Cultivation (Er Gen)

==Introduction==
Cultivation Base refers to the progress along the path of cultivation attained by an individual. It is the source of the supernatural abilities that can be used by cultivators and what gives them their improved longevity, physical abilities and intelligence. Below are the variety of abilities given by cultivation to its practitioners. 
==1st Step: Mortality to Immortality==
1st Step cultivators focus on shedding their mortality and entering immortality. Despite being the weakest characters in the overall setting, they have a variety of supernatural abilities that separate them from mortals. They have a significantly improved but finite lifespan whose extent depends on The Heavens of a particular realm. Those at the peak of this Step can cause devastation across an entire cultivation planet, planets which are comparable to real-world solar systems in size. It is generally divided into the following realms;
Qi Condensation
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* Superhuman Physical Characteristics: Improving within the Qi Condensation stage improves one's body strength, speed, agility and even improves the clarity and quickness of one's mind as well as removing impurity from one's bodyA Will Eternal, Chapter 4.
* Statistics Amplification: Cultivators can channel spiritual energy into themselves and enhance their raw speed and physical capabilities by at least doubleA Will Eternal, Chapter 10.
* Telekinesis: Qi Condensation cultivators can use their Cultivation Base to levitate their bodies as well as external objects at willA Will Eternal, Chapter 16. Cultivators are capable of utilizing their spiritual energy to create an invisible force that they can utilize to create a restrictive grip on people and objects, create blunt force and attack others with it or simply move objects to and from a certain place.
* Enhanced Senses: As one's cultivation increases at this stage the strength and range of their bodily senses will increase as well as detect heartbeats and breathing from large distancesA Will Eternal, Chapter 38. Can infuse their eyesI Shall Seal the Heavens, Chapter 76 with Qi to magnify their view so as to see very small objects.
* Extrasensory Perception: Cultivators can sense the energy of spiritual energyI Shall Seal the Heavens, Chapter 3 and even feel everything around themselvesI Shall Seal the Heavens, Chapter 26, including invisible entitiesI Shall Seal the Heavens, Chapter 59.
* Self-Sustenance: Types 2 and 3. Cultivators can meditate for months at a time without stopping for food, water or sleepI Shall Seal the Heavens, Chapter 58. Can absorb and emit spiritual energy which can sustain their lives even if hunger is not alleviatedI Shall Seal the Heavens, Chapter 4.
* Adaptation: Qi Condensation cultivators adapt to all substances and pills that enter their bodies, with the latter losing efficacy as time goes onA Will Eternal, Chapter 41.
* Precognition: Cultivators are capable of sensing any impending danger that is targeting them, even if they are unaware of the specifics of the danger in questionA Will Eternal, Chapter 52.
* Absorption: Cultivators absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earthI Shall Seal the Heavens, Chapter 4 for their use.
* Power Nullification: Cultivators with a higher Cultivation Base, even within the same sub-realm are capable of completely negating the abilities of lower cultivators just by bringing it to bearA Will Eternal, Chapter 60.
* Chi Manipulation: A cultivator controls the spiritual energy, Qi, of the worldI Shall Seal the Heavens, Chapter 3. They can use the energy to imbue objects and to activate them if they work based on energyI Shall Seal the Heavens, Chapter 3.
* Supernatural Luck: Qi Condensation Realm cultivators can steal good fortuneI Shall Seal the Heavens, Chapter 86 from heaven and earthI Shall Seal the Heavens, Chapter 88.
* Pseudo-Flight: Can fly by way of stepping on their flying swords and guiding them through the airI Shall Seal the Heavens, Chapter 20.
* Dimensional Storage: Cultivators own Bags of Holding, which have dimensions within them to store objects owned by their usersI Shall Seal the Heavens, Chapter 3.
* Supernatural Willpower: Even Qi Condensation cultivators are capable of persisting after their deaths through sheer focus and strength of willA Will Eternal, Chapter 62.
* Non-Physical Interaction: Qi Condensation cultivators can interact with immaterial wind blades with their own bare handsA Will Eternal, Chapter 69. Can interact with spiritsI Shall Seal the Heavens, Chapter 30 as well as the elements of natureI Shall Seal the Heavens, Chapter 90.
* Information Analysis Cultivators can senseI Shall Seal the Heavens, Chapter 18 the cultivation levels of other cultivators of their levelI Shall Seal the Heavens, Chapter 47.
* Aura: A higher cultivation base emanates a passive pressure that can destroy opponents in body and soul as well as prevent them from using their abilitiesA Will Eternal, Chapter 820. Even as early as Qi Condensation, they can release a pressure that will make one kneel, shattering their bonesI Shall Seal the Heavens, Chapter 17 as well as their organsI Shall Seal the Heavens, Chapter 17. The higher the level of cultivation of the wielder, the more potent the pressure isI Shall Seal the Heavens, Chapter 71 against their opponents.
* Physics Manipulation and Power Nullification: Due to the presence of spiritual Qi, all natural energy sources cease to function and nuclear reactions such as fission and fusion fail, resulting in nuclear weapons not functioning.
* Soul Manipulation: For cultivators, physical attacks, magical arts and even the suppressive aura generated by them attack the soul.
* Acausality (Type 4): Cultivators defy and break out of the natural laws of the world and reincarnation as well as the will controlling fate itself the moment they begin cultivating. Their path of cultivation is one of defiance of the laws of the heavens and the flow of nature and their futures are impossible to predict for mortals.
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* Extrasensory Perception: Even within the same stage, a large gap in cultivation renders the higher level cultivator unreadable to the lower level oneA Will Eternal, Chapter 15.
* Poison Manipulation: A poison that can kill mortals would only give Qi Condensation cultivators diarrheaA Will Eternal, Chapter 40.
* Illusion Creation: By rotating one's cultivation base, a cultivator can dispel the illusions that manifest as a result of exposure to the fragrance of the Shuiyue Clan's fruitsA Will Eternal, Chapter 265.
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Foundation Establishment
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* Flight: Cultivators at this stage are capable of flying under their own powerA Will Eternal, Chapter 1.
* Size Manipulation: Foundation Establishment cultivators Foundation Establishment cultivators can subdue creatures and weaker opponents by shrinking them and storing them away in their sleevesA Will Eternal, Chapter 94.
* Body Control: Cultivators at this stage are capable of stopping the bodily circulation of their own blood with no issues to their healthA Will Eternal, Chapter 198.
* Self-Destruction: Foundation Establishment cultivators are capable of self detonation at willA Will Eternal, Chapter 334.
* Regeneration (Low-Mid): Cultivators of the Foundation Establishment Realm can regenerate fingersI Shall Seal the Heavens, Chapter 192 and even their armsI Shall Seal the Heavens, Chapter 304 over time.
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* Soul Manipulation: Upon reaching Foundation Establishment one's soul and qi are elevated to a level beyond that of mortalsA Will Eternal, Chapter 153 and far more resilient against harm as a result.
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Core Formation
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* Air Manipulation: Can control the wind to wrap around other to subdue them or to toss them away from himselfA Will Eternal, Chapter 376.
* Curse Manipulation: Can inflict hexes on others.
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* All prior and current abilities
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Nascent Soul
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* All prior improved
* Immortality (Types 2, 3 and 6): Can survive lethal wounds without issue. Upon the destruction of their bodies, they can possess other ones.
* Teleportation Negation: The aura of a Nascent Soul cultivator is capable of completely negating teleportation abilities. Additionally, their internal organs are impervious to damage by weaker cultivatorsA Will Eternal, Chapter 319.
* Teleportation: Nascent Soul cultivators are capable of minor teleportation, due to being merged with heaven and earthA Will Eternal, Chapter 403 as well as negate another's teleportation abilitiesA Will Eternal, Chapter 413. They can also forcibly teleporting others away, albeit with great effortA Will Eternal, Chapter 378. 
* Spatial Manipulation: Nascent Soul cultivators can cause spatial chaos with their divine sense to prevent teleportationA Will Eternal, Chapter 609. Nascent Soul cultivators are also capable of creating spatial tears to contain objects and attacksRenegade Immortal, Chapter 225.
* Deconstruction: Nascent Soul cultivators are capable of reducing structures and people to dust via breaking them down with a light emitted via their cultivation baseRenegade Immortal, Chapter 104. The aura of Nascent Soul cultivators is capable of reducing all objects and people surrounding them to dust, should they not control itRenegade Immortal, Chapter 236.
* Mind Manipulation: Nascent Soul cultivators are capable of dispersing one's consciousness with a thoughtRenegade Immortal, Chapter 225.
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* All prior and current abilities
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Soul Formation+Transformation
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* All prior improved
* Reality Warping and minor Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1): Soul Formation cultivators can manifest domains, special areas around them that separate the world within them from the world outside them, and are possessed of a Dao comprehended based on the life experiences used by that cultivator to comprehend the HeavensRenegade Immortal, Chapter 258.
* Energy Manipulation and Fusionism: Devas are cultivators that have completely fused with the Heavens around them and are capable of commanding vast amounts of spiritual energy even with their presence imbued in other objectsA Will Eternal, Chapter 305. Due to their fusion, they wield not their own power but that of all of creation around themA Will Eternal, Chapter 347.
* Portal Creation: Devas are capable of tearing portals to distant places via nothing but their own energyA Will Eternal, Chapter 378. Something that is repeated later on as wellA Will Eternal, Chapter 617.
* Reality Warping: Like comparable cultivation systems, Devas can create a separate space around themselves from the world itself in which their very words are manifested as entities existing in realityA Will Eternal, Chapter 618.
* Weather Manipulation: Via their connection to Heaven and Earth, Devas are capable of manipulating natural phenomena, such as storms or tidal waves, with easeA Will Eternal, Chapter 459.
* Death Manipulation: Devas are capable of manipulating and summoning the Underworld River, which is a manifestation of the cycle of reincarnation of every living being to have ever died within the Heavenspan RealmA Will Eternal, Chapter 482.
* Summoning and Pseudo-Black Hole Creation: Devas merge with heaven and earth, allowing them to utilize anything in creation, from winds to clouds and beyond, as divine abilities. They are even capable of summoning projections of long passed figures from across time to aid them in battleA Will Eternal, Chapter 494 as well as create gravitational singularities that can distort time itselfA Will Eternal, Chapter 618.
* Sealing: Devas can have their powers manifest as a massive seal that locks down everything for several kilometersA Will Eternal, Chapter 663.
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* All prior and current abilities
* Deconstruction: Soul Transformation cultivators can resist being hit by void winds from spatial tears that'd reduce any other cultivator to dustRenegade Immortal, Chapter 106.
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Ascendant
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* All prior improved
* Law Manipulation: Demigods are capable of wielding natural law such that they can utilize it to wipe foes out of existence at willA Will Eternal, Chapter 342.
* Time Manipulation: Demigods can command natural law to control the flow of time and turn it backwards, with only Devas remaining cognizant of the whole processA Will Eternal, Chapter 664A Will Eternal, Chapter 666. Can stop time with physical blows and casually rewind time with gestures or even words.
* Regeneration Negation: Their aura prevents the functioning of regular regenerative properties of cultivators.
*Causality Manipulation: Attacks at this stage carry a force that makes it so they always land.
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* All prior and current abilities
* Law Manipulation: The aura of a demigod can negate the Underworld River, a manifestation of the laws of life and death of the Heavenspan RealmA Will Eternal, Chapter 664.
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==2nd Step: Bridge Between Self and Dao==
This Step focuses on bridging the gap between themselves and the Dao. Lifespans are actually limitless but suppressed to finite levels by The Heavens, whether through magical laws or divine tribulations and calamities. They are capable of far greater manipulation of natural laws of the world as a result and showcase even greater control over life, death and the energy present in nature. The core aspect of this stage is cultivation of the world and its laws. 
They can outright annihilate cultivation planets, make entire starry skies go dark, destroy galaxies and create supernovae and other cosmic phenomena. The overall goal is to cultivate vitality, fate and the energy of the world, making one ready to cultivate the Dao.
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* All prior abilities improved to immense levels.
* Time Manipulation: Celestials are capable of rewinding time at willA Will Eternal, Chapter 946. Can stop time with their presence.
* Mind Manipulation: Celestials are capable of utilizing Willpower to control the minds of every being in an entire realm as well as utilize their strengthA Will Eternal, Chapter 1047.
* Reality Warping: There are no limitations to the divine abilities and magics available to Celestials, being that all of creation possesses Willpower that can be used by Celestials to their own endA Will Eternal, Chapter 1051. Their Willpower allows them to bring objects into existence with their thoughts aloneA Will Eternal, Chapter 1107.
* Fate Manipulation and Resurrection: The Will of Archeans can be used to transcend the entire world and exist on a different level than Celestials. With it they can shape fate to their choosing and resurrect othersA Will Eternal, Chapter 1076.
* Existence Erasure: Can erase people from existence with a thought.
* Improved Fusionism and Statistics Amplification: Can merge with reality on a far more fundamental level, allowing them to amplify their speed to being faster than teleportation and moving through time as well as tapping into the world's energy for conversion to vitality and use in spells.
* Passive Law Manipulation: Can make the natural law of the world fade away with their mere presence. Replace the laws and rules of the surrounding realm with their own.
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* All prior and current abilities
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==3rd Step: Pursuing the Dao==
3rd Step cultivators focus mainly on the cultivation and development of Dao. They are capable of destroying entire universes at the very least, are unaffected by being severed from space, time, fate and the universe itself, and have mastered at least one Essence, a fundamental concept that allows everything from converting reality to unreality and vice-versa, manipulating infinite-dimensional space and more. It is the last step of many realms and worlds, with very few actually going beyond it. 
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* All prior improved to unfathomable levels.
* Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1): Can wield Essence, a fundamental aspect of existence that's the source of everything.
* Improved Passive Law Manipulation and Mind Manipulation: Can passively replace the laws of a galaxy, universe or even beyond with their own, as well as make all wills function according to themselves.
*Improved Fate Manipulation: Can control the fate of an entire universe or even more and everything within them on a whim.
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* All prior and current abilities
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==4th Step: Transcendence==
Beyond them are the 4th Step "Transcendent" cultivators, who completely eclipse all others with even 3rd Step cultivators unable to understand and comprehend their existence. They can create and manipulate Essences, Daos and natural laws with a thought are Essences unto themselves. They stand at the peak of most Dao Domains and are powerful figures even in the context of The Universe as a whole. 
* This step is also known as Heaven Trampling (Renegade Immortal), Boundless Dao (Pursuit of the Truth), Daosource (I Shall Seal the Heavens) and Eternal (A Will Eternal).
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* All prior abilities to unfathomably high levels.
* Abstract Existence (Type 1): Exist as Sources of Dao and are Essences unto themselves though they normally interact with the world using a physical body.
* Regeneration (Mid-Godly): Can regenerate and reform bodies and souls from their Daosource.
* Immortality (Types 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9): Exist beyond time and space, life and death. Act through physical bodies mostly, which are manifestations of their Daos. Can reincarnate at will. 
* Law Manipulation: As Daosources, they can create and destroy Laws, Daos and Essences.
* Creation: Can form anything out of nothing on a whim.
* Resurrection: Can bring others back to life by pulling them through time or the cycle of reincarnation.
* Beyond-Dimensional Existence (Type 2): They're Daosources and Essences, which transcend all space and time, form, shape etc.
* Nigh Omnipresence (Omnipresent in their own territory): Exist wherever their Daos are present and can merge their will with entire realms, achieving true omnipresence there.
* Size Manipulation: Can change the size of their physical bodies at will, from being human sized to being larger than the Harmonious Morus Alba or even more.
* Transduality (Type 2): The universe is based upon the idea of binary opposition, which is defined by the Yin and Yang itself. Their existence as transcendent make them above and independent of the essence of Yin-Yang which encompasses any opposition in the universe.
* Nonexistent Physiology (Nature Type 3, Aspect Type 5; 4th Step Cultivators were Essences unto themselves. Essences were their own forms of natural law, both existing and nonexistent, independent of magic and natural laws.
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*All prior and current abilities
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