Three Realms: Humans, Demons, and Heaven
Five Elements: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth
Nine Virtues: Righteousness, Courage, Justice, Wisdom, Faith, Benevolence, Loyalty, Kindness, and Courtesy
Nine Provinces: Yongzhou, Jizhou, Yanzhou, Liangzhou, Yuzhou, Qingzhou, Jingzhou, Yangzhou, and Xuzhou
Stages: Yafeng, Zhanmeng, Rouzhao, Qiangyu, Zhuyong, Tuwei, Shangzhang, Chongguang, Xuange, Zhaoyang, and Divine
Cultivation Paths: True Qi (Qi Sea), Soul Power (Soul Sea), and Spiritual Power (Spirit Sea)
Key Highlight: Cultivators and their bonded Battle Spirits can transform into one another. Battle Spirits include the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Phoenix, Black Tortoise, and Qilin.
Meridians, Cauldron Gathering, Soul Brush
The Center: Cauldron Gathering is the core of producing True Qi, alchemy, crafting artifacts, making talismans, and food cultivation.
Important events in protagonist Xuanyuan Ming's life: 1. After inheriting the Wisdom Cauldron, he suffers severed meridians while trying to save his mother. Chi You Yingmei erases the memories of the Xuanyuan brothers, Xuanyuan Ming and Xuanyuan Lang, and arranges their destinies.
2. Xuanyuan Ming is rescued by Lu Xingzhou and becomes his disciple. With Lu Xingzhou's help, he cultivates his external skills while awaiting the chance to restore his meridians. During this time, he goes to Xuzhou City to take the entrance exams for the Five Great Academies. He fails, but meets Xu Yourong, Wang Mu, and others.
3. Xuanyuan Ming gets the chance to restore his meridians and gains a spirit pet, Yuanbao. He begins cultivating normally.
4. To keep a promise made for a year later, Xuanyuan Ming travels through Yangzhou and takes a detour through Jingzhou. He has a remarkable encounter in the Jingyue region and obtains the Loyalty Cauldron.
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