The 5th Cultivation level: Transform God.
This cultivation realm is also translated as "Soul Formation". The title given to those who reach this stage is "Divine Lord" or "Divine Monarch". Unlike all previous stages in Immortal Cultivation, this stage, as well as the next ones, involves consolidating power from the surrounding universe instead of cultivating one's own body. This allows more unique powers to develop and causes the gap between Soul Formation cultivators to Nascent Soul cultivators to be closer to that of Nascent Soul cultivators in comparison to mortals.
In the Little Southern Heavenly Realm Soul Formation cultivators hold immense prestige, with only the Sect Masters or High Elders of the Seven Imperishable Sects possessing this level of power. Even in the Central Galaxy World a Soul Formation cultivator garners respect. Such is that only upon reaching Soul Formation can one be called a "Grand Cultivator".
Ways To Achieve It[]
There are a few ways for someone to reach the Soul Formation stage.
The first and easier way is being born with a special body, bloodline, divine vein, or spiritual root like Xiao Man's True Dragon Divine Meridians or Qi Xiu'Er's Vermillion Bird Divine Vein. Those who have them are essentially guaranteed to reach Soul Formation as long as they put in the effort to train their unique trait and are given enough resources.
However, those not fortunate enough to have been born with such gifts would need to utilize an alternative route which involves condensing a high grade Golden Core. This is very difficult if not impossible in certain areas as they may not have the resources for producing a higher grade Golden Core. An example of this is that in the Abandoned Star Region the Divine Grade Golden Core was said to be the limit, with many not even knowing that there were even higher grades surpassing it. Compare this to the Central Galaxy World which is the sanctuary for Immortal Cultivators and so rich with resources that even the least talented cultivators could produce Golden Cores of 7th - 9th grade, with many top geniuses possessing Sacred Grade Cores.
Dao Fruit[]
A Dao Fruit is a Connate Divine Treasure that is one of the ways to make a cultivator, or even a mortal, become a Soul Formation Cultivator. However, it usually needs hundreds of thousands of years to ripen, even if nurtured by a powerful Heaven-Defying Immortal Array, like the True Martial Sky-Severing Array which can absorb the Laws of Heaven. And also, Dao Fruits are essentially, if not is nearly impossible to obtain, due to it's existence can only be present or created when a world is created, in which the Laws of Heaven is abundant due to the fruit itself being created from it.
Nine Heavens Immortal Medicine[]
The Nine Heavens Immortal Medicine is a medicine that came from the Heavens (possibly the Immortal Realm), in which that a single drop of it can help a cultivator achieve Soul Formation.
Chaotic Force[]
The Chaotic Force was also one of the few ways to achieve Soul Formation as mentioned by Chen Fan, which he mentioned can make Cultivators into God. It's possible that the Chaotic Force is none other than Chaos itself, which is a primordial existence that existed before everything.
Heaven-Defying Way[]
This is Chen Fan's way of Cultivation, which is basically cultivating in the most Heaven-Defying Way that defies common sense, which is achieved by doing Heaven-Defying feats like the Three Immortal Forms, One Yuan Power, the Nine Turns Immortal Wheel of the Golden Core, Cultivation of the Soul and the Divine Will, Practicing Myriad of Techniques and Arts, Comprehending the Great Dao, having the strength beyond the current realm, having a powerful body, absorbed as much Immortal Qi, and most importantly would be having a Solid supreme Foundation. However, this cannot be done by a normal person or cultivator, as they would need to reincarnate with 500 or more years of knowledge, techniques, methods and etc, like Chen Fan did.
Overview[]
A cultivator could be called Grand Cultivator after reaching the Soul Formation level. He would only be in awe even when facing the Immortal Sects, although this was not due to lack of power to resist. Soul Formation cultivators were dominators even in the Central Galaxy, not to mention they were beings like Lords and Kings in the barren areas of the universe; there was almost nothing that could threaten them. Some Soul Formation cultivators were even treated as creators of the universe, the highest Gods of some races, enjoying an endless burn of incense. Being the case, only by reaching the Soul Formation level could a cultivator have hope of becoming a deity. It was the ticket to the chess game of the universe in the eyes of some people.
Most of the cultivators in this realm have their own Divine Domain or Divine Kingdom, where they have nearly infinite power and are invincible, to the point that even a Void Returning cultivator can't easily kill a Soul Formation cultivator while inside. However, once the cultivator leaves the Domain, their power decreases dramatically.
A Soul Formation cultivator is nearly immortal, can reform their body countless times from a drop of blood, forgo the use of spirit stones, absorb Immortal Qi, create their own worlds, cross the Starry Sky, gain a Heavenly Blessing, completely control over a Star Region, and turn an area into their own Divine Domain or Divine Kingdom.
They are only weak if they escaped the Universe itself, as most of they're powers originated from the Universe itself, unless one has cultivated the One Yuan Power during their Nascent Soul times, which can generate and draw power from their own body instead of drawing it from the Universe and a Star Region.
Once someone rises to this position, they’ll be able to gather all the fortune in the entire planet region and become someone like the Child of Planets or the Child of Fortune. They’ll have an invisible yet powerful energy and would never lose in their region.
A cultivator can only be considered the ruler of their Planet Region if they have reached this level, and a race is only considered "major" if they have at least one of them.
Most people who are aware of the power of a Soul Formation and their authority using it, the people would remember the phrase: "Under Soul Formation, All Are Ants".
Soul Formation Divine Lords were said to be able to look at the galaxy with their naked eyes and see the creatures on Pluto while still being on Earth.[1]
There had been less than five of them on Planet Tianhuang in the past few million years. Even if they cultivated incomplete arts, they still managed to rule the planet. This could be proven by looking at how domineering Mount Emperor was. They could destroy the world with one word and eliminate a Heavenly Lord Family easily. The Chinese used to have Heaven’s Equal back then and they were as powerful as all the Heavenly Regions, but they were still oppressed by Mount Emperor.
“That’s impossible! No Divine Pills or Spirit Medicines can push cultivators to the Soul Formation Level! The difference between a Soul Formation Cultivator and a Nascent Soul Cultivator is like the difference between humans and God. Only those who have entered the Soul Formation Level can be the leaders of a family and the kings of a planet!” Lord Dragon shook his head and denied what Luo Changshen said.
(Chapter 988)
Only planet regions with Soul Formation Cultivators could be called Cultivation Planet Region. Only races that had Soul Formation Cultivators would dare to call themselves “Universe Clans.” Only sects with Soul Formation Cultivators were regarded as real sects in the Star Ocean.
Those were Grand Cultivators, entities who were superior in any region, planet or race across the universe. The “True Gods,” “Ancestral Gods,” and “Creation Gods” in many races were actually Soul Formation Cultivators.
(Chapter 988)