Qi-Condensation Realm

The first threshold of cultivation. To draw the spiritual qi of heaven and earth into the body, run it along the meridian cycle, and condense it bit by bit within the dantian—this is called Qi-Condensation. It is divided into three layers, and what separates one layer from the next is the purity and stability of the qi, not brute force.

For a rogue cultivator of the bazaar, Qi-Condensation is already all that most will touch in a lifetime. Beyond the third layer lie higher realms, but those are matters that only sect disciples can afford to speak of.

The qi of Qi-Condensation is not dead—at times thick, at times thin; one who nurtures qi must tend to it every single day. Neglect it once, and though your realm does not fall, the qi sinks a layer, and it takes ten days or half a month to come back.