This chapter is filled with the cultivation system of the novel, reading it isn't necessary but it will help you understand it better
THE PATH OF ASCENSION
MORTAL REALM (凡界)
"The path begins in flesh, through breath and spirit."
Mortals refine their body, Qi, and soul to break free from human limits.
Their cultivation is visible through their Qi color and robe color, symbolizing their cultivation stage
1. Qi Initiate Realm (Early awakening). Colour: White
2. Meridian Tempering Realm (Foundation building). Colour:Pale Yellow
3. Foundation Creation Realm (Qi refinement) Colour: Green
4. Core Formation Realm (Spiritual condensation) Colour: Blue
5. Nascent Soul Realm(Soul awakening) Colour: Violet
6. Spirit Ascension Realm (Half-immortal state) Colour:Silver
7. Mortal Transcendence Realm (Peak of mortality) Colour: Gold
IMMORTAL REALM (仙界)
"Those who conquered heaven, yet still gaze upward."
Here, Qi color no longer matters, power is formless.
Cultivators refine Dao comprehension and can affect the laws of existence.
1. Immortal Ascension Realm: Breakthrough from mortality, The cultivator survives Heavenly Tribulation and reforms body into an immortal vessel
2. Celestial Manifestation Realm: Law Embodiment, the cultivator gains comprehension of one natural law (sword, flame, void, etc.) and manifests it.
3. True Immortal Realm: Eternal Spirit, soul and Dao become one. Capable of creating spiritual worlds and manipulating fate lines.
4. Heavenly Monarch Realm: Domain Sovereignty, One's will shapes reality in their domain. They can battle armies of mortals with thought alone.
5. Empyrean Saint Realm: Half-Divine and Nearing perfection, capable of splitting heavens, birthing new spiritual paths. The final stage before devil or divine ascension.
Transition:
To ascend further, an Immortal must choose a path:
Heavenly Purity → Divine Path
Corrupted Dao → Devil Path
DEVIL REALM (魔界)
"When Heaven denies, the heart devours Heaven."*l
Those who reject the Heavenly Dao cultivate through desire, hatred, or forbidden comprehension.
Each devil cultivator walks a self-forged law, not given by Heaven.
1. Abyssal Fiend Realm: Birth of a corrupted law, the cultivator fuses their soul with sin or emotion.
2. Devil King Realm: Capable of devouring other laws to strengthen their own. Reality bends around their desire.
3. Devil Sovereign Realm: They wield a personal "Hell Domain," shaping worlds in their image. Equal to mid-Divine level.
4. Devil Emperor Realm: Transcends duality of heaven and hell, true immortality through negation of the Dao itself.
DIVINE REALM (神界)
"Where the Dao is born, and the universe itself kneels."
Long Shen's birthplace.
Here, cultivators are concepts made flesh every movement creates worlds.
1. Divine General Realm: Power Embodiment Capable of commanding divine energy and shaping celestial laws.
2. Divine King Realm: Law Mastery, Each Divine King governs a law of existenceTime, Void, Death, or Life.
3. Divine Emperor Realm: Creation Authority, Their words alter fate, stars bow to their will. They can create realms.
4. Divine Sovereign Realm: Dao Perfection the penultimate of real oneness with all laws.
5. Eternal Dao Realm (Legendary): The final, almost mythical stage. One ceases to exist as a being, they become the Dao itself. Few ever reach it.