Note: There are updates as the story progresses. This serves as the frawork of the immortal cultivation system used in this fic. Anyways, the entire fic can be understood even without reading any of this auxiliary chapter's contents.
Practice
Cultivators focus on Qi, in the early stage. As it progresses, specialties appear: Body and Qi; Mind and Qi. Qi is very crucial to progress. Starting from the Purple Mansion Realm, it involves Dao Rhys (i.e., World Laws). The end goal of cultivation is to turn oneself into an equivalent of nature itself but without its objectiveness (basically subjecting everything to the cultivator's will). It fits the "Destiny is in my Hands" the of xianxia.
Spiritual Qi
Low Grade - Pure energy (Qi Refining ~ Foundation Establishnt)
Middle Grade - Pure energy and Dao Rhys (Purple Mansion ~ Nascent Soul)
High Grade - Pure energy and even higher-level Dao Rhys (Divine Transformation ~ Void Refinent)
Ultimate Grade - Pure energy and the Dao (Nature/Way) itself (Dao Integration ~ Tribulation Transcendence)
(Note: Spiritual qi is irrelevant to True Immortals/Mahayana.)
taphysical Body
The ridians, dantians, and Spirit Roots exist in this "taphysical" body. It is intangible and could not interfere with the world. The other term for it is the "Soul".
In the beginning, the soul is weak. Even if it houses the important ridians, dantians, and Spirit Roots, it requires an anchor to the world. That's where the physical body cos from. The Body is the connection to the world itself. Without it, a cultivator will be flawed. This importance will be carried on until the Divine Transformation Realm.
In final note, the ridians, dantians, and Spirit Roots only "exist" within the soul; they are heterogeneous. It is required to slt these things into the soul itself. This is done gradually with each realm progressed.
Foundation Establishnt slts ridians and dantians.
Purple Mansion and Golden Core slts Spirit Roots.
Nascent Soul contains everything, which leads to its evolution from intangible to physical.
Qi Refining
The starting point of cultivation. It involves the intangible ridians that invisibly affect a person. It is inspired from the Jade Emperor's Jade Seal Sutra (involving the three Golden Core Elixirs: Jing, Qi, Shen). By the ti a cultivator finishes this entire stage, they will focus on honing all three dantians at the sa ti to their utmost limits.
Foundation Establishnt
The real starting point. It condenses everything (except Spirit Roots) into a liquid state, which then flows taphysically in the form of countless of veins. It is intangible. It consists of the ridians and dantians. Cultivators are now able to inhale/exhale spiritual qi through every single pore of the body, thus increasing power and cultivation speed exponentially. It occurs since everything is flowing like 'liquid'. Once the veins are saturated (i.e., showing a clear crystal-like state), Foundation Establishnt is over.
Purple Mansion.
Purple Mansion (Zifu) is an idiom for sothing that 'nurtures'. It is the crystallized form of Foundation Establishnt's liquid form. It ca from the 'Zifu' (i.e., Purple Mansion) ntioned in Baopuzi (also referencing Tao Te Ching and other immortal-related poems); the ho of immortals.
It is required to 'have' a Dao Rhy for this breakthrough, staining the crystallization of power with profound intent. It houses the Seed of Supernatural Powers and serves as a breakthrough point for Golden Cores. The Spirit Roots (any other advantages) can now be partially slted to the crystallization, thus increasing one's power even further (also boosting cultivation speed).
Golden Core
After the crystallization and comprehension of dao rhy, what cos next is to 'compress' everything into a perfect vessel: a circular golden elixir. Circle represents Wuji (boundlessness), Golden Elixir pertains to the "dicine for immortality". Supernatural Powers are present here (i.e., talents like Herrscher Authorities). Since everything is compressed into a single point, the soul/spirit can now live even if the body dies; just so compensation is needed. Spirit Roots are fully slted into it.
Nascent Soul
The shattering of the Golden Core results in this. It transforms your "Soul" into a version that is "closest" to nature (i.e., Dao). The stronger the Supernatural Powers, the greater the advantage. The Dao Rhys from the Purple Mansion to Golden Core serves as support to create the "Nascent Soul" connected to the "Dao". It lowers the difficulty of breaking through the Nascent Soul Realm by a large degree.
The "Soul" is now physical and tangible, and as such, the Body can be abandoned in dire straits. One's 'Will/Spiritual Consciousness' can affect the world with comprehended Dao.
The Nascent Soul grows by feeding it with high-level laws (Dao Rhys) and a huge amount of spiritual qi (pure energy does not work for them). They also negate lower-leveled attacks with ease (except for high-level Dao Rhys).
Divine Transformation
The realm where cultivators beco "divine" (i.e., closer to Immortals). The Body, which is side-tracked on the Nascent Soul Realm, becos crucial. You need to integrate the Body and Soul to beco a Divine Venerable. The Soul actually contains everything at this point: Spirit Roots, ridians, Dantians, and so on. You can break through with Soul alone, but that results in a flawed divinity.
At this stage, 'Spiritual Consciousness' turns into 'Divine Consciousness'. Changing of cognition, altering the world with a thought, and trapping lower-leveled cultivators into a false world (illusions) are so feats that can be done. A cultivator at this stage can now sense karmic lines as well as see the future (i.e., jumping out of the river of ti).
Their main combat capabilities lie in the fact that their Dao Rhys (World Laws) turned into Dao itself (Divine Laws). Their attacks, although still consuming spiritual qi, are all based on concepts.
Void Refinent
The web of karma seen in the eyes of Divine Transformation plays a part here. To break through Void Refinent, you have to refine your ntal state and cultivation. To do so, there are two ways:
1.) Cut off all karmic lines and refine yourself to "Emptiness" to fulfill the "Emptiness is Void" or;
2.) rge important karmic lines onto oneself and turn yourself into "Void", therefore fulfilling "Void is Emptiness".
(Note: This excerpt cos from the Heart Sutra. The concept of emptiness cos from "Traditional Daoism".)
Option 2 is harder than option 1, but it makes the cultivators stronger/have an edge compared to their peers. Most importantly, they retain the people they are around with. The ones who chose option 1 effectively erased themselves, in turn erasing "karma" and becoming "empty". Forming karma with the ones previously cut off after breaking through with option 1 negatively impacts their cultivation.
(Note: Void Refinent Realms are no longer affected by karma once they STEP into this realm.)
Void Refinent is the start of refining the "Dao Path" suitable to themselves. It is basically "Pathways" but Immortal Cultivation. As long as the "Path" is empty, you can take that "Dao" and integrate it into oneself, which leads to the Dao Integration Realm.
Void Refinent cultivators don't need to worry about energy (spiritual qi) since they can convert the void (and any other sources) into one—even concepts.
Dao Integration
The eighth stage of immortal cultivation. Everyone who stepped into this stage has their own "Dao" integrated with themselves. This is where cultivators start to beco nature themselves. Their existence itself transcends dinsions. They can peer through the river of ti, see countless parallel universes, and impose their will unto a world itself.
They are THE powerhouses of immortal cultivation.
Tribulation Transcendence
What cos next after becoming a part of Dao (nature)? Beco THE Dao itself.
Tribulation Transcendence symbolizes the ninth realm of cultivation. "Nine" in Chinese nurology represents "completeness" and "highest". They are no longer limited to one world; they can beco the very nature (Dao) of all worlds. The biggest challenge here are the "Tribulations" the cultivator will face. It can either be external or internal. It can be the world itself rejecting them. It can be things from other worlds posing a threat. Everything is rejecting their "Transcendence".
Once the tribulation is surpassed, they achieve the state of enlightennt—Mahayana (Immortality).
True Immortal/Mahayana
The peak. Scalable? No. They lowdiff everything except their equals. Their ceiling is as far as one's imagination takes them.
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