Journey to Immortality

## A Message from the Developer I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you to everyone who has downloaded and played Record of a Minecrafter's Journey to Immortality. The mod has reached 800+ downloads, and honestly, that's pretty crazy to me. It might not be a massive number compared to some of the huge Minecraft mods out there, but knowing that hundreds of people have taken the time to download something I made, explore its systems, cultivate their characters, and hopefully have some fun with it genuinely means a lot. I also want to give a heads-up about the future of the mod. I'm currently working on a complete overhaul of the mod, so there likely won't be many updates to the current version for a while. On top of that, I'm back in school, so my development time is pretty limited right now. That said, I'm not abandoning the project. The overhaul is meant to be a much bigger and better foundation for Journey to Immortality, and I'm excited to eventually show what I've been working on. Thank you for the 800+ downloads, and thank you for giving my little cultivation mod a chance. ❤️ — The Developer # Record of a Minecrafter's Journey to Immortality A **xianxia (cultivation) mod** for Minecraft 1.21.1 (Fabric). Walk the path from Mortal to Dao Ancestor — gather qi, awaken your spiritual roots, refine pills, learn techniques, comprehend the Dao, found a sect, command a flying sword, and survive Heavenly Tribulation. Works in **singleplayer and multiplayer**. On first join you receive a **Guide to the Dao** and a **Cultivation Journal** that tracks your next milestones. Press **G** to open the cultivation hub. ## ⚡ Features ### Cultivation & Progression - **26 realms** across 14 major tiers, Mortal → Dao Ancestor — each raising HP, qi pool, regen, spiritual sense, and combat power, and unlocking abilities like flight and teleportation. - **Five-element spiritual roots** (Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth) with wuxing synergy & conflict, five constitutions, and per-element passives. Revealed by a Spirit Reveal Stone with 3 free re-rolls. - **Mortality clock (寿元):** every realm grants finite years — break through or wither and die. Longevity Pills buy time; True Immortals are unbound. - **Closed-door seclusion (闭关):** trade lifespan and spirit stones for a burst of cultivation. - **Karma (气运):** good deeds invite fortuitous opportunities; sin draws calamity. Watch for pill toxicity (丹毒) and qi deviation (走火入魔). ### Combat & Abilities - **Heavenly Tribulation:** realm-scaled, multi-phase lightning trials with signature colours, heart-demon illusions, and a server-wide spectacle. Survive or lose the breakthrough. - **Sword arts:** a flying-sword array, sword flight, parries, charged heavy attacks, the Sword Domain, and a dedicated Sword Qi (剑气) resource. - **Qi Pressure (威压)**, Void Traversal blink-chains, and **Nascent Soul projection** with a second life. ### Knowledge Systems - **Techniques:** realm- and root-gated arts with 9 mastery layers and active skills bound to a radial wheel. - **Dao Comprehension:** earn permanent passives by cultivating in different environments. - **Grand Laws (法则):** eight laws comprehended through five depths, with a declared Primary Dao and projectable Law Domains. ### World & Society - **Alchemy:** the Spirit Furnace, a discovery-gated recipe guide, quality rolls, and biome-grown, replantable spirit herbs. - **Formations & barriers:** realm-scaled qi-gathering and warding domes plus personal barriers. - **Sects:** found or join one, claim territory with dynamic borders, raise elemental peak halls, run a shop and library, and wage **sect wars** with treasury plunder, drained veins, and vassalage. - **Ascension dimensions:** the Spirit World (灵界) and Heavenly Realm (仙界), unlocked by surviving the right tribulations. - **Mob realm-scaling** with monster-core drops and rogue cultivator factions. ## 🔧 Configuration A `config/journey-to-immortality.json` is created on first launch — tune cultivation speed, mob scaling, the lifespan clock, death XP penalty, sect wars, and tribulation damage. ## 🧩 Optional [Terrain Diffusion](https://modrinth.com/mod/terrain-diffusion) is *suggested, not required* — when present it generates the ascension dimensions' terrain with a diffusion model. Without it, the dimensions still load with built-in generation. The mod runs fine on **Fabric API alone**. ## 📦 Requirements - Minecraft **1.21.1** - **Fabric Loader** 0.19.2+ - **Fabric API** - **Java 21+** ## 📄 License **CC0-1.0** — learn from it, build on top of it, ship it.