Important Characters:

Seifr - Protagonist of the story. Currently 15 years old and at the 5th Mortal Realm

Kveld - The Headmaster of The Misty Realm Academy. Above Sky Realm, has not been revealed exactly how powerful he is

Kohl - Antagonistic noble at The Misty Realm Academy. Son of the Governor of Vinson

Seth - Friend of Seifr's, also the son of a merchant family

Celia - Seifr has a crush on this girl

Morcai - Father of Seifr. Head of the Kyian Trading House (KTH)

Locations/Entities:

Dalcot Empire - The country the story is currently taking place ins

North Squire Province - The Imperial Province the story is currently taking place in

Vinson - City where the story is currently taking place. The Capital of the North Squire Province

Kyian Trading House - A Merchant conglomerate that has a wide array of business dealings. Also operates Auction Houses in cities where they have an office

The Misty Realm - A famous academy for young practitioners of cultivation who do not want to be tied down to a sect located in Vinson

The Blue Vines Sect - The only sect located in Vinson. Most powerful member is the patriarch, and he's only in the Late Earth Realm

Cultivation Realms:

Spiritual Energy - Energy that inundates the atmosphere, the earth, and all living creatures. Sentient beings can naturally intake Spiritual Energy into their dantian to refine and enhance their bodies, non-sentient beings do in instinctively into a neidan

Ki - Spiritual Energy that has been inhaled by one, circulated through the meridian lines, and compressed into the dantian (or neidan)

Meridian Lines - A circuitous conduit inside the body for the circulation of Spiritual Energy/Ki. Circulating Spiritual Energy along the meridians will cause it to refine the muscles (and later the bones and viscera) while simultaneously compressing the energy to fit in the dantian

Dantian - Region on the upper stomach where Spiritual Energy is compressed and stored

Neidan - A physical manifestation of ki that non-sentient beings have inside their bodies. The Spiritual Energy contained within is extremely wild and must be purified by a cultivator before it is of some use

Stages - There are 10 stages in each Realm. Stages 1-3 represent the Lower Stage. Stages 4-6 represent the Mid Stage. Stages 7-9 represent the Late Stage. The 10th stage is the Peak Stage

Attributes - There are 3 Tiers of attributes. Only the 1st Tier is "common knowledge," and only very powerful cultivators know what the higher Tiers are, so only the 1st Tier is included in the list so far. All attributes of the same Tier are equal in power to each other but have different forms and functions:

Fire

Wind

Earth

Water

Wood

Metal

Lightning

The Common Path:

Common Realm - Every living being begins in this realm. Spiritual Energy circulation refines the muscles. Average lifespan of 70 years for humans

Mortal Realm - Characterized by slightly denser Spiritual Energy accumulation in the dantian. Not a significant difference compared to Common Realm. Average lifespan of 100 years for humans

Elementary Realm - One can inherently sense (faintly) Spiritual Energy in the atmosphere for the first time. Spiritual Energy circulation refines the muscles and bones. Average lifespan of 120 years for humans

Nascent Realm - One's senses can now interpret the Spiritual Energy that is sensed as a visual (faintly) so that one can "see" Spiritual Energy. One can concentrate ki into areas of the body for short bursts for a quick boost in power, but cannot manifest the ki. Spiritual Energy circulation refines the muscles, bones, and viscera. Average lifespan of 150 years for humans

The Cultivator Path:

Spirit Realm - The first "true" step in the path of cultivation. One is recognized as a true cultivator if they attain this realm. Most mortals never breakthrough the bottleneck past the Nascent Realm. Ki can be manifested into what's known as "ki strikes" and "martial techniques." The body's aging process begins to slow. Average lifespan of 200 years for humans

Profound Realm - Simpler manifestations of ki become less costly, and more complicated uses of ki become instinctively easier, causing a qualitative and quantitative jump in ki usage. Average lifespan of 300 years for humans

Earth Realm - Average lifespan of 500 years for humans

Sky Realm - Simple ki strikes and the most primitive martial techniques no longer consume a noticeable amount of ki, and have a diminishing affect on other cultivators of the Sky Realm. The body stops aging completely. Average lifespan of 750 years for humans.

Heaven Realm - Average lifespan of 1,000 years for humans

The Immortal Path:

True Realm - Cultivators of this realm have broken the shackles of mortality and have become immortal; they will no longer die of old age

Items:

Imperial Currency - The Empire has a currency using precious metals based on a denomination of 10's:

Platinum Coin = 10 Gold Coins

Gold Coin = 10 Silver Coins

Silver Coin = 10 Copper Coins

Copper Coin = 10 Iron Coins

Iron Coins are the lowest base of currency

Spirit Stones - Can be found in the wild alongside rare/precious minerals. They are formed naturally when the Spiritual Energy in the atmosphere has saturated the earth for a long time. They can also be created out of a Spirit Realm cultivator or higher infusing their ki into a neidan, which depending on their level of cultivation, will shatter the neidan into Spirit Stones with a majority of the Spiritual Energy being lost. Higher realm cultivators lose less Spiritual Energy. A Spirit Realm cultivator and above can also directly infuse their ki into the Spirit Stones, causing them to emit the Spiritual Energy contained within which can then be inhaled like a gas to directly improve cultivation. Spirit Stones are also used in the crafting of Ki Items

Currency Exchange - Currently the official exchange rate set by the Empire is 1 Spirit Stone for 1 Silver Coin

Ki Weapons/Armor/Items - Much like cultivators, these items have been quenched with Spiritual Energy to make them more formidable. They may or may not contain an attribute. So far only Rank 1 Ki Items have been introduced

----- Author's Note -----

I hope everyone is enjoying the story so far. I'm always open to feedback and critiques. I've gotten the posts close to caught up to my website as of the time of posting this. I have 15 chapters linked here, and 17 currently published on my wordpress website.

Note: This Glossary is not comprehensive. I will update the glossary periodically as the story advances. I can either publish an "expanded" Glossary in the future, where I just add the relevant information to the total and post the whole thing again, or I can just post what is updated about it when there is enough material to do so. We'll see when it happens.

As always, you can find more published chapters on my website, which will be linked below. If I haven't posted anything to this forum in a couple of days (unlikely to happen in the near future), you can find a more comprehensive selection over there. I'm currently writing around 2 or 3 chapters every day with an average word count of 2150 (though I have had two chapters close to 4k so far).

Thanks for reading!

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