It is used to contain spirits that can be used for the Ancestral Infuser. Right clicking it with Bottles of Japanese Ancestry will empty them, storing their contained spirits in the Infused Soul Sand. It can hold up to 128 spirits, and right clicking the block tells the player how many spirits are contained.
When broken it drops Soul Sand and all contained spirits are lost.
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