My Years Getting By in the Demonic Path

[Traditional xianxia] [Not a wish-fulfillment novel] Chen Lingfeng transmigrates into a world of immortal cultivation. Lucky enough to possess a superior spiritual root, he joins the Blood Fiend Sect by chance and, after years of cultivation, finally reaches the ninth level of Qi Refining. They say you don't count as a cultivator until you reach Foundation Establishment, so Chen Lingfeng decides to see what that stage is like. Then they say you don't count as a cultivator until you form a Golden Core, so he decides to see what that is like. Then they say you don't count as a cultivator until you reach Nascent Soul...