Flower On The Water That Reflects Moon

The Jiuzhou Continent contains an era of chaos and fiendish demons, haunted by mysterious beings and fraught with feuding martial families, demonic sacred grounds, and endless struggles between various powers. Conflict is a constant throughout the world.
Within such darkness, Gu Chen opened his eyes to this reality.
At the same time, he discovered that as long as he slew these fiendish demons and ghosts, his cultivation strength could continually elevate.
Killing a Panic Level Demon yields a decade's worth of cultivation.
Slaying a Ghost Level Fiendish Ghost brings thirty years of cultivation.
...
Eventually, one day, staring at the endless swarm of fiendish demons and world-renowned grandmasters in his path, Gu Chen chuckled lightly, "Are you able to withstand this fist of mine, charged with 1600 years of cultivation?"

Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start

Some readers have mentioned they find the martial arts realms and demon ranks a bit confusing, so I'll take this chapter to explain the martial arts realms and demon ranks that are known thus far in the text.


Body Refining Stage, Blood Refining Stage, Gathering Breath Stage, Meridian Opening Stage, External Qi Stage, Vajra Stage, Gang Qi Stage, Returning to True Stage, Hundred Orifices Stage, Innate Stage, Divine Connection Stage.


The Divine Connection Stage is not the limit; if higher realms are mentioned later in the text, I will update the information here. Each major realm is divided into four minor stages: early, middle, late, and great perfection.


Trickster (the lowest level, equivalent to Human Clan warriors at the Body Refining Stage and Blood Refining Stage)


Panic Level (equivalent to Human Clan warriors from the Gathering Breath Stage to the Meridian Opening Stage)


Specter Level (equivalent to Human Clan warriors from the External Qi Stage to the Vajra Stage)


Sin Level (equivalent to Human Clan warriors from the Gang Qi Stage to the Returning to True Stage)


Disaster Level (equivalent to Human Clan warriors from the Separation Stage to the Hundred Orifices Stage)


Nether Level (equivalent to Human Clan warriors from the Innate Stage to the Divine Connection Stage)


Lastly, there is one more thing I'd like to share with everyone. Some readers might wonder why the protagonist's cultivation progress over decades or even a hundred years is inferior to others.


The worldview of this book is as follows: Every year of cultivation for the protagonist equates to the accumulation a martial artist of ordinary talent would gain in a year, which is worth one point of cultivation value.


However, in this book, geniuses differ from ordinary people. Some genius martial artists can cultivate in one day what takes an ordinary person a month, or even three months, and sometimes even one or two years.


The disparity in talent leads to differences in cultivation levels. The higher the talent, the faster the accumulation of cultivation and the quicker the breakthroughs in realms, resulting in a more profound internal cultivation.


This book is not the kind that features an utterly invincible protagonist who suppresses everything right from the appearance, a protagonist without any rivals can only be considered semi-invulnerable; the protagonist still needs to cultivate.


Because the author believes that if it were a story about complete invincibility, there would be nothing to write about once the protagonist stepped into the scene, which would be less interesting.


For more specific details, I invite everyone to read and experience for themselves. As a new author, there are certainly aspects I might not have fully considered, and I hope for everyone's understanding and thank everyone for their support.


Martial Arts Realm and Demon Level Division (Known Part)_1