4 Spiritual Beasts

1. **Qi Awakening:** This is the starting point for spiritual beasts, where they awaken their Qi and begin their cultivation journey, similar to Qi Condensation for human cultivators.

2. **Elemental Attunement:** In this stage, spiritual beasts focus on understanding and aligning with their chosen elemental affinity, akin to Foundation Building for humans.

3. **Core Formation:** Spiritual beasts reach a level of mastery over their elemental powers, forming a "Core" that represents their connection to the chosen element, similar to Core Formation for cultivators.

4. **Nascent Soul Realm:** At this stage, spiritual beasts achieve a heightened connection to their element and undergo a transformation, evolving their Core into a Nascent Soul that embodies their elemental nature.

5. **Celestial Embodiment:** Spiritual beasts advance to a realm where they embody celestial aspects of their element, gaining celestial powers and status in their domain, similar to Immortal Ascension for human cultivators.

6. **Transcendent Avatar:** In this stage, spiritual beasts can manifest as powerful avatars that embody their element's transcendental qualities, akin to the Transcendent realm for human cultivators.

7. **Elemental Sovereign:** Spiritual beasts become masters of their element, wielding it with supreme authority and influencing the elemental balance of their world, similar to Celestial Domain for cultivators.

8. **Divine Ascension:** At this stage, spiritual beasts ascend to a divine plane of existence, where they are revered as divine beings embodying their element's divine essence, parallel to Divine Ascension for human cultivators.

9. **Universal Harmony:** Spiritual beasts attain a state of harmony with the universe, becoming cosmic entities that maintain balance and order in the elemental realms, akin to Universal Harmony among cultivators.

**Types**

Elemental Beasts-

Spiritual beasts aligned with specific elemental forces, such as Fire, Water, Earth, Air, and even more exotic elements like Lightning, Ice, or Shadow.

Mythical Creatures-

Legendary beasts like dragons, phoenixes, Golden Crow known in legends with their own unique talents

Celestial Beasts-

Beasts associated with celestial bodies or constellations, like the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise.

Ancient Beasts-

Creatures born before existence of humanity still existing in upper or Immortal realm

Spirit Guardians-

Beasts tasked with protecting specific locations, treasures, or knowledge, often bound to sacred temples or artifacts.

Fusion Beasts-

Spiritual beasts formed by the fusion of two or more creatures, creating unique and powerful hybrids.

Beasts of Virtue-

Creatures associated with virtues like courage, wisdom, or compassion, often linked to mythological tales and moral lessons.