Dantian, Divine Sense and Inner Energy

Dantian: mainstream practice is to keep the romanisation untranslated, and use elixir field or energy centre when an explanation is needed. The most likely overseas misreading is to take the dantian as "the belly" or a simple anatomical location. The correct reading: the body's core energy hub, located at the lower abdomen but functioning more like a battery.

Shenshi: the most stable community rendering is Divine Sense or Spiritual Sense, explained functionally as "a cultivator's radar" — a projective perception that goes beyond the five senses. The biggest translation risk came from Deathblade rendering shenshi as "attention", downgrading it to an everyday cognitive concept and stripping its metaphysical dimension. Academic work suggests "spiritual awareness" or "divine perception" as replacements.

Flying Sword: a literal rendering that the community has fully accepted.

Together the three terms explain one core structure: spiritual energy is stored and refined in the dantian, divine sense perceives the energy around the cultivator and in other people, and a flying sword flies on the support of both. Grasp that triangle and an overseas viewer can infer the logic of many scenes without needing every move explained.

Evidence level: A (community consensus on translation convention plus academic confirmation). Related entries: qi, cultivation.