“A True Immortal with extreme strength that way surpasses peers may have a chance against Profound Immortals. Although he can’t hurt the Profound Immortal, he is not like the Martial Saint helplessly fighting with a Profound Immortal with desperation.”
Yan Zhaoge continued with a smile, “Still, it won’t be easy. The case is even rarer than that between a Martial Saint and a True Immortal throughout history. After all, among the Profound Immortals, is there a normal one?”
The higher the realm of cultivation, the rarer the level-skipping challenges.
In the end, there were no such cases.
Just then, Wang Pu looked at Ah Hu and sighed, “So, as I just said, even though we have Origin Opening Sword, we can’t break into Qinlin Cliff. Since Origin Opening Sword is an Immortal Artifact of the Leakless Level, it can’t hurt Profound Immortals. However, as the Earthly Sovereign is not at Qi Lin Cliff at present, if there is an emperor to wield the Origin Opening Sword, we can possibly breach the Qi Lin Cliff even without the Sword, just as Young Brother Yan did at Illusory Coming Peak and Chen Shangfang did to Ingenious Flying Peak.”
“However, Martial Saint can’t breach the gate of the Profound Immortal’s monastery by activating the Leakless Immortal Artifact. After all, he can’t fully activate the Immortal Artifact as he is two levels away from the Profound Immortal.” He added.
Ah Hu scratched his head and asked, “Then there must be some reasons for that.”
“The reason is that it is not easy to become Profound Immortal.” Yan Zhaoge chuckled. “After pushing open the door of Immortality, one has to go through tribulation to move to the next level, and once he fails, he will be dead with his cultivation all gone.”
It was because of this that every leveling up would bring the cultivator to a new level, which was as difficult as Martial Saint’s entering into the immortal realm.
Therefore, Wang Pu put it as a double chasm lying between the two.
“Martial Saint’s entering into immortal realm is called Immortal Mortal Tribulation.” Yan Zhaoge said, “There’s also the Boundless Tribulation or Pure Profound Tribulation from True Immortal Realm to Profound Immortal Realm, and the consequence of failing to overcome it will be the same as that of failing Immortal Mortal Tribulation, dead and vanished into nothingness.”
“If Profound Immortal wants to seek further power, he also needs to suffer the tribulations.” Yan Zhaoge explained, “This has something to do with cultivation. Ah Hu, since you are far from the Immortal Realm at present, I didn’t even mention it that we martial practitioners cultivate the True Essence, and the masters of Immortal Realm take in the Immortal Qi.”
“Immortal Qi is the name in generalities, and technically, the immortal owns five Qis which are also called the Five Trueness.”
“The Five Qis, namely Righteous Qi, Changing Qi, Bright Qi, Evil Qi and Clear Qi are all called the Immortal Qi. However, they’re different.”
“For Righteous Qi, the so-called righteousness is not equal to justice or fairness, and Righteous Qi is unshakable and in a stable state, showing that the world of creation is unchangeable.
Changing Qi is on the opposite side of Righteous Qi, formless, flexible and endless, reflecting the evolving history of the world of creation.
Time brings many changes, and overall, the whole universe is undergoing constant changes with rapid development.
If there is no Righteous Qi to maintain the balance and rhythm between Changing Qi and itself, then the world of creation will soon be in chaos, fallen apart and broken halfway.
Bright Qi is full of brilliance, kindness and positiveness, which represents a world of prosperity and beautifulness.
Whether the Qi is shifted from stability to change, or vice versa, as long as it positively develops, then it belongs to the Bright Qi.
Evil Qi brings killing and catastrophe. It represents the dark side, the destruction of the world of Creation.
Evil Qi, the opposite of Bright Qi, doesn’t focus on change or stability but on the effect left by them, unravelling the dark side of the world.
If the Evil Qi prevails, the world will fall into incessant disasters and endless calamities.
Clear Qi exists between changes and stability and between right and wrong. It is the basis of the world, connecting everything and adjusting the four other Qis.”
“We practitioners of Martial Saint Realm and the lower level realms can also absorb the Immortal Qi, which is of benefits to our cultivation. However, we must take it in moderation. Otherwise, our body can’t handle that.”
Yan Zhaoge said, “Anyone successfully going through the Immortal Mortal Tribulation, pushing open the door of Immortality can transform all his true essence into the Immortal Qi.”
“With true essence transformed into immortal Qi and it running through the body, the True Immortals won’t get hurt by any true essence of martial practitioners. It is what we called the Leakless.”
“Nevertheless, the Qi a True Immortal owns is only one of the five immortal Qis, and it is different from person to person.”
Yan Zhaoge lifted one finger and then another as he continued the explanation, “If the True Immortals cultivate their body with the second immortal Qi and overcome the following Pure Profound Tribulation, they can combine the two Qis and transform the immortal Qi into Immortal Gang.”
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 1173: The Road From True Immortal To Profound Immortal
Yan Zhaoge paralleled his index finger and middle finger, saying, “The combination of two Qis is not quite the same thing like one Qi plus another, rather, it's a process of ‘one’ into ‘many’. Hence, they’re poles apart in every aspect.”
The process of Immortal Qi refined into Immortal Gang was as similar as that of True Essence into Immortal Qi.
Once breaking through this bottleneck, with two Qis combined, the Profound Immortal who had successfully cultivated Immortal Gang would never be hurt by the True Immortal mastering one single Qi.
The same story went on when Martial Saint fought a True Immortal.
With Immortal Qi in one's body, he would be free from mortal injury.
With Immortal Gang, he would not be bothered.
The Immortal Gang held by Profound Immortal could shatter the martial pract.i.tioner’s True Essence by either attack or defence.
Therefore, Profound Immortal always stayed Tranquil and unbothered in the mortal world.
Well, from another view that, in essence, Profound Immortal never came down to the mortal world, and of course, wouldn’t be encroached by worldly affairs.
“Young Master, did you mean from one Qi into many and not two Qis, right?” Ah Hu gave thought to Yan Zhaoge’s words and learned something.
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Both Yan Zhaoge and w.a.n.g Pu began to laugh.
“You’re definitely right.” w.a.n.g Pu said with approval.
"True Immortal differs from Profound Immortal mainly in Immortal Gang that is formed by more than one Immortal Qi and not by simply refining two Immortal Qis.”
"On that account, if Profound Immortal continues refining the third or the fourth Qi, his strength will be enhanced much, while all he does is still to serve the refining of Immortal Gang.”
With that, w.a.n.g Pu paralleled his fingers just as Yan Zhaoge did.
However, he spread out all five fingers at once and continued, "After refining four Qis, if a Profound Immortal continues improving his body based on the fifth Qi, then he will face the tribulation.”
"Then, if he succeeds, there comes a brand-new world that is completely different from that of Profound Immortal.”
Yan Zhaoge added with a smile, "With Five Qis combined into one, it follows the Five Qis toward Its Origin, which means the immortals wield Immortal Qi at the level of grand completion. Therefore, it’s a whole new chasm and a completely new world.”
Ah Hu smacked his lips, “I almost get it.”
"Even a True Immortal can’t breach the restrictions of a Profound Immortal’s monastery. However, given that this True Immortal is powerful enough, he has a chance to make it for a certain time, because he is not fighting a Profound Immortal." Yan Zhaoge shrugged and continued, "On the a.s.sumption that a Martial Saint has an Immortal Artifact of leakless level, he can’t make it, for he basically cultivates True Essence and not Immortal Qi.”
"As for Immortal Artifacts at tranquil level, Martial Saint can’t even wield them. So he won’t stand any chance even with one in hand.”
Ah Hu scratched his head and asked in a sudden, "Young Master, Five Qis Toward Its Origin is probably a Daoist theory. What about the Nine Underworld’s Evil Devils and the Buddhist cultivators?”
Yan Zhaoge nodded with a smile and replied, "Good question."
“They seem different in detail or at the surface, but what's basic is the same, or, at least, similar.” Yan Zhaoge gently smiled and explained, "In the beginning, Buddhism created a different way of practice from Daoism in abide to search the truth and find their own way to the Great Dao.”
"They might have wanted to separate themselves from Daoist cultivators so as to find their true selves, but fundamentally, it’s not established just to be special or to vent their spleen.”
"All roads lead to Rome. All we search for is but the truth.”
Yan Zhaoge waved his hand and continued, "Therefore, if one studied the promotion of the masters of Buddhism, he would find that although they belong to different schools, in nature, they’re similar.”
“The situation also goes with the Nine Underworld’s Evil Devils, and compared with Buddhism, it’s more similar to Daoism, especially on the definition of realms.”
"As I said previously that no matter what martial arts martial pract.i.tioners learn, and how good their endowment is, some natural rules run in the world of creation and the whole universe. If you can’t detach yourself from it, then you must obey the rule in it.”
“You must obey other's rules unless you are powerful enough to make yours and let others willingly obey them.
However, in that case, what you say will be regarded not only as a rule but also as truth, and naturally, you detach yourself from the old world.
In this way, neither True Immortal nor Profound Immortal can lay a finger on you and it’s even meaningless to make such a comparison.”
Upon hearing this, Ah Ha nodded and said, “Young Master, I got it.”
He scratched his head and asked again as something new just came to his mind, “Young Master, since Female Emperor ranked first among five emperors of the world beyond worlds, then, she is only one step away to the Profound Immortal realm, right?”
"I’m afraid not...”
“Once upon a time, I saw Female Emperor in Royal Reed Sea, and she seemed not well prepared to pa.s.s the Pure Profound Tribulation.” Yan Zhaoge said, looking at w.a.n.g Pu, "The reason why she is so powerful is she is superior to her peers, isn’t she?"
w.a.n.g Pu replied, "I am not sure, and maybe, Master is clearer about this.”
He signed, "In any case, it’s never easy to advance to Profound Immortal from True Immortal. Master once mentioned that he had encountered many difficulties to enter into the Profound Immortal Realm. It truly required lots of effort to get through the True Profound Tribulation.”
"Difficult, indeed.” Yan Zhaoge nodded.
Of the top five masters at True Immortal level in the world beyond worlds, Yan Zhaoge knew some of them.
Among them, Heaven Emperor and Brocade Emperor were acquainted with Yan Zhaoge, so he knew a little about their road of advancement.
Not to mention Brocade Emperors, the winner must be decided between the black-clothed and the white-clothed.
If the black-clothed Brocade Emperor taking the unfeeling path won, he must first kill Fu Ting and Meng Wan to get the Grand Simplicity Splendour Cloud and the Grand Simplicity Fist.
Only in this way could he possibly wield the second Qi to get through the Pure Profound Tribulation and refine his Immortal Qi into Immortal Gang.
Otherwise, there was no doubt that he would be dead if he took the risk to get through the Pure Profound Tribulation.
It was even more embarra.s.sing for the white-clothed Brocade Emperor who took the feeling path.
At this point, even if he killed the black-clothed Brocade Emperor, his future still remained unknown.
As far as Heaven Emperor was concerned, there was still a long way to go.
However, the Later Earth Text was significant to him.
With it, at least, there would be a chance for him to get through Pure Profound Tribulation and enter Profound Immortal Realm.
"Swordsmen usually act excellent in combat, but there isn’t much s.p.a.ce to improve.” Yan Zhaoge sighed, “It won’t be easy if Uncle Yue decides to chase after the Earthly Sovereign and the Concealed Sovereign in the future.”
w.a.n.g Pu said with a bitter smile, “I just hope Master can return to World beyond Worlds as soon as possible.”
"Well then, we will part here. Take care, Brother w.a.n.g, and Ah Hu, you should set out with no delay and directly go to Eastern Vast Heaven Territory.”
Yan Zhaoge cupped his hand to w.a.n.g Pu, who replied with a nod and said, “Please take good care of yourself as well, Brother Yan.”
"Young Master, you have my word, and I will bring it back to Clan Chief as soon as possible.” Ah Hu also nodded and said, "After I make it, I will be at your service at northern Profound Heaven Territory.”
Yan Zhaoge bade farewell to the two and then headed north after turning into a flash of light.
This was his second time to the northern Profound Heaven Territory since his search of Feng Yunsheng.
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 1174: The Search For Astro Sovereign
Profound Remnant Locale of Cloud Pavilion Mountain was the abode and Dao Arena of Northern Exalt, one of the Exalts of Ten Territories in World beyond Worlds.
Yan Zhaoge got here all the way. Instead of going to Profound Remnant Locale he went straight to a small town out of Cloud Pavilion Mountain.
Since Broad Creed Mountain was officially against Kunlun Mountain’s Southern High Peak, Qilin Cliff, if he directly visited Profound Remnant Locale, he would inevitably be suspected for recruiting followers.
Back when the whole World beyond Worlds searched for Xue Chuqing, Northern Exalt had ordered his disciples not to interfere. Therefore, both Xue Chuqing and Yan Zhaoge were deeply grateful.
Yan Zhaoge thus didn’t plan to be hard on Northern Exalt.
Northern Exalt aspired to be independent and to disregard all worldly affairs, so Yan Zhaoge would respect him.
And, Yan Zhaoge believed that he would return the favor.
From what had happened to Xue Chuqing before, Northern Exalt must have some sympathy to what had happened to Dim Radiant Emperor.
Although he didn’t pay a visit to Cloud Pavilion Mountain, as the owner of the North, Profound Remnant Locale would surely know of his arrival.
And it wouldn’t take long before Southern Exalt react to that.
Yan Zhaoge stepped into that small town, peacefully watching the bustling people.
This was where Feng Yunsheng used to be. At the thought of which, Yan Zhaoge seemed lost in thought.
After a short while, he regained his consciousness and turned his face with a gentle smile to see a yellow-clothed girl coming into his view.
She was a disciple of Profound Remnant Locale, someone he was quite familiar with, and also the granddaughter of Northern Exalt, Wu Ting Daoist, Guan Ke.
"Miss Guan, it’s been a while.” Yan Zhaoge smiled to
greet her.
Guan Yuluo came close to Yan Zhaoge and sized him up with curiosity as if she saw him for the first time.
"You always look at me that way." Yan Zhaoge said with a smile.
"Every time I see you, you’re like a stranger to me." Guan Yuluo winked and continued, “Fallen deity, you...really...killed Elder w.a.n.g of Qilin Cliff...”
Yan Zhaoge calmly nodded and replied, "Yes, I did it."
Guan Yuluo was still in a shock to believe that.
"Well, any news about Yunsheng?" Yan Zhaoge firstly asked.
Why it was Guan Yuluo who came to meet Yan Zhaoge was that she was acquainted with Yan Zhaoge before years because of Feng Yunsheng. Under the current tense context, anyone from Profound Remnant Locale meeting with Yan Zhaoge would be suspected of taking sides. However, Guan Yuluo’s personal familiarity with Yan Zhaoge provided some leeway for explanation as no other party would be willing to upset the momentary balance and publicly declare war on Northern Exalt.
"No news about sister Feng yet.” Guan Yuluo immediately went much depressed.
She also missed Feng Yunsheng so much.
She just controlled her emotion before Yan Zhaoge whom, she thought, was even more grieved.
However, Yan Zhaoge was calm and the one to comfort her, saying, “Yunsheng will be alright. Heaven rewards the good.”
“Em, I know that. It’s a pity that even my grandfather can’t work out where sister Feng is now.” Guan Yuluo sighed and pulled herself together to look at Yan Zhaoge in solemnity, “Before I set out from home, my grandfather said something.”
"The one being searched for is here, but no one knows where exactly he is.”
Seemingly, it sounded meaningless, but Yan Zhaoge caught on to it immediately.
Northern Exalt seemed to be getting old and disabled as if he would die at all times.
Well, the truth was he still had bright eyes and a clear mind to have an insight into everything.
Broad Creed Mountain was officially against Kunlun Mountain’s Southern High Peak, Qilin Cliff, and although with support of Sword Emperor, there must be numerous difficulties for it to face Earthly Sovereign and Concealed Sovereign at the same time.
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