The Grades

* Lasts up to Lvl 49

## E grade

* The Dao is infused into the body at the E-Grade. **Ch 47**
* To advance from the F to the E-Grade, one had to understand one of their Dao Roots deeply enough to transform it into a Dao Seed, then connect it to all the other Dao Roots. When meditating freely, it wasn’t unheard of to accidentally turn the wrong Dao Root into a Dao Seed—after all, insight was quite a random thing. **Ch 70**
* Lasts up till Lvl 125. **Ch 51**
* If someone without a Dao-infused body tried to travel, via teleportation, many star systems away, they would only arrive as a puddle of blood. **Ch 76**
* The breakthrough to the E-Grade was all about infusing the body with the Dao Root that you planned to advance. When the infusion was complete, the breakthrough was a success, and the Dao Root became a Dao Seed, taking root deep inside your soul. But if you couldn’t infuse your entire body, your foundation would be cracked, and you would be stuck between the peak of the F-Grade and the start of the E-Grade for your entire life. **Ch 97**
* Advancing to the E grade comes with a +10 to all stats thanks to infusing your body with the Dao. **Ch 98**
* One had to forge as many Dao Roots as they desired, then connect them all to their Dao Seed. Only when the seed and roots were fully connected could the Dao Tree sprout. Of course, the more Dao Roots one had, the stronger they would be. But power came with a price. Even if you reached the peak of the E-Grade—Level 124—you couldn’t advance to the D-Grade unless you connected all Dao Roots to your Dao Seed. And connecting them was difficult. Therefore, one had to choose the perfect number of Dao Roots. **Ch 113**
	+ One root was the minimum, of course.
	+ Not all Dao Roots could connect with all Dao Seeds. In fact, most couldn’t. A cultivator had to be extremely careful in what Dao Roots they chose to cultivate, as very few could achieve a perfect fusion with the Dao Seed, and a single unfusable one would doom them to forever remain at the E-Grade.
	+ For that reason, most D-Grades only had one Dao Root—and their Dao Seed, of course. Those with two were considered elites even amongst immortals. Those with three were hailed as prodigies. And in the galaxy’s million-year history, there had only been a handful of people who advanced to the D-Grade with four Dao Roots. Nobody had ever achieved five.

## D grade

* D-Grades can see through Disguise Potions. **Ch 45**
* D grade seems to involve a narrowing of the focus of the Dao as you turn to a singular purpose. **Ch 62**
* D-Grades and above are known as Immortals. When they form their Dao Tree, not only do they gain abilities like flight or absorbing natural energies to strengthen themselves, but their lifespan also increases by a factor of 10. Hence, the title. **Ch 70**

## C grade

### C grade factions

* Merchant Union
* Ursus Mountain
* Belarian Outpost
* Iron Fist Empire
* Glacial Pole
	+ A C grade faction that took their chances against a rising talent known as the Sword Emperor ignoring him and suffered an unknown fate 3 years later. **Bk 2 Prologue**
* Barren High **Ch 177**

## B grade

* The B-Grades are quite god-like. There are rumours they can destroy planets. **Ch 63**

### B grade factions

* Animal Kingdom
* Exploding Sun
* Black Hole Church
* Hand of God
* Wide Swirls

## A grade

* The Hand of God is trying to cultivate the galaxy’s first A-Grade cultivator, so they’re willing to invest in newly-integrated planets and rising geniuses. **Ch 54**

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