Gu Master

Gu Master
Those who have the talent to cultivate can become Gu Masters, going beyond the ordinary. Those with no cultivation talent are bound to stay as mortals, the lowest level in the society, who could be trampled upon and toyed with. A Gu Master is someone who has opened their mortal magic stomach within their bodies and can use Primeval Essence to manipulate Gu's. Gus are basically msgical insect. they might look disgustng or not depending on the auhtor. a gu can look like boulder. Not everyone has the natural talent to be a Gu Master and talant can vary greatly as much as having twins of which one has A Grade talent while the other has D Grade talent. Generally speaking, it is not bad if 5 out of 10 people have the talent to become a Gu Master. For example, in the Gu Yue Clan, this ratio is higher, reaching 6 people. This is due to the Gu Yue Clan’s ancestor. The first generation clan leader was a famous, legendary and powerful man who used a Gu to purify his and his descendant's bloodline thereby increasing chances of spawning more talents.

Aperture
The aperture is mysterious and unusual. It is located inside the Gu Master’s body around the stomach's area. Due to it being ethereal it does not occupy physical space such as an internal organ. The aperture is endlessly huge, yet at the same time infinitely small. Some call it the Purple Prefecture, some call it the Chinese Pool. However many know it as the Primeval Sea Aperture. It is a place for a Gu Master to put their Gu Worms, it also a place to produces and stores Primeval Essence depending on the individual's talent grade and rank.

Aperture Walls
Mortal Gu Masters are divided into five ranks of great realms ("Cultivation"), each great realm is further divided into four smaller realms, initial stage, middle stage, upper stage, and peak stage.


 * 1) Initial stage has light membrane aperture wall, the light was thin and flickering.
 * 2) Middle stage has a water membrane aperture wall, the light flowed freely.
 * 3) Upper stage has a stone membrane aperture wall, the light was condensed to a solid-state.
 * 4) Peak stage has a crystal membrane aperture wall, with ethereal and pure radiance.

Grades of Aptitude/Talent
Primarily a person's talent is what determines to which rank they will be able to cultivate as a Gu Master. The most common knowledge among Gu Masters is that there are only 4 talent grades. Cultivation talents are divided into four grades of the aperture corresponding to the maximum capacity of Primeval Essence being stored in them. They range from A Grade (best), B Grade, C Grade, to D Grade (worst) at any time, explode, killing the Gu Master and cause significant damage to their surroundings. This chance increases as their cultivation rank increases. To prevent their demise, there are certain methods that act as a temporary stop-gap measure or ones that can permanently impair the Gu Master's cultivation. The methods are as follows.


 * 1st Grade (or A Grade) Talent: The opened space of Mortal Aperture is 80-99% filled with Primeval Essence. This grade can be considered exceptional and the Gu Master can reach the peak of mortal achievement (Rank 5) and perhaps even become a Gu Immortal with enough preparations.
 * 2nd Grade (or B Grade) Talent: The opened space of Mortal Aperture is 60-79% filled with Primeval Essence. This grade can be considered good and the highest realm achievable is usually Rank 3-4.
 * 3rd Grade (or C Grade) Talent: The opened space of Mortal Aperture is 40-59% filled with Primeval Essence. This grade can only be considered ordinary and the highest realm achievable is usually Rank 2-3.
 * 4th Grade (or D Grade) Talent: The opened space of Mortal Aperture is 20-39% filled with Primeval Essence. This is the weakest grade and the highest realm achievable is usually Rank 1-2.

Ten Extreme Physiques
The people who possess one of the extreme physiques have an aptitude above A grade and their mortal aperture capacity is capped at 100%. They produce Primeval Essence at a much higher rate than those without an extreme physique and they are able to advance through ranks at a much higher pace than their peers. The Primeval Essence also passively nourishes the aperture wall, increasing the Gu Master's rank without the need for active cultivation, this cannot be permanently suppressed.

The ten extreme physiques have the characteristic of overburdening the mortal aperture and can,: decreasing their aptitude, which is only temporary because, in due time, their aptitude would increase again, transforming into a Zombie which would permanently inhibit their cultivation as well as having difficulties returning to their mortal state or advancing to an immortal; or using 'Immortal Gu' like Everlasting Gu as a temporary seal.

The bearer of the extreme physiques also experiences calamities and tribulations that are far stronger during and after their ascension than "normal" mortals/immortals. If the individual manages to ascend to an Immortal, they will have a super grade immortal aperture. Their cultivation and battle potential often times surpass those of the same rank, being able to battle even those of higher rank.

Gu Immortal
The way of Mortal transcend to Immortal realm was moved to "Here1", and Immortal of cultivation realm was in "Here2". The following is continuation =


 * After a Mortal Gu Master advances an Gu Immortal, the foundation of Gu Master's lifeforce had been elevated.
 * After a Mortal Gu Master advances an Gu Immortal, for a Gu Immortal to survive in a blessing and Ranking up, the Gu Immortal will faced the new system of heaven, where Gu Immortal will have to transcend tribulations and calamities periodically and after transcending a certain number of them, the Gu Immortal will advance to the next realm.
 * After a Gu Master advances to an Gu immortal, their physique would thoroughly raise to a higher level and would possessed Immortal Essence, a bead of Immortal Essence could be regarded as unlimited Primeval Essence. It meant every single Gu Immortal could control large numbers of mortal Gu, and would never be lacking in Primeval Essence.

Cultivation of Gu Immortals
Gu Immortals each pursue the great Dao and its understanding through their cultivation.

The primary concern of the Gu Immortals cultivation is the accumulation of Dao Marks which directly correlates with their strength and the Gu Immortals rank (from 6 to 9).

To accumulate Dao Marks the most common method is to undergo the resources in their Immortal Aperture, for example, the more Fire Path resources are found in an Immortal Aperture the more likely it is for a Fire Path calamity or tribulation to appear. Also generally the more resources are found in the Immortal Aperture the stronger the calamities or tribulations are.

Another aspect of a Gu Immortals cultivation is the nurturing of their Immortal Aperture by establishing a suitable environment for developing resources. Primarily this is done so as to ensure the feeding of their Gu. The nurturing can be done by creating a self-sustaining food chain to nurture beasts and the growth of plants. If managed correctly this environment can give birth to Gu's, Immortal Gu's, Desolate Beasts, and Desolate Plants which also serve as a means to generate revenue commonly in the form of Immortal Essence Stones or exchanged against other suitable cultivation resources.

[Cultivation resources are but not limited to Immortal Essence Stones, (parts of) beasts, (parts of) plants, Gu, Immortal Gu, knowledge about grooming and nurturing beasts and plants, knowledge about beasts, knowledge of killer moves or formations, knowledge such as maps and information about inheritances].

Immortal Aperture
Immortal Apertures of Rank 6 and Rank 7 Gu Immortals are known as Blessed Lands, and Immortal Apertures of Rank 8 and Rank 9 Gu Immortals are known as Grotto-Heavens.

When Mortal Gu Masters advances to a Gu Immortal, they crush their Mortal Aperture and in its place an Immortal Aperture will form after their successful ascension.

The Immortal Aperture is a qualitative evolution of the Mortal Aperture, it is like the creation of a whole new small world inside the Gu Immortal. The walls of the Immortal Apertures are the walls of heaven and earth which isolate the inside and outside. There is almost Immortal's body. In some ways, even if a Gu Immortal dies, the Land Spirit and Immortal Aperture that they leave behind could still be considered as a strange form of life extension for them, in other words, once the Gu Immortal dies, the Immortal Aperture of Gu Immortal will remain in the mortal world (Gu World) as a small side world (Blessed Land), while Gu Immortal obsession will give birth to a Land Spirit bound to the Blessed Land.

Forming of Blessed Lands
After a Mortal Gu Masters ascends to a Gu Immortal they obtain an Immortal Aperture. The Immortal aperture of an alive Gu Immortal can be placed down at will in the outside world (Gu World), this allows them to enter their Blessed Land themselves and manipulate it personally. Aside from voluntarily placing it down an Immortal Aperture would leave the body of a dead Gu Immortal and form a Blessed Land where the body (or bodypart containing the Immortal Aperture) was left. Ordinarily, the Immortal Aperture is hidden within the Gu Immortal's body. Gu Immortals and their Immortal Apertures are a single entity. When the Immortal Aperture is placed outside, the Gu Immortal cannot leave the Immortal Aperture and move outside.

Grade of Immortal Aperture
Immortal Apertures are divided into four rank of low, medium, high and perfect, corresponding to Blessed Lands grades of a small, medium, large and super in size, the more Qi of Heaven, Earth and Human are fused, the higher the rank of the Immortal Aperture.

Note:'' Rate of Immortal Essence produced per year refers to every year that passes by in the Blessed Land. (in the outside world, this could be varying amounts of time depending on the time flow).''

1. Low Rank Immortal Aperture


 * Small Grade Blessed L00 to 4,000 square kilometers (km²) or 667,200 to 988,400 acres. It can draw in a slightly bigger tributary of the River Of Time, and form over 20 beads of Immortal Essence every year, having plentiful resources.

3. High Rank Immortal Aperture


 * Large Grade Blessed Lands have and Earth Qi remaining which can mutually interact and refine a mortal Gu into an Immortal Gu.

4. Perfect Rank Immortal Aperture


 * Once a person of the ten extreme physiques becomes a Gu Immortal, they would obtain a Super Grade Blessed Land.
 * Super Grade Blessed Lands have an area ranging from 6,700 to ++? square kilometers (km²), but do not exceed 13,000 square kilometers (km²) or 1,656,000 to ++? acres, but do not exceed 3,212,000 acres. It can draw in a gigantic tributary of the River Of Time. The River Of Time's time flow is 1:40, the quantity of Immortal Essence every year formed exceeds 50, having all-inclusive resources. When forming one there will be an abundance of Heaven Qi and Earth Qi remaining which can mutually interact and refine at least two mortal Gu into Immortal Gu.

Special Apertures
Dead Aperture's immortal level (Only Immortal Zombie)


 * When the Gu Immortal permanently transforms into an Immortal Zombie, the Immortal Aperture of Gu Immortal will turn into Dead Aperture. The following are drawbacks of Dead Aperture :
 * The Dead Aperture is unable to produce Immortal Essence and therefore every bead of Immortal Essence that the Immortal Zombie had received during their living state as a Gu Immortal before, will be a precious treasure to the Immortal Zombie because using one bead of Immortal Essence would mean one fewer bead left without replenishment.
 * The Dead Aperture is filled with death energy, therefore all resources and living beings placed in the Dead Aperture will after a certain amount of time start to be corroded by the death energy and inevitable crumble, rot and die.
 * The world of Dead Aperture will start to collapse piece by piece until it vanishes completely.
 * The Immortal Zombie can no longer annex/absorb other Blessed Lands to expand theirs.
 * The Dead Aperture does no longer attract tribulations and therefore the Immortal Zombie's main source of Dao Marks is halted and their cultivation becomes stagnant.

Mystical Phantom Aperture (Only members of Heavenly Court)


 * An Aperture that no longer has a Blessed Land/Grotto Heaven, it is made for storing Immortal Essence and Gu Worms, it can also refine and utilize 'Immortal Gu'.

Sovereign Immortal Aperture (Only Fang Yuan)


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 * The speciality of the "Life And Death Aperture" is that it has two layers the tribulations and calamities would only have half the original power, yet one would receive as many Dao Marks as if the tribulations would be at full power