Clans and Sects

Clans and sects are the main way cultivators gather. Clans are bound by bloodline while sects usually unite through common goals and cultivation needs. These clans and sects all have inheritances that they pass down to their descendants with each generation trying to improve their clan/sect.

The main way to determine a clans strength is by their ranking. The ranking of a clan is determined by how much territory they control. The more territory a clan controls, the more faith they have access to, the stronger they can be.

While the ranking of a clan is a major determination of their strength, it is not the only factor. For example there are clans in the Drago-Qilin lands that are King God clans but they can easily destroy Emperor God clans of weaker quadrants. This is because even with faith a mid-level dao expert against a high or peak one is essentially an impossible battle. This is also because the actual strength of the clan and its ancestors make their faith stronger.

Rankings
There are eight defined rankings for clans/sects/empires.
 * God Grade
 * Controls part of the territory of a planet
 * Has a Celestial
 * Royal God Grade
 * Controls a planet
 * King God Grade
 * Controls a universe
 * Must conquer the will of the universe
 * Gains access to faith
 * Emperor God Grade
 * Controls 25 universes
 * Comet Grade
 * Controls 100 universes (1 quadrant)
 * A grade 2 comet clan controls 2 quadrants
 * Moon Grade
 * Controls 25 quadrants
 * Planet Grade
 * Controls 100 quadrants
 * Star Grade
 * Controls 1000 quadrants

Faith
Faith of different grades have different abilities, each greater than the last.
 * King God Grade
 * Emperor God Grade
 * Comet Grade
 * Moon Grade
 * First form of [Incarnate].
 * Planet Grade
 * Second form of [Incarnate].
 * Star Grade

Incarnate
Depending on how deep their lineage and how direct their bloodlines are to their ancestors, they can become the vessel for the will of these very Ancestors. Those with the closest ties can even incarnate the founder of their Sect or Clan.

First Form (Moon Grade)
The strength of the original body would be taken into consideration. In this case, the Ancestor would control his or her strength such that once the battle concluded, their descendant wouldn’t lose their life.

Second Form (Planet Grade)
The original body has to accept it. In this form the Ancestor can push throught the original body limits, surviving is a miracle. However that's not everything, even in that form limits exist if the Ancestor use too much strength, even held with faith, the body can simply explode.