The world is set a few hundred years into the future after the first invasion from the Ancient Cultivators, the original inhabitants of Earth who had now settled in a different world.
Only after years of researching the 'spoils of war' did humans understand the texts of cultivation they looted from the dead bodies of Ancient Cultivators.
It not only gave rise to the first cultivation era among the humans but along with it came the advent of qi attributes. With the help of the Heavens Stone, any person above 13 years can awaken a qi attribute, helping them further their foundations and formally enter the path of Cultivation. Its stages are:
1) Mortal Foundation / (Non-cultivator stage)
Normal humans with a dantian but no active qi flow.
2) Meridian's Realm: (After Heavenly Ceremony)
Element/affinity is bestowed and the Dantian fully transforms. Qi flow also begins and meridians are opened.
3) Devouring Qi Realm
Ability to absorb external Qi and use it in various martial techniques.
4) Core Formation Realm: ???
5) Spririt Integration Realm: ???
6) Domain Realm: ???