NOLEEP – Martial Universe cultivation levels are central to the story within the xianxia fantasy novel Wu Dong Qian Kun (武动乾坤), written by Heavenly Silkworm Potato (天蚕土豆).
This novel is set in a world where strength, immortality, and mastery over Yin and Yang energies are the ultimate goals of practitioners.
You will be invited to follow the journey of Lin Dong, a young man with unwavering determination, who strives to reach the peak of power, unravel the mysteries of the universe, and protect his loved ones.
The system of Martial Universe cultivation levels is highly structured, divided into several levels with unique stages and abilities that will be explained in detail below.
1. Tempered Body (淬体)
This is the most basic stage in cultivation, where the main focus is on strengthening and tempering the physical body to become stronger, faster, and more resilient. This stage consists of 9 levels, and in the early levels, the training is similar to heavy exercise to improve fitness.
- Level 1-3: Improves overall body fitness, such as increasing stamina, muscle strength, and flexibility through intensive physical training.
- Level 4 (Skin Transformation): The skin hardens and becomes more resistant to attacks, as if wearing armor. Speed and strength also increase significantly.
- Level 5 (Bone Refinement): At this stage, the bones are strengthened, making them denser and not easily broken. This also drastically increases power and speed.
- Level 6 (Force Refinement into Marrow): The physical strength that has been trained begins to merge with the bone marrow, producing the Yuan Power Seed, which is the source of internal power.
- Level 7 (Yuan Power Seed): At this stage, practitioners begin to be able to absorb energy from the surroundings called Yuan Power. This Yuan Power is then absorbed and stored by the still-small Yuan Power Seed, likened to a newly planted seed that begins to absorb nutrients.
- Level 8 (Yuan Power Seed Growth): The Yuan Power Seed begins to grow and enlarge as more Yuan Power is absorbed and stored.
- Level 9 (Yuan Power Seed Rooting in the Dantian): The Yuan Power Seed is now grown and firmly rooted in the Dantian (the energy center in the body), allowing for much more Yuan Power storage. It is likened to a plant with strong roots and ready to grow large.
2. Earthly Yuan (地元境)
After having a strong body and a rooted Yuan Power Seed, practitioners enter the Earthly Yuan stage.
At this stage, they begin to absorb Yin energy (cold energy) from the surrounding environment.
- Yin energy has ranks (1-9, 9 being the highest). The higher the rank of Yin energy absorbed, the greater the increase in strength.
- Absorbing Yin energy significantly increases attack power. Practitioners at this stage can defeat several people at level 9 Tempered Body relatively easily.
- Consists of the stages: Early, Middle, Late. Each stage signifies an increase in the quantity and quality of Yin energy absorbed and mastered.
3. Heavenly Yuan (天元境)
After mastering Yin energy in the Earthly Yuan stage, practitioners then begin to absorb Yang energy (hot energy) from the surrounding environment.
- Yang energy also has ranks (1-9, 9 being the highest), just like Yin energy.
- Yang and Yin energy are then combined within the body, producing a much more powerful and balanced force compared to using only one type of energy.
- Drastically increases speed and body toughness, making the practitioner’s skin as hard as iron and difficult to penetrate with ordinary attacks.
- Consists of the stages: Early, Middle, Late. Each stage signifies an increase in the quantity and quality of Yang energy absorbed and mastered, as well as better merging with Yin energy.
4. Yuan Dan (元丹境)
The Yuan Dan stage is a significant turning point in the cultivation journey.
Here, the Yin and Yang energies that have been absorbed and mastered merge within the Dantian, forming the Yuan Dan (Yuan Core), a solid ball of energy that becomes the main source of power.
- The Yuan Dan has levels (ranked from 1-9 stars, with 9 being the highest). The number of stars signifies the quality and power of the Yuan Dan.
- The Yuan Power stored in the body is now condensed into Gang Qi, which is many times purer and stronger.
- Consists of the stages: Initial, Early Completed (Small Yuan Dan), Fully Completed (Small Perfection Yuan Dan, Great Perfection Yuan Dan).
- Initial: The Yuan Dan is newly formed.
- Early Completed (Small Yuan Dan): The Yin and Yang energies, which were previously in gaseous form in the previous stage, now turn into liquid and form a small ball of energy (Yuan Dan) within the Dantian.
- Fully Completed: Further divided into Small Perfection Yuan Dan, where the Yuan Dan begins to grow, the size of a walnut, and star patterns appear on half of its surface. And Great Perfection Yuan Dan, where the star patterns already cover the entire surface of the Yuan Dan.
- Attack power increases dramatically, capable of destroying large areas easily and creating large cracks in the ground. Their attacks can create powerful shockwaves.
5. Form Creation (造形境)
At the Form Creation stage, the formed Yuan Dan grows even larger and grants the practitioner the ability to manipulate Yuan Power more freely.
- The Yuan Dan reaches the size of a baby’s fist, and becomes more solid.
- Grants the power of formation, where internal Yuan Power can be transformed into any shape as desired by the practitioner, such as weapons, shields, or even simple living creatures.
- Its power far surpasses scattered and formless Yuan Power. Practitioners at this stage can easily defeat ten Great Perfection Yuan Dan practitioners.
- Consists of the stages: Initial, Advanced, Peak. Each stage signifies an increase in the size of the Yuan Dan, as well as better control over the power of formation.
6. Qi Creation (造气境)
The Qi Creation stage takes energy manipulation ability to a higher level.
Practitioners at this stage are able to create objects from energy that are very similar to the real thing.
- Objects condensed from Yuan Power are indistinguishable from real objects, and can even deceive the eyes and senses. These objects have substance and can interact with the physical world.
- Possesses enormous power, capable of destroying mountains easily. Their attacks can create shockwaves that flatten the surrounding area.
- Consists of the stages: Initial, Advanced, Halfway to Manifestation. “Halfway to Manifestation” signifies that the practitioner is close to reaching the Manifestation stage and possesses power approaching that stage.
7. Manifestation (造化境)
This is the stage of true mastery of the power of creation, where practitioners can manifest objects that not only have form but also spirit.
- The objects created not only have perfect physical form but also possess a kind of “spirit” or “consciousness” that makes them like living creatures, albeit in a lower form.
- The practitioner’s lifespan also increases significantly, able to reach more than a hundred years, thanks to the deep mastery of energy.
- Attacks can split the earth, collapse mountains, and create damage in a very wide area. The shockwaves from their attacks can be felt for hundreds of meters.
- Consists of the stages: Initial, Quasi-Advanced, Advanced, Peak, Half-Step Nirvana, Quasi-Nirvana. The last two stages, Half-Step Nirvana and Quasi-Nirvana, are very powerful transitional stages, where the practitioner is close to reaching the Nirvana stage. Quasi-Nirvana is said to be able to rival two practitioners in the early Nirvana stage.
8. Nirvana (涅槃境)
Entering the Nirvana stage is the gateway to immortality, but it is also a very dangerous stage filled with obstacles.
- Breaking through to the Nirvana Realm has a very high risk, failure can be fatal, even death from the body burning from the inside out.
- Practitioners must pass 9 Nirvana transformations, each of which is a very কঠিন life and death test that tests their determination, strength, and understanding of cultivation.
- If they successfully pass all transformations, practitioners will experience a near-perfect evolution, with a very significant increase in strength, lifespan, and endurance.
- The body transforms into a Nirvana Golden Body, which is very strong, immune to many attacks, and has impressive regenerative abilities.
- Able to absorb Nirvana Qi from the environment to continuously strengthen the body and Yuan Power. Nirvana Qi is a special energy that can only be absorbed by those who are at the Nirvana stage or higher.
- Consists of the stages: Initial, 1st – 9th Level, Half-Step Profound Life. Each level signifies the successful passing of one Nirvana transformation. The more transformations passed, the stronger the practitioner. Half-step Profound Life is a transition to the next stage.
9. Profound Life (生玄境)
At the Profound Life stage, the Yuan Dan, which has long been the source of the practitioner’s power, has now transformed into a Yuan Spirit (Soul).
- Life energy merges with Yuan Power, making it an inexhaustible and continuously regenerating source of power.
- Has extraordinary regenerative abilities, even able to regrow lost limbs at the Perfect stage. As long as the Yuan Spirit is not destroyed, the body can continue to regenerate.
- Consists of the stages: Initial, Advanced, Perfect, Half-Step Profound Death. The Perfect stage provides perfect regeneration abilities. Half-Step Profound Death signifies a transition to the next stage.
10. Profound Death (死玄境)
At the Profound Death stage, the life energy that has accumulated in the previous stage begins to give birth to death energy, an opposing yet equally powerful force.
- Death energy has tremendous destructive power, nothing can survive its attacks. This energy also prevents regeneration, making the wounds it causes difficult to heal.
- Consists of the stages: Initial, Advanced, Half-Step Perfect, Perfect. Each stage signifies an increase in control over death energy.
11. Samsara (转轮境)
The Samsara stage is an extraordinary achievement where life and death energies merge perfectly, achieving a harmonious balance.
- Life and death energies merge perfectly, forming the Samsara Wheel, a symbol of power and deep understanding of the cycle of life and death.
- Practitioners have a very deep understanding of the laws of the universe, especially those relating to life, death, and reincarnation.
- Vast internal power, like a boundless ocean. They are able to manipulate natural energy more effectively.
- Consists of the stages: Reincarnation Energy, Ordinary Samsara, Ultimate Samsara, Reincarnation Enlightened Samsara. Each stage signifies a deeper understanding of Samsara.
12. Reincarnation (轮回境)
The Reincarnation stage is the pinnacle of understanding of the cycle of life and death, marked by the formation of the Reincarnation Disk.
- Understands the essence of reincarnation, life and death, and is able to manipulate those powers.
- The Dantian transforms into the Sea of Reincarnation, which stores all the life force and experiences of the practitioner, an unlimited source of power.
- Able to create their own world and control life and death within it, creating living beings and regulating the laws of nature in that world.
- Each time they pass a Reincarnation Tribulation, the practitioner’s power will increase drastically. These tribulations are very কঠিন tests given by the laws of the universe.
- Consists of the stages: Reincarnation Sea, Ordinary Reincarnation, 1st – 3rd Calamity Reincarnation, Half-Ancestor Stage. Passing each tribulation will bring the practitioner to a higher stage, closer to the peak of cultivation.
13. Ancestor (祖境)
The Ancestor stage is the highest and strongest stage known in the world of Martial Universe.
- Surpasses Reincarnation, reaching a higher level of existence.
- The highest peak in the Martial Universe world, very rare and little is known about this stage.
- Equivalent to the Sovereign Realm in the Great Thousand World, which signifies unimaginable power beyond the comprehension of ordinary humans.
- Said to be able to destroy worlds easily and have the power to create and destroy universes.
The journey to reach the high Martial Universe cultivation levels is full of obstacles and dangers. However, with strong determination, as shown by Lin Dong, anyone can reach the peak and become the strongest.