Sixteen Supreme Steps Law

## Sixteen Supreme Steps LawGong\_1\_Shui

### Description

One of the true elemental Laws of the Taiyi Sect, including 4 states and 16 different limits that require a step-by-step progress. It is not easy to reach a higher state in this Law, but it does not require much to begin with. You will make steadfast progress in cultivation, and immortality may eventually happen.

### Description on Selection

This Law requires a step-by-step progress and especially a stable foundation, but you have to experience the first tribulation during core shaping. Are you sure you want to follow this Law?

## Xiandao Aspects

### Skills

* Land,
* Bestow,
* Enlighten

**Sixteen Supreme Steps** is a Water Taiyi Law. It is a Spell law with a focus on utility spells. With its frequent breakthroughs, difficult access to Gather Qi items and poor seasons for breakthrough, it is the worst starting law choice for beginners.

## Obtainment

This law can be chosen as a starting Experience or obtained with the other Taiyi Laws from the Return to Taiyi Secret on day 21.

## Law Match

Matching or exceeding the following Attribute values improves Cultivation:

The highest possible Law Matching value with capped stats and without any Water Law Matching Bonus for Sixteen Supreme Steps Law is 173%.

## General

As the only orthodox Water Law, it is the easiest choice for those elemental requirements. However, the law has lengthy and sometimes dangerous breakthroughs, and is missing a payoff for its higher cultivation difficulty.

Thanks to the multi-level Amalgam Manual, it has decent Spell Power and extra Max Qi, but no exclusive offensive spell, so it can be seen as an utility law.

At the Demi-God Stage, Sixteen Supreme Steps cultivators get access to the powerful zone buff Qi Aquasphere, which gives +1500% Qi Absorption Speed Bonus (`AddP`) to all friendly cultivators, on top of other minor effects detailed on the Weather page.

## Mutually exclusive Manuals

Sixteen Supreme Steps Law contains the following Mutually Exclusive Manuals:

* Essential Osmosis - Cannot coexist with Meridian Osmosis or Inner Osmosis
* Meridian Osmosis - Cannot coexist with Essential Osmosis or Inner Osmosis
* Inner Osmosis - Cannot coexist with Essential Osmosis or Meridian Osmosis

## Manual List

The Cultivation Level corresponds to the Manual requirement which may not correspond to the Inspiration Tree level. It is the one considered when learning from the Manual Pavilion.

## Law related aspects

The following Achievements are related to Sixteen Supreme Steps Law;

* Scion of Supreme Steps
	+ Cultivate the Sixteen Supreme Steps Law
* Orthodox Training: Supreme Steps
	+ Cultivate the Sixteen Supreme Steps Law with over 150% of compatibility
* Tier I: Supreme Steps
	+ Shape the Tier I Golden Core with the Sixteen Supreme Steps Law
* Mastery: Supreme Steps
	+ Ascend through the Sixteen Supreme Steps Law

## Element related aspects

Sixteen Supreme Steps Law is a Water Element Law, the following applies for all Water Element Laws.

### Cultivation resources

As a Water Law, it wants an environment rich in Metal. Because there are no easy early game Metal Qi Gathering materials, this makes it difficult to cultivate at the beginning of the game. Lumina Core and Lumina Core Bars, Samsara Pills, Sage Fruits are among the main materials to use.

#### Metal Element Cultivation Array

* Flooring under the cultivator should be Lumina Core Offcut due to the lower amount of Metal Element provided by both Darksteel Offcuts and Iron Offcuts.
* When utilizing Qi Cushions, both Ice Crystal Bars and Ice Essence Bars provide the same amount of Cozy bonus, both can be utilized interchangeably.
* When utilizing the Altar of Magic, Lumina Core Bar Altar of Magic is ideally preferred. A Darksteel Altar of Magic provides a smaller Cozy bonus, while a Spirit Crystal Altar of Magic doesn't emit any element.
* While Samsara Pills have higher Qi Gathering than Sage Fruits (90 as opposed to 75), Sage Fruits emit more Metal element at a greater range (12 and Range 5 as opposed 8 and Range 2).
* When lacking in Lumina Cores, turn them into Lumina Core Bars. The reduced Qi gathering and Element is compensated by having more of the materials.
* Avoid Dragon Feces and other Earth element materials. As Earth overcomes Water, the reduced Cultivation Efficiency is rarely worth the added Qi gathering.

### Event differences

Water Law cultivators are utilized in following events:

Natural Spirit Root in the wild (Story\_LingZhiGet);

* Wormwrought Valley(Place\_SouthForest3) with a LUK equal or greater than a random number between 1 and 9 for a Gnarled Vine.
* Lake Jadestone (Place\_SnowField2) with a LUK equal or greater than a random number between 1 and 19 for a Prism Lotus.

Cultivation Areas:

* Metal Element areas (Mt. Mesa, Story\_XiuLian\_Jin): result is Cultivation XP increased by 20 \*State\*State\*State
* Wood Element areas (Millspine Forest, Story\_XiuLian\_Mu): result is Cultivation XP increased by 10\*State
* Water Element areas (Supreme Clarity Cave, Story\_XiuLian\_Shui): result is Cultivation XP increased by 10\*State\*State\*State
* Fire Element areas (Glimmer Cave, Story\_XiuLian\_Huo): result is Cultivation XP increased by 10\*State
* Earth Element areas (Mirage Wastelands, Story\_XiuLian\_Tu): result is receiving an Overflow of Qi damage.

Rare Adventure Spots:

* Rare Metal drop (HighFind\_Jin, Abyss), result is nothing.
* Rare Wood drop (HighFind\_Mu, not utilized in any existing location), if cultivators LUK is equal or greater than a random number between 1 and 9, receive an item from the locations PlaceHighProduce cache.
* Rare Water drop (HighFind\_Shui, Celestial Pool, Deathknell Cave), if cultivators LUK is equal or greater than a random number between 1 and 19, receive an item from the locations PlaceHighProduce cache.
* Rare Fire drop (HighFind\_Huo, Poison Dragon Lake), result is nothing.
* Rare Earth drop (HighFind\_Tu, Gemspring Cave, Southrock Palace (WuDang DLC)), result is nothing.

Other Events:

* Bladesmith Tomb (Story\_JianZhong, adventuring at Bladesmith Tomb), Water Cultivators have the received Artifact with its Material as Eastern Wood Essence(Item\_Other\_MuJing).
* Mysterious Array Diagram (BaoZang\_QingLianShan21, adventuring at Mt. Caerulea), Water Element cultivators are used to fill the Array during Spring.
* Sunshade Setting Sun (LingWu\_DanXia, adventuring at Sunshade Precipice), if a Water Element cultivator with INT equal or greater than 6 and Stage at least Core Shaping hasn't learnt Violet Clouds (Other\_Esoterica\_DanXia2), they have an option to learn it.

### Ancient Formation Node requirements

The following Ancient Formation nodes require a Water Element cultivator for activation. **Due to the conditions being bugged as of 1.211, these requirements will only show up with mods.**

* Ragestriker Formation - Endless Fury
* Impregnable Formation - Green Lotus
* Divine Law Formation - Emperor of North Star Formation
* Dark Force Formation - Yin Force of Heaven, Yin Force of Earth, Yin Force of Human (all nodes)
* Abyssal Sword Formation - Gate of Openness, Gate of Rest, Gate of Life (all nodes under Abyssal Sword Formation: Auspicious)

## Screenshots

1. ↑ `XiaWorld.Fight.FightMgr.SkillDamageApply()`, in the `skilldef.Kind == g_emFightSkillKind.Health` conditional
2. ↑ `XiaWorld.Fight.FightMgr.SkillDamageApply()`, in the `skilldef.Kind == g_emFightSkillKind.Damage` conditional and `XiaWorld.Thing.ReduceDamage(FightSkillDef...)`
3. ↑ `XiaWorld.Fight.FightMgr.SkillDamageApply()`, in the `skilldef.Kind == g_emFightSkillKind.Health` conditional