Above an earl is a marquis, who corresponds to advanced warriors, real force knights, and senior magicians, in other words, martial artists of the blood cultivation realm, akin to ability users who have undergone one more round of evolution.
Above a marquis is a duke, corresponding to great knights, great warriors, and top-level magicians, indicating martial artists of the viscera cultivation realm, equivalent to ability users who have undergone a second round of evolution.
Above a duke is an archduke, corresponding to commanding knights, commanding warriors, and super magicians, that is, grandmasters of the martial path, equivalent to ability users who have undergone a third round of evolution.
Above an archduke are the prince and the heir apparent, whose power equates to earth knights, vein warriors, and great magicians, corresponding to the new grandmaster realm, four times evolved ability users.