(The explanation of the Realms is rather long, mainly for the reader's convenience. If you're not interested, you can skip to Chapter 1 without affecting your reading experience.)
Qi Cultivation, Foundation Establishment, Purple Mansion, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Divinity Transformation, Returning Void, Integration, Crossing the Tribulation, Mahayana
1. The Qi Cultivation Realm is also known as the Cloud Gathering Realm. The name alludes to the concept of subsisting on celestial energies to defy heaven and alter one's destiny.
Qi Cultivation has a total of three stages.
These are [Introducing Spirit into the Body] in Early-stage Qi Cultivation, [Fog-Locked Mystic Gate] in Mid-stage Qi Cultivation, and [Bridge Connecting the Profound] in Late-stage Qi Cultivation.
Those pursuing Heaven Dao Foundation Establishment will have a fourth stage.
2. Foundation Establishment is divided into Heaven Dao Foundation Establishment, Earth Dao Foundation Establishment, and Human Dao Foundation Establishment.
Human Dao Foundation Establishment is the simplest. A Cultivator at the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer can attempt to break through after consuming a Foundation Establishment Pill. However, it also has the lowest potential, limiting one's cultivation to the Purple Mansion Realm in this lifetime.
Earth Dao Foundation Establishment requires the aid of at least one Foundation Establishment Spiritual Object from one of the Five Elements. After consuming the Spiritual Object, a Cultivator's cultivation at the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer will continue to advance until they break through at the Qi Cultivation Tenth Layer.
Heaven Dao Foundation Establishment is the most difficult. It requires cultivating Positional Divine Techniques all the way to the Qi Cultivation Twelfth Layer before one can break through. However, it offers the highest potential. Within the same Realm, a Cultivator who achieved Heaven Dao Foundation Establishment can fight eight who achieved Human Dao Foundation Establishment.
After entering the Foundation Establishment Stage, it is divided into four stages.
These are [Purifying Veins and Condensing Frost] in Early-stage Foundation Establishment, [Planting Jade Profound Field] in Mid-stage Foundation Establishment, [Stargazing Acupoint] in Late-stage Foundation Establishment, and [Guiding Fate Star] at Foundation Establishment Peak.
Notably, the Lifebound Longsword of the Blood Demon Sword Sect will begin to reveal its true power after the [Profound Field Bell Jade] stage.
3. The Purple Mansion has three variations: the Void Mansion, the Solid Mansion, and the Star Mansion.
The method to determine which type of Purple Mansion a Foundation Establishment Peak Cultivator will open is simple: it depends on whether they can guide their Life Star.
Those who can guide their Life Star form a Star Mansion, which is the strongest. One such Cultivator can fight eighteen with Void Mansions.
If the mansion's interior is solidified and contains a Dragon and Tiger Pill Furnace Dharma Aspect, it is a Solid Mansion. The vast majority of Foundation Establishment Cultivators open Solid Mansions.
If it lacks even a Pill Furnace and is merely illusory and ethereal, it is a Void Mansion, the weakest of the three.
(To be revealed later; secret)
4. Golden Core: Requires Golden Core Dao Fire to smelt the Dragon and Tiger Grand Pill. (To be revealed later; secret)
5. Nascent Soul (To be revealed later; secret)
6. Divinity Transformation: There is a distinction between Outer Path Divinity Transformation and Celestial Dao Divinity Transformation.
Based on the distribution of the Incorporating Five Elements and the sixty Jiazi cycle, there are only thirty Celestial Dao Divinity Transformation Venerables in this world.
Every Nascent Soul Daoist Monarch who wishes to achieve Celestial Dao Divinity Transformation must first attain a [Divinity Transformation Fruit Position].
Each Divinity Transformation Fruit Position, in turn, requires the pull of a total of four [Positions]: two Celestial Stems and two Earthly Branches.
Such is the power of a Position that a Cultivator can only bear one per major Realm, starting from Foundation Establishment.
[Positions] are divided into the Ten Celestial Stems and the Twelve Earthly Branches.
[The Ten Celestial Stems]
Jia: E'feng. Yi: Zhanmeng.
Bing: Rou Zhao. Ding: Qiangyu.
Wu: Zhuoyong. Ji: Tuwei.
Geng: Shangzhang. Xin: Chongguang.
Ren: Xuan'yi. Gui: Zhaoyang.
[The Twelve Earthly Branches]
Zi: Kundun. Chou: Chifenruo. Yin: Shentige. Mao: Chan'e. Chen: Zhi Xu. Si: Great Wilderness Fall.
Wu: Dunzang. Wei: Xieqia. Shen: Tuntan. You: Zuo'e. Xu: Yanmao. Hai: Dayuanxian.
[The Thirty Fruit Positions]
A single Fruit Position is formed from four Positions in total: two yin and two yang, taken from the Ten Celestial Stems and Twelve Earthly Branches.
Due to their different yin, yang, and Five Elements attributes, these four Positions give rise to a myriad of Positional Divine Techniques. One who masters a Positional Divine Technique is considered to have earned the recognition of the corresponding Position.
Jiazi, Yichou — Sea Gold; Binyin, Dingmao — Furnace Fire.
Wuchen, Jisi — Great Forest Wood; Gengwu, Xinwei — Roadside Earth.
Renshen, Guiyou — Sword Edge Gold; Jiaxu, Yihai — Mountain Fire.
Bingzi, Dingchou — Understream Water; Wuyin, Jimao — City Wall Earth.
Gengchen, Xinsi — White Wax Gold; Renwu, Guiwei — Willow Wood.
Jiashen, Yiyou — Spring Water; Bingxu, Dinghai — Rooftop Earth.
Wuzi, Jichou — Thunderclap Fire; Gengyin, Xinmao — Pine and Cypress Wood.
Renchen, Guisi — Long Flowing Water; Jiawu, Yiwei — Sand Gold.
Bingshen, Dingyou — Mountain Fire; Wuxu, Jihai — Plains Wood.
Gengzi, Xinchou — Wall Earth; Renyin, Guimao — Gold Foil.
Jia Chen, Yisi — Covered Lamp Fire; Bingwu, Dingwei — Celestial River Water.
Wushen, Jiyou — Great Post-station Earth; Gengxu, Xinhai — Hairpin Gold.
Renzi, Guichou — Mulberry Wood; Jiayin, Yimao — Great Stream Water.
Bingchen, Dingsi — Sand in the Earth; Wuwu, Jiwei — Celestial Fire.
Gengshen, Xinyou — Pomegranate Wood; Renxu, Guihai — Great Sea Water.
7. Returning Void (To be revealed later; secret)
8. Integration (To be revealed later; secret)
9. Crossing the Tribulation (To be revealed later; secret)
10. Mahayana (To be revealed later; secret)
Immortal Realm (Secret)