Power·11 entries

An eleven-rung qualitative ladder, from mortal to beyond Heaven’s Way. No numbers, only rungs.

Complete index · 11

Name

#Typical figuresUsual affiliation

MortalRung 1 of the ladder
#1Typical figuresTang Sanzang, Di Xin, Ji FaUsual affiliationHumankind
Earth ImmortalRung 2 of the ladder
#2Typical figures—Usual affiliationAll quarters
Heavenly ImmortalRung 3 of the ladder
#3Typical figuresWhite Bone DemonUsual affiliationAll quarters
Mystic ImmortalRung 4 of the ladder
#4Typical figuresWhite Bone DemonUsual affiliationAll quarters
Golden ImmortalRung 5 of the ladder
#5Typical figuresZhu Bajie, Sha Seng, Li JingUsual affiliationThe Chan camp
Taiyi Golden ImmortalRung 6 of the ladder
#6Typical figuresNezha, Niu Mowang, Taiyi ZhenrenUsual affiliationChanjiao
Da Luo Golden Immortala first-rate fighter
#7Typical figuresSun Wukong, Yang Jian, Zhao GongmingUsual affiliationJiejiao / Chanjiao
Quasi-Saintan overlord of one domain
#8Typical figuresDijun, Donghuang Taiyi, ZhenyuanziUsual affiliationYao clan / independents / the sects
Saint / Hunyuan Da Luo Golden Immortala shareholder in the rules of the world
#9Typical figuresTaiqing Laozi, Yuanshi Tianzun, Tongtian JiaozhuUsual affiliationThe Six Saints of Heaven’s Way
Heaven’s-Way tier / Merged with the Daothe system administrator; Heaven’s Way is the operating system
#10Typical figuresHongjunUsual affiliationAncestor of the Mystic Gate
Great-Dao tier / Beyond Heaven’s Waythe person who built the computer
#11Typical figuresPanguUsual affiliationNone

Heavenly Immortal

Rung 3 of the ladder

Era: Power ladder
Rung: Rung 3 of 11
Figures: White Bone Demon
Affiliation: All quarters

Figures at this rung · 4

Chang’eHeavenly Immortal – Golden Immortal · Humankind → the moon palace Su DajiHeavenly Immortal – Golden Immortal · Xuanyuan tomb demons / Shang BailongmaHeavenly Immortal – Golden Immortal · Western Sea dragon palace → the pilgrimage White Bone DemonHeavenly Immortal – Mystic Immortal · White Tiger Ridge demons

What this rung means

A Heavenly Immortal has shed most of the mortal frame, can rise on cloud and travel far by his own power, and can go long without food or sleep. Ordinary mountains and rivers are no longer the end of the road: the gates of heaven, the sea-eyes and the cave-heavens begin to open to him.

At this level an immortal can change shape, drive wind and fire, refine talismans and instruments, and sense demonic air nearby with the primordial spirit. Journey demons such as the White Bone Demon are usually placed between Heavenly and Mystic Immortal for just this reason: they can take human shape and slip away in spirit, yet a mature immortal art can still cut them down outright.

When the Heavenly Court recruits lesser immortals, Heavenly Immortals may enter the ranks of its soldiers, its strongmen or the local divine offices, and carry out orders for rain, patrol and the taking of demons in the mountains, rivers and water palaces.

If they blunder into the formation of a great school or meet a primordial treasure, the immortal light shielding them may still be broken at a stroke; only by refining the primordial spirit and the laws further do they enter the rank of Mystic Immortal.

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