The Divine Path System slowly began operating in the Mortal Realm, while Zi Wei began further perfecting the Divine Path.
He divided the Divine Path System of the Mortal Realm into nine ranks and eighteen tiers as well. Beginning with the Junior Ninth Rank Earth God and ending with the Senior First Rank Star Lord, he constructed a complete Divine Path System.
The Junior Ninth Rank was a Small Village Earth God (a small Mountain God or a small River Earl). Their abilities were only slightly stronger than those of ordinary mortal souls.
However, because they had become deities, they could rely on the power of their Divine Seats to protect themselves. Even ordinary evil ghosts found it difficult to harm them.
However, because their own souls were weak, it was difficult for them to manifest before people. Moreover, the powerful Qi and Blood of living beings could injure them.
Strength at this level was only equivalent to entering the body through Qi Refining in the Immortal Dao, the early Body Tempering stage in the Martial Dao, or a little child scholar in the Literary Dao.
Above that was the position of the Senior Ninth Rank Great Earth God, which was only slightly stronger than that of a Small Earth God.
It merely governed a larger area, while its movements were restricted, allowing it to operate only within its own village.
At the Junior Eighth Rank, one still had not broken away from the position of an Earth God, but the area under one's jurisdiction could expand to cover a ting, allowing one to manage the people's livelihood of that ting.
They likewise found it difficult to manifest before people and could only convey some information through dreams.
At the Senior Eighth Rank, one became the orthodox Earth God of