Heaven Stealing Law

## Heaven Stealing LawGong\_5\_Tu

### Description

Thousands of years ago, earth was forced to separate from heaven, causing a depletion of Qi in the human realm, and ascension became impossible. Out of desperation, a cultivator with a rare gift discovered an unusual way and created this Law. It does not rely on the environment, but will cost one's life energy to breakthrough. Therefore, only a person with the healthiest body and various rare medicines to prolong their lifespan can cultivate in this Law.

### Description on Selection

One will excel in guarding skills. As long as the Golden Core meets the requirement, the breakthroughing will be successful. However, it will cost a great portion of lifespan during cultivation. Are you sure you want to follow this Law?

## Xiandao Aspects

### Skills

Protect (Bihu), Bestow (Ciqi), Enlighten (Guanding)

**Heaven Stealing Law** is an Earth Non-Taiyi Law used in Xiandao Cultivation that costs Lifespan at every Breakthrough. It is the fastest Law for Ascension by far.

## Methods of Acquisition

Heaven Stealing Law can be acquired:

* by selecting it as a starting Perk: Heaven Stealing Legacy for Humans or Lucky Trick with Reincarnator Ghost Fu
* from an Ancient Casket: 1/23, or 4.34% chance per casket
* with a Manifesting Mandate (`Secrets_Gong5`) Secret

## Law Match

Matching or exceeding the following Attribute values improves Cultivation:

The highest possible Law Matching value with capped stats and without any Earth Law Matching Bonus for Heaven Stealing Law is 157%.

## General

It is a very simple law, with nothing slowing it down except for the lifespan requirements. The total lifespan cost for all breakthroughs is 945 years. However, as Xiandao bonuses give Lifespan totalling 400 years, and the Law itself has numerous Lifespan manuals, it is more than self-sufficient.

The law also gives access to the Legacy Artifact Needles of Tribulation, a strong Legacy Artifact, as it's easy to craft and has decent power.

The price for that extreme easiness and cultivation speed is that the Law has very little extra inherent power, but an easy source of Immortal's Mortal Body is nothing to scoff at.

Its exclusive manual line of diptychs Defile/Restore culminating in Body of Obscurity gives a decent Max Qi bonus. It is also designed to help Anima Conversion, however this is not a mechanic players frequently engage with as its flat Max Qi is considered negligible.

Heaven Stealing Law contains no Mutually Exclusive Manuals.

## 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 Heaven Stealing Law:

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

## Element related aspects

Heaven Stealing Law is an Earth Element Law, the following applies for all Earth Element Laws.

### Cultivation resources

As an Earth Element Law, it wants an environment rich in Fire. Because a large amount of Fire Element Qi Gathering materials also affect the temperature, balancing out the temperature is ofter accomplished by making a larger room containing both a Fire Element and a Water Element Cultivation Array. An alternative way of balancing the temperature is using Ice Crystal/Ice Essence Displays.

An Earth element array can also be utilized when the proper materials haven't been acquired, as the added Qi and Qi Gathering can initially make up for the lack of Elemental Strength.

#### Fire Element Cultivation Array

* Flooring under the cultivator should be Igneocopper Offcut, the Soil should contain the **least** amount of Wood possible. Avoid Fertile Soil.
* When utilizing Qi Cushions, Holy Stone is the ideal material. Jade is second best while retaining auspiciousness.
* When utilizing the Altar of Magic, Spirit Crystal is preferred for the higher Cozy Bonus. Both Igneocopper and Fire Essence provide an identical Cozy bonus, which is higher than Spirit Stone (lower than Spirit Crystal), but has the added effect of increasing temperature.
* When available, start utilizing Phoenix Drops.

### Event differences

Earth Element cultivators are utilized in following events:

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

* Mt. Rue (Place\_FertileField5) with a LUK equal or greater than a random number between 1 and 9 for a Sage Fruit.
* Alchemist's Peak (CentralPlains2) with a LUK equal or greater than a random number between 1 and 19 for an Ocher Essence.

Cultivation Areas:

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

Rare Adventure Spots:

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

Other Events:

* Bladesmith Tomb (Story\_JianZhong, adventuring at Bladesmith Tomb), Earth Cultivators have the received Artifact with its Material as Western Metal Essence(Item\_Other\_JinJing).
* Mysterious Array Diagram (BaoZang\_QingLianShan21, adventuring at Mt. Caerulea), Earth Element cultivators are used to fill the Array during Autumn.

### Ancient Formation Node requirements

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

* Ragestriker Formation - Ragestriker
* Impregnable Formation - White Cloud
* Divine Law Formation - Emperor of Earth Formation
* Abyssal Sword Formation - Gate of Death, Gate of Menace, Gate of Damage (all nodes under Abyssal Sword Formation: Ominous)
* Convergence Formation - Shape of Emerald Peak, Shape of Precipice, Shape of Plain Isle, Shape of Sanctuary, Shape of Paradise (all nodes)

## Tips

* This Law costs Lifespan at every Breakthrough, even in the middle of a Stage, so keep Lifespan extending items at hand.

## Trivia

* Unusual Law with Law Matching of 9 Constitution and 3 Luck.

## Screenshots

1. ↑ `XiaWorld.Fight.FightMgr.SkillDamageApply()`, in the `skilldef.Kind == g_emFightSkillKind.Sheild` conditional
2. ↑ `XiaWorld.Fight.FightMgr.SkillDamageApply()`, in the `skilldef.Kind == g_emFightSkillKind.Sheild` conditional