Cultivation stages
• Body Tempering → Qi Refining → Foundation Establishment → Core Formation → Nascent Soul → Soul Formation → Void Refinement → Integration → Tribulation/ Ascenion → Immortal Ascension/ World Sovereign
• Sub- stages start from Qi Refinement Stage. They are: Early, Mid, Late and Peak.
1. Original Cultivation Stages (Excluding Nirvana)
1. Body Tempering Stage
• Purpose: Strengthens the physical body as the foundation for cultivation.
• Focus: Fortifies bones, muscles, organs, and skin to withstand future energy flows.
• Key Process:
• Consumption of medicinal herbs, spirit beast blood, and rare minerals.
• Tempering is done through spiritual qi infusion, body refinement techniques, and trials of endurance. The easiest step. You don't have to use any other methods other than working out like crazy - but people are lazy, and some rich.
• Result: A body strong enough to handle qi and energy absorption.
2. Qi Refining Stage
• Purpose: Cultivators begin absorbing spiritual qi from their surroundings.
• Key Process:
• The qi is stored in the dantian (energy core) and circulated through the meridians.
• Meditation and qi-gathering techniques are used to strengthen and purify energy. This is also pretty easy, but when have we ever had an easy time controlling anything? Especially energy.
• Result: Enhanced energy reserves, improved longevity, and greater control over spiritual energy.
• From this stage to the end there are sub-stages ( Early, Mid, Late and Peak.)
3. Foundation Establishment Stage
• Purpose: Solidifies the cultivator's energy base by constructing a spiritual foundation.
• Key Process:
• The dantian evolves to stabilize and purify spiritual qi.
• The foundation determines the cultivator's future potential, with a strong foundation allowing faster progress in later stages. The first three stages are like- the very basics. Like 1+1 =2 typa shit.
• Result: Energy becomes more potent and stable, preparing the cultivator for higher stages.
4. Core Formation Stage
• Purpose: Condenses spiritual qi into a golden core, a concentrated and self-sustaining energy source.
• Key Process:
• This process requires immense control over spiritual energy to form the core without destabilizing the dantian. This one's a little harder, like a baby's first steps. But once you reach Early Core Formation Stage, you gotta take adult steps.
• Result:
• A golden core grants enhanced energy output and longevity.
• Cores can be of different qualities (Low, Mid, High, Peak), which affect future cultivation potential.
5. Nascent Soul Stage
• Purpose: The soul undergoes transformation, growing in strength and manifesting as a nascent soul within the dantian.
• Key Process:
• Meditation and spiritual focus are critical, as the soul must harmonize with the golden core.
• The nascent soul serves as a guardian for the cultivator's consciousness, enhancing spiritual perception and resilience.
• Result: A nascent soul provides immense spiritual awareness and the ability to influence the material world through willpower alone.
6. Soul Formation Stage
• Purpose: Fully integrates the soul with the body and energy core, refining the cultivator's spiritual essence.
• Key Process:
• This stage is a turning point where the cultivator's soul becomes one with their body, achieving perfect harmony.
• Result: The cultivator gains enhanced spiritual and physical power. This stage is the apex for many cultivators who cannot unlock Nirvana.
7. Void Refinement Stage
• Purpose: The cultivator transcends their mortal limitations, integrating with the laws of nature, such as elements (fire, water, wind, earth), time, or life.
• Key Process:
• Void energy, a purer and more ethereal form of spiritual qi, is absorbed and refined.
• The cultivator begins understanding and harmonizing with a specific natural law. For instance, a fire cultivator might delve into the essence of fire's destructive and creative power.
• Result:
• Access to immense energy reserves and abilities tied to their chosen law of nature.
• Powers include spatial manipulation, elemental mastery, and influencing the environment in profound ways.
8. Integration Stage
• Purpose: The cultivator becomes a master of the laws of nature, merging their essence with one or more fundamental forces of existence.
• Key Process:
• Understanding deepens into complete harmony with the laws they've chosen.
• For instance, a cultivator aligned with water may gain the ability to manipulate vast oceans or embody the adaptability of water itself.
• Result: The cultivator's presence becomes a manifestation of their natural law, and they can influence reality through it, creating or altering the world in their vicinity.
9. Ascension Stage
• Purpose: Marks the transition from mortal to immortal existence. The cultivator becomes a reinforcer of the laws of the world, ensuring they remain balanced and intact.
• Key Process:
• The cultivator ascends to the Immortal Realm, where their refined connection to nature evolves into a bond with the broader laws governing the universe itself.
• They become guardians or enforcers of these laws, tasked with maintaining order.
• Result: Immortality is achieved, and the cultivator becomes a minor celestial being capable of influencing both mortal and immortal worlds.
10. World Sovereign Stage
• Purpose: Ruling over dimensions or planes of existence.
• Key Process:
• A cultivator at this stage merges with the laws of an entire world or creates their own plane.
• Result: Supreme mastery over reality within their domain, akin to a minor god.
2. CultivationStageswiththeNirvanaStage
The Nirvana Stage is an alternate path available to cultivators after the Soul Formation Stage. This stage is extraordinarily rare and special, requiring cultivators to fulfill unique conditions and endure extreme trials.
StagesLeadingtoNirvana
The stages up to Soul Formation remain the same. After Soul Formation, cultivators have two potential paths:
1. Conventional Path: Proceed to Void Refinement, Integration, and beyond.
2. Nirvana Path: Unlock the Nirvana Stage by meeting specific requirements.
RequirementsfortheNirvanaStage
To qualify for Nirvana, a cultivator must:
1. Reach the Soul Formation Stage: A strong soul is the foundation for Nirvana.
2. Open Key Meridians: At least one key meridian must be opened to begin the Nirvana process. Opening all meridians increases the chance of success.
TheNirvanaTrials
The Nirvana Stage involves three trials, each targeting a different aspect of the cultivator's being. These trials are incredibly dangerous, with failure often resulting in death or permanent cultivation damage.
1. PhoenixNirvanaTrial
• Focus: The physical body.
• Trial: The cultivator undergoes complete destruction and rebirth, burning away imperfections and impurities. (Aghhhh! My BONes!!)
• Outcome:
• An indestructible body with unparalleled regeneration and strength.
• Resistance to all physical damage, poisons, and diseases.
2. NineLivesNirvanaTrial
• Focus: The soul.
• Trial: The cultivator's soul must endure repeated cycles of death and revival, strengthening its resilience. (What am I supposed to compare this to? When your friend says to break-up or your partner?)
• Outcome:
• An eternal soul immune to corruption and spiritual attacks.
• The ability to reincarnate while retaining memories, or withstand attacks targeting consciousness.
3. BlackFlameNirvanaTrial
• Focus: Energy refinement.
• Trial: The cultivator's qi is burned by black flames, refining it into primordial chaos energy. (IT. FUCKING. BURNS)
• Outcome:
• Access to primordial energy, a purer and far more potent form of power.
• Mastery of chaos energy, capable of creating or destroying on a universal scale.
Completion Outcomes
1. One Trial Completed: The cultivator becomes a true immortal, with immense power but limited refinement compared to primordial beings.
2. All Trials Completed: The cultivator qualifies to become a primordial being, surpassing immortality and gaining mastery over universal laws.
3. Extremely Detailed Information About Meridians
Meridians are energy pathways within the body that channel qi.
Total: 32 meridians
TypesofMeridians
1. PrimaryMeridians
• The main pathways for qi circulation.
• Includes 12standard meridians, each associated with an organ or body function.
2. SecondaryMeridians
• Branch off from primary meridians to support localized energy flow. (Like veins and veinlets)
• Assist in healing and enhancing sensory perception. (Send that qi to more crevices of your body, ig.)
3. HiddenMeridians (8 meridians)
• Rare and dormant pathways, often locked at birth.
• Unlocking these grants unique abilities or access to higher cultivation stages. ( shit's almost impossible. I guess 1 in 1000? No- wait, that's actually- ehh Idk.)
4. KeyMeridians ( 8 meridians)
• Critical for advanced cultivation.
• Examples : the Heavenly Meridian (connects to primordial energy) and Soul Meridian (enhances spiritual resilience). I am not coming up with names for each of these.
5. Heaven-EarthMeridians (8 meridians)
• Specialized meridians that link a cultivator to the laws of the universe, allowing resonance with cosmic energies.
How to Unlock Meridians
1. Natural Talent: Do I need to explain?
2. Medicinal Assistance: Consumption of rare herbs and elixirs. ( lazy and rich people)
3. Body Tempering: Rigorous training strengthens and unblocks meridians. (Poor people.)
4. Meridian Breaking Techniques: Special cultivation methods to forcibly open meridians. ( I honestly won't mention these, ever!)
4.SuppressingthePrimordialSpark (‼️‼️‼️This could be a spoiler!!! ‼️‼️)
The Primordial Spark, gained after completing the Nirvana Stage, represents the cultivator's potential to ascend as a Primordial Being. Suppressing it requires advanced methods:
1. Fragmentation
• The spark is split into fragments and scattered across the cultivator's body and soul. (Ah- my bones??)
• This prevents it from fully igniting.
2. Dao Chains
• Mystical chains are created using the cultivator's comprehension of universal laws. (BDSM)
• These chains bind the spark, keeping its energy dormant.
3. Primordial Seal
• A seal is placed on the spark, locking its energy within the cultivator.
• Often requires external help, such as divine intervention or a heaven-defying artifact.
5. TrueImmortals, Celestials, andPrimordialBeings
1. TrueImmortals
• Cultivators who have completed one Nirvana trial or reached the Ascension Stage.
• Possess immortality and great power but are still bound by universal laws.
2. Celestials
• Cultivators at the Integration or World Sovereign stages.
• Masters of specific laws, often serving as rulers or guardians of dimensions.
3. PrimordialBeings
• Cultivators who have completed all three Nirvana trials and ignited the Primordial Spark.
• Exist beyond universal laws, with mastery over creation and destruction.
6. The Ancient Runes
These Ancient Runes were protected by three ancient sects, which have now been destroyed.
They are linked to the law so the world.
1. RuneofGenesis (創生 / Chuàngshēng)
• Law: Creation
• Power: Bestows the ability to create matter, life, or even small dimensions from nothing. It represents the beginning of all things, a foundation of existence.
• Description: A rune that radiates a faint green and gold light, symbolizing life and creation.
2. RuneofDesolation (荒芜 / Huāngwú)
• Law: Destruction
• Power: Unleashes destructive energy capable of obliterating anything in its path, breaking down matter to its fundamental essence.
• Description: Etched deeply into a pitch-black stone, it pulses with ominous crimson veins, symbolizing annihilation.
3. RuneofEquilibrium (平衡 / Pínghéng)
• Law: Balance
• Power: Grants the power to restore balance, whether between opposing forces like light and dark or conflicting energies. It stabilizes chaos.
• Description: This rune glows with alternating black and white hues, constantly shifting between the two.
4. RuneofEternity (永恒 / Yǒnghéng)
• Law: Time
• Power: Enables manipulation of time—slowing, accelerating, or even halting its flow temporarily.
• Description: Its lines form a flowing circular pattern, glowing faint silver, representing the unending passage of time.
5. RuneofVeil (玄秘 / Xuánmì)
• Law: Space
• Power: Grants mastery over space, allowing teleportation, spatial storage, and the creation of voids.
• Description: A rune with intricate, maze-like lines that shimmer with a dark indigo light, hinting at the mysteries of the void.
6. RuneofVitality (生命 / Shēngmìng)
• Law: Life
• Power: Heals injuries, restores vitality, and even resurrects those who have only recently perished.
• Description: The rune glows with a bright green light, symbolizing flourishing life energy.
7. RuneofDecay (腐朽 / Fǔxiǔ)
• Law: Death
• Power: Accelerates decay, weakens enemies, and can sap life force directly from others.
• Description: Etched with jagged, crumbling patterns, this rune emits a faintly gray aura like ash.
8. RuneofRadiance (光辉 / Guānghuī)
• Law: Light
• Power: Manipulates light to blind enemies, purify evil, or grant strength and clarity to allies.
• Description: The rune shines like sunlight, radiating golden beams.
9. RuneofAbyss (深渊 / Shēnyuān)
• Law: Darkness
• Power: Harnesses shadows, creating fields of pure darkness, illusions, or siphoning energy from others.
• Description: A dark rune with sharp, jagged edges, pulsing faintly with an ominous purple light.
10. RuneofTempest (风暴 / Fēngbào)
• Law: Elements (Wind)
• Power: Controls powerful storms, winds, and weather, unleashing the wrath of nature itself.
• Description: Its lines twist like a spiraling tornado, glowing faint silver-blue.
11. RuneofInferno (烈焰 / Lièyàn)
• Law: Elements (Fire)
• Power: Unleashes devastating flames capable of burning anything, even spiritual or ethereal matter.
• Description: A rune that glows with an intense red and orange light, flickering like fire.
12. RuneofEarth (大地 / Dàdì)
• Law: Elements (Earth)
• Power: Manipulates the ground, enabling earthquakes, barriers, and forming weapons or armor from earth and stone.
• Description: A rune with blocky, symmetrical patterns, glowing a solid brown-gold.
13. RuneofTides (潮汐 / Cháoxī)
• Law: Water
• Power: Grants control over water in all its forms—rivers, oceans, rain, and even ice. The wielder can summon devastating floods or heal and nurture life using the soothing properties of water.
• Description: This rune shimmers in shades of deep blue and aqua, with patterns resembling waves and ripples across its surface.
7. The Three Ancient Sects
1. TiānhéZōng (天和宗 / SectofCelestialHarmony)
• Focus: Guardians of balance and harmony.
• Role: This sect upheld the delicate equilibrium of the world's forces, ensuring that creation and destruction remained in perfect synchronization. They believed in harmonizing opposites, wielding immense power over both life and death, light and dark.
• Runes Controlled by Tiānhé Sect:
• Rune of Equilibrium (Pínghéng / 平衡)
• Rune of Genesis (Chuàngshēng / 创生)
• Rune of Desolation (Huāngwú / 荒芜)
• Rune of Light (Guānghuī / 光辉)
• Rune of Darkness (Shēnyuān / 深渊)
2. TiāngǎngZōng (天罡宗 / SectofElementalMajesty)
• Focus: Masters of nature's raw, unrelenting forces.
• Role: This sect represented the primordial essence of the natural world, channeling its raw power to maintain the flow of creation and destruction within nature. They were revered for their dominion over the elemental forces of fire, water, wind, and earth.
• Runes Controlled by Tiāngǎng Sect:
• Rune of Tempest (Fēngbào / 风暴)
• Rune of Inferno (Lièyàn / 烈焰)
• Rune of Earth (Dàdì / 大地)
• Rune of Tides (Cháoxī / 潮汐)
3. XuányuánZōng (玄渊宗/SectofEternalAbyss)
• Focus: Guardians of time, vitality, and the deep mysteries of the void.
• Role: This sect embodied the darker and more profound aspects of existence, protecting the cycle of life and death, the eternity of the soul, and the infinite depths of creation. They were the stewards of vitality and renewal, ensuring that life could rise even from the ashes of destruction.
• Runes Controlled by Xuányuán Sect:
• Rune of Eternity (Yǒnghéng / 永恒)
• Rune of Vitality (Shēngmìng / 生命)
• Rune of Abyss (Shēnyuān / 深渊)
• Rune of Decay (Fǔxiǔ / 腐朽)
8. Artifacts
Weapons
1. 天裂剑 (TiānlièJiàn) – Heaven-SplittingSword
• A legendary sword that can split mountains with a single strike. Its blade is said to hum with celestial energy.
2. 暗影匕 (ÀnyǐngBì) – ShadowDagger
• A dagger that renders the user invisible in the shadows. Used by assassins and stealth cultivators.
3. 龙鸣枪 (LóngmíngQiāng) – DragonCrySpear
• A spear imbued with the essence of an ancient dragon, roaring with power when wielded in battle.
DefensiveArtifacts
4. 灵盾环 (LíngdùnHuán) – SpiritShieldRing
• A small ring that creates a protective barrier against physical and spiritual attacks.
5. 青云甲 (QīngyúnJiǎ) – AzureCloudArmor
• A lightweight armor made of condensed spiritual energy, allowing both protection and agility.
6. 御雷珠 (YùléiZhū) – LightningWardOrb
• Deflects and absorbs lightning attacks, storing them for future use.
SupportArtifacts
7. 千影扇 (QiānyǐngShàn) – ThousandShadowFan
• A fan that creates dozens of shadow clones of the user to confuse enemies.
8. 聚灵炉 (JùlíngLú) – SpiritGatheringCauldron
• An alchemical tool that amplifies the effects of pills and elixirs during refinement.
9. 星辰盘 (XīngchénPán) – CelestialStarDisk
• A navigation tool that pinpoints the locations of celestial treasures.
ArtifactsofSealingandControl
10. 镇魔印 (ZhènmóYìn) – Demon-SuppressingSeal
• A seal that suppresses demonic Qi and locks away powerful demonic beasts.
11. 锁魂链 (SuǒhúnLiàn) – Soul-BindingChains
• Chains that bind the soul of the target, preventing them from escaping or using spiritual power.
12. 空灵铃 (KōnglíngLíng) – VoidSpiritBell
• A bell that traps enemies in an illusory realm of nothingness.
HealingandLife-SavingArtifacts
13. 回春珠 (HuíchūnZhū) – SpringRejuvenationPearl
• A pearl that restores vitality and mends injuries, even bringing people back from the brink of death.
14. 圣泉瓶 (ShèngquánPíng) – SacredSpringFlask
• A flask that generates an endless supply of healing water from a sacred spring.
15. 不死莲灯 (BùsǐLiánDēng) – UndyingLotusLantern
• A lantern that sustains the user's life force when it would otherwise fade.
RareandMysticalArtifacts
16. 日月梭 (RìyuèSuō) – SunandMoonShuttle
• A transportation artifact capable of traversing vast distances in moments.
17. 乾坤镜 (QiánkūnJìng) – MirrorofHeavenandEarth
• A mystical mirror that reveals hidden truths and dispels illusions.
18. 焚天炉 (FéntiānLú) – Heaven-ScorchingFurnace
• A furnace said to have refined the first spiritual weapons. Can melt any material.
CursedArtifacts
19. 噬灵匣 (ShìlíngXiá) – Spirit-DevouringBox
• A box that consumes the Qi of anyone who opens it.
20. 冥火灯 (MínghuǒDēng) – NetherfireLantern
• A lantern that summons ghostly flames, feeding on the user's life force to grow stronger.
I don't think I'll use all of these, but whatever…