Cultivation or the act of cultivating, was simply about refining energy, and the ultimate goal for cultivators was to refine it to its highest and purest form.
The duty of a cultivator was to refine energy to a higher level while simultaneously building their bodies to withstand the energy.
Here, things differed amongst higher beings in regards to how they utilized the energy.
You had Gladiators, who exclusively focus on mastering bodily control, these set of people fuse elemental attacks with their combat technique.
Wielding all sorts of weapons, these types of higher beings usually excel at close combat, they were also the most common type.
Beyond them, you had mages who used energy to bend elements to their bidding by blending it into runes, spells and arrays.
Lastly, you had Psychics, these set of higher beings were more proficient in traversing the mental realm.