In this Chapter there are only ranks and I have written some in Chapter 8 to show Leon reading the ranks, but by showing everything, the beginning Chapters were somewhat dragged. So, I can’t change the Chapters, but have improved later on...
1. Mortal
Just mortal. Normal person. I made this a rank cause it is also a title like thing. "Look he is just a mortal."
2. Resonance (people can choose when to advance to 3rd stage after sensing... this is for only sensing)
In this stage, the practitioner is prepared to familiarize and withstand raw pressure of Essence. It can be by someone’s help , by oneself or by a chain of events. The internal pathways and foundation are established and that person starts to feel and circulate essence externally and to a certain extent only. It can be short or long to familiarize depending on the person.
3. Vessel (like body building but gradual evolution takes time, some races with naturally strong bodies may advance faster.)
This stage is turning point for the people. After familiarizing with the essence, people begin to circulate the essence internally and strengthen the physical frame through the essence. It is a major point where a person sheds it’s Mortal frame and starts to evolve slowly, and project the essence stored inside the body. And the life expectancy increase from here.
4. Manifestation
This is the beginning of true cultivation through understanding the way of the nature and the world. In this stage, people begin to perceive and manifest natural elemental phenomena. In this stage one can cultivate an element of their choosing and progress by understanding in that said element.
5. Soulforge.
At this level, the soul itself is directly refined and strengthened. Reaching this stage grants a person superior perception, high willpower and resistance to spiritual pressure or mental anomalies.
6. Convergence
Body, Origin, and Soul become a unified foundation, eliminating major internal flaws.
7. Monarch
The cultivator awakens and comprehends their first Law, stepping beyond elemental manifestations.
The core and most used theory of cultivation was:
Body → Energy → Elements → Soul → Laws → .....
The stage’s progress is categorized into three distinct sub stages :
Nascent, Tempered and Harmonized.
AND........
There is no actual defined peak... People can choose to cultivate according to their physique, bloodlines or rush the cultivation also but there will be a weak foundation, and weak in same stages.