Sage and Demon Paths

Sage and Demon are part of Spiritual Cultivation. At level 89 a character must pick one way: rise above worldly ties as a Sage, or follow passion and desire as a Demon. The path decides which version of each class skill you learn, and the Skills window lets you flip between the Sage (blue) and Demon (red) versions to compare them.

To pick Sage, take "Be Elevated" from Master Li, the Sage Guide, in the City of a Thousand Streams (129, 836). To pick Demon, take "Sacrifice" from Mo Zun, the Demon Guide, close by at (129, 841). Once you accept one, the other is locked and the quest cannot be abandoned, so decide first.

These quests arrive after Aware of Vacuity, but you must reach level 88 to begin. Chains that help with the climb include Wings of Flight (80), Sirry Wine Camp Defense (81), Border Defender (82), Immolat. Camp Disaster (83), South Barrier Vill. Disorder and Four Missing Nations (85), and Thous. Streams Extricat. (87).

• Elder's Thinking: at level 88, speak with the Elder of the Streams in the City of a Thousand Streams (130, 858).
• Slaughtarm Kuron: defeat this level 81 miniboss on the northwest shore of the Sea of Isolation (266, 878); you may want help.
• Elemental Rebels: collect four elemental tokens from four minibosses (Burning Spirit, Tangleweed, Frost Fairie and Toras) and bring them to the Elder.
• Sage/Demon Guidance: optional, no reward; the two guides explain each path. Be careful not to accept a path quest by accident while talking to them.

Both 89 quests end with a choice of four Immaculate shards (garnet, sapphire or citrine) plus 100 Mirage Celestones. Those celestones only refine gear below grade 14, the refine cannot be moved to other gear, and they can also recharge the boost time of your aerogear. Reaching 89 also gives you the matching three-Spark skill, Celestial Eruption or Demonic Eruption (see Skills and Skill Books).

• Sage, Be Elevated: after errands in Tusk Town and with the Celestial Elder above Arrowhead Manor, you hunt three bosses in the Land of the Burning Heart: Demonic Vexation, Fats and the Ethereal Abomination.
• Demon, Sacrifice: after a cliff west of the Village of Brutes and the Cait of Wisdom near Dragon's End, you hunt three bosses in the Harshlands: the Thousand Year Spirit, Ninetails and Phlebo.
• Master of Harmony and Celestial Sage are run mostly from the Celestial Savant in Lothranis; Master of Discord and Celestial Demon from Nibu Ru, Demon Overlord, in Momaganon. Both final quests end at the Celeslord near the Haunted Path.

Celestial status lets you learn new skill upgrades and continue toward Chaotic Soul, the rank that opens Glyphs. Reaching Aware of the Myriad or Aware of the Void is also one of the requirements for Reawakening at level 100.