Cultivation Ranks

Cultivation
Cultivation or Dao Cultivation. There are three oldest major schools of cultivation in the human realm: Immortal, Buddha, Fiend. The spirit root is the immortal sect's way of calling it. For Buddhism, they call it root of wisdom, while the Fiend calls it as fiend seed.

Spirit Root allow humans to sense the aura between Heaven and Earth. Not having a Spiritual Root will prevent someone from sensing the Heaven and Earth and will be unable to cultivate. Having Spirit Root is required if you want to join any sect belonging to the three factions.

There are different realms to Demon cultivation, Immortal cultivation, Fiend cultivation, and Buddha cultivation. However, it is only different means of achieving the same end. The Golden Core is the natural chasm that everyone has to pass through. There are many cultivators, but half of them would be stuck at the path of Golden Core, with no hope of success.

Cultivation is to be in defiance of natural order and to seize the good aura of Heaven and Earth. Once one entered the path of Golden Core, it means that one breaks the shackles of Heaven and Earth for the first time. One's lifespan could increase to five hundred years. There is the saying that once one swallows an elixir, one's lifespan will not be decided by nature.

Later on, Su Zimo created the Grand Dao of Martial Dao which helped the mortals to cultivate without spirit root. It helped the human race become stronger and stand at the level of other races.