Cultivation levels of the Immortal Galaxy (1)

The cultivation is separated into 5 major levels, which in turn are composed of major realms. All major cultivation realms are divided into the minor realms of 'Beginner', 'Intermediate', 'Advanced' and 'Peak'. They can also be divided into stages.

Mortal level - From non-cultivator to soul being drawn out from body

5 major realms

Major realm: Foundation establishment - Body Strengthening - getting the body ready to absorb spiritual energy - 3 Stages

Heart Strengthening - strengthening of the heart to be able to withstand the pressure of blood filled with spiritual energy

Blood strengthening - strengthening of the blood to be able to take in spiritual energy, also strengthens the muscles and bones over time

Mind strengthening - cultivating the mind to be able to be able to take in spiritual energy by meditating

Major realm: Spirit Gathering - able to absorb spiritual energy, trying to make it liquid - 5 stages

Dantian gathering - Gathering spiritual energy (in the form of tiny particles at this point) in a specific location in the body, the dantian

Cloud gathering - Gathering enough spiritual energy to have it form a spiritual cloud in the dantian

Mist gathering - Filling up the dantian completely with spiritual clouds, to have it form a consistent mist

Condensation (or Spiritual Condense gathering) - Gathering enough spiritual energy so that some of it show signs of liquefaction

Compression - Compressing all the spiritual energy gathered into a drop of liquid spiritual energy

Major realm: Spirit Hardening - Able to store concentrated, liquid spiritual energy, trying to solidify it - 7 stages

Drop - Gathering drops of liquid spiritual energy

Lake - Filling a lake (the entirety of the bottom of the dantian) with liquid spiritual energy

Ocean - Filling the entirety of the dantian with liquid spiritual energy

Powder - Solidifying the ocean of liquid spiritual energy into spiritual energy powder

Crystal - Compressing the spiritual energy powder into spiritual energy crystals

Artifact - Further compressing of the spiritual energy crystals inside the dantian along with the dantian to form a spiritual artifact, that can exit the body at will. This spiritual artifact will remain behind if the cultivator above this stage dies, weakening, but still becoming a spiritual treasure. It can have the form of an armor (chestplate, shoes and such, most commonly), a weapon (swords, sabers, spears, fans and such), or a cultivation assisting tool (meditating beads, incense burner, and such). These can raise either defense (or speed and other aspects of the specific armor), offense, or the cultivation speed (and in battle, the amount of spiritual energy available for use). It is rare but not unheard of to have a spiritual artifact that has two of these aspects, having all three is almost heaven-defying.

Spiritual Artifact Activation - Creating a spirit that will inhabit the spiritual artifact, by cultivating the soul (needs massive amounts of spiritual energy to strengthen it).

Major realm: Soul Severing - Has a spiritual artifact with a spirit, trying to sever the soul from the body - 9 stages

Growth - Growing the soul

Nourishment - Strengthening the soul

True form - Shaping the soul

Defense - Strengthening the soul's defense against soul and elemental attacks

Offense - Strengthening the soul's offensive powers

Battle - Strengthening the soul techniques' powers

Body - Strengthening the body to be able to withstand the soul severing

Energy - Strengthening the spiritual artifact and its spirit to withstand the soul severing

Split - Separately cultivating half of the soul to get it ready to be split from the main part, then cutting it off