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A little explanation about the doupo/btth novel

• Cultivation Level

Dou Realms

This is a ranking according to how strong the person is. In this land whoever has strength, has dignity. Without strength you are nothing. As you train your Dou Qi level you gain status and class, within each Dou Qi class there are levels indicated as stars, when you reach nine stars you have the potential to advance your class. e.g. - a nine star Dou Zhe will advance to Dou Shi with his next Dou Qi increase/breakthrough. The gap between each stars will increase as one advances to higher classes and the difficulty of advancing would also increase.

1. Dou Zhi Qi / Dou Disciple.

2. Dou Zhe / Dou Practitioner.

3. Dou Shi / Dou Master.

4. Da Dou Shi / Dou Grandmaster.

5. Dou Ling / Dou Spirit.

6. Dou Wang / Dou King.

7. Dou Huang / Dou Emperor.

8. Dou Zong / Dou Ancestor.

9. Dou Zun / Dou Venerate.

10. Peak Dou Zun / Peak Dou Venerate.

11. Ban Sheng / Half-Saint.

12. Dou Sheng / Dou Saint.

13. Dou Di / Dou God.

• Dou Technique (Skill) Ranking

Dou Qi skill ranking is separated into 4 classes. The higher the level, the stronger the skill. Once you have reached Dou Practitioner, you are able to learn skills and abilities. Reading scrolls is the most common way to gain a new skill; however, there are other ways to obtain abilities. You can even develop new and unique abilities through rigorous training. Though uncommon, these are abilities that have never been seen before and are unique to you.

1. Huang (Yellow)

This is the first rank skill class and within each skill there is a further subclass as low/mid/high.

2. Xuan (Black)

This is the second rank skill category. A High Xuan and Di class may merely have a one level distance, but the gap was just like that of the Heavens and the Earth. Most Xuan class Dou Techniques relied on the personal strength of the user to unleash its strength. However, a Di class Dou Technique was already able to rely on the natural energy to achieve an extermination-like destructive strength. One was a person and the other was the Heavens and Earth. There was basically no comparison between the two.

3. Di (Earth)

This is the third rank skill class. Though Di Level was only one grade better than High Xuan Level, the distance between the two was as wide as the grand canyon. With enough wealth and a bit of luck, one could occasionally obtain a High Xuan Dou Technique from a high-ranking auction. Yet a Di Level Dou Technique could be said to be priced beyond the market as it was once heard that in the imperial capital of Jia Ma Empire, the price of a Di Level Dou Technique had rocketed to a sky-high price of about ten million, which was equivalent to an entire year of taxes from the entire Jia Ma Empire.[1] Although it was merely one grade of difference, the price between the two was more than a hundred times. From this it could be seen that Xuan Level and Di Level were two completely different concepts.

4. Tian (Heaven):

This is the fourth rank skill class, it is the highest and most powerful skill class and as with each skill class there is a further subclass as low/mid/high.