Mortal Realms

The Mortal Realms are the easiest to break through, and the starting point of cultivation.

#### Great 36 Meridians

The cultivator must absorb the spiritual energy into their body and carefully unlock the meridians. Once 18 are unlocked, they can move onto the Qi Refining realm. However, if they are talented, then they can unlock more meridians to improve their speed of cultivation.

If they unlock all 36 meridians, which almost never happens, then they can create more meridians. However this is almost an impossible feat, and only achievable by the most talented people.

#### Qi Refining

The path of cultivation officially begins. The cultivator learns the basics of refining spiritual energy into qi, and how to cultivate. This is the first true realm.

#### Foundation Establishment

The cultivator has learnt the basics and must construct nine pillars in their divine sea- the foundation. The stronger these pillars, the greater the heights the cultivator can reach. Weak foundations will lead to cultivators becoming weak.

Strong foundations mean a strong cultivation.

#### Golden Core

The cultivator can condense their qi into a golden sphere- the golden core. These cores act like small dantians orbiting the real dantian. They improve the speed of cultivating massively, and play an important part for all cultivators. As cultivators grow stronger, they can create more golden cores. It’s said that once somebody becomes an immortal, they will possess a hundred golden cores.

#### Manifestation

The cultivator must manifest their soul. It will appear like an ethereal mist inside their divine sea that purifies their qi, making it stronger.

#### Nascent Soul

The manifested soul of the cultivator will transform, taking on a human form that appears identical to them. It will become much stronger, and when the cultivator’s body dies they can send out their nascent soul to possess another body.

#### Spirit Unity

The cultivator can manifest and construct more nascent souls- all these nascent souls will then be united into one nascent soul, improving their strength dramatically. It will also develop divine vision, allowing a cultivator to feel their surroundings across massive distances.

#### Ensouling

The nascent soul will collapse in on itself, forming a sphere. This sphere will sit in the centre of the dantian ,constantly absorbing raw spiritual energy to become stronger. It is known as the Metamorphosis Soul.

#### Nihility

The Metamorphosis Soul will suddenly expand, becoming black in colour. Inner demons will attack the cultivator, which they must defeat, or else they’ll be taken over by their desires and become a demon.

#### Human Deity

The Metamorphosis Soul will suddenly transform into a giant ethereal human that appears just like them- the True Nascent Soul. They can let their nascent soul possess them to become much stronger and take on a Human Deity Form. This transformation is costly though, as it consumes massive amounts of energy.

### Life and Death Gate

The Life and Death Gate is the first transitioning realm for cultivators. They will appear before a black and white, yin and yang gate guarded by a thousand ghost soldiers. They must battle through the army and walk through the Life and Death Gate in order to become closer to an Immortal.