In this world people create soulbound weapons that grow along with them it helps them break through bottlenecks and cultivation.
To create a soul-bound weapon a person must first gather materials of magical beasts and then start using their chi or Soul Force to start tempering and imbuing the materials then they will start forging the weapon each Soul down weapon is unique entirely to their crafter and master. Things unique weapons will possess one entirely unique ability that represents the essence of their master.
And thus a cultivator can only possess one weapon. Because this one weapon is truly a part of its master and thus can only exert its full power and the hands of its master. One major fact you need to keep in mind is the materials used to craft a cultivator weapon or important but not the defining factor of a cultivators final point because as the cultivator gets stronger they may be able to eventually obtained an extremely rare cases of reforging their weapon with even stronger materials. Most cultivators do not know of the secondary forging.
Now we get on to the power rankings there are six realms of cultivation. And two paths of battle being the mage path and the warrior path
The first realm which comprises of six smaller realms this first realm is called squire/scholar And this is the beginning of the path. The average strength ceiling for those at the Pinnacle of this realm is that they can fight 100 ordinary men and have a relatively good chance of winning.
The second realm is called trainee soldier/novice mage. The second realm has also comprises of 6 minor realms. Most end up stopping somewhere in this for a lack of better talent. At the Pinnacle of this realm a cultivator starts to really develop their own path and life and thus have the combat power at the Pinnacle of this realm could take on a thousand ordinary men.
The third realm is called lieutenant/apprentice mage. This realm contains eight minor realms. At the Pinnacle of this realm the cultivator stops being completely human and starts going beyond the limitations of a human body at the Pinnacle of this realm a single cultivator could fight 10,000 ordinary well-trained soldiers. And be guaranteed to win because their life level endurance strength everything has surpassed a human limit and have gained access to their unique ability which is the starting point of their journey to go beyond.
The fourth realm it's called captain/adept mage. This realm contains 10 minor realms/levels to it and this is where the path of cultivation becomes very difficult because each minor realm one after the other gets harder to break through this is where true geniuses shine or fall. In minor provinces these cultivators are considered key figures being captains of minor Lords guard or the local kingdoms military leader and the province. They're capable of fighting 100 cultivators at the lieutenant/apprentice mage. This is where a cultivators unique ability will begin to strengthen immensely as they comprehend the rules and laws embedded into their ability and powering it to do even greater things.
The fifth realm this is where true powerhouses begin the fifth realm is called the general/Master mage this room has a total of 12 minor realms within it cultivarius who reaches realm are considered true powerhouses no matter where they are and the world major players who typically lead organizations or may very well be Kings of large provinces or even leading an entire Kingdom. At the Pinnacle of this realm a cultivator can fight up to 1,000 cultivators of the fourth realm. Because once someone breaks through to the fifth realm their life level abilities comprehension of laws everything is elevated beyond that even going as far as to establish a small domain where their powers are enhanced even further thus making a fight against a general/mastermage. Requiring either immense numbers or an equal
The last realm is a realm that very few ever truly attain the stuff of Legends this realm is called the king realm no matter which path you choose the warrior or the mage it will end in this realm. This is the last stage of cultivation there's only ever known to have 4 minor realms within this but each minor realm is considered a monumental task to break through. Because in this stage you start fully controlling the laws embedded in your power but even going beyond that to control the world's laws connected to your unique power. In this realm the only way to fight a king is with another king because of the sheer power difference between the 5th and 6th round. Most cultivators at this realm are founders of an empire it is never known how long it takes for one to die of old age. The owner ever recorded cases of Kings dying is to another king.
Quote:"the only one worthy of facing a king is another king"