E-Grade

## Requirements

* There are generally three things that are needed to upgrade to E-grade: Race, Dao, and achievements. **Book 1, Page 472**

#### E-Grade Race

* Your Race needs to be E-grade, ... **Book 1, Page 472**
* Advancing the Race is the most basic requirement for any class advancement, and no matter the Dao enlightenment or titles, without an advanced Race, you simply will not progress. **Book 1, Page 448**
* “Most mortals are forever stuck at F-grade Classes, since they can’t afford the means to evolve into an E-rank Race. **Book 1, Page 448**

#### Dao

* ... you need to have grasped at least one Dao Seed, ... **Book 1, Page 472**
* ... it was worth remembering that most cultivators entered the E-grade with an Early Dao Seed rather than an Early Dao Fragment. **Chapter 973**

#### Achievements

* ... your actions must enable the class. **Book 1, Page 472**
* Some classes have even more restrictions, such as status restrictions or Title requirements, but those are exceptions rather than the rule. **Book 1, Page 472**
* Achievements is the third requirement, and the most diffuse. Only with a full Heritage can you know exactly what you need to do to be able to gain a class. But examples are to fight in wars, to have killed enough enemies, to have seen and explored certain areas. Generally to have grown as a being and have accomplished things above the norm. **Book 1, Page 473**

## First Bottleneck

* “If you don’t fulfil all three requirements, you will not be able to upgrade your class and progress from level 75. It is therefore known as the first bottleneck. **Book 1, Page 472**
* Gaining the levels was usually the easiest step in evolving, but it was other things that held people back. From what he understood, some spent a decade at the bottleneck before advancing, though he still didn’t know exactly why. **Book 2, Page 641**

## Focus

* ... the E-Grade was the best opportunity to open up nodes that might benefit him for the rest of his life. **Book 6, Page 3**
* "... and the E-grade around finding and opening hidden nodes ... **Book 8, Page 91**

## Stages

* Levels 75 - 150 (Chapter 253):
	+ Early (75 - 100)
	+ Middle (100 - 125)
	+ High (126 - 149)
	+ Peak (150)

## Bottlenecks

### Race

* *You must upgrade your race, even if only partially, or you risk hitting the attribute cap for your primary stat.*
* His plan was to immediately eat the **[Fruit of Rebirth**] and the two Race-boosting pills he’d gotten in the Base Town while flying toward the core of the Dead Zone. It might not be enough to completely pass into D-grade Race, but it would at least set up the foundations and both increase his longevity and unlock some of the attribute cap of having a D-grade Race. **Book 5, Chapter 469**

### **Nodes**

* “It is like a mini-bottleneck. There are spots all through your pathways that need to be awakened, and each node gives you a level. Every time you break open a node, it feels like you break a chain shackling you. Cosmic Energy flows smoother through your pathways, and your body feels lighter,” Ylvas continued. “From what I’ve gathered, there are seventy-five ordinary nodes, but also a few hidden ones.” **Book 3, Page 283**