Beasts

Beasts are beings born with an affinity to certain wills or paths. They are the living embodiment of those wills/paths and have a much easier time cultivating them than a human would. The talent/potential of a beast is determined by their bloodline. The bloodline of a beast can aid them in their cultivation, but it can also hinder them, making it harder to go beyond the limit of their species.

High level beasts can cultivate three different paths, the beast path, the human path or a hybrid of the two. Cultivating the beast path enhances their beastly qualities while cultivating the human path allows them to break away from the restrictions set on them, but it is harder to cultivate their natural path. The hybrid of the two is by far the hardest to accomplish as it tries to take the potential of humans with the innate qualities of beasts.

Grades
There are five grades of beasts with the weakest only being equivalent to stronger animals found on earth. The first four are split into four grades (low, mid, high and peak) while the highest grade is split into three (elementary, nascent and divine). At the peak of each minor level are king grade species. While weaker than those of a higher tier, they reign supreme over their own level, having more talent and forming a natural suppression against those lower than them. King tier beasts are more likely to have their bloodline advance than others. It is only heaven grade beasts and above that are truly connected to the heavens. Earth and common grade beasts are fairly similar to regular animals, just more powerful. Beasts of the transcendent grade and above are born with the ability to take human form. Those below must become celestials first.
 * Common
 * Earth
 * Heaven
 * Transcendent
 * Supreme

Affinities
Here is a list of beasts and their corresponding affinities.
 * Dragons - Sovereign Path
 * Kitsune - Elemental Wills
 * Celestial Deer - Celestial Will and purity
 * Celestial Tiger - Slaughter Path
 * Celestial Turtle - Wisdom Path
 * Celestial Hamster - Time Will and knowledge
 * Fire Phoenix - Heat and reincarnation
 * Ice Phoenix - Cold and life
 * Dark Phoenix - Death Will
 * Demon Qilin
 * Celestial Fox
 * Dream Panther
 * Hydra
 * Kun Peng