- #1Typical figuresTang Sanzang, Di Xin, Ji FaUsual affiliationHumankindMortalRung 1 of the ladder
- #2Typical figures—Usual affiliationAll quartersEarth ImmortalRung 2 of the ladder
- #3Typical figuresWhite Bone DemonUsual affiliationAll quartersHeavenly ImmortalRung 3 of the ladder
- #4Typical figuresWhite Bone DemonUsual affiliationAll quartersMystic ImmortalRung 4 of the ladder
- #5Typical figuresZhu Bajie, Sha Seng, Li JingUsual affiliationThe Chan campGolden ImmortalRung 5 of the ladder
- #6Typical figuresNezha, Niu Mowang, Taiyi ZhenrenUsual affiliationChanjiaoTaiyi Golden ImmortalRung 6 of the ladder
- #7Typical figuresSun Wukong, Yang Jian, Zhao GongmingUsual affiliationJiejiao / ChanjiaoDa Luo Golden Immortala first-rate fighter
- #8Typical figuresDijun, Donghuang Taiyi, ZhenyuanziUsual affiliationYao clan / independents / the sectsQuasi-Saintan overlord of one domain
- #9Typical figuresTaiqing Laozi, Yuanshi Tianzun, Tongtian JiaozhuUsual affiliationThe Six Saints of Heaven’s WaySaint / Hunyuan Da Luo Golden Immortala shareholder in the rules of the world
- #10Typical figuresHongjunUsual affiliationAncestor of the Mystic GateHeaven’s-Way tier / Merged with the Daothe system administrator; Heaven’s Way is the operating system
- #11Typical figuresPanguUsual affiliationNoneGreat-Dao tier / Beyond Heaven’s Waythe person who built the computer
Earth Immortal
What this rung means
Earth Immortals still live on the earth, mostly cultivating in caves, old temples or beside numinous veins. They can breathe in the numinous air, work talismans and lengthen their years, but have not yet drawn body and primordial spirit entirely out of the dust of the world.
A cultivator newly at this level first learns to give up grain and refine breath, then to ride the wind, travel through earth, lay out formations and gather herbs. Against a flood, a miasma or a small demon he can shield his cave and his followers with his arts.
The mountain schools often set Earth Immortals to watch the herb gardens, the elixir furnace and the mountain gate. While the higher immortals are in seclusion, carrying messages, receiving guests and escorting mortals also falls to them.
If they keep accumulating power they pass an ordeal or refine the body and move towards the rank of Heavenly Immortal; if the foundation of the Dao is damaged, they remain bound by human lifespans and by the rise and fall of the earth-veins.
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