Levels 61–72 · 飛昇 · fei sheng
Ascension
The final approach. Level 72 is the stated terminus of the entire system: hsien-hood, physical immortality, ascension. Chang is reported to have said that no one within living memory had reached it, and that his own teacher had not come close.
This band division is editorial. The sources do not group the levels above 4; this grouping follows the classical jing–qi–shen–xu progression to make the claimed path legible.
Core practice
Reconstructed / mythological.
Testing
Not applicable.
Classical stage
Xu → Dao (return to the undifferentiated)
Time
A lifetime, or several
Levels in this band
61
Refining Emptiness
Lian xu — the fourth and final classical stage.
reconstructed
62
The Dissolving Self
The practitioner's individual identity begins to lose definition.
reconstructed
63
Union
He dao — merging with the Tao.
reconstructed
64
The Perfected
Zhen ren — the "true person" of the Zhuangzi.
reconstructed
65
Beyond Method
Practice ceases; there is nothing left to do.
reconstructed
66
Beyond Merit
The moral ledger closes.
reconstructed
67
Beyond Body
The physical form is retained by choice alone.
reconstructed
68
Beyond Name
The practitioner is no longer identifiable as a person in the world.
reconstructed
69
The Waiting
Everything is complete; the moment has not come.
reconstructed
70
The Call
Summons from the immortal ranks, in the traditional telling.
reconstructed
71
The Last Step
Everything is complete except the leaving.
reconstructed
72
Ascension — the Hsien
飛昇成仙 · fei sheng cheng xian
The stated terminus of the entire system: immortality.
attested