📜 Immortality: The Path of Cultivation — Version 1.3.0 Release Notes

[!NOTE] Version 1.3.0 is a massive expansion for Immortality: The Path of Cultivation! It introduces a brand new Dimension (World of Immortals), 3 unique Xianxia biomes, 7 ancient structures, 5 custom mobs, a total overhaul of the Research Tree (22 nodes), complete bilingual Xianxia lore, high-definition 1024x1024 textures, and dozens of new cultivation items, ores, and recipes.

🌌 1. New Dimension & World Generation

🌌 The World of Immortals (world_of_immortals)

• A sacred dimension filled with floating continents, high-density Qi pools, ancient ruins, and void rifts.
• Built with custom density functions (continentalness, erosion, weirdness, continent_gate, land_gate) to generate unique celestial topography.

🏞️ 3 Custom Xianxia Biomes

1. Immortals' Domain (immortals_realm): Lush, high-Qi spiritual plains where rare spirit herbs flourish.
2. Celestial Jade Forest (celestial_jade_forest): Dense bamboo and jade forests rich in Jade Wood and Qi veins.
3. Void Shattered Wastes (void_shattered_wastes): A dangerous, corrupted realm filled with Void Rift Stone, Tribulation Spirits, and spatial cracks.

🏛️ 2. 7 Ancient Xianxia Structures

Generates naturally across the World of Immortals and Overworld:

1. ⛩️ Ancient Pagoda (ancient_pagoda): Multi-story cultivator tower containing ancient manuals and relics.
2. ⛩️ Ruined Dao Shrine (ruined_dao_shrine): Abandoned altar once used for breakthrough rituals.
3. 🕳️ Spirit Vein Grotto (spirit_vein_grotto): Underground cavern rich in Spirit Vein Marrow and minerals.
4. 🗿 Pedestal Shrine (pedestal_shrine): Ancient shrine housing altar pedestals and elemental cores.
5. 🏰 Ruined Sovereign Palace (ruined_sovereign_palace): Magnificent palace ruins guarded by automatons.
6. 🪦 Tomb of Ancient God (tomb_of_ancient_god): Deep subterranean tomb containing Ancient God Blood.
7. 🌀 Broken Guardian Formation (broken_guardian_formation): Shattered array pillars and ruined formation cores.

👾 3. 5 New Custom Mobs & Entities

1. 🦊 Spirit Beast (spirit_beast): Spiritual wild creature carrying elemental Beast Cores.
2. ⚡ Corrupted Tribulation Spirit (corrupted_tribulation_spirit): Manifestation of heavenly tribulation lightning.
3. 👻 Immortal Remnant Soul (immortal_remnant_soul): Spectral soul of a fallen cultivator that drops Immortal Soul Shards.
4. 🤖 Jade Automaton (jade_automaton): Ancient mechanical guardian constructed from Immortals' Jade.
5. 👾 Void Beast (void_beast): Corrupted spatial predator spawning in the Void Shattered Wastes.

• Added custom Spawn Eggs, Entity Models, Textures, Sound Triggers, and Loot Tables for all mobs.

💎 4. New Ores, Blocks & Cultivation Items

⛏️ New Ores & Blocks:

• Thunder Intent Ore (thunder_intent_ore): Emits lightning energy; drops Thunder Intent Crystals.
• Void Rift Stone (void_rift_stone): Spatial ore found in the Void Wastes; yields Void Rift Crystals.
• Frozen Celestial Dew Block (frozen_celestial_dew_block): Solidified high-purity spiritual dew block.
• Immortal Bone Block (immortal_bone_block): Heavy block crafted from Immortal Bone Fragments.
• Ruined Formation Pillar (ruined_formation_pillar): Decorative and functional structural pillar.
• Ancient Sovereign Brick (ancient_sovereign_brick): Durable building brick found in palace ruins.

🔮 New Cultivation Materials & Artifacts:

• Ancient God Blood, Death Intent Relic, Fire Intent Core, Frost Intent Shard, Life Intent Seed, Thunder Intent Crystal, Void Rift Crystal.
• Immortal Soul Shard, Immortal Bone Fragment, Immortal Pressure Pill.
• Sovereign Ring (Spatial Storage Ring), Spatial Shield Talisman.
• Shattered Sovereign Spear, Shattered Celestial Mirror, Shattered Dao Bell.

📖 5. Full Research Tree Overhaul (22 Unique Nodes)

• Separated Matrix Systems: Split matrix research into two dedicated nodes:
  • jade_infusion_altar_matrix (Jade Infusion Altar & Pedestals)
  • array_formation_matrix (Array Formation Barrier & Formation Core)
• New Research Branches:
  • talisman_crafting_tier1 (Tier 1 Talismans: Lightning, Spatial Shield)
  • beast_core_fusion (Beast Core Fusion & Synthesis)
  • sovereign_ring (Spatial Storage Ring)
  • tribulation_relics (Relics of Tribulation)
• Interactive Multi-Page Navigation:
  • Added left/right pagination arrows for research nodes with multiple recipes.
  • Hover tooltips dynamically display exact item names from registries.

📚 6. Rich Xianxia Lore Section

• Every research node in the Celestial Dao Codex now features a dedicated Lore / Предание section on the left page.
• Added deep cultivator lore, ancient sect legends, and realm secrets in both English (en_us.json) and Russian (ru_ru.json).

🎨 7. 1024x1024 HD Texture & Asset Overhaul

• 6 Distinct Xianxia Book Covers:
  • 📜 Celestial Dao Codex: Golden Jade Scroll with Red Silk Ribbon & Yin-Yang Seal.
  • 📘 Wandering Cloud Manual: Azure Blue Cloud Sect Tome with Silver Cloud Emblem.
  • 📕 Crimson Flame Manual: Fiery Red Crimson Flame Tome with Flame Lotus Emblem.
  • 📓 Stone Body Manual: Slate Brown Ancient Stone Body Tome with Bronze Rune Engravings.
  • 🔮 Omniscience Manual: Mystic Violet Omniscience Tome with Eye of Wisdom.
  • 👑 Nine Dragons Manual: Imperial Gold Nine Dragons Tome with Red Dragon Motif.
• Fixed Item Asset Definitions & BOM Clean-up:
  • Created missing assets/immortality/items/celestial_dao_codex.json.
  • Stripped hidden UTF-8 BOM headers from all 81 item asset files.

🛠️ 8. Bug Fixes & Technical Verification

• Beast Core Fusion Recipe Fix: Corrected required ingredients (1 Spirit Formation Compass, Beast Cores, Runes, and Block Items).
• Language Synchronization: Eliminated hardcoded language strings on research node bubbles. All labels adapt to active client language (en_us / ru_ru).
• Text Formatting & Word Wrap: Added automatic multi-line wrapping in AltarResearchScreen.java to prevent text overflowing page margins.
• GameTest & Build Verification: 100% test pass rate across all 1504 recipes, 7 structure registrations, and 22 research nodes.