Below is information that is found in Volume 1 or was used to inform prices there in. There are a few spoilery things.
Before the tables, I want to quickly repost something from my Chapter 45 Author's Note to make it a little more visible since I've learned that it is possible to disable the notes. Chapters 1-15 underwent major revision on Mar 24. The changes shouldn't have much effect going forward, they were mainly to clean up the first arc, but here are the key takeaways:
The appearance and attitude displayed by the incarnation of the Earthly Dao has been changed significantly. He now presents as an imperious lord commanding Su Fang to behave properly, and it is clear he is gaining knowledge from each reset. I really hopes this fixes the main issues with this chapter. At this point in the story, along with the information in this conversation, you may begin to be able to see why I think it's important this character was established.
Knowledge of credits received upon death has been moved to chapter 1 and is told to him by the System itself. The rule is that it will simply be based on his cultivation level.
Based on the feedback I got, alchemy is unchanged, but I did change the names of Low- Mid- and High-Quality Qi Gathering Pills to Basic, Improved, and Superior.
It will no longer be referred to Martial Disciple Level 1, I’ve removed the word ‘Level’. I’ve been doing this with Martial Master for a while, so the change shouldn’t be noticeable.
The death notification has had a slight formatting change to reduce the vertical space it took up.
A change that has no practical effect now but clears up problems people had with the early story: He is warned that ‘Quick, repeated, intentional deaths may result in administrative action.’ This ‘administrative action’ is what provokes the interaction in Chapter 11, and he is told that any future abuse of this nature will result in the loss of his blessing.
Since a it has been brought up a lot in comments, I slipped in Mei explaining the Heaven/Earth/Profound/Yellow ranking system at the end of chapter 13.
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Known tiers of cultivation:
Warrior Tier Ruler Tier ??? Tier Martial Disciple Martial Lord Martial Sovereign Martial Master Martial King ??? Martial Grandmaster Martial Emperor ???
Credits gained upon death for each known cultivation level:
Martial Disciple Credits Awarded Martial Master Credits Awarded Martial Grandmaster Credits Awarded 1 10 1 1,000 1 100,000 2 20 2 2,000 2 200,000 3 30 3 3,000 3 300,000 4 40 4 4,000 4 400,000 5 50 5 5,000 5 500,000 6 60 6 6,000 6 600,000 7 70 7 7,000 7 700,000 8 80 8 8,000 8 800,000 9 90 9 9,000 9 900,000 Peak 100 10 10,000 Peak 1,000,000 Half-Step Master 200 Peak 20,000 False Lord 2,000,000
The cost of increasing affinities for the five basic elements:
Note: Prices are cumulative. You can't just purchase Peak 7, you have to purchase ever step before it too.
Basic Affinity Permanent Cost Temporary Cost 9* Low 100 10 Mid 250 25 High 500 50 Peak 750 75 8* Low 1000 100 Mid 2500 250 High 5000 500 Peak 7500 750 7* Low 10000 1000 Mid 25000 2500 High 50000 5000 Peak 75000 7500
Miscellaneous Items:
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Knowledge Cost General Knowledge priced based on the effect it will have on the world. Note: Asking seemingly unrelated questions that tell you something important will cost the same or more than simply asking for that important information directly. Both ways of asking questions result in the same effect on the world, so the price is the same. Western Han Language 100 Item Cost Rank 1 Minor Healing Pill 10 Rank 1 Minor Healing Pill (Recurring) 200 Rank 1 Minor Strengthening Pill 25 Storage Bag, 10 m^3 1000 Su Fang's Storage Space 30M per m^3 Skill Alchemy (Disciple Alchemist) 10,000,000 Alchemy (Master Alchemist) 10,000,000,000 Appraisal (Rank 1 Pills, Limited) 10 Appraisal (Rank 1 Pills, Majority) 5,000 Appraisal (Technique) Lvl 5 of Rank Mental Bookshelf (Rank 1) 1000 Mental Bookshelf (Additional Ranks) x10 Mental Journal (Rank 1) 100 Mental Journal (Additional Ranks) x10 Mastery of a Yellow Rank fire seed 100,000 Mastery of a Profound Rank fire seed (limited) 5,000,000 Techniques Cost Rank 1 Low-Yellow -> Mid-Yellow 200 Rank 1 Mid-Yellow -> High-Yellow 400 Rank 1 High-Yellow -> Peak-Yellow 700 Increased Rank (Disciple, Master, etc.) x100 Ex: Rank 2 Low-Yellow -> Mid-Yellow = 200*10 2,000 Increased Power (Yellow, Profound, Earth, Heaven) x10 Ex: Rank 1 Low-Profound -> Mid-Profound = 200*100 20,000 Ex: Rank 3 Mid-Profound -> High-Profound = 400*100*100*10 40,000,000
Multipliers refer to improvements of techniques of different levels. Upgrading Profound techniques cost 10x the cost to improve when compared to Yellow. They do NOT refer to improving a technique from Yellow to Profound.
Rank 1 Yellow Change Effect (with reference) 100 Increased Rank x100 Increased Power x10 Rank 1 Yellow Change Effect (no reference) 10000 Increased Rank x100 Increased Power x10