For those confused about the setting, terms, or anything else.

Names:

Ji (lucky) Yang (sun)

LiGe: Farewell Song

Mo (ink) Jin (gold)

Cultivation Stages: (In brackets are corresponding beast ranks)

1. (, , 1) Qi Condensing: Able to sense and use spiritual energy (9 stages) [mortal lifespan]
2. (1, 2) Foundation Building: Refining body (including senses), choosing path [mortal] (=> 80% of total cultivators)
3. (3, 4) Mind Refining: Developing and using spiritual sense, understanding environment [200 years] (15%)
4. (5, 6, 7) Core Formation: Forming spiritual energy into a core inside Dantian [400 years] (>4%)
5. (8) Nascent Soul: Breaking the core to produce (and nurture) a nascent soul [600 years]
6. (8, 9) Chaos Energy: Utilizing the chaos energy of the surrounding and the divine [900 years]
7. (9, 10) Primordial God: Peering into the heaven’s Dao. Largely unknown, entirely based on enlightenment [1500 years]
8. Ascension

Cultivation Levels (lower, upper, peak levels except qi condensing)

Weapons:

Earth -> Sky -> Heaven -> Immortal -> Divine (lower, upper, peak)

Money:

Lvl n spiritual stones = 10 lvl n-1 spiritual stones
Lvl 1 spiritual stone = 5 gold = 5o silver = 500 copper
Capital city consumption family of 4: 200 silvers a month. Normal mortal meal (group): 5 silvers

Five Noble Sects:

1. Reverent Sun
2. Joyous River
3. 5 Mountains East
4. Ou Yuan
5. Tao Duo Lu

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