Deep in the Sea of Devils, mist hung thick and poisonous miasma roamed. A thatched cottage stood amid birdsong and flowers, surrounded by plants of every kind, as though it had been there since time immemorial. For dozens of miles around, this place was utterly unlike the rest of the Sea of Devils.
Creak...
The cottage door opened, and an elegant man in white stepped out.
He was the reincarnation of a fragment of Wu Xuantian's soul. He had been here for two hundred years, and in this life, his name was Jun Rushi.
"Every world's cultivation tradition is vast and profound. Two hundred years have passed. I haven't pushed myself, only cultivated as things came, and now I'm at Great Perfection in Spirit Transformation."
Cultivation in this world was divided into four steps. He had learned that soon after arriving, once he understood where he was.
As for how to reach each step, he could only explore that when he reached the realm himself.
The first step contained eight minor realms.
At the Qi Condensation stage, a cultivator seized spiritual energy from heaven and earth and stored it within themselves for later use. It had fifteen levels and was also called the Spirit Awakening stage.
At the Foundation Establishment stage, the mortal body underwent a transformation, improving one's aptitude for cultivation.
At the Core Formation stage, spiritual energy became liquid, then solidified into a Golden Core that could hatch.
At the Nascent Soul stage, the Golden Core broke open to give birth to a Nascent Soul, allowing a cultivator to defy the heavens.
At the Spirit Transformation stage, a cultivator contemplated the many facets of life and gave rise to a Primordial Spirit imbued with an artistic conception.
That was his current realm. The next step, the Nascent Transformation