línglì

spiritual power

Línglì is common in modern fantasy and cultivation fiction rather than one single historical doctrine. A story may treat it as energy stored in the body, drawn from the world, attached to an object, or governed by elemental affinity.

Characters spend línglì to cast techniques, activate formations, heal wounds, sustain barriers, control artifacts, or reveal that a supposedly ordinary person has unusual spiritual power.

Translations vary among spiritual power, spirit energy, and magic. Keep the drama’s own system consistent and distinguish línglì from wuxia-style nèilì when the story does.