Cultivation

In Library of Heaven's Path novel, there are 9 dans (or layers) of cultivation for martial artists in the **Fighter** (武者, *wuzhe*), **Transcendent** **Mortal** (化凡, *huafan*), and **Saint** (圣者, *shengzhe*) **Great Realms** (Cultivation ranks). The 9-dan **Supreme** (至尊, *zhizun*) is the pinnacle of a mortal's cultivation in the Fighter realm. In more advanced realms the number of dans varies, although it is usually four. Additionally, some Great Realms have additional transitional dans which can be optionally attained.

There are a total of 7 Great Realms of cultivation known, ranging from **Fighter** (武者, *wuzhe*) as the weakest, through to **God** (神, *shen*) as the strongest.

With the exception of the **Great Sage** (大圣, *dasheng)* Realm, all realms can be divided into 4 small dans: **Primary dan** (初期), **Intermediate dan** (中期), **Advanced dan** (后期) and **Pinnacle** (巅峰).

## True Essence Cultivation

### Grades

True Essence (真气, *zhenqi*) can be divided in 3 grades, from strongest to weakest:

* Superior
* Intermediate
* Inferior

Higher the quality of one's true essence, more clear it would be and further one would be able to climb in the future. The grade of one's true essence reflects the quality of one's cultivation technique. It is said that in order to cultivate superior true essence, it is required a god or saint cultivation technique. For that reason, superior essence qi is exceedingly rare.

Superior grade true essence has many wonderful uses such as healing capabilities and protecting the user from poison.

Heaven's Path True Essence is a superior grade true essence cultivated from the Heaven's Path Cultivation Technique created by Zhang Xuan.

## Techniques and Armaments Grades

Cultivation and Battle Techniques, and Armaments can be divided in 7 grades, and each grade is further divided into 4 tiers.

Battle Technique, there is the concept of mastery as well (i.e. how adept you are at using the technique). The higher the rank of the battle technique, the harder it is to gain mastery in it. Mastery is divided into :

* Novice
* Initiate
* Minor Accomplishment
* Major Accomplishment
* Consummation.

## Great Realms

There are 7 Great Realms of cultivation known. Every dan of a Great Realm is divided in dans, usually 4 (primary, intermediate, advanced and pinnacle) or 6 (which includes the perfection and consummation dans). The dans of the God realm are divided into different dans depending on the dan.

One month in the Abandoned Continent is 1 year in the Master Teacher Continent.

## Navigation

2. Dantian
3. True Essence (Zhenqi)
4. Body Tempering (Pigu)
5. Cauldron Strength (Dingli)
6. Acupoint Opening (Pixue)
7. Profound Connection (Tongxuan)
8. Grandmaster (Zongshi)
 Transcendent Mortal 9-dans | 1. Prolonged Longevity
2. Origin Energy
3. Yin-Yang
4. Clarifying Turbidity
5. Consonant Spirit
6. Cosmos Bridge
7. Perfect Harmonization
8. Ethereal Treading
 Saint 9-dans | 1. Void Pursuit
2. Spiritual Perception
3. Embryonic Soul
4. Primordial Spirit
5. Leaving Aperture
6. Grand Dominion
7. Phantasmal Space
8. Dimension Sundering
 Great Sage 4-dans | 1. Introspective Convalescence
2. Aureate Body
3. Intuitive Impulse
 Ancient Sage 4-dans | 1. Bloodline Continuance
2. Great Philosopher
3. Blood Reincarnation
 Immortal 3-dans | 1. Pseudo Immortal
2. True Immortal
3. High Immortal
 God 4-dans | 1. God
2. Celestial God
3. God King
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