Cultivation

This page contains *MAJOR SPOILERS* to cultivation ranks and ranks achieved by certain characters in the story, proceed as you will.

This is a table of what cultivation levels there are in Stellar Transformations. The Universe Creator rank is also seen in the novel Coiling Dragon.

Cultivation Levels

Rank	Immortal	Stages	Details
Mortal Realm
1	Houtian/Acquired 后天	Early Middle Late Peak	More than 99% of mortals can not cultivate past this point. ST - Must be an External Body Refiner Lifespan: 100 years (One Hundred)
2	Xiantian/Innate 先天		Considered impossible to reach this stage through external training. ST - Must complete the Trans-Heaven Diagram Lifespan: 500 years (Five Hundred)
4 in 9 Tribulation - Loose Immortal (Shang Xian) Realm
3	Jindan/Golden Core 金丹期	Early Middle Late Peak	ST - Nebula 星云 Lifespan: 1,000 years (One Thousand)
4	Yuanying/Nascent Soul 元婴期		ST - Meteor 流星 Lifespan: 5,000 years (Five Thousand)
6 in 9 Tribulation (Considered Being Immortal)
5	Dongxu/Empyrean (洞虚期)	Early Middle Late Peak	ST - Core 星核 Lifespan: 10,000 years (Ten Thousand)
6	Kongming/Firmament/Void (空冥期)		ST - Planet 行星 Lifespan: 100,000 years (One Hundred Thousand)
7	Dujie/Trancendant/Tribulation (渡劫期)		ST - Solar 渡劫 Lifespan: 1,000,000 years (One Million)
9 in 9 Tribulation (Between Dujie 3 Stages)
8	Dacheng (大成期)	Early Middle Late Peak	ST - Star 恒星 Lifespan: 10,000,000 years (Ten Million)
-	Loose Immortal/Devil/Demon	0 - 12 Tribulation	No Tribulation = Dongxu 1st Tribulation = Kongming 2nd Tribulation = Dujie 3rd Tribulation = Dacheng 4th Tribulation = Level 1 Heavenly Immortal 5th Tribulation = Level 2 Heavenly Immortal 6th Tribulation = Level 3 Heavenly Immortal 7th Tribulation = Level 4 Heavenly Immortal 8th Tribulation = Level 5 Heavenly Immortal 9th Tribulation = Level 6 Heavenly Immortal 10th Tribulation = Level 7 Heavenly Immortal 11th Tribulation = Level 8 Heavenly Immortal 12th Tribulation = Level 9 Heavenly Immortal Lifespan: 100,000,000 years (One Hundred Million)
Immortal/Devil/Demon Realm
9	Heavenly Immortal/Devil/Demon (天仙/天魔/天妖)	1 - 9 Level	ST - Dark Star 暗星 Lifespan: 100,000,000,000 years (One Hundred Billion)
10	Golden Immortal or Devil/Demon King (金仙/魔王/妖王)		Top experts on low-level planets Local experts on high-level planets. ST - Black Hole 黑洞 Lifespan: 100,000,000,000,000 years (One Hundred Trillion)
11	Mystic Immortal or Immortal/Devil/Demon Emperor (玄仙/仙帝/魔帝/妖帝)		Respected everywhere as few cultivators can attain this stage. High-level Emperors can destroy planets with their force. Based on their levels of comprehension, Emperors can cultivate "Domains" to affect the surrounding environment. (Too little is known as it is very seldom mentioned) ST - Origin 原点 Lifespan: 100,000,000,000,000,000 years (One Hundred Quadrillion)
Divine Tribulation (Strength depends on the number of people taking the tribulation)
Deity Realm
12	Deity (神人)	Low Middle High	Deities cultivate using "Divine Energy" to reinforce their bodies for the next realm. Upon reaching the Deity realm, the soul advances into the "Golden Soul Pellet" stage. ST - Universe 乾坤 Lifespan: ∞ Infinite
13	Heavenly Deity (天神)		Heavenly Deities cultivate using "Heavenly Divine Energy". Upon reaching the Heavenly Deity realm, the soul advances from the "Golden Soul Pellet" stage to the "Embryo Soul" stage. Required to master the Spatial Laws. Low level Heavenly Deities possess enough comprehension of the Spatial Laws to allow them to counteract the gravity of the ground and fly. Middle level Heavenly Deities possess enough comprehension of the Spatial Laws to form Spatial Domains. High level Heavenly Deities can destroy a small region of space. ST - Universe 乾坤 Lifespan: ∞ Infinite
14	God King (神王)	1st - 3rd Step	Complete Mastery of Spatial Laws. Required to master the Temporal Laws. 1st Step Godking has mastered Time Acceleration. 2nd Step Godking has mastered Time Stop. 3rd Step Godking has mastered Time Reversal. After mastering Time Reversal a Godking would have reached the Exalted Celestial level. ST - Cosmos 宇宙 Lifespan: ∞ Infinite
14.5	Exalted Celestial* / Tiānzūn (天尊)		Complete Mastery of Spatial and Temporal Laws. ST - Cosmos 宇宙 Lifespan: ∞ Infinite
15	Grandmist Body** Universe Creator / Grandmist Controller	Grandmist Controller 1st Class Grandmist Controller	Able to control Grandmist energy. First-rank Grandmist Controllers can create a large cosmos of their own. There are only 4 first rank Grandmist Controllers Lifespan: ∞ Infinite
15.1	Inextinguishable Xuanhuang (Dark Yellow) Body		The strongest body a Grandmist Controller can have. It is cultivated by one forming their own cosmos. These bodies can forcibly stop themselves from being destroyed by Grandmist energy, regardless if the person hasn't become a Grandmist Controller yet. Lifespan infinite

Exalted Celestial is a rank that is bestowed to a person by the Universe Creator of his universe, in this case Lin Meng (Linley Baruch - the MC of Coiling Dragon), this rank does not need be achieved to ascend to a universe creator. Exalted Celestials are the number one beings under Universe Creators and have the ability to effortlessly kill and dominate people of the God king stage and below. They however can not come into contact with Grand mist energy or they would be instantly vaporised.

**Grand mist energy is the purest form of energy and is what the 5 elements were derived from. This rank does not need to be achieved to have an Inextinguishable Xuanhuang Body as Qin Yu first achieved this body then became a First-Class Grand mist Controller.

Universe Creators have the power to make someone an Exalted Celestial in their own cosmos, they also have the ability to take away this via power sealing or killing and sending the Exalted Celestial's soul back into the cycle of reincarnation of their own cosmos.

Universe Creators have the ability to determine the fate of all living things in their own cosmos as well as all beings in every cosmos if they insert their spiritual energy into the golden banner. They however can not determine the fate of some individuals, these individuals have the chance to become Universe Creators albeit still being extremely rare for them to achieve it but they are usually individuals that would cause huge ripples in their own cosmos.

Visual Depiction in the Donghua

working in progress and revision needed

In Donghua, cultivation realms and levels are often represented through circular diagrams. The appearance of these diagrams varies depending on the level of cultivation. The higher the realm, the larger and more complex the diagram becomes. The color of the representation also differs for each cultivator.

Another important feature is the depiction of realm levels. These levels are represented as appendices attached to the main diagram. Each realm has a different number and visual style of appendices, and the number of appendices determines the level within that realm

Jindan/ Golden Core/ 金丹期
Yuanying/ Nascent Soul/ 元婴期
Dongxu/ Empyrean/ 洞虚期
Kongming/ Firmament/ Void/ 空冥期
Dujie/ Trancendant/ Tribulation/ 渡劫期
Dacheng/ 大成期
Loose Immortal/ Devil/ Demon

working in progress and revision needed

Classifications

Weapon/pills/elixir

Weapon(兵器)		Elixir
Mundane Grade (凡品)	Low (下级) Middle (中级) High (上级)
Xian Grade (仙品)
Spiritual Grade (灵器)	Low (下品) Middle (中品) High (上品) Top (极品)
Immortal/Devil/Demon Grade (仙器)
Divine Grade (神器)	Low (下品) Middle (中品) High (上品)
Heavenly Divine Grade (天神器)
Grandmist Spiritual Treasure : (Hóngméng líng bǎo) Innate (Nature) (Xiāntiān) (鸿蒙后天灵宝) Acquired (Man-made) ( Hòutiān) (鸿蒙灵宝)	3rd rate 2nd rate 1st rate
Exalted Celestial's Spiritual Treasure (Tiānzūn líng bǎo) (天尊灵宝)

Professions

Type	Stages
Mortal Realm
Divine Realm
Array Master (阵法师)	1 - 3 level Array Master (阵法师)
	4 - 6 level Array Great Master (阵法大师)
	7 - 9 level Array Grandmaster (阵法宗师)
Refiner (炼器师)	Refiner (炼器师) Refiner Great Master (炼器大师) Refinee Grandmaster (炼器宗师)
Alchemist (炼丹师)