+23 Xian-He Sun: Chronicles Of Celestial Beings And Mortals Ideas. First step belong to the word ‘cultivating’ in ‘cultivating dao'. Others classical chinese fantasy sagas such as journey to the west are also renowned/notorious for having hundreds of characters.
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Popular during the tang and shang dynasties, the eight immortals are said to live on a group of five islands in the bohai sea. Gods are innumerable, as every phenomenon has or is one or more gods, and they are organised in a complex celestial hierarchy. The purpose of current time cultivation is to cultivate dao.