Qi Condensation, also translated as Qi Refining or Qi Gathering, where the cultivator was starting to develop their internal energy for the first time. This was divided into the Early Stage which required the use of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians; the Middle Stage, signified by the Twelve Principal Meridians; the Late Stage where the Meridians were widened, thereby increasing the quality and quantity of Qi to a specified degree known to knowledgeable Cultivators and the Systems; and finally, the Peak, where a Cultivator tapped into the Dao. This, generally speaking, could mean many things. Most typically, it referred to the ability of summoning one's element.
With the System, this was somewhat circumvented. Players were able to tap into an element without any training.
The Dao itself was not a concrete ideal: it largely referred to a path or the theoretical ideal of understanding the universe.
