Perception

Your character will gain Cultivation Base (CB) passively every five seconds. The amount gained is random and within a range that depends on your Cultivation Realm. This range is shown below the character in the main screen. Besides this randomized amount, there's a fixed amount gained equal to your Efficiency stat, which is half of your **Perception** stat.

## Heavenly Books

To increase your Perception you need Heavenly Books. At the beginning of the game you can get a Heavenly Book from the Spirit Jade section of the Market for just 1 Spirit Jade (SJ). There's also another for 10 SJ and 100 SJ. While the 100 SJ one is too expensive you can buy the 10 SJ Heavenly Book if you want to.

While the extra Perception will help get through the beginning of the game, it's not as good as the Books you unlock at Ensoulment or the CB you can get from Coupling. So, just get the 1 SJ Heavenly Book and after you reach Ensoulment Realm you don't need to worry about Perception anymore. Later into the game you will have access to much more Heavenly Books, but you won't need the extra Perception at that point and will be better to use your time and resources on other things.

If you are curious, some of the beginner Sects also have a Heavenly Book you can get instead of an Ultimate skill. While higher level Sects have only Heavenly Books or Mantras available.

Every 5 Mental Meditations in the Meditation Room you will receive a Taoist Note, a level 5 Heavenly Book. You can get up to 20 Heavenly Books this way.

In every Roam stage there's a Peddler where you can get a Heavenly Book. One for every stage so another 20 Heavenly Books.

## Others

There are other ways to increase Perception, but nothing as good as Heavenly Books.

* Reading Books in the Study Room will also give a very small amount of Perception according to your Enlightenment Level. The maximum is +240 at level 25.
* One of the Alliance Skills also offer a small bonus. +100 Perception for every level.

## Is Perception Important?

TL;DR: Not really. Don't worry about it.

The difference Perception makes in your account depends mainly on three things:

1. What realm is your account at?
2. How much perception do you have?
3. How much you care about your cultivation realm?

Let's address these one by one.

1. The lower your realm, the more effective your Perception stat will be. In the starting realms the amount of CB you need is very small and the boost from increasing your Perception stat and using the Cultivation Room/Transfer will be very helpful in your realm progression. **But** it is also true that you will be receiving CB from quest rewards and once you reach Ensoulment Realm you will be able to use Books to quickly increase your realm.
2. This will sound obvious but if you have a huge Perception then of course it's going to make a difference, at least in the beginning. But there's a problem, increasing your Perception is not quick and easy, even for whales/big-spenders. By the time you finally got your Heavenly Books you probably already past the Ensoulment realm, at that point it's better to focus on Books. And even after the Books are no longer helpful, you will be relying on Coupling and Perception will not get a chance to shine again. Even with an absurd amount of Perception, Coupling would still overtake every other source of CB eventually. And that's besides the fact that there's a limit to how much Perception you are able to get.
3. Let's clarify something. There are not many reasons to worry about your Cultivation Realm. You don't need to invest too heavily on it unless you **want** to. You unlock almost everything at Golden Immortal and the last Sect rank at Immortal Emperor. Even with the latest updates a high realm will get you about 2 to 3 million Immortal Force, not a significant amount in the long run. It might be helpful for getting a seat at Ascension Pavilion or Jingcheng but not to the point of worrying about.