121- Refinement Stage
As I said, even a mortal human who has never cultivated can defeat an Awakening stage human or a Beginning stage human if he/she has practiced some fighting techniques.
But the difference starts showing after stepping into the ‘Refinement stage’.
The Refinement stage is divided into 5 levels. And they are:
Skin Refinement Level
Muscle Refinement Level
Tissue Refinement Level
Organs Refinement Level
Bone Refinement Level
And as one reaches ‘Skin Refinement Level’, ordinary punches or kicks can hardly hurt him/her and even the weapons used must be sharp and must be used by some cultivator. An ordinary mortal will never be able to inflict any lethal injury on a cultivator who has reached the ‘Skin Refinement Level’.
In the Skin Refinement Level, there is only a little increase in power but the major increase is in defense.