You must come here before reading the actual novel, otherwise.. you'll be confused for all of it.
— Cultivation ladder:
Every realm has 9 stages, with stage 10 being ascendance to the next realm.
1. Domain Awakening
The beginning when one finally begins to utilize Dominion Energy to use the simplest techniques; the weakest of the world.
2. Domain Reformation
When one starts to reform a domain, making their power far stronger than a Domain Awakening cultivator.
3. Domain Core Formation
The Domain core is what allows one to use Dominion Energy, it is the equivalent of a Golden Core from standard eastern novels.
4. Dominion Comprehension
The Heaven and Earth Dominion is the ultimate Comprehension. No one has ever comprehended it in Tian Zhu Continent's eons of history. If one comprehends it, one is completely invincible and omnipotent. This is when one can get the chance to begin comprehension.
5. Otherwordly Domain
The Domain Core reaches a level where it can project energy beyond the domain; Nascent Soul. When a Domain Core starts developing an Ascendant Soul—to kill a cultivator of this level means to erase every trace of them.
6. Loose Ascendant
One's Domain Core Ascends beyond the mortal plane, now, a cultivator of this level is considered invincible
7. Earth Ascendant
One at this level could obliterate anything below the Lower Heaven. Incredibly long lifespans ranging from ten to one hundred thousand years.
8. Immortal Core Formation
When one begins attaining Immortality; the Immortal Core is a convergent evolution of the Domain Core, granting one almost unmatched power when completed.
9. Loose Immortal
One of this level can be considered immortal. These cultivators can live up to 10 million years. To kill one of this level, you must destroy the Immortal Core as well; a feat that could only be done by few.
10. Earth Immortal
One transcends their own soul, beginning the pathway onto True Ascendancy—to take a gamble and spin the wheel of Samsara to reincarnate.
11. True Immortal
The beginning of the end; one at this level can become a True Ascendant and abandon their body to ascend into the Twenty-Seven Heavenly Layers. Split into 3 main Heavens.
The 27 Heavenly Layers are 27 realms of power which only the mightiest have ever reached. Like the Heaven Immortal or Xiang'an Chunyi — the strongest Demon ever.
They are split into 3 sections:
The Lower Heaven
The Upper Heaven
The Immortal Heaven
With the final, 27th stage being infinite power, those at the stages of heaven have a larger chance to comprehend the Dominion of Heaven and Earth, yet those who can rarely appear in history.
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The Dominion of Heaven and Earth
The source of all power, Dominion Energy is created and synthesized here and sent out into the realms.
Sage of Three Paths
The Sage is the strongest being ever conceived. He created the Demons, the Lower Heaven to make sure the Demon's never ascend past Loose Immortal, and Man. Following the trifecta of Yin, Yang, and Man.
Main Cast—Spoiler Warning.
Huáng Zhen, formerly Chen Yuan.
The underdog. Suffers for most of the novel until he finally gets a fortuitous encounter.
Huya Hao'er
Huáng Zhen's Dao Companion. 6th stage of Domain Core Formation. Incredible potential.
Bai Jie
Huáng Zhen's best friend. Also gay. Incredible potential, 4th Stage of Domain Awakening. Has the Demon Emperor's blood in him; comic relief of some sort.
Bai Wuya
Bai's cousin. Also gay. Comic relief? Nah, cannon fodder. Bro's always the meat shield, hes the first abandoned on the battlefield.
Yao Ming
Immortal. Hates Huáng Zhen. Why? Plot of course. Plot why? The young master in the beginning was his granddecendant. 2nd Stage Loose Immortal.
~extra details~
No NTR or Harem.
Gore is minimal to none at beginning, but exponentially multiplies later.
Zhen just wants to live. Fortuitous encounters aren't his thing, since an entire realm could fight over it.
"What the heck is a Dao Companion?" —most clueless guy in existence.
"I never felt pity, but this guy is a special case" —Heavenly Court, realizing Zhen exists.
Doesn't even want a Dao Companion. How did he get one? Truly humiliating to say this.. he was r@ped by Hao'er..
"What the heck is a companion even?" —second most clueless guy, after the sect beauty confessed to him. Guess what? No, he didn't get to eat grape, sadly.
"So much for being an ascetic.." —Inner Disciple, watching Hao'er force herself on the most clueless guy.
"Why didn't you help me?!" —most clueless guy to the second most clueless Guy, realizing he saw everything.
"goo" —the infinite wisdom of the Sage of Three Paths reincarnation.
Finally,
~Treasures~
1. Ordinary
2. Uncommon
3. Rare
4. Earthly
5. Heavenly
6. Immortal
7. Dharma
8. Innate