Against The Heavens -2 Cultivation Levels.

Human Rune Realm. Divided into Mortal Rune, Houtian Rune, and Xiantian Rune realms. One must use their Qi and their understanding of the laws to carve runes inside their dantian, slowly growing it larger to create s.p.a.ce for more runes.

Ascending Heaven Realm. Divided into the Ascending Foundation, Ascending Road, and Ascending Gate realms. After carving at least nine runes of one law into their dantian, the cultivator must connect all their runes using a thread of Qi, allowing the runes to create a large platform at the center of them all. This platform was the Ascending Foundation, and from this point on, the cultivator had to pour their Qi and understanding into the platform, slowly creating a mountain on top of it, their Ascending Road. Once the mountain could grow no longer, it would connect to the heavens, allowing the cultivator to enter the Ascending Gate realm.

Immortal Rebirth Realm. Divided into Body Rebirth, Energy Rebirth, and Spiritual Rebirth realms. Once a person's Ascending Road has connected with the heavens, they must survive three different tribulations, shedding their mortal coil and joining the ranks of immortals. The first tribulation tests and tempers the body, the second tests and tempers a person's Qi, and the final one will test and temper one's soul. After surviving all three tribulations, one must prepare to enter the Primordial Rune realm.

Primordial Rune Realm. Divided into Early, Middle, and Late stage. After one has joined the ranks of the immortals, one must shatter the Ascending Road they have created, fusing it into the various runes they have already carved and used as the Ascending Foundation. This allows the runes to carry a piece of the heavens, letting them unleash even greater might. After doing this, one must fuse the strengthened runes, fusing 9 runes into one, a Primordial Rune. These Primordial Runes will serve as a blueprint to carve future Primordial Runes. Every three sets of Primordial Runes const.i.tutes one of the three stages in the cultivation, 3 equals early stage, 6 equals middle stage, and 9 equals late stage.

Celestial Immortal Realm. Divided into Earthly Immortal. Heavenly Immortal. Transcended Immortal.

One has finished carving 9 Primordial Runes, now it is time for a cultivator to unshackle themselves from the heavens, becoming their equal. A cultivator must use the fragments of their Ascending Road that have fused into their Primordial Runes, letting the energy of them spread throughout the dantian, creating a pseudo-heaven. The more like the true heavens that this pseudo-heaven is, the higher their cultivation is.

True Deity Realm. Divided into Earthly Deity, Heavenly Deity, Transcended Deity. At this cultivation stage, a cultivator starts turning their pseudo-heaven into a true heaven. They use every single law they have gained insight into, merging it into their pseudo-heaven and using vast amounts of energy to slowly fuse the laws with the pseudo-heavens. This slowly changes the pseudo-heaven, turning it from an all-inclusive pseudo-heaven into a true heaven that focuses solely on the laws that a cultivator has gained insight onto.

Empyrean Realm. Divided into Early, Middle, and late stage. Thought to be the peak of cultivation, often t.i.tled G.o.dkings. The true heaven within the cultivators dantian has not only become complete, but it has also become an entire universe, capable of birthing living beings and sentient species. The cultivator can draw power from these living beings, their faith and life-force becoming the might of the cultivator.