The classification of fantasy cultivation first appeared in a novel called " The Path of Cultivation." This novel was first published in 1992 by Xiao Ding. In the novel, the author proposed that the levels of cultivators were divided into different levels, such as entry, initial glimpse, glimpse of the truth, glimpse of the truth, initial glimpse of the immortal realm, initial glimpse of the immortal realm, initial step into the immortal realm, and the great success realm.