Martial Paths and Daos

## Battle Prestige

Battle prestige is means used to identify one's strength in comparison to another realm, showing one's talent and overall potential. It is divided into many groups ranked below:

### Mortal Threshold

The realms consisting of the four beginnings, Body, Aura, Foundation and True Qi.

#### Layered Strength | Humans

1. **First Layer Strength** -  Jumping 0 - 3 ranks
2. **Second Layer** - Jumping 4 - 6 ranks
3. **Third Layer** - Jumping 7 - 9 ranks (Supreme Battle Prestige)
4. **Half Step Transcended Layer (Also called, Extreme Third Layer Boundary)**
	1. Layer 1 - Jumping 10 ranks
	2. Layer 2 - Jumping 11 ranks
	3. Layer 3 - Jumping 12 ranks
	4. Layer 4 - Jumping 13 ranks (**True Transcended Layer - Paragon Battle Prestige**)
5. **???** - (**Perfection**)

#### Class Strength | Fiendkin

1. **First Class** - Jumping 0 - 3 ranks  -  Low Class Fiend Race
2. **Second Class** - Jumping 4 - 6 ranks  -  Mid Class Fiend Race
3. **Third Class** - Jumping 7 - 9 ranks  -  High Class Fiend Race
4. **Half Step Fourth Class** - Jumping 10 - 12 ranks Variant High Class Fiend Race
	1. - **Fourth Class** - Jumping 13 ranks - Top Class Fiend Race / Transcended Fiend

Each **Layered Battle Prestige** is divided into **lower**, **upper** and **pinnacle**, representing the different ranks that one can jump in that realm. At the **Low Level Early Rank** **Warrior Realm (First Tier)**, if one achieves the **Half Step Transcended Layer Battle Prestige**, they can trade blows and escape from a True Soul Realm, to varying degrees. If one achieves the **Transcended Layer Battle Prestige**, they can defeat a True Soul Realm.

### Transcending Mortality

The combat power for realms beyond the mortal realms, details yet to be unfolded

## Martial Paths and Intention

The Martial Way, a truly mysterious and abstruse series of paths meant to cultivate one’s way to the peak of all fields. Those who cultivate this doctrine are either in search of eternal life, power, status, or aloofness. Each of which can be identified by their way of practice.  Typically, or at least in the True Yuan Continent, they can be divided as Martial Practitioners, Body Cultivators, Shaolin, Mind Daoist’s, Mages, and a few more.

A Martial Path / Intent is a cumulative understanding of one individual’s perspective of the world and the universe. It is through the knowledge of the rules that govern all things that will allow one to defy those rules, this, in turn, is an act against the heavens, a defiance of the natural order, which is why all who walk the path of an expert and the Martial Way, are subject to trials from the universe. In overcoming these trials, one can advance and transform their existence into higher beings.

They are divided into many ranks and levels such as:

1. **Rank-less Martial Paths / Intent** - the Sword Path, Blade Path, the Shadow Path, the Devouring Path, etc...
2. **Top Rank Martial Paths / Intent** - the Space Path, Time Path, etc...
3. **High Ranked Martial Paths / Intent** - the Lightning Path, and Light Path, Fused Element Paths, etc...
4. **Lower-Ranked Martial Paths / Intent** - the Fire Path, Water Path, Wood Path, Wind Path, Metal Path and Earth Path, etc...

Each of these Martial Intent art divided into three stages, and once one achieves mastery of each stage, they will acquire a special power field known as an **Intent Domain** and accompanying increase in **Battle Prestige**. They are classed as below:

1. **Rank-less Martial Paths / Intent**
	1. Stage 1: Maximum Battle Prestige - Layer 1 Battle Prestige (Jumping 3 Ranks)
	2. Stage 2: Maximum Battle Prestige - Peak Layer 2 Battle Prestige (Jumping 6 Ranks)
	3. Stage 3: Maximum Battle Prestige - Lower Layer 3 Battle Prestige (Jumping 7 Ranks)
2. **Top Rank Martial Paths / Intent**
	1. Stage 1: Maximum Battle Prestige - Layer 1 Battle Prestige (Jumping 3 Ranks)
	2. Stage 2: Maximum Battle Prestige - Peak Layer 2 Battle Prestige (Jumping 6 Ranks)
	3. Stage 3: Maximum Battle Prestige - Lower Layer 3 Battle Prestige (Jumping 7 Ranks)
3. **High Ranked Martial Paths / Intent**
	1. Stage 1: Maximum Battle Prestige - Layer 1 Battle Prestige (Jumping 3 Ranks)
	2. Stage 2: Maximum Battle Prestige - Layer 2 Battle Prestige (Jumping 4 Ranks)
	3. Stage 3: Maximum Battle Prestige - Peak Layer 2 Battle Prestige (Jumping 6 Ranks)
4. **Lower-Ranked Martial Paths / Intent**
	1. Stage 1: Maximum Battle Prestige - +1 Battle Prestige (Jumping 1 Ranks)
	2. Stage 2: Maximum Battle Prestige - +2 Battle Prestige (Jumping 2 Ranks)
	3. Stage 3: Maximum Battle Prestige - Layer 1 Battle Prestige (Jumping 3 Ranks)

#### Martial Intent Stages

Each Martial Intent's stage are achieved through different mastery degrees, shown by percentages, each of which will determine the power and talent a practitioner. These percentages are as follows:

1. Stage-less - 0 - 29%
2. Stage 1 - 30% - 59
3. Stage 2- 60% - 89
4. Stage 3 - 90% - 99(Pinnacle)
5. 100% Dao Strand

## Martial Dao's and Dao Strands

Beyond Martial Intent mastery, there is the next level known as the Dao, but as each Dao is vast and boundless, a weaker practitioner can only comprehend fragments of its whole, essentially referred to as Dao Strands. They are divided in the same categories as Martial Intents, but their usages and power are vastly different as they can advance and become stronger Dao's depending one's own insights. More details have yet to be uncovered...