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Here you can find Fang Yuan's Gu Master cultivation, as well as his soul cultivation. For the cultivation of his split souls please head here.

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• Cultivation
• Gu Master
  • Aperture
  • Aperture Walls
  • Primeval Essence
  • Primeval Stone
• Gu Immortal
  • Immortal Aperture
  • Dao Marks
  • Calamities and Tribulations
  • Immortal Zombie
  • Blessed Land
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Mortal Realms (First Aperture)

Mortal Realms (First Aperture)
#	Stage	Age	Novel	Manhua	Information
Rank 1 Gu Master (Green Copper)
1	Initial	15	5	6	Awakening of Hope Gu - Hope to Immortality His Aperture Capacity was 44%, Meaning that his awakened Aptitude was Grade C.
2	Middle		50	42	Fang Yuan used primeval stones to replenished his primeval essence as well as using the Liquor Worm to refine his primeval essence elevating it by one realm. He nurtured his "Aperture Wall" and broke them down after which the next stage aperture walls appeared in their stead.
3	Upper		78	63
4	Peak		81	66
Rank 2 Gu Master (Red Steel)
5	Initial	15	92	77	Fang Yuan used primeval stones to replenished his primeval essence, he then nurtured his Aperture Wall until he could break them down and advance to the next stage.
6	Middle	16	115	88	Fang Yuan used a Red Steel Relic Gu to instantly advance his cultivation to the next stage.
7	Upper		145		Fang Yuan used primeval stones to replenished his primeval essence as well as using the Four Flavors Liquor Worm to refine his primeval essence elevating it by one realm. He nurtured his water membrane aperture walls and broke them down after which stone membrane aperture walls appeared in their stead.
8	Peak		146 (Revealed in ch.148)		Fang Yuan used a Red Steel Relic Gu to instantly advance his cultivation to the next stage.
Rank 3 Gu Master (White Silver)
9	Initial	16	152		Because of Fang Yuan's C grade talent. He had no choice but to refine the Man-Beast Life Burial Gu to be able to advance. After the refinement, he immediately swallowed the Gu which allowed his cultivation to advance to the next level. His Primeval Essence, however, Was tainted by the Black-Red Residue of the Man-Beast Life Burial Gu
			155 (Revealed in ch.159)		Fang Yuan used the Cleansing Water Gu to permanently remove the impurities of the Man-Beast Life Burial Gu and stop his Primeval Essence from being corrupted, Though his Aptitude remained Grade C, His Aperture Capacity ultimately dropped from 44% to 42%.
10	Middle	17	187		Fang Yuan used a Stone Aperture Gu and immediately increased his cultivation to the last stage of rank 3, the reason for this was to avoid the pressure and destruction of his aperture by his vital Gu, Spring Autumn Cicada.
11	Upper
12	Peak
Cultivation Reset
Rank 1 Gu Master (Green Copper)
13	Initial	17	198		Fang Yuan used the Blood Skull Gu to increase his Aptitude but due to his previous usage of Stone Aperture Gu it also affected his cultivation. Though the Stone Aperture Gu was Over-Ruled and discarded by the Blood Skull Gu, Fang Yuan’s cultivation was ultimately forced to regress back to rank 1 initial stage.
					Fang Yuan’s Aptitude increased from Grade C: 42% to Grade A: 90%.
14	Middle	17	212		Fang Yuan used primeval stones to replenished his primeval essence, he then nurtured his aperture walls until he could break them down and advance to the next stage. During this time he cultivated non-stop, not wasting a single minute.
15	Upper		217		Fang Yuan used a Green Copper Relic Gu to instantly advance his cultivation to the next stage.
16	Peak		231		Fang Yuan used the Bone Flesh Unity Gu with Bai Ning Bing's help to allow her primeval essence to convert itself to suit his as to enter and nurture his aperture. In the end, he also used the converted primeval essence to break down his aperture walls and advance to the next stage.
Rank 2 Gu Master (Red Steel)
17	Initial	17	233 (Revealed in ch.234)		Fang Yuan used the Bone Flesh Unity Gu with Bai Ning Bing's help to allow her primeval essence to change itself to suit his as to enter and nurture his aperture. In the end, he also used the converted primeval essence to break down his aperture walls and advance to the next stage.
18	Middle		241
19	Upper		245
20	Peak		258
Rank 3 Gu Master (White Silver)
21	Initial	17	273		Fang Yuan used the Bone Flesh Unity Gu with Bai Ning Bing's help to allow her primeval essence to change itself to suit his as to enter and nurture his aperture. In the end, he also used the converted primeval essence to break down his aperture walls and advance to the next stage.
22	Middle		301
23	Upper	19 (One Year And A Half Time-Skip)	312
24	Peak				Fang Yuan used a White Silver Relic Gu to instantly advance his cultivation to the next stage.
Rank 4 Gu Master (Yellow Golden)
25	Initial	20	331		Fang Yuan used the Bone Flesh Unity Gu with Bai Ning Bing's help to allow her primeval essence to change itself to suit his as to enter and nurture his aperture. In the end, he also used the converted primeval essence to break down his aperture walls and advance to the next stage.
26	Middle	25+	358		Fang Yuan used a Yellow Golden Relic Gu to instantly advance his cultivation to the next stage. (Note: Fang Yuan's age cannot be determined precisely because of the different time flow inside the blessed land where he was at that time).
27	Upper		379		(Note: It was not mentioned how Fang Yuan advanced during that time. It is likely that he used the Nine Eyes Liquor Worm to refine primeval essence and elevating it by one realm and using it to advance to the next stage. (In ch. 379 Fang Yuan compared his cultivation with Tie Mu Bai as well as in ch. 383 mentioning that his cultivation already reached this stage).
28	Peak	30	422		Fang Yuan used the Nine Eyes Liquor Worm to refine his primeval essence elevating it by one realm. He nurtured his stone membrane aperture walls and broke them down after which crystal membrane aperture walls appeared in their stead. (Note: Fang Yuan's age is slightly above 30 as mentioned in chapter 424).
Rank 5 Gu Master (Purple Crystal)
29	Initial	30	475		Fang Yuan used primeval stones to replenished his primeval essence, he then nurtured his aperture walls until he could break them down and advance to the next stage. During this time he cultivated non-stop, not wasting a single minute.
30	Middle				Fang Yuan used 2 Purple Crystal Relic Gu to instantly advance his cultivation to the next stage.
31	Upper
32	Peak				Fang Yuan used 2 Purple Crystal Relic Gu (which had been tampered with liquids) to instantly advance his cultivation to the next and final stage for mortals

Mortal Realms (Second Aperture)

Mortal Realms (Second Aperture)
#	Stage	Age	Chapter	Information
Rank 1 Gu Master (Green Copper)
33	Initial	30+	490	With the help of Lang Ya Land Spirit, the Second Aperture Gu is activated and used to form a second aperture inside Fang Yuan's body (chest).
				Fang Yuan’s Second Aperture Gu’s Aptitude matched the first Aperture’s Aptitude and was no more than Grade A: 90%.
34	Middle		493	Fang Yuan used many Relic Gu's to instantly advance his cultivation to this stage.
35	Upper
36	Peak
Rank 2 Gu Master (Red Steel)
37	Initial	30+	493	Fang Yuan used many Relic Gu's to instantly advance his cultivation to this stage.
38	Middle
39	Upper
40	Peak
Rank 3 Gu Master (White Silver)
41	Initial	30+	493	Fang Yuan used many Relic Gu's to instantly advance his cultivation to this stage.
42	Middle
43	Upper
44	Peak
Rank 4 Gu Master (Yellow Golden)
45	Initial	30+	504	Fang Yuan continuously cultivated and used the rank 5 peak stage primeval essence of his first aperture to nurture his second aperture's walls and later break them down, advancing to the next stage.
46	Middle
47	Upper
48	Peak
Rank 5 Gu Master (Purple Crystal)
36	Initial	30+	504	Fang Yuan continuously cultivated and used the rank 5 peak stage primeval essence of his first aperture to nurture his second aperture's walls and later break them down, advancing to the next stage.
37	Middle		536
38	Upper		546
39	Peak		554

Immortal Realms (Original Body)

Immortal Realms (Original Body)
#	Calamities & Tribulations	Age	Chapter	Information
Rank 6 Gu Immortal (Green Grape)
40	Snow War Tribulation Lightning Chaotic Branching Teeth Formless Hands	30+	633	During the chaos that ensued inside the Eighty-Eight True Yang Building and his involvement, Fang Yuan had no choice but to advance to a Gu Immortal in order to attracted tribulations and calamities, as well as protect himself from pieces of Giant Sun Immortal Venerable's special will. Eventually, Fang Yuan succeed in doing so (with his second aperture), and became a strength path Gu Immortal. Inside his immortal aperture, a medium rank blessed land with 3500 square kilometers (km²) was formed.
41	N/A	30+	643	Fang Yuan was no longer able to effectively progress his cultivation after becoming an immortal zombie due to his immortal aperture becoming a dead aperture.
Ex.	N/A	30+	1480	Fang Yuan used the killer move Split Soul to create a split soul that now inhabits his original body. For further information, also regarding the future cultivation of this body, please visit Fang Yuan's split souls.

Immortal Realms (Sovereign Body)

Immortal Realms (Sovereign Body)
#	Calamities & Tribulations	Age	Chapter	Information
Rank 6 Gu Immortal (Green Grape)
42	N/A	30+	1018~1021	Fang Yuan's soul entered the Sovereign Immortal Fetus Gu, and as a result, he obtained a new body with a cultivation base of rank 6.
43	Snow Monster Calamity	30+ (New body: 2 months)	1053~1057	The 1st earthly calamity during rank 6 cultivation. Fang Yuan placed his immortal aperture in the Absolute Ice Battlefield and used the killer move Immortal Tribulation Tempering Aperture to lure out the Reckless Savage Demon Venerable's true meaning during the earthly calamity, effectively increasing his attainment level in strength and transformation path. After passing the earthly calamity, Fang Yuan obtained snow path dao marks as well as countless desolate level Snow Monsters.
44	Wind Flower Snow Moon Tribulation	30+ (New body: 4 months)	1096~1098	The 2nd earthly calamity during rank 6 cultivation. Fang Yuan placed his immortal aperture in the Absolute Ice Battlefield and used the killer move Immortal Tribulation Tempering Aperture to lure out the Reckless Savage Demon Venerable's true meaning during the earthly calamity, effectively increasing his attainment level in strength and transformation path. After passing the earthly calamity, Fang Yuan's dao marks increased.
45	Spring Dawn Jade Oriole	30+ (New body: 6 months)	1111~1113	The 3rd earthly calamity during rank 6 cultivation. Fang Yuan proceeded the same as in the 2nd earthly calamity. After passing the earthly calamity, Fang Yuan's attainment level and dao marks increased.
46	Profound White Flying Salt Calamity	30+ (New body: 8 months)	1139	The 4th earthly calamity during rank 6 cultivation. Fang Yuan proceeded the same as in the 2nd earthly calamity. After passing the earthly calamity, Fang Yuan's attainment level and dao marks increased. Side Note After the 4th earthly calamity ended, Heaven's Will created other situations where it influenced others in order to eliminate Fang Yuan, this situation was called Human Tribulation, not a cultivation tribulation.
47	Corrosive Dark Current	30+ (New body: 10 months)	1164~1165	The 5th earthly calamity during rank 6 cultivation. Fang Yuan placed his immortal aperture in the Earth Trench and used the killer move Immortal Tribulation Tempering Aperture in order to get an earth path earthly calamity, but it didn't form because Heaven's Will not allows it, instead he got a dark path earthly calamity. After passing the earthly calamity, Fang Yuan's dark path dao marks increased.
48	N/A	30+ (New body: 12 months)	1184~1185	By annexing the Han Dong Blessed Land, Fang Yuan gained the dao marks of Transformation Path, water path, earth path, time path, space path, Fire Path, and other paths. The highest number among them were transformation path (7,000 dao marks), water path (1,000 dao marks), earth path (1,000 dao marks). Fang Yuan also skipped the four cultivation calamities, the 6th till 9th.
49	N/A	30+ (New body: 12 months)	1189	In the time span of a month, Fang Yuan once more continued to annex more blessed lands of deceased Gu Immortals, thereby skipping a high number of calamities and tribulations. Even managing to skip his 1st & 2nd Heavenly Tribulation at rank 6 (which counts as passing them), and is only three earthly calamities away from his 3rd heavenly tribulation. He amassed a lot of dao marks increasing his cultivation tremendously as well as accumulating more space and resources inside his Sovereign Immortal Aperture.
Rank 7 Gu Immortal (Red Date)
50	N/A	30+ (New body: 12+ months)	1206	Fang Yuan annexed the Qun Xing Blessed Land and skipped/passed the 3rd last earthly calamity, 2nd last earthly calamity and 1st last earthly calamity, as well the 3rd heavenly tribulation during rank 6 cultivation. He officially ascended to become a rank 7 Gu Immortal.
51	N/A	30+ (New body: 12+ months)	1210	By annexing the Liu Yong's enslavement path blessed land, Fang Yuan skipped/passed the 1st earthly calamity and the 1st heavenly tribulation in the rank 7 cultivation.
52	N/A	30+ (New body: 12+ months)	1211	Fang Yuan annexed a few blessed lands of the deceased Gu Immortals in the City Well. He skipped/passed the 2nd earthly calamity, 3rd earthly calamity, 2nd heavenly tribulation and 3rd heavenly tribulation in the rank 7 cultivation.
53	N/A	30+ (New body: 12+ months)	1217	By annexing the Wu Yi Hai’s Blessed Land, as well as the blessed lands of Brother Leng and Uncle Zhang. Fang Yuan skipped/passed a large number of calamities and tribulations, as well the 1st grand tribulation in the rank 7 cultivation.
54	Five Poison Tribulation	30+ (New body: 12+ months)	1469	After he inherited Spectral Soul's inheritance and traded for Long Hair Ancestor's inheritance with Lang Ya Land Spirit, Fang Yuan's strength solidified in the following (peaceful) secluded cultivation. He undid the time slowing methods on his Sovereign Immortal Aperture and did undergo his first official heavenly tribulation : the five poison tribulation. He gained roughly 1,000 poison path dao marks.
55	yellow spring ghost martial statue earthly calamity green lightning divine martial statue heavenly tribulation	30+ (New body: 12+ months)	1599	Fang Yuan did not go through the yellow spring ghost martial statue earthly calamity previously, instead using the immortal killer move endless trouble to delay it thus appearing with the green lightning divine martial statue heavenly tribulation together. his soul path and transformation path dao marks had increased.
Rank 8 Gu Immortal (White litchi)
56	N/A	50+	1624 1767	Fang Yuan annexed the Southern Border Gu Immortal captives Immortal Apertures and the Eastern Sea lone immortals in City Well Immortal Apertures and skipped the 3rd Grand Tribulation during rank 7 cultivation. He officially ascended to become a rank 8 Gu Immortal. After rebirth, Fang Yuan annexed Lang Ya Blessed Land and unsealed the origin core that was once sealed to demote it to a blessed land. when Fang Yuan unsealed it he became a true rank eight, upgrading his Sovereign Immortal Aperture to a grotto-heaven.
Rank 9 Gu Immortal (Yellow Apricot)
57	Black Fire	50+	2206 (Passing Heavenly Blockade) 2210 (Revealed)	Fang Yuan become a rank 9 venerable after passing the heavenly blockade in the form of Black Fire. He took advantage of Giant Sun Immortal Venerable's method that caused tribulations in his aperture to mask his advancement. From there, he concealed his rank 9 aura, acting like he was still a rank 8 Gu Immortal. He only revealed his true cultivation after he killed Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable.

Dao Marks

Dao Marks
# of Dao Marks	Path	Chapter
6,000,000+	Refinement	2134
3,400,000+	Transformation	2077
2,000,000+	Water	2241
1,620,000+	Rule	2077
1,200,000	Heaven	2237
1,000,000	Qi	1815
800,000+	Time	2077
40,000+	Soul	1804
≈ 20,000	Wood	1628
≈ 20,000	Wind	1628
≈ 1,000,000	Fire	2107
≈ 20,000	Metal	1628
≈ 20,000	Ice & Snow	1628
≈ 20,000	Earth	1628
15,000	Luck	1161
13,000	Sound	1161
12,000	Blood	1161
≈ 10,000	Light	1628
10,000	Sword
10,000	Dark
9,000 ~ 10,000	Strength
9000 ~ 100	Food	1628
9000 ~ 100	Phantom	1628
100	all other paths	1019

Soul Cultivation

Soul Cultivation
#	Man Soul 'Capacity'	Chapter	Information
Attention! Even though those are 'precise' numbers the way the counter for man soul works is: A 10 million man soul refers to anything from a 10 million man soul to a 99 million soul. A 100 million man soul refers to 100 - 999 million soul.
1	1+	410	After claiming Dang Hun Mountain, Fang Yuan used the Guts Gu on the mountain to heal his soul injuries, from refining Fixed Immortal Travel Gu, and slightly strengthen his soul.
2	5	411	Using Guts Gu he raised his soul foundation to this level.
3	6	413	Same as above.
4	100	422	Same as above. This was his body's limit at that time.
5	100 *	443	He used 9 Wolf Soul Gu to turn his soul into a half-man half-wolf soul, a so-called wolfman soul. At this point his 100 man soul was refined to the limits and had to be strengthened again. * The wolfman soul is many times stronger than a pure man soul.
6	100	454	He used 1 Wolf Soul Gu to turn his soul into a full-fledged wolfman soul. (Note: Even though it was stated that he would have to strengthen the soul again before refining it once more, this now seems to be no longer the case).
7	100	459	He used Impermanence Bone Gu, which made his body being able to contain a thousand man soul.
8	100+	475	Using Guts Gu he raised his soul foundation to this state. (Note: A precise number wasn't stated.)
9	~600	477	Same as above. (Note: It was stated that his soul strength increased by 6 times, a precise number wasn't stated.)
10	1,000	493	Same as above. He also bought 18 Wolf Soul Gu to further refine it. (Note: Although he had thousand man soul, he still needed wolf soul Gu to refine his soul, making it a thousand man soul level wolfman soul.)
11	1,000	500	He used Impermanence Bone Gu again.
12	1,000	501	Due to his increase of man soul, his soul started to lose the characteristics of a wolfman soul and he used Wolf Soul Gu to change it once more to a wolfman soul. It does, however, now take more Wolf Soul Gu to change it.
13	~800	504 ~ 511	Due to the to an assassination attempt with Soul Explosion Gu, his soul was injured and decreased in strength.
14	900	511	Using Guts Gu he raised his soul foundation to this level.
15	1000	???	<placeholder>
16	100	1448	After using Burning Soul Bursting Luck, his soul level was reduced to this point.
Attention! Even though those are 'precise' numbers the way the counter for man soul works is: A 10 million man soul refers to anything from a 10 million man soul to a 99 million soul. A 100 million man soul refers to 100 - 999 million soul.
17	1 million	1460	Using Guts Gu and Luo Po Valley, with methods from Spectral Soul Demon Venerable's inheritance, he raised his soul foundation to this level.
18	1,5 million	1462	Same as above.
19	10 million	1467	Same as above.
20	50 million	1470	Same as above.
21	70 million	1471	Same as above.
22	80 million	1476	Same as above.
23	9 million	1481	After using the immortal killer move Split Soul and creating a split soul, his foundation fell to this level.
24	10 million	1492	Using Guts Gu, he raised his soul foundation to this level.
25	5 million	1493	Due to the corrosion of Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable's dream realm, Fang Yuan's 10 million man soul was shaved of by half.
26	1 million	1494	Due to the corrosion of Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable's dream realm, Fang Yuan's 5 million man soul was further reduced to this state.
27	90 million	1495	Using Guts Gu and Luo Po Valley, with methods from Spectral Soul Demon Venerable's inheritance, he raised his soul foundation to this level.
28	10 million	1502	Due to the corrosion of Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable's dream realm,Fang Yuan's 90 million man soul was reduced to a million man soul level but after using Guts Gu he once again reached 10 million man soul level.
29	90 million	1505	Fang Yuan killed some soul beasts and raised his soul foundation back to hundred million man soul.
30	100 million	1508	Fang Yuan killed some soul beasts and raised his soul foundation to hundred million man soul.
31	200 million	1509	Fang Yuan killed some soul beasts and raised his soul foundation to two hundred million man soul.
32	150 million	1510	During the exploration of Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable's dream realm, his soul was damaged by an attack in the dream realm and was reduced to this level.
33	90 million	1511	During the exploration of Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable's dream realm, his soul was damaged by soul search and was reduced to this level.
34	100 million	1512	Fang Yuan killed some soul beasts and raised his soul foundation back to hundred million man soul.
35	30 million	1596	After constant usage of Emperor Yama, his soul was depleted to this level.
36	one desolate soul	1804	Fang Yuan advance to desolate soul after reaching the peak of 100 million man soul.
37	10 desolate soul	1808	Fang Yuan continues to cultivate desolate soul.
38	60 million desolate soul	2128	Fang Yuan continue to cultivate while referencing Spectral Soul Immortal Venerable's performance during Yi Tian Mountain Battle and his latest battle with Spectral Soul's identical clone. He reached a level where his soul has become two heads and hundreds of arms black giant with innate soul abilities.
39	100 million man soul	2265	Fang Yuan refined his desolate soul back to man soul using Four Elements Square Regret Blood Refinement Pool after he learned of the drawback of cultivating it.

Trivia

• The second aperture (immortal aperture) of Fang Yuan's original body has disintegrated completely.
• After he achieved rank 9 cultivation by passing the Black Fire Heavenly Blockade, his dao marks count exceed the reviving venerables.