Wild Grade Beasts are the mundane beasts of the story and never develop sapience.
Often just called Wild Beasts.
Maturation Cycle:
Infant Stage -> Rapid Growth (Far faster than Humans)
Youth Stage -> Normal Growth Rate (On part with Humans)
Mature Stage -> Slow Growth Rate (Noticeably slower than Humans)
Most Wild Beasts form Beast Cores, equivalent to human dantians, at the Third Order.
Some special Wild Beasts are born with Beast Cores.
Spirit Grade Beasts are a separate category of animals from Wild Beasts with the primary difference being their ability to develop a high level of sapience.
Their intelligence varies greatly in their earlier development, but all Spirit Beasts can become as smart as Humans and communicate using their Soul Sense in their Mature Stage.
Although most mature Spirit Beasts possess intelligence on par with humans, allowing them to be just as cunning, they tend to be more straightforward and honest, preferring blunt speak to convoluted eloquence.
Spirit Beasts are generally far stronger than Wild Beasts because of their enhanced intellect.
They sharethesame maturation cycle and Beast Core formation traits as Wild Beasts.
Formal Naming Convention:
____-Rank ____ Grade ____ Order
Examples: High-Rank Wild Grade First Order Beast, Low-Rank Spirit Grade Seventh Order Beast
Colloquial Naming Convention:
____-Rank _____ Order Spirit Beast
Examples: Mid-Rank Fifth Order Spirit Beast, High Fourth Order Wild Beast
Human Cultivation Realm Equivalents:
Mortal Realm:
Low-Rank -> Stages 1-3
Mid-Rank -> Stages 4-6
High-Rank -> Stages 7-9
Peak-Rank -> Stage 10
First Order -> Body Tempering
Second Order -> Vein Opening
Third Order -> Core Formation
Fourth Order -> Sea Establishment
Spirit Realm:
Low-Rank -> Low Rank etc...
Fifth Order -> Spirit/Martial/Soul Initiate
Sixth Order -> Adept
Seventh Order -> Elite
Eighth Order -> Master
Ninth Order -> Grandmaster