In the world of Shenxiao, cultivation is a path of severance — of cutting away weakness, silence, and fate itself. Each realm represents a shedding of mortal limitations and a step toward true Sovereignty.
1. Vein Tempering Realm
Focus: Strengthening the physical body and unlocking the spiritual meridians.
Stages: Nine levels
Core Concept: The foundation. A cultivator tempers blood, bone, and spirit channels.
• Stage 1–3: Bone Refinement
• Stage 4–6: Meridian Awakening
• Stage 7–9: Spirit Nerve Expansion
2. Qi Formation Realm
Focus: Gathering and compressing spiritual qi into the dantian.
Stages: Nine levels
Core Concept: The cultivator breathes in worldly energy to form their Core Qi Root.
• Breakthrough requires constructing a Qi Core Wheel.
3. Iron Blood Realm
Focus: Combining qi and flesh to create a war-hardened body.
Stages: Nine levels
Core Concept: Converts passive cultivation into combat force.
• Body becomes resistant to blades, fire, and minor spiritual attacks.
• Realm often determines one's combat class in sect trials.
4. Silent Core Realm
Focus: Forging the Silent Core — a black core that houses severed fate threads.
Stages: Seven levels
Core Concept: A path exclusive to the Silent Sovereign Lineage.
• Each level severs one concept: fear, doubt, weakness, emotion, attachment, karma, and mortality.
• Every severed thread grants the cultivator new techniques.
5. Spirit Severing Realm
Focus: Slaying the inner self to reshape the soul.
Stages: Four severances
Core Concept: Each severance leads to a new form of mental/spiritual rebirth.
• Cultivators risk falling into madness or enlightenment.
• The soul is refined to become a weapon or armor.
6. Dao Echoing Realm
Focus: Letting the world "echo" your dao.
Stages: Early, Middle, Late, and Peak
Core Concept: Reality begins responding to the cultivator's will.
• Winds calm, beasts kneel, and fate avoids your steps.
• Divine Tribulations begin here.
7. Sovereign Ascension Realm
Focus: Dominating a Heavenly Law.
Stages: One
Core Concept: Few ever reach this level.
• Requires complete mastery over a Dao and the will to rewrite reality itself.
• Kai Lin's path is silent — but it echoes into eternity.
[Cultivation Manuals & Techniques]
In this world, cultivation methods are divided by Tier and Type:
Manual Tiers:
• Mortal Tier – Common, used in outer sects.
• Mystic Tier – Used by elite inner sect disciples.
• Heaven Tier – Reserved for top clans or ancient ruins.
• Forbidden Tier – Techniques that twist cause and effect; often hunted by sects.
Technique Types:
• Movement Techniques
• Attack Arts (Qi, Saber, Fist, etc.)
• Body Forging Manuals
• Spirit/Mental Arts
• Dao Methods – Rare; linked to fate and the laws of heaven.
System Integration (Kai Lin's Path):
Through the Silent Sign-In System, Kai Lin can unlock hidden manuals, sealed rewards, or ancient inheritance every time he achieves absolute silence in a realm, a battle, or a place of power.