Alchemy/Ranks

These are the Alchemy Ranks or Pill Cultivation Ranks
== Ranks ==
Rank 	中文 	Requirements 	Chapter obtained (Long Chen)
Pill Apprentice	丹徒 	 	Chapter 4
Pill Adept 	丹士 	 	Chapter 39, also see Chapter 148
Pill Master 	丹师 	 	Chapter 190, also see Chapter 386
Pill King 	丹王 	Refine Ringed Fourth Tier Medicinal Pill 	Chapter 390
Pill Emperor 	丹皇 	Refine Five-Ringed Fifth Tier Medicinal Pill	Chapter 575
Pill Ancestor 	丹宗 	 	
Pill Venerate 	丹尊 	 	
Pill Saint 	丹圣 	 	
Pill Sovereign 	丹帝 	 	
== Details ==
Pill cultivator ranks were Pill Apprentice, Pill Adept, Pill Master, Pill King, Pill Emperor, Pill Ancestor, Pill Venerate, Pill Saint, and Pill Sovereign.（丹徒、丹士、丹师、丹王、丹皇、丹宗、丹尊、丹圣、丹帝。）
The Fengfu Pill was a first tier medicinal pill and generally, pill cultivators who had reached the Pill Apprentice rank could refine a first tier medicinal pill.
Long Chen's current memories also included those of a Pill Sovereign, so he was completely clear on his current capabilities. When Long Chen had awoken, his Spiritual Strength had changed to become abnormally strong compared to his previous trash self; therefore, Long Chen was qualified to use his Spiritual Strength in such a manner.
Pill Apprentice, Pill Adept, Pill Master, Pill King, Pill Emperor, Pill Ancestor, Pill Venerate, Pill Saint, Pill Sovereign. These 9 alchemist ranks corresponded to pill tiers 1-9.
These alchemist tiers didn't necessarily have a relation to cultivation base. Cultivation base was just an assistance. A Sea Expansion alchemist would still forever be a Pill Master if they were only able to refine third tier pills.
However, such people would have long since given up their alchemist status to become martial artists, or it would be too embarrassing.
== Tenth tier and above ==
There are supposedly 9 tiers, but a 10th tier pill exists: the Tyrannical Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill. 
Pill Sovereign (rank) was supposed to correlate with the ninth tier. In other words, the peak was supposed to be the ninth rank.
However, after arriving in Pill Valley, he had learned that this knowledge had been nothing more than the sayings of the secular world. The truth was that no one dared to call themselves anything greater than a Pill Ancestor.
This related to the secrets of the Pill Dao. Nowadays, the alchemy ranks came to a stop at the Pill Ancestor level. No one dared to call themselves a Pill Saint, let alone a Pill Sovereign. It was like the alchemy path had been severed.
Within Pill Valley, he had found ancient texts that had mentioned the rank of Pill Sovereign. Those texts were very vague, but they seemed to be saying that Pill Sovereigns were on the same level as those great martial Sovereigns of the past.
However, there were no details. He had gone through all the ancient texts he could read, but hadn't found anything else.
== See also ==
* Pill
* Pill Emperor (Long Chen's memories)
* Chapter 2, where some basic concepts are introduced
==References==
Category:Alchemy
Category:Pill Rank
Category:Cultivation