and a half years old now, and you have plenty of time.

Although your progress is slow, and you could have completed the basics in three days, you chose to refuse.

[Kamo no Yasushi, however, patiently taught you more about Shugendo Onmyōdō. He greatly appreciated your patience and was even more optimistic about your future than before. He told you about basic concepts such as the existence of spirits in all living beings and all things, and he also recommended that you read more Buddhist scriptures and Taoist classics.]

What he didn't know was that you had already laid the foundation for the so-called 'Yin-Yang Dao' long ago.

Although you did not complete the contract with a divine spirit, you have never forgotten that you yourself are a 'divine being,' albeit one that was forged later rather than being born with a connection to the origin. However, the dual divine power you wield, encompassing both spirit and flesh, has allowed you to silently imprint the marks of the era and lay the mystical foundation for this age.

[Your body now has mysterious 'patterns'—this is a sign that the so-called 'meridians' in the Shugendo spiritual energy circulation have been opened.]

[The 'meridians' and the magical circuits of the Western world are essentially the same thing. Once activated, they can both naturally generate spiritual power within the body—that is, 'magic power'—to support the mysterious operation.]

Even after laying the foundation stone, you still don't intend to make it public.

Even if you can generate powerful magic with authority directly within your soul and body, it is ultimately not the mystery of this era, nor is it the so-called spiritual power that originated after the decline of the Eastern pantheon. Rather, it is the true ether from an even more ancient time—a power comparable to that of the gods.

You also need to find a more suitable, mysterious style that belongs to humanity.

In the Far East, the Yamato Kingdom has no such thing as a magic mark. The mages and Onmyoji who want to convert their spiritual power into mysterious power as quickly as possible without any prefixes and simply by chanting incantations use the divided spirits of contracted gods and shikigami that inherit the blood of demons as their 'shikigami'.

On this point, you have already decided to treat the phantom spirit you have created as a 'shikigami'.

You need to proceed step by step, leave your mark on the times, and find different paths to godhood, rather than directly reaching the 'realm of gods' by following the old path.

That would offer you no improvement, and be completely useless.

[After that, you began to follow the guidance of your teacher, Kamo no Yasunori, collecting various books related to Buddhism and Taoism. One of the reasons for the emergence of Shugendo was that Kamo no Enki-kun Ozunu created it to soften the ideas of the indigenous Shintoism in response to the impact of the eastward transmission of Buddhism from Tang Dynasty China. Through reading Buddhist scriptures, you gained a deeper understanding of the foundations of Shugendo.]

In contrast, Onmyōdō, which has gradually moved away from the realm of Shugendō, and the many achievements of Abe no Seimei, a contemporary master of Onmyōdō whose accomplishments may even surpass those of En no Ozunu, are more focused on the roots of Tang Dynasty Taoist thought.

You've made some discoveries while reading about Taoism.

Two years old

Your theoretical foundation is gradually becoming more solid.

[You still haven't signed a contract with the gods, nor have you found a 'shikigami' that matches you, and your deductions regarding the phantom spirit system have stalled.]

You remain humble and composed.

At the age of three, you read most of the Buddhist and Taoist scriptures you could find. You memorized them, then forgot them all, extracting only the general principles and integrating them into the most fundamental ideas.

Under the guidance of Kamo no Yasunori, you begin to come into contact with the 'Confucian culture' of the Tang Dynasty.

[Those poems, songs, and other literary works that you had already studied in your early years, you can instantly grasp and apply them to other subjects.]