The nine-rank cultivation ladder starts at rank one, conferred when the aperture opens. Its primeval essence is green copper.
With the coagulation of the primeval sea after the Awakening Ceremony, new students are rank one Gu Masters, starting at initial stage. ch. 7 Gu Masters are divided into nine ranks of great realms, and each great realm has four small realms: initial, middle, upper, and peak stage. ch. 230 Gu Masters at rank one produce green copper primeval essence. ch. 22 ch. 26
A D grade talent raised for three years can become a rank one senior Gu Master and form family foundation. ch. 4 Among the five mortal ranks, rank one and two are beginners. ch. 275
Aperture wall stages
Initial stage has light membrane aperture walls. Middle stage has water membrane walls. Upper stage has stone membrane walls. Peak stage has crystal membrane walls. ch. 230
The mortal stretch through rank five is covered on Rank One through Rank Five. The wider ladder is covered on ranks and realms.
Connections(5)
0 later connections are veiled.