All cultivation methods are designed to refine Spirit Energy and strengthens one's Fate Palace, Life Wheel and Physique. Spirit Energy has differences depending on the world and epoch, so the cultivation method changes to fit it.[1]
According to Li Qiye, the most important aspect in cultivation is to have an unshakable willpower (Dao Heart); a willpower that thirsts for knowledge, diligent and assiduous. For insufficient talents, hard work would suffice as long as the mind is willing. For insufficient Merit Law, as long as one is tirelessly diligent, one could take this common Merit Law to the apex of its cultivation.[2]
The example of this is Magu, who was once an unintelligent person, unable to remember even the simplest Merit Law, but she yearned for learning and her strong willpower helped her to become the first and only person through history who cultivated the Eternal Physique to Grand Completion. Another example is Jiao Heng, who used the most common Merit Law to become the most powerful Immortal Emperor.
Every epoch has a different cultivation system in order to reach the apex. Although most generally differ in their characteristics and how they work, some systems would take shortcuts, others would take the hard path, but everybody would eventually have to experience both in differing orders and all of them would eventually converge at the apex. However, all cultivation systems have the same aim, mastering the Anima and becoming a True Immortal. Different cultivation systems would also have their own advantages and restrictions, like for example in the Trinity Epoch's cultivation system, one must shoulder the Heaven's Will to become an Immortal Emperor ensuring a very long lifespan, yet also had the restriction of being only able to comprehend anima when this level has been reached. This is opposed to Three Immortals World's cultivation system wherein they cultivate anima from the start to eventually reach the level of a Progenitor, with the restriction of lifespan as their greatest weakness, having only several hundreds thousands of years of lifespan.
Each epoch and cultivation system also have different ceilings of power that they can reach. In the Trinity Epoch, due to the postnatal shackles imposed by the Trinity Ancestor alongside the innate shackles of cultivation itself, all emperors would have to stop at being a 12 Heaven's Will Emperor, unable to take the next step. In contrast to the Seven Nights Epoch however, cultivators are now able to reach for the next sky, the Ancestors realm, and even further than that to eventually become a Supreme Giant and stand equally next to the overlords of the epochs who've been hiding away on their lands and can even become the creators of their epoch themselves if they so wished and had the ability to do so.
“ First become an Emperor, become an Ancestor, then a Giant and then seek for Immortality成帝作祖,化为巨头,再问长生。 „
— Li Qiye talk to Gu Guo about the levels above Emperor[3]
“ Saint Origin becomes Heavenly Eternity and Heavenly Eternity seek for Immortality圣元转天寿, 天寿化长生。 „
— Li Qiye mentions about the path to follow for the Gods[4]
Cultivation Systems[]
- Nine Worlds
- Tenth World
- Three Immortals World
- Eight Desolates
- New Three Immortals World (Seven Nights Epoch)
Final Realms[]
Trivia[]
- In the New Three Immortals World, they mention that those who take the path of God, such as True Gods or Rage Gods, are more limited in reaching a level similar to Supreme Giant.[4]
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References
- ↑ Chapter #1712(WuxiaWorld)
- ↑ Chapter #0045(WuxiaWorld)
- ↑ Chapter #5658(WuxiaWorld)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chapter #6228(WuxiaWorld)
Notes[]
- ↑ Emperors, Dao Lords, Conquerors and any classification of the Imperial Path whom have achieved the True Self will embark to become an Ancestor, whilst Ancient Gods, Desolate Gods, Fardao and classification of the Divinity Path will become a Heavenslayer.
- ↑ Ancestors are to become Supreme Giants, whilst Heavenslayers are to become Heavenly Eternity.
- ↑ Convergence of Supreme Overlords and Heavenly Eternity