This is just an Auxilary Chapter explaining ALL cultivation Tiers.
If you want to read the story, reading this is absolutely not required, but can provide insights into this world.
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Body Tier - Tier 1: Body Tempering
Not necessarily in all Cultivation Systems. Prepares the body for the acceptance of external energies and removes impurities.
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Energy Tier - Tier 2: Qi Refinement
Gathering and refining energy in the tempered body to increase strength and prepare to build a Foundation.
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Foundation Tier - Rank 3: Foundation Establishment
Creating a Foundation upon which to build one's core and Cultivation. Can sometimes contain multiple Cultivation Realms.
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Core Tier - Rank 4: Core Formation
Forming one's existence into a core. Bears the embryo of the secondary soul required for the Soul Tier.
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Soul Tier - Rank 5: Nascent Soul, Soul Tempering, Soul Refinemenent, Soul Forging
The Soul Tier can differ greatly between different Cultivation Systems. Mostly focuses on creating a secondary soul and creating a positive feedback loop between it and the Ture Soul to temper the latter.
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Mortal Transcendence 10 Realms/10 Realms Of Tribulation - Tier 6: Immortal
Human Immortal
After the first tribulation, the True Soul and -Body get tempered and optimized to start harmonizing more with each other.
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Earth Immortal
After the second tribulation, the True Soul and Body get tempered and optimized even more finally evolving into an Immortal Body and Immortal True Soul.
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Heaven Immortal
After the third tribulation, the Immortal True Soul and Body become even more perfected and start harmonizing more, making it possible to touch the threshold of resonating with the power of laws.
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Mystic Immortal
After the fourth tribulation, The Immortal True Soul and Body become almost perfect (for this realm). Resonation with the laws increases.
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Golden Immortal
After the fifth tribulation, the Immortal Ture Soul and Body become basically perfect (for this realm). Resonation increases. Harmony between body and soul increases. Golden Light of Immortality is born. Lifespan reaches nearly infinity.
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Daluo Golden Immortal
After the sixth tribulation, Immortal True Soul and Body become truly perfected (for this realm). ResonatÃon increases to a greater degree. Golden Light of Immortality truly fuses with the being. Lifespan reaches infinity. Harmony between body and soul increases by a greater degree.
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Immortal King
After the seventh tribulation resonation with laws increases by a great degree. Harmony reaches 60%.
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Immortal Emperor
After the eighth tribulation resonation with laws becomes nearly perfect. Harmony reaches 80%.
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Immortal Quasi Saint
After the ninth tribulation resonation with laws becomes perfect. Beginnings of the true use of Laws. Harmony reaches 99%
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Immortal Saint
After the tenth tribulation use of laws becomes a true part of the being. The fusion of Immortal Body and True Soul leads to the being coming into contact with the Laws in preparation for attaining Demi Divinity.
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Demi-Divinity - Tier 7: Demi-God
Attaining Demi-Divinity requires initial insights into the true nature of one or more Laws. As understanding increases, the feedback strengthens the being
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Divinity Ascendence - Tier 8: God
A true understanding of the inner workings of one or more laws makes it possible to step into the Divinity Ascendence Tier. Use of the Laws one understands becomes second nature and the power one can use also increases greatly. Further insights give further feedback for further strengthening.
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Divinity Tempering - Tier 9: Great God
After gaining an absolute understanding of one or more laws, one can start to use them to temper oneself further and further, making it possible to be on par with laws with one's own body and soul.
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Divinity Fusion - Tier 10: Transcendent God
Fusing with the laws to transcend them. Touches upon the power of origin.
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Origin Return - Tier 11: Primordial God
Able to use the power of Origin Energy. Impossible to kill without erasing the Origin Mark of the being.
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Creation Origin - Tier 12: Creation God
Through the power of Origin Energy, one can gain an understanding of the Rule of Creation. As one gains deeper insights, erasing Origin Return Tier experts becomes as easy as breathing.
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Creation Establishment - Tier 13: Great Creation God
Through the Rule of Creation, a Plane is created in the body, harnessing all the beings' power. Expanding this plane tempers the beings' infinite power increasing its quality and increasing the beings' insights into creation.
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Creation Core - Tier 14: Supreme Creation God
Ankers the existence of the being in all creation. Almost impossible to erase. All of creation becomes part of the being while not being it.
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Creation Tempering - Tier 15: Infinite Creation God
Tempering one's quality of existence until true perfection is reached.
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Quasi-Rule Attainment - Tier 16: Quasi-Saint God
Touching upon the Transcendent Rules. One may break the Laws, but the Rules are absolute.
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Rule Attainment - Tier 17: Saint God
After gaining true insights into one or more Transcendent Rules the quality of one's power touches the barrier of Reality itself.
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Rule Transcendence - Tier 18: Reality Transcendent God
Inverting it all to transcend it all.
Above all Reality.
Above all Rules.
Unattainable yet attained.