Chapter 69: Standard for Categorizing Psychic Ability Levels, Yanwang Di Jun

【Tian Shu Bureau Official Announcement — Standard for Categorizing Psychic Ability Levels】

【In accordance with the progression of Qi revival and the growing strength of psychics and holders of Celestial Treasures worldwide, to more clearly distinguish individual combat tiers, the “Standard for Categorizing Psychic Ability Levels (Trial Version)” is hereby officially released.】

Ye Xuan looked at the information posted on the Tian Shu Bureau’s official website, his expression slightly surprised—he hadn’t expected the Tian Shu Bureau to categorize psychic abilities and Celestial Treasure holders at this exact moment.

Qi revival had only been underway for a few months; logically, they should have waited until a cultivation method suitable for the general public was developed before releasing such a standard.

He opened the document and began reading.

【Level One (Awakened): Psychic ability has just awakened, unstable and limited in lethality, yet still surpassing human physical limits.】

【Manifestation: Single attributes such as strength, speed, or reaction reach the peak of human athletes, or possess minor elemental manipulation ability.】

【Level Two (Transcendent): Psychic ability is preliminarily stabilized, combat-effective, easily defeating untrained humans, yet still vulnerable to modern weapons.】

【Manifestation: Can briefly exceed human physical limits in strength, or perform small-scale elemental attacks.】

【Level Three (Elite): Psychic ability is mature, capable of directly confronting small armed units, with moderate resistance to conventional firearms.】

【Manifestation: Can sustain high-intensity combat for extended periods, or unleash wide-area psychic abilities.】

【Level Four (Strategic): Capable of altering local battlefields, able to fight armies alone; conventional modern weapons struggle to inflict effective damage.】

【Manifestation: Can easily destroy clusters of buildings, or unleash attacks covering hundreds of meters.】

【Level Five (Nuclear): Human walking nuclear bomb, possesses single-individual nation-level combat power, can easily destroy cities, deterrence equivalent to strategic weapons.】

【Manifestation: Can release destructive attacks (e.g., instantly evaporating lakes, triggering regional natural disasters); currently, only a handful of beings worldwide have reached this level.】

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Ye Xuan skimmed the subsequent levels: Level Six (Continental) can influence tectonic plates and easily destroy a nation; Level Seven (Surface) can obliterate the Earth’s surface.

Level Eight (Planetary): Can directly or indirectly destroy planets the size of Earth; Level Nine (Unknown): Beyond current understanding, upper limits unassessable.

Unlike the cultivation tiers in human fantasy works, the Tian Shu Bureau’s classification defines only the observable combat output of psychics and Celestial Treasure holders.

One’s level is automatically determined by the degree of their demonstrated power.

Moreover, to ensure clarity, the tier divisions are extremely simple, with detailed descriptions of observable capabilities—almost anyone can use this to gauge their own strength.

Ye Xuan himself currently stands at Level Five (Nuclear), possessing single-individual nation-level combat power, capable of easily destroying cities, with deterrence equivalent to strategic weapons.

Yet even within the same level, strength varies; Ye Xuan lacks the power to annihilate a nation in one strike, and Lan Ran lacks it too—though both are classified as Nuclear, Lan Ran’s power far exceeds Ye Xuan’s.

【Note: This standard is for reference only. Actual combat power is influenced by psychic type, battle experience, and enhancements from Celestial Treasures.】

【Globally, only three individuals are known (suspected) to have reached Level Five; Level Eight and above remain purely theoretical.】

“Since Level Eight and above are only theoretical, then Zhong Lao—or Yanwang Di Jun·Morax’s—classification must be Level Seven.”

“Whether that’s appropriate or not, I’m not sure.”

Yanwang Di Jun’s true power has always been unknown; before Qi revival, online discussions about his strength were abundant.

Yet most believed his peak during his prime was at “City-Blasting” level—that is, a single strike or basic attack could obliterate a city, not through gradual destruction over time.

But some argued his power lay between Nation-Destroying and Continental levels, even stronger in the real world.

The elemental limitations of Teyvat constrained their true potential.

After Qi revival, opinions shifted: those who previously claimed Morax was only City-Blasting vanished; Nation-Destroying became the minimum, with Continental and even Surface levels becoming mainstream.

Hmm, Mi Ho was the first to defect.

But now, looking at Da Xia’s official document, has Morax’s template in the real world truly had its upper limit raised—to Surface level?

If Yanwang Di Jun is this way, what about the other characters from Genshin Impact?

As for the idea that Mi Ho altered reality to boost Morax’s power, Ye Xuan didn’t believe it; if such a thing were true, Morax’s power wouldn’t be Surface—it would be higher.

Who doesn’t know how to stack boxes?

Ye Xuan scrolled down the announcement and began reading the comments.

“The combat tier criteria seem fine, but the descriptions after Level Five feel off. What does ‘only a handful of beings worldwide have reached this level’ mean?”

“It means besides Zhong Lao, there are others who’ve reached Level Five?”

“Is that right?”

One person against a nation? No problem. Human walking nuclear bomb? Also fine—both match the public image of Zhong Lao with the Morax template.

But you’re telling me there are more than just Zhong Lao at Level Five?

“The note says ‘three suspected Level Five individuals globally’—but who are the other two besides Zhong Lao? Say it!”

“Did they also obtain a Celestial Character template?”

“It can’t be they cultivated to this level themselves—unless they’re Huo Lin Fei.”

Even if “suspected,” if they’re not Level Five, they’re at least Level Four—otherwise no one would misunderstand. But at this moment, when everyone is still Level One or Two, you suddenly have three Level Fives?

Sure, with billions worldwide, a few lucky outliers are normal.

But tell us who the other two are!

Are they holders of immensely enhanced Celestial Treasures, or like Morax’s Celestial Character template? Tell us so we can prepare!

At the very least, tell us which country they’re from—if they’re from Da Xia, we won’t be so anxious.

“I can’t take it anymore—I must train harder. I feel zero security now.”

“Tell me about it. Before, with Zhong Lao guarding us, we felt safe no matter how the world changed. But now two more people like Zhong Lao have appeared, and we don’t even know which country they’re from—I’m completely unsettled.”

“My current strength is around Level Two. I thought that was pretty good, but clearly, cultivation alone is slower than obtaining Celestial Treasures.”

“But Celestial Treasures aren’t something you can just find. I just hope the Qi Tide comes soon—even if it triggers mutations in other lifeforms, at least it’ll accelerate our cultivation and help us catch up to those who possess Celestial Treasures.”

By the way, is the Shinigami’s combat power really this insane? I checked the data—Kurosaki Ichigo’s power is directly classified as Surface level; Ukitake and Lan Ran are at least Continental. Is this just lore? The manga and anime didn’t show this level of power—it’s way off.

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