'Cultivation'
This is what all Cultivators do and an essential part of the struggle for supremacy.
It is essentially, the process of taking, Qi, that is naturally everywhere in the world and something that everything has into a dantain that everyone has. But a dantian can only be used to cultivate when a person reaches 10 as the spirit roots are then developed and the person can then refine and accumulate Qi, A large majority of commoners have no spiritual roots or Trash ones hence don't have much potential whereas people with distinguished cultivation backgrounds have a higher chance of better quality spiritual roots. Cultivator's then refine the Qi and condense it in our dantian so that it accumulates to the point where the dantian and the cultivator's existence is elevated up a level and hence this is a breakthrough to a higher cultivation realm, this is done by using a Cultivation Technique,
There are many stages which a cultivator needs to breakthrough to get to a higher Realm hence these are called minor realms.
Realms (can be called major realms as well) are numerous, The known realms to mostly every cultivator in Divine Sword Empire go from lowest to highest.
Body Refining(9 Minor Realms)
Qi Refining(9 Minor Realms)
Qi Condensation(9 Minor Realms)
Golden Core(Three Minor Realms)
Nascent Soul(9 Minor Realms)
Martial Lord(9 Minor Realms )
Martial King(6 Minor Realms)
Martial Emperor(3 Minor Realms)
And the Rumored,
Martial God Realm(??? Minor Realms)
It is said that you can ascend to a Higher Plane of existence were it is paradise but these are but speculations.
The person who is publicly recognised to have the highest cultivation in, Divine Sword Empire, is the current Emperor's Grandfather, who is said to be somewhere in the Martial Emperor Realm and since they dominate around half the world, whereas the other half is a Free area, swarmed with Multiple different races and species of Spirit Beasts.
Cultivator's also Follow a certain path to attain their cultivation and these paths are collectively known as the Dao, as there are a myraid of branches of cultivation that it is unquantifiable.
An example of a Dao, would be the Sword Dao, the most commonly pursued Dao in the Divine Sword Empire, Although a lot of cultivators follow this Dao, it does by no way mean that other Daos are irrelevant or weak as there are many who use fists, Poison, Ice, Fire etc and hence follow the correlating Dao.
Cultivators can also follow more than one but is usually a secondary one and the main focus goes into one (usually one they are the most talented in).
Such as, there are many individuals who also learn the Dao of Alchemy, to be able to enhance the effectiveness of Spirit supplements (Spirit herbs) they have by combining and purifying them to make them into a pill which can have many special uses, or sell pills to gain wealth, as cultivation can be quite costly and many use external resources to make up for lacking talents, to increase the speed of cultivation, help breakthrough a bottleneck etc.
Cultivators also have Cultivation techniques to refine Qi, and Mystical Techniques to apply Qi in ways that allow the cultivator to do special thing; For example, A footwork Mystical technique allows the cultivator to use Qi to move extremely Swiftly during Battle.
These techniques are vital as they are the basis of a cultivator, as without a cultivation technique you won't be able to cultivate (Unless you have a talent which allows you to Absorb, Refine and Accumulate Qi unconsciously, Yes, Such people exist).
Without any Mystical Techniques you won't be able to fight as effectively and utilise Qi as Precisely unless you can make them yourself (Or have innate God-level Battle Instinct which will allow you to fight better the more you fight and unconsciously allow you to do incredible movements, Once again, Such individuals exist!) and hence will get obliterated by someone who does*.
And finally Mastery of Such Mystical Techniques, It varies from Technique but is usually Split into: Basic, Acquired, Adept, Completion, Minor Mastery, Greater Master, Return to Origin, Exceeded.
This is all the information i have found out through the system and my parents.
(Training Court in Elder Du's Living Quarters)
After 3 Months of training, 5 Year old Bu Cai was already starting to look more healthier and muscular than previously as he has been diligently training hard with a solid will which sort of surprised, Bu De and Lu Li, as they thought that a child of such an age would be more interested in talking to other children and make friends or play around but were quite proud and happy that their son was so devoted, In fact this was especially surprising as usually all Bu Cai would do from young was laze around and read a bit.
(Bu Cai POV)
Today I finished my Training and felt quite satisfied with myself, Originally it was tiring and painful but eventually I got accustomed to it and started to enjoy training, Most days I would do runs, pull ups, etc with heavy boulders on my back and increase the weight if it gets too easy as well as practice martial arts movements, but sometimes father personally spars with me to check my progress, point out mistakes during the fight, and to teach me new things.
Turns out I'm actually quite talented in martial arts and fighting, this makes my father and mother happy as well as me, Not sure if it was originally because of this body's talent or if it is me.
Today, Father told me to go to him after training and to not overexert myself as today I am going to be meeting some important people.
Speaking of interaction, due to my immense desire to send Long Tian to see yama, and the nervousness brought about by it, as well as my trauma around other people, i couldn't be bothered to try and be friendly with a bunch of Snot nosed brats who are less than half my real age, so i hadn't really interacted much with other children my age, but I still learned, mannerisms and etiquette due to being taught by some teachers and my parents, Shit was easy so I learned it in a year, by the age of 5, I had completely fit in with Xianxia world mannerisms and culture.
When I got back, I was instantly told by the maids that they had to wash me for preparation for meeting the 'guests', so I complied and I got washed and dressed in a fancy robe and shoes(Formal Attire) and then got lead to the living room, where my Mother and father were similarly dressed up in formal attire, My father had a handsome face with a lean but muscular body, with black hair and green eyes, he looked in his early 30's but was actually around 120 years old, he had Formal clean white robes like mine on and was looking quite fresh if i do say so myself (Of course he is inferior to me) and my mother, was a characteristic Asian Beauty with with long silky black hair, black coloured eyes, and a fair skin, she could pass of as a woman in her late twenties, although I know she is not, and she gave of a gentle look with here light green robes which covered her nicely shaped curves.
While on the topic of looks i must address that although I am, To-be Cannon fodder that is to be face slapped, I am quite cute with my fair skin, with long silky black hair and well shaped face, and will surely grow up to be relatively handsome, although in a Xianxia world looks aren't that important as you will usually get more handsome or beautiful as you reach higher realms, or can use illusion techniques or face changing techniques to make you more attractive it must be mentioned that there will still be some disparity between a natural good-looking person and an artificial one(through cultivation or face changing techniques) as if you were born very handsome then you will be even more handsome after reaching gold core and someone ugly can become handsome but there will still be a difference, Needless to say even some 'ugly' people here could be considered good looking compared to my previous world; Oh, the wonders of 'Qi'.
After I arrive, my mother and father look at me with hopeful expressions and smile, I was confused to say the least; It should be noted that I had asked the servants about the people i will be meeting but they kept quiet which made me quite curious and a bit annoyed.
After Going outside to head off to our destination, I get to see the ride we will be taking, as I cannot fly yet; A spirit beast that looks like a Pidgeot from Pokemon appears in sight, and although I had flown a couple times on it I was still quite excited as it is a very cool experience to fly high above the sky and see parts of the sect below, it gives a sense of freedom. This Pidgeot looking Bird was my father's mount which he used before being able to fly, it is called a wind-gliding sparrow and is a very fast and one of the rarer species of birds in the sect.
After getting on, the Spirit Beast, Nero, began to fly at a moderate speed so that i wouldn't fall off and we made our way to the destination.
After arriving at a Grand Living Quarter, which was even more fancy and large than ours, and landing outside, we got off and the servant that was tasked to guide us lead us to the mansion.
Although I began to have a guess at who it may be, I kept my hopes up that I was wrong, so as to quell my curiosity I asked my father who was walking next to me,
"Can you now tell me who we are going to meet?"
He then turns to me and shows me the same mysterious smile he has had on his face every time I had asked about this and this time answered differently to what he replied with on the way here by saying,
"The person who we will be meeting is someone I have known for a long time and is the father of your hopeful 'Friend'"
Hearing this the bad premonition get even worse.
Sure enough when we reached the room where the Owners of this estate where, I couldn't help but curse my luck after Seeing my prospective 'Friend'...