A simple glossary put together in a hurry, sorry for the poor formatting. I'll revise it in the future.
{- Cultivation realms
- Mortal Heaven - (Lifespan values are for normal humans with no bloodlines, beasts generally live much longer.)
1. Qi refinement realm (1-9) (The dantian awakens.) Lifespan: 90 years
2. Foundation realm (1-9) (A dense Qi core is formed in the dantian.) Lifespan: 120 years
3. Golden core realm (1-9) (The Qi core turns golden, growing and becoming even denser than before.) Lifespan: 250 years
4. Iron body realm (1-9) (Their fingers can cut like swords and their bones are as strong as iron.) Lifespan: 450 years
5. Burning blood realm (1-9) (complete reconstruction of the meridians, greatly increasing their ability to maintain and move Qi). Lifespan: 600 years
6. Crystalline core realm (1-9) (The Qi core is totally purified of all it's impurities, becoming Crystalline, the ability to fly in the mortal heavens is acquired.) Lifespan: 1,000 years
7. Nascent soul realm (1-9) (A sea of the mind is formed and the soul awakens, although few manage to truly use or even feel it.) Lifespan: 2,500 years
8. Rebirth realm (1-9) (The body is completely rebuilt, from the tiniest strand of hair to a cultivator's dantian, which is technically born again. Old ones regain their youth and even lost limbs regenerate.) Lifespan: 5,000 years
9. Transcendent realm (1-3) (A law is mastered and the soul becomes even more powerful, capable of even surviving for a few minutes after the destruction of the body.) Lifespan: 10,000 years
-Immortal Heaven-
1. Ascension Realm (1-3) (Equivalent to the fourth ring in mana cultivation. The body is tempered, becoming much stronger and preparing it to be a vessel for immortality.) Life expectancy: 15,000 years
2. Ethereal Body Realm (1-3) (Equivalent to the fifth ring in mana cultivation. The soul is tempered, giving the cultivator the ability to extend it outside their body, even projecting it as a lineage.) Life expectancy: 20,000 years
3. Flowing Meridians Realm (1-3) (Equivalent to the sixth ring in mana cultivation. The meridians are tempered, completing a cycle called the tempering stage where the body is prepared for immortality.) Life expectancy: 25,000 years
4. Enlightened Soul Realm (1-3) (Equivalent to the seventh ring in mana cultivation. An enlightenment occurs in the world of the soul, allowing the attainment of absurd levels of understanding of affinities and primordial laws. From this level, a cultivator can challenge the primordial laws of the immortal heaven and fly freely.) Life expectancy: 30,000 years
5. False Immortal Realm. (1-3) (Equivalent to the eighth ring in mana cultivation. A transitional period where the soul becomes much more powerful, able to exist for days outside the body, as long as it is nearby. The power of the body and the capacity of the Dantian and meridians are also refined.) Life expectancy: 40,000 years
6. True Immortal Realm (1-3) (Equivalent to the ninth ring in mana cultivation. The soul forms its own Qi core, its power exploding to the level where it can technically last for eternity outside the body, provided there is mana and this soul is not destroyed. The power of the body and the capacity of the Dantian and meridians are also refined.) Life expectancy: 50,000
7. Immortal Emperor Realm (1-3) (Equivalent to the tenth ring in mana cultivation. A transitional realm that focuses on refining the gains brought by an immortal soul.) Life expectancy: 60,000
8. Ancestral Emperor Realm (1-3) (Equivalent to the eleventh ring in mana cultivation. A domain is formed, representing the soul of this cultivator and covering the world with its presence.) Life expectancy: 80,000
9. Astral Body Realm (1-3) (Equivalent to the twelfth ring in mana cultivation. The peak of power in the immortal sky, those at this level can survive in the void, needing neither oxygen nor food, although they still eat and breathe for psychological reasons.) Life expectancy: 100,000 years.
Note: Most cultivators who reach this level are unable to live that long, especially humans, whose minds are fragile and suicides are common.
-Celestial Heaven-
(between 7-9 realms, not yet revealed)
Cultivation realms -}
{- grades.
-Mortal heaven -
1. Common
2. Uncommon
3. Rare
4. Epic
5. Legendary
6. mythical
7. Mortal
-Immortal heaven -
1. Mortal
2. Silver
3. Gold
4. Earth
5. Sky
6. transcendent
7. Immortal
-Celestial heaven -
(not yet revealed)
grades.-}
- Sea of the mind -
An inner visualization of the consciousness, soul and Dantian of the cultivator who formed it. It can only be accessed in the form of the cultivator's soul, which can only be cultivated in that place.
Its shape and size varies greatly depending on a cultivator's power and talent, some reaching kilometers, others being as small as an obscured dot.
Seas of the mind cause temporal distortion and time passes much more slowly there than in the outside world, making it an extremely useful place to train martial arts.
- World of the mind -
Worlds of the mind are similar to the sea of the mind, but representing a real, physical spatial pocket, a complete world in the mind of a cultivator.
They are extremely rare, formed only in exceptional cases. Not even the most powerful in the celestial sky have the guarantee of one day obtaining one.
- Primordial laws -
Primordial laws are the basis of every heaven, existing since the birth of the universe and forged by the great mother herself. They guarantee the balance and stability of space and elements.
When an individual of greater power than the primordial laws of a heaven can withstand arrives in that heaven, the result is the collapse of these laws, of space, and of the elements that form that heaven.
- Laws -
Each cultivator in the realm of transcendence has their own law, a way of distorting the primordial laws around them.
Some laws are tenuous and weak, others so powerful that the heavens simply won't accept their existence; from creating completely new states of matter to causing a gentle breeze, the power of the laws is limited only by the cultivator who forged them.
- Bloodlines/constitutions -
The inheritance of blood from a beast or a great cultivator of the past, carrying sparks of their power to future generations, vastly increasing combat power.
- If I've forgotten to explain any terms here, please let me know! -