Stages of Cultivation

Qi Gathering - Stages 1 to 9

The process of one's gathering of qi to create a foundation. 

Foundation Formation - Stages 1 to 9

The process of one's creation of said foundation. This step is crucial for cultivation, for without a foundation, no one can cultivate. A foundation must be sturdy, taking as much time as possible to create, or else the future cultivation might not be great. A minimum of 10 years is the ideal time spending creating the foundation for it to be stable.

Core Formation - Stages 1 to 9

A stage in which the foundation is built upon, where the qi is gathered and fused into a core, a core that automatically attracts qi from the outside world to replenish itself. This is an essential step in the cultivation path, for depending on what type of qi your core is made of, you attract that qi to yourself.

Core Exaltation - Stages 1 to 9

This is the process in which the core expands quickly, creating an explosion within, and being exalted to a higher level. This is also known as internal supernova, where the core becomes a star!

Pale Star Core - Stages 1 to 9

The new core becomes a pale star, a star that barely shines in the inner sky of a cultivator. As you increase your stages, more stars are made to contain more energy within.

Bright Star Core - Stages 1 to 9

As the stars brighten, they get stronger and more energy is gathered by them! At this point, they start to burn, which is the process in which the energy, the qi purifies itself. 

Nascent Soul - Stages 1 to 9

As the energy purifies, the soul itself starts to be purified by the energy of the stars! This is a long and painful process, taking even years to complete depending on one's soul. A pure soul is necessary for cultivation! When the soul gets purified, the soul then stars to shine brightly, signifying that the soul is ready for ascention. 

Brilliant Soul - Stages 1 to 9

The soul is now shining bright like a star, this grants many benefits for the cultivator, but ascension to a higher realm is necessary to increase cultivation further beyond.

Inner World - Stages 1 to 9

At this point, the soul must become a world in itself. The soul needs to make a world with pure qi, so ascension to a higher realm is necessary. One's inner world can be made of any type of qi, but most cannot even achieve this stage, so it is believed that One's world is tbe maximum someone can achieve.

Galaxy Soul - Stages 1 to 9

After ascending to a higher realm with greater and purer qi, the cultivator will then collapse their stars and their inner world, and using that energy they will guide it to form a cloud of stardust within themselves, that stardust will be reinforced as the cultivator grows in stages, until a galaxy is fused with the cultivator's soul! At which point, this galaxy is then condensed in the next Stages.

Supernova Soul - Stages 1 to 9

After condensation, the galaxy will enter supernova, where it will explode alongside the soul of the cultivator! The cultivator has to let his soul spread out from within, whereupon their soul will increase in size and will hold a greater power. In this explosion, the qi is also purified, so if your qi isn't pure enough, you fail and your soul shatters, killing you immediately and making it impossible for you to enter the cycle of reincarnation for your soul is forever lost and scattered to shards.

Inner Cosmos - Stages 1 to 9

At this point, the cultivator needs a lot more qi to continue, so it is recommended for them to ascend once again to a higher realm with larger amounts of qi. This stage of cultivation is where the qi is spread, not gathered, but spread through the soul as far as it can reach! The size of the soul mostly reflects the power one can hold, so the previous stage in cultivation heavily affects this stage as well! The goal here is to fill the soul with qi.

Black Hole Soul - Stages 1 to 9

After the whole soul is filled, the soul itself must be compressed until it becomes a black hole of energy- This black hole will automatically pull energy from the surrounding area, filling it with any qi it can hold, which will be essential for the next phase of cultivation. 

Inner Universe - Stages: Lesser, Minor, Standard, Major, Grand.

To make an inner universe, one will need qi. All types of qi! The minumum must be one core of each qi: Nature Qi, Water Qi, Earth Qi, Air Qi, Life Qi, Death Qi, Soul Qi, Yin Qi, Yang Qi, Demonic Qi, Heavenly Qi, Space Qi, Void Qi, and Pure Heavenly Qi. 

Each core will then be fused to make a universe within! The cultivator must find the balance between each core so the progress may be smooth. 

Multi Innerverses - Stages: Lesser, Minor, Standard, Major, Grand, Immortal, Transcendent.

To reach this point, a cultivator must create more inner universes. Each universe must be different from each other, or they will fight against each other, which can cause a collapse within the cultivator's soul, which can damage the cultivation. At this point, the minumum amount of universes to ascend is unknown, for no one has reached this point in cultivation yet.

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