For a Nascent Soul Stage Great Power, whether Qi Cultivation, Foundation Establishment, or Purple Mansion Cultivator, they make no essential difference to them.
But a cultivator who has attained success and stepped into the Golden Core Realm is particularly regarded by even Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators, bestowed with certain respect and the title of 'Daoist Friend'.
This indicates that both parties are fellow travelers on the path of cultivation, and the individual's Dao Practice is respected by a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator. This is the actual difference, as well as the fundamental disparity in the nature of cultivation.
Although cultivators defy the heavens, leaving footprints step by step to gradually transcend to immortality, shedding their mortal coils to achieve the bearing of an Immortal,
