九大修真境界 (Nine Cultivation Realms)

The initial awakening. Mortals transition into practitioners. Can manipulate minor elemental spells, enhance body strength, and wield basic talismans, but still vulnerable to mundane blades and siege weapons.

Sensing spiritual energy (灵气) between heaven and earth; drawing it through meridians into the Lower Dantian.

Risk: Minimal. Risks include meridian blockage or premature exhaustion. (Fatality: Near 0%)

• • Early Stage (Layers 1-3)
• • Mid Stage (Layers 4-6)
• • Late Stage (Layers 7-9)
• • Peak / Great Perfection (Layer 10/12)

Transcendence of the mortal flesh. Immune to common poisons, can sustain oneself on fasting (Bigu 辟谷). Capable of sword-kinesis flight (御剑飞行) for sustained travel.

Condensing gaseous Qi in the Dantian into liquid spiritual essence (真元). Often requires a Foundation Establishment Pill (筑基丹) to protect internal channels.

Risk: Internal Qi backflow, meridian rupture if the foundation fails. (Fatality: 5% - 15% without protective pills)

• • Early Foundation
• • Mid Foundation
• • Late Foundation
• • Pinnacle / Foundation Solidification

True pillar of a regional sect. Revered as 'True Person' (真人 Zhenren). The Golden Core stores vast spiritual essence, allowing manipulation of intrinsic True Fire (Samadhi/True Fire) for alchemy and talisman crafting.

Compressing liquid spiritual sea into a solid revolving Golden Pellet. Quality of Core determines future potential (Grade 1 Nine-Turn down to Grade 9 Defective Core).

Risk: Minor Heavenly Wind/Lightning Tribulation depending on core grade. Heart demon temptation. (Fatality: 20% - 30%)

• • Early Core (False Core)
• • Mid Core (Solid Core)
• • Late Core (Flawless Core)
• • Nine-Turn Golden Core Peak

The soul gains second life. If the physical shell is destroyed, the Nascent Soul can teleport away via Teleportation (瞬移), possess a suitable vessel (夺舍), or cultivate as a Ghost Immortal.

Shattering the Golden Core to hatch an autonomous spiritual infant inside the Dantian. Requires enduring the 4x9 Heavenly Tribulation (四九天劫).

Risk: Heavenly thunder strikes soul directly; Inner Demon Tribulation attacks deep regrets and karma. (Fatality: 40% - 50%)

• • Early Nascent Soul
• • Mid Nascent Soul
• • Late Nascent Soul
• • Nascent Soul Peak (Grand Perfection)

Deity among mortals. Unlocks personal Domain where laws of physics bend to the cultivator's will. Top tier entity in low-grade mortal cultivation planes.

Experiencing mortal lifetimes to cultivate a 'Domain' (领域) grounded in personal Dao comprehension (Life/Death, Karma, Slaughter, Compassion).

Risk: Loss of self in mortal reincarnations; Dao Heart decay. (Fatality: 50%)

• • Mortal Comprehension Stage
• • Domain Crystallization
• • Late Deity Realm
• • Void Integration Brink

Mastery of spatial laws. Can tear voids open for long-distance dimensional transit, store entire mountain ranges in portable miniature worlds, and weaponize spatial cracks.

Merging the primordial soul with celestial void matter. Enduring the 6x9 Heavenly Void Tribulation.

Risk: Spatial rift collapse, soul scattered across the void dimension. (Fatality: 60%)

• • Initial Void Communion
• • Spatial Severing
• • World Anchor
• • Void Master

Walking catastrophe. Can manifest Dharma Idols (法相) reaching tens of thousands of feet into the clouds. Capable of shattering minor planets with a single palm strike.

Flawless fusion of the physical mortal body, divine domain, and divine soul into an indestructible entity.

Risk: Rejection between flesh and celestial dao essence; catastrophic explosion. (Fatality: 65%)

• • Early Harmonization
• • True Form Manifestation
• • Law Resonance
• • Peak Unity

The peak of the mortal universe. No longer bound by mortal karmic cycles, awaiting the supreme heavenly ascension gate. Typically meditates in deep seclusion to suppress worldly interference.

Transforming mortal spiritual energy into True Celestial Immortal Qi (仙气). Polishing the Dao to absolute purity.

Risk: Impurity in Dao foundation preventing ascension beacon from locking on. (Fatality: 30% (High survival, but failing locks one out of ascension))

• • Law Perfection
• • Immortal Qi Cleansing
• • Heavenly Beacon
• • Consummation

The threshold of Godhood. The heavens view this existence as a parasite siphoning universal laws, sending cataclysmic lightning to purge them. Surviving opens the South Heavenly Gate for celestial ascension.

Summoning the ultimate 9x9 Heavenly Tribulation (九九天劫). Successfully surviving 81 strikes of Violet Divine Thunder.

Risk: Total obliteration of body and soul (灰飞烟灭). Surviving body loss leads to becoming a Loose Immortal (散仙). (Fatality: 85% - 90%)

• • Heavenly Eye Calamity
• • Nine-Nine Tribulation Onset
• • Ascension Golden Light / Stray Loose Immortal