World Information

The year is 2020, buisness is booming and technology has advanced even further on Earth. But living in the dark, there are Sects, Cultivator Families, Immortals, Realms and Cultivators though they are scarce in numbers, they are powerful beings that can do things beyond our wildest imagination.

Cultivation Ranks

Realm of Mortality

Mortals: Lifespan: 100 years | Information: Most of this realms inhabitants are mortals. They have relatively short lifespans. Mortals may have physical prowess that sets them above others. They may use Martial Arts to gain strength. Through trickery such as poison they may defeat cultivators.

Tempered Body: Lifespan: 100 years | Information: This is realm every human enters as they start on the Path of Cultivation. The first 3 Stages are dedicated only to strengthening the martial artist's body and meridians, going beyond human capabilites, (Lifting 100 ton weights, destroying buildings). At the 4th Stage, one begins to sense Qi in the atmosphere and it only grows stronger as they reach the 6th Stage. At the 7th Stage, one starts to gather it and absorb it into the body through breathing techniques. This Realm has 9 stages.

Qi Condensation: Lifespan: 100 years | Information: The starting stage of cultivation. Those in this stage cannot be called cultivators, but practitioners. The lifespan of people in this rank do not change. The body starts to absorb even more Qi inside the body in order to strengthen the body even more. To progress, an individual must condense spiritual energy into clouds. People in this realm must condense 13 clouds in order to advance to the next Realm, most cultivators will be stuck at this realm for their lives without external help from Sects.

Foundation Establishment: Lifespan: 200 years | Information: Upon successfully collecting and condensing spiritual energy into a liquid, an individual enters the Foundation Establishment stage of cultivation. At this stage, individuals have greater power that further enhances their magic abilities. Skills, Cultivation Arts, and Tools that were difficult to use at Qi Condensation become easier to use, people at this realm can be Elders in minor Sects. Within the foundation establishment level there is a wide variance in power divided into 3 groups: Early, Middle, and Late. A late foundation establishment cultivator has power that dwarfs a middle foundation establishment cultivator. The same applies between Middle and Early cultivators within this stage. As such, individuals within this stage take great care when interacting with others at this stage.

Core Formation: Lifespan: 300-600 years | Information: An individual enters the Core Formation stage when they collect and further condense their spiritual energy into a solid blue "core" - often depicted as an Orb. At this stage individuals increase the lifespan of their bodies by hundreds of years, and have greater power that dwarfs Late Foundation Establishment cultivators. Cultivators at this stage are considered elders within middle level sects or Grand Elders in minor Sects, and are often used as a measurement of strength between Sects. Loss of a sect's Core Formation cultivator represents a major loss in a sect's strength. Within the Core Formation level there is again 3 groups - Early, Middle, and Late Core Formation cultivators. The difference between the three groups is larger with a Late Core Formation cultivator being able to effortlessly kill many Early and Middle Core Formation cultivators. Progression through Core Formation involves absorbing even greater amounts of spiritual energy and making their "core" even denser. The power of the "core" and the way strength is gauged in this stage changes over time.

Gold Core: Lifespan: 400-700 years | Information: This realm is completely optional to cultivators, but cultivating this realm provides certain benefits in the future, such as having more Qi storage than others, having more refined Qi, turning the core into a gold colour, having as much as 2 times stronger muscles, bones, skin and organs and can fly. But cultivators have to go through a life-threatening tribulation every stage of this realm, which there are 6. Due to this most people choose to avoid this realm.

Nascent Soul: Lifespan: 800-2,000 years | Information: Once a "core" has reached sufficient density, it can be forcefully collapsed and molded to form a "Nascent Soul". A cultivator reaches the Nascent Soul stage upon successful formation of a Nascent Soul. Under extremely rare circumstances, an individual may form more than one Nascent Soul, though this has only happened once in the past 10,000 years. Progression through the Nascent Soul stage involves absorbing spiritual energy to refine the Nascent Soul. One ability of this stage is to separate Nascent Soul from a cultivators mortal body. As a nascent soul is refined, it reduces it's dependency on the body. And allows people in this realm to fly. In later stages of Nascent Soul, the mortal body can be destroyed while the cultivator survives through their Nascent Soul. However, destruction of the mortal body (cultivation vessel) prevents further growth. It is possible to possess another body should it be given to them or they forcefully take over a new body. However, doing so will weaken the Nascent Soul, and future growth is still limited. Cultivators at this stage are considered ancestors or patriarchs within minor and middle sects and considered Grand Elders in High Sects, and can live up to a thousand years at most, more should they use special methods. Nascent Soul cultivators form the basis and majority of strength within a middle level sect. Loss of Nascent Soul ancestors can result in extinction of a sect. A single ancestor can single-handedly wipe out an enemy sect without a Nascent Soul ancestor. War between sects or factions with Nascent Soul cultivators rarely result in battle between cultivators of this stage. Nascent Soul cultivators are mostly motivated by self-interest. They will not involve themselves in conflict unless there are rewards.

Spiritual Realm

Nirvana: Lifespan: 2,000-10,000 years | Information: The sixth or seventh stage of cultivation. The Nascent Soul has reached its pinnacle, and can no longer progress. Thus, the Nascent Soul will then begin to interact with the higher energies of Heaven and Earth, known as Spiritual Qi. A chance of death is present as a tribulation occurs to enter this stage. Should the Nascent Soul succeed in ascending to Half-Nirvana stage, one will have the power to manipulate the energies of the world to fight, or cut open space to travel a thousand miles in one leap or instantly approach the enemy. In order to progress through this stage, one must gain enlightenment on Earthly Laws and the free onself off the cycle of Reincarnation. Only 1 human has ever done this in the history of Human Cultivation. There are much more Nirvana level cultivators in Higher Planes of Existence.

Heavenly Soul: Lifespan: 50,000 | Information: The seventh or eighth and final stage of cultivation before attempting to truly become a Immortal. The Nascent Soul has reached a point of no return in terms of power, and is only a small part away from becoming a immortal soul, however, the power of the void or space has not been infused, and many pieces of one's mortal shackles are still in place. In this stage, only a piece of emotion should be kept, and the Nascent Soul shall eventually become a immortal soul. There is a high chance of death if attempting to enter this stage. Can be seen as the powerhouses of the Realm of Mortality.

Heaven Intergration: Lifespan: 100,000 years | Information: In this stage, cultivators use their Nascent Soul to interact with the Spiritual Realm, the spiritual energies of the Realm of Mortality are too scarce, thus very few people progress in their cultivation. Most of the Realm of Mortality cultivators attempt to ascend to the Spiritual Realm in order to contact higher spiritual energies and further their cultivation. In The Realm of Mortality, Deity Intergration cultivators reign supreme, and cultivators descending from the Spiritual World must lower their cultivation base to this stage, or face a Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi backlash and die. In the Spiritual World, many ascending cultivators are picked up by major powers as they need a Mortal Cleansing Pill to wash off the Realm of Mortality’s residual Qi. And must break all Shackles of Mortality.

(Will be updated as story moves on)

Weapon/Cultivation Techniques/Skill Ranks

Mortal Grade: Low-Grade

Earthly Grade: Middle-Grade

Heavenly Grade: High-Grade

Soul Treasure: 1-in-100,000

Ancient Grade: 1-in-1,000,000

Ascended Grade: Crafted by using the soul of a Heaven Integration or above. Has its own consciousness: 1-in-100,000,000