this is a ranking of wulin experts power level against skill level.
the ranking is taken against JLFW's 13 levels of dragonelephant wisdom skill, ZWJ's QKDNY and sweepers invincble level extimates from previous dicussions.
expert mastery age approximate: (est. age start 5yrs old)
........................................approximat e yrs to master level for..
skill level: power level: supreme: great: elite: average: ordinary:
……………….X1*……… …(+2). .(+7). (+14). ..(+21). …(+28).
1.......... 001*…….. …..07. ..012. .019. ….026. …..033.
2.......... 003*…….. …..09. ..019. .033. ….047. …..061.
3.......... 006*…….. …..11. ..026. .047. ….068. …..089.
4.......... 010*…….. …..13. ..033. .061. ….089. …..117.
5.......... 015*…….. …..15. ..040. .075. ….110. …..145.
6.......... 021*…….. …..17. ..047. .089. ….131. …..173.
7.......... 028*…….. …..19. ..054. .103. ….152. …..201.
8.......... 036*…….. …..21. ..061. .117. ….173. …..229.
9.......... 045*…….. …..22. ..068. .131. ….194. …..257.
10……….. 055*…….. …..24. ..075. .145. ….215. …..285.
11……….. 066*…….. …..27. ..082. .159. ….236. …..313.
12……….. 078*…….. …..30. ..089. .173. ….257. …..341.
13……….. 091*…….. …..34. ..096. .187. ….278. …..369.
14+…….. 105*…….. …..38. ..103. .201. ….299. …..397.
NOTES to the ABOVE:
the power level is determined by a sum of digits where the expert power level is his current level plus his previous levels achievements.
simply put, a level 2 expert is as powerful as three level 1*. and a level 7 expert is as powerful as 28 level 1* experts.
these figures matches with the levels of the condor trilogy greats and elites.
i.e. ZWJ at level seven of QKDNY was equal to a LOCH great at approxi. level 7. with advice and teachings of ZSF and new skills learnt, in about five years time, he had reached the level of ROCH greats at level 10. the greats where at about level 4 at the age of 33 at the first haushan tournament, at the end of LOCH, at about the age of 54+, they were at level 7. at the end of ROCH, they were at level 10, twice the level before at age 75+. JLFW at begining of ROCH was at level 7, at the end of ROCH, he was level 10, he was estimated to have improved X2 in earlier post.. level 10 is almost as powerful as two level 7. this matches with the figure above.
ZSF when he created his zhenwu formation thought if a single person could master his formation, he would be equal to 64 elite fighter which was impossible.ZSF was below 90yrs of age when he created his zhenwu formation and was not at his greatest level after creating taichiquan and taiji jianfa when he thought this.
ZSF at level 10, was at the same level as GJ, YG and the greats and equal to the power of 55 elite fighters. to reach the power of 64/66 elite fighters, he would need to have reached level 11.
supreme experts are usually a great level talent who gets a boost from inner power boosting elixers or special circumstance. XuZhu, DY, YG, GJ, ZWJ, SPT.
a great level who undergoes rigorous and dangerous level of training can jump to supreme level, e.g. JLFW reached level 10 years ahead of the five greats without special circumstances. XF reached great staus by age 30.
sweeper monk and DGKB are the only possible level 14+ that exist in jin yong universe.