Cultivation StageThere were many settings for the cultivation realm:
- In traditional cultivation novels, there were four realms: transforming qi into qi, transforming qi into spirit, transforming spirit into void, and transforming void into Dao. After completing karma, one would become a saint and cultivate the Primordial Origin Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Dao Fruit.
- The common cultivation realms included Qi Refinement, Foundation Establishment, Enlightenment, Fusion, Heartbeat, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Leaving Aperture, Soul Separation, Body Integration, Dongxu, Mahayana, and Tribulation Transcendence.
- There were Individual Immortals, True Immortals, Taiyi Individual Immortals, Taiyi True Immortals, Taiyi Mystic Immortals, Taiyi Golden Immortals, Sage-to-be (Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals), Sages (Primordial Chaos Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals), and so on. Each stage was divided into early, middle, and late stages. After the Great Ascension Stage, there were no early, middle, and late stages.
- There were also different cultivation systems such as demonic cultivation, demonic cultivation, Buddhist cultivation, and netherworld cultivation. For example, demonic cultivation was qi gathering, body refining, essence condensing, will, devouring, demonic infant, leaving the body, consciousness separation, body fusion, Void Fragmentation, Mahayana, and tribulation transcendence; demonic cultivation was spirit gathering, wisdom comprehension, body refining, bone refining, demon core, transformation, soul condensation, soul travel, body tempering, void cultivation, Mahayana, and tribulation transcendence; Buddhist cultivation was essence gathering, mortal transcendence, primordial heart, will dissipation, clear heart, relic, soul movement, great void, clear spirit, void connection, Mahayana, and tribulation transcendence. Nether cultivation was Spirit Movement, Spirit Opening, Soul Pill, Heart Refining, Spirit Devour, Body Condensation, Soul Condensation, Soul Refining, Body Tempering, Void Reversion, Mahayana, and Tribulation Transcendence.