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Cultivation ranks :

1. Qi Gathering (Body Tempering Stage)

• Sub-Stages: Early / Mid / Late / Peak

• Lifespan: 120–150 years

• Summary: Builds the foundation. Refines muscles, bones, and blood vessels to absorb spiritual energy.

• Notable: Mortal-level. Common in outer sects, soldiers. Basic spirit sense awakened.

2. Foundation Establishment

• Sub-Stages: Early / Mid / Late / Peak

• Lifespan: 200–300 years

• Summary: Creates the Spirit Core and meridian framework. Cultivator begins shaping inner energy and minor domains.

• Use Case: Early commanders, skilled spies, poisoners, and formation assistants.

3. Core Formation (Golden Core Stage)

• Sub-Stages: Initial Core / Tempered Core / Golden Core / Pseudo-Nascent

• Lifespan: 400–600 years

• Summary: Crystallization of spiritual energy. Energy becomes dense and explosive. Mind-body synchronization begins.

• Note: A kingdom's military officers, elite sect disciples, city rulers.

4. Nascent Soul Realm

• Sub-Stages: Soul Infant / True Nascent / Warped Soul / Cracked Origin

• Lifespan: 800–1,200 years

• Summary: Birth of a spiritual avatar or soul-clone. Cultivator may survive if body is destroyed.

• Notable: Capable of flight, telepathy, and large-scale destruction.

5. Soul Sea Realm

• Sub-Stages: Shallow Sea / True Sea / Abyssal Sea

• Lifespan: 1,500–2,000 years

• Summary: Expands the sea of consciousness. Can trap weaker enemies in illusions. Begins law comprehension.

• Use Case: Elder guardians, capital-level enforcers, war generals.

6. Spirit Ascension Realm

• Sub-Stages: Fragmented Heaven / Heaven-Forged / Ascending Mind

• Lifespan: 3,000–4,000 years

• Summary: Transcends mortal spirit; cultivator can exist as pure will. Begins touching upon Dao fragments.

• Notable: Territory-level suppression; can temporarily slow time, create illusions of destiny.

7. Heaven Tribulation Realm

• Sub-Stages: First Thunder / Seven Thunders / Sovereign Tribulation

• Lifespan: 5,000–7,000 years

• Summary: Faces divine retribution to prove qualifications for immortality. Only 3% survive all thunders.

• Result: Greatly amplifies divine sense, can crush entire armies alone.

8. Immortal Foundation Realm

• Sub-Stages: Immortal Veins / Immortal Bone / Immortal Soul

• Lifespan: 10,000+ years

• Summary: Mortality erased. Internal world formed. Can store people, spirits, and armies in soul realms.

• Use Case: Empire founders, ancient forbidden cultivators, rulers of pocket dimensions.

9. Ascended Immortal (Immortal King / Realm King Tier)

• Sub-Stages: Throne Seated / Crowned Will / World Heart Stage

• Lifespan: Effectively Eternal (unless killed or tribulation failed)

• Summary: Merges with natural laws. Can rewrite fate lines, manipulate spiritual cause and effect, walk across realms.

• Notable: Often removed from mortal matters. Able to seal or birth realms. Summoning cost: Kingdom-breaking.

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