Chapter 170 - The Division of the Realm, the Realm of Immortality
One had to reach two requirements in order to ascend from the Extreme Path Realm to the Imminent Immortal Realm.
The first was to fully master a law, and the second was to comprehend the method of transcendence to free oneself from the shackles of the world. When that happened, one’s mana would become the immortal force. The immortal force in the human world was also known as the pseudo-immortal force or quasi-immortal force. This was a difficult process. However, it was much easier for some people, such as Ming Fei and Dongfang Chenxi.
Jiang Ming had also learned that different worlds had different laws through his friends in the chat room. Besides, the conditions and degree of difficulty when breaking through differ by world level as well.
Jiang Ming closed his eyes and began to feel the changes in his body.
After a short while, he finally found the reason for his breakthrough. Since his inner world had transformed into a real world, the Yin-Yang Law and the Light-and-Dark Law, two of the most basic laws of the five elements, had been perfected.
“For others, the Paradis is illusory and is formed by the manifestation of mana. When one reaches the Imminent Immortal Realm, mana will transform into the pseudo-immortal force.
“But in my case, my Paradis has transformed into a real world. As for my mana… I probably should call it the worldly force right now. It’s even stronger than the pseudo-immortal force. “Could it be that the worldly force is equivalent to the pseudo-immortal force?”
Jiang Ming fell into thought. “I guess that should be it.”
He summoned a clone and appeared in the inner world.
He stood midair and looked at the surroundings.
Jiang Ming had never felt so happy before.
He stretched his arm forward and grabbed a cloud in front of him. It felt so real, and the illusory sensation was gone.
“Although the inner world has become smaller, its origin has improved a lot!”
He then looked skyward at the sun that hung in the sky. The earth veins were still evolving, and he was certain that they would finish their evolution sooner or later.
He looked into the distance, and there was nothing but barren ground, lakes, and rivers in his vision.
Everything in this world was under his control.
He was the owner and the creator of this place.
“Can I speed up evolution?”
The idea popped in Jiang Ming’s head, and he activated the Time Law.
The inner world had become a lot smaller, so he could accelerate the time here by 1,000 times easily. However, as he activated the Time Law, there was a heavy sluggishness, and he had a feeling that the inner world was going to collapse.
He hastily stopped and understood something.
It was not that he could not do it. It was just that the inner world had not finished the evolution process yet. It was still in the incipient state, so if he tried to speed up the evolution process with the Time Law, the inner world would collapse.
He came out of his inner world and stood up. He clenched his fist, and he could feel an immense power coursing inside of him.
“At my current level, I could have blown the previous me away with one punch!”
It was not an illusion but a fact.
After his inner world had turned into a real world, his strength had reached a whole new level.
“I should probably test it out now!”
With that thought in mind, Jiang Ming walked toward the Heavenly Stage in the south. In the meantime, he opened up his status in the Supreme Pagoda.
Name: Jiang Ming
Cultivation Base: Level 10
Points Accumulated: 11,879
Honor (Eighth Floor): None
He was now at Level 10, and he had collected 11,879 points.
Jun Sanqian appeared on the first stage, “Congratulations!” He studied Jiang Ming for a while and exclaimed, “Your foundation is perfected, and I assure you that you’ll have a bright future ahead.”
“Thank you for your compliment, senior!” Jiang Ming replied. “Senior, do planar worlds have a level?” “The planar world? There is the nascent, general, and perfect planar world,” Jun Sandian said after a short contemplation. “Just like your inner world, it’s considered as a nascent planar world. This kind of planar world is incomplete. Whether it’s the operation or the laws, or the power of creation, they’re still in the evolving stage. Thus, it’s hard for intelligent life to be born. Even if intelligent life exists, it will have a lot of flaws in them.
“For example, Paradis can be transformed into a planar world as well through some measures. However, such worlds can only breed beings with relative attributes and no potential because of their defects.
“Once the 3,000 laws mature, the power of creation can run freely, and the cycle of reincarnation is completed, it’ll turn into a general planar world. Amongst so many worlds, the general planar world is the most abundant!
“Further up, when the world origin, the laws, or the cycle of reincarnation has reached a certain threshold, it’s a perfect planar world, and it can become a small chiliocosm.
“It’s just that it’s not that easy to reach that stage. Not only are there tribulations, but also man-made disasters. Generally speaking, among 1,000 planar worlds, only one can become a small chiliocosm,” Jun Sanqian explained.
“A world still has to go through tribulations as well as man-made disasters in the evolution process?” Jiang Ming asked, his voice filled with disbelief.
Jun Sanqian nodded.
“The evolution of a world is similar to cultivation. There will be stages and trials. If a world can pass the trial, it’ll ascend to the next level. If it can’t, it will be the end of the world.
“As for man-made disasters, it’s much simpler. The evolution of a world often comes with great opportunities, which will naturally attract some powerful beings. They might want to absorb the creation energy when the world is evolving or get their hands on world origin. Some even want to take advantage of world evolution to help them in their cultivation. However, this situation rarely happens. After all, it’s generally hard to locate a planar world, and most of them are protected by laws and the Great Dao. They will also tend to suffer great tribulations once they hunt a planar world, and whether they can succeed or not it’ll depend on their own ability. “As for you, you don’t have to worry about anything since your inner world is within you. You’re the master of your world, and as long as
i exist, no one can touch your inner world!” Jun Sandian laughed.
Jiang Ming fell silent. This information might not be useful to Jun Sanqian, but it was extremely useful for someone like him.
“Senior, so can I just leave my inner world alone?” Jiang Ming asked again.
“Yeah, you could. But you can accelerate the evolution if you put more effort into completing it.” Jun Sanqian explained, “The evolution of the inner world is the process of growing the origin and perfecting the law. If you absorb more World Hearts, origin essence, spiritual crystals, and so on, it will speed up the evolution process.”
“But how should I make progress in my cultivation? I just need to focus on my inner world?” Jiang Ming asked again.
“No! With your cultivation system, in your current state, you’re slowly severing the ties between you with your world. Eventually, you’ll be severed from all laws, and this is known as the Severing Dao. After you’ve broken away from the world, you’ll be able to ascend into the next realm,” Jun Sanqian answered as he sat down.
He gestured to Jiang Ming to sit down and continued. “After you’ve ascended, you will become a pseudo-immortal. In a world of a higher level, the realm will be differentiated into Heavenly Immortal, True Immortal, Mystical Immortal, and Golden Immortal. Of course, there are more realms, but this is all you need to know now.
“After you’ve become a pseudo-immortal, you should start cultivating the Heavenly Immortal Dao, otherwise known as the Heavenly Immortal Law and the Heavenly Immortal Fruition. Once you’ve perfected it, you’ll become a Heavenly Immortal. Your Dao Body will undergo drastic changes, and your mana will turn into the immortal essence. It’s easy to ascend from the pseudo-immortal to the Heavenly Immortal, and usually, it only takes less than a few hundred years.
“Each realm will have its own Fruition and laws, and the difference between each realm is as big as the heaven and the ground.
“Since you have your inner world, you’re a step faster than the rest of the people.
“For example, when you reach the Heavenly Immortal Realm, you’ll have more mana than other people, and you could easily defeat opponents who are stronger than you.”
Jun Sanqian’s eyes were glowing while he was talking
Although Jiang Ming did not have any special feelings, he knew that Jun Sanqian could see through his inner world. There were too many mysteries surrounding the man in front of him, and he wondered how strong he really was.
“Because of my inner world? Senior, the world I’m in is just a perfect planar world, and Level 10 is the maximum my world could contain.”
“Haha!” Jun Sanqian laughed. “It’s a different thing. The world you are in can only contain at most Level 10 cultivation, but it’s a different case for you.
“This tolerance limit refers to the limit of how many lives can be born.
“The power or the essence of a world is exceedingly powerful, and it can be comparable to a Golden Immortal.
“You’re the owner of your inner world. You’re the king, and you have command over everything in it. When you’re a Heavenly Immortal, if the inner world evolves to the limit of the planar world, you can mobilize the power equivalent to that of a Golden Immortal. Do you understand?”
Understanding instantly dawned upon Jiang Ming
“I get it now! My power might be limited when I’m in the Heavenly Immortal Realm, but my inner world can be enhanced infinitely!”
“That’s right!”