Chapter 255: Beyond the Three Realms and Pure Yang Celestial Device (1/2)
Chapter 255: Beyond the Three Realms and Pure Yang Celestial Device
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From Green Lamp Spirit's description, Junior Leopard captured a glimpse of antiquity times that was not exactly the same as the legends had it.
In the legends of this life, antiquity times were greatly mystified, maybe even demonized. However, the version accounted by Green Lamp Spirit was much more tangible and realistic.
Practicers in antiquity times were not a far cry from those of this life, as they still had to begin with Level One and proceeded all the way until Level Nine. The distinction between Three Large Realms and Three Small Realms also existed, but owing to the copious supply of essence and treasures of the world in antiquity times, practice could be achieved with much less effort than today.
Take the simplest example. In this life, practice in Three Small Realms would cost most practitioners a lifetime, because people in this life had to, step by step, exercise their body, nurture and hone their physique with Internal Qi so as to rise from Skin-Toughening Realm by crossing one barrier after another, and finally managed to syncretize their inner ability with their bodies. In contrast, practice in antiquity times would not require any of the above, because treasures of heaven and earth were everywhere and you could just eat those magic body-strengthening drugs for dinner. Though their effect might not match that of Bone-Forging Pills and Tendon-Changing Pills, the large quantity of drug in-take would make up the gap, and with much more plentiful essence of the world, not only would your body grow at a faster rate, but also the absorption process of Internal Qi. Therefore, practitioners in antiquity times didn't need to spare much time in Three Small Realms, and for them, the first hurdle they met would be the leap from Bone-Forging Realm to Tendon-Changing Realm, in other words, it was a bit difficult in ascending from Level Six to Level Seven, but it was a small one, and most people were able to stride over it.
The true problem lay in the leap from Three Small Realms up to Three Large Realms, where most people would get stuck. Though a few would succeed and obtain the Individual Immortal Karma Rank.
The Individual Immortal of Mystery!
The Mysterious Realm in this life was actually the Individual Immortal Karma Rank in antiquity times.
After entering Individual Immortal Karma Rank, the advantage enjoyed by the practitioner in antiquity times would become less evident, which in effect, was basically extinguished.
The reason was that once you reached the peak of Marrow-cleansing Realm, you would undergo the Nine Kalpas—nine times of Thunder Tribulation.
Only when you had endured one Thunder Tribulation, could you truly leap out of the Three Realms and achieve the Genuine Immortal Karma Rank.
Compared to this life, the Thunder Tribulation was even tougher in antiquity times. If you didn't make it, you would be done. Your body would die out and your ability would wither away. But if you survived one, congratulations, you would really jump out of the three realms and enter the Genuine Immortal Karma Rank, upgrading to a Genuine Immortal.
Thunder Tribulation actually referred to more than one trial. If you wanted to strike further and break through the Genuine Immortal Karma Rank, you would have to constantly exploit the thunder of the highest heaven to purify your body, as, at that point, only the thunderbolt would be eligible to further enhance your body.
If you managed to pass another eight Thunder Tribulations, you would forge yourself a golden body and achieve the Human Immortal Karma Rank.
The so-called golden body accomplishment after nine Thunder Tribulations meant to be the Human Immortal Karma Rank.
What would then happen after the Human Immortal Karma Rank?
That would be the collection of Three Flowers and the congregation of Five Kinds of Qi.
Naturally, these things were far too early to be of concern for Junior Leopard now.
He had yet managed to be an Individual Immortal, not to mention the Human Immortal or the collection of Three Flowers and congregation of Five Kinds of Qi that only existed in legends.
In comparison with this life, the biggest advantage possessed by practitioners in antiquity times did not lie in cultivation nor in the essence of the world, but in magic weapons.
In those times, celestial devices could be found everywhere. There were so many fairy weapons that even any plain disciple from a random school would be equipped with one or two celestial devices. But now, it would be extremely difficult to spot even one celestial device all over the world.
The reason why it ended up in this way was that, apart from sufficient treasures of heaven and earth, we would inevitably mention a bunch of special people and special skills, the necromancer and the necromancy.
According to Green Lamp Spirit's description, Junior Leopard started to get to know these necromancers and the necromancy. In his view, these necromancers were just like scientists in his previous life, and if put more vividly, they bore a lot resemblance to the alchemists he came across in fantasy literature from his previous life.
These necromancers were adept in utilizing all sorts of materials to build celestial devices and fairy weapons. Of course, they would also concoct magic pills and even do some other weird things.
Well, not all those working on necromancy could be referred to as a necromancer, instead, only those who achieved immense attainments in necromancy could enjoy such an honor.
For those long-lived practicers in antiquity times, studying necromancy was their greatest interest, for doing so could help them independently build celestial devices that were suitable to their practice, as well as allow them to while away their long lifetime. Gradually, necromancy became popular and powerful in antiquity times.
Necromancy study was just another version of scientific work, in which those crazy necromancers proposed loads of wild assumptions and visions, but few of them were successfully realized.
One of the assumptions was that if ordinary persons were injected with the bloodline of congenital gods, they would consequently possess the power of congenital gods.
This one was the biggest challenge in necromancy, also the wildest one.
Congenital gods, even in antiquity times, were more or less living in legends, because they actually lived in far more remote primitive times. As it came to antiquity times, knowledge about congenital gods could only be found either in legends of primitive ancestors, or in several imputrescible dead bodies of congenital gods.
Congenital gods were different from ordinary living creatures. They were born with great Divine Sense, and their figures were peerlessly huge, which could be 100 feet high at birth and reach thousands of feet as they came of age. Also, their appearances were peculiar of all kinds. The only feature they all shared was their great Divine Sense.
Picking up stars, reaching for the sun and the moon, knowing about Yin and Yang, cracking up mysteries!
Those were all their innate capabilities, which did not require any practice. With respect of individual strength, a newly-born congenital god would overtake a practicer who had gone through nine Thunder Tribulations and achieved Human Immortal Karma Rank. Moreover, it was said that all the practice methods of human beings were created by the Mighty, the Wise among primitive ancestors through observing those congenital gods.
As to those legendary rumors from antiquity times, Junior Leopard simply took them as entertaining and laughed them away.
Though they were born with Divine Sense and capable of dominating the world, congenital gods still had one weakness—their low fertility. The essential, and the only way to conceive a congenital god and pass down the bloodline was the combination of one congenital god and another. In this way, carrying on the bloodline of congenital gods became fundamentally difficult.
When antiquity times came, those congenital gods in primitive times were long gone, leaving behind a few corpses of themselves for no obvious reason. Then, those necromancers in antiquity times, brimming with mad ideas, came up with this one on a whim, whether it was possible, under the help from those dead bodies, to impart the bloodline of congenital gods into ordinary people, allowing them to also possess these Divine Senses of congenital gods!
This was a crazy idea. But for those necromancers known for their madness, it was a really wonderful conception. As a result, seemingly endless experiments had been set underway.
”They made it?”
”At least not yet at the time when I was constrained in the underground palace of the Small Thunder Temple. However, after seeing your eyes, I reckon, they did presumably succeed in fitting the bloodline of congenital gods into that of ordinary people!” Green Lamp Spirit gave a little sign, and added, ”What a bunch of lunatics!”
”In the present world, lots of people do have some magical power of the bloodline. It seems that the experiments those necromancers conducted were truly successful!” Junior Leopard grinned bitterly. ”But evidently, these bloodlines can't bring us the power of congenital gods!”
”Nonsense. In the first place, no one had ever wanted to transform a man into a congenital god by this means. The aim of those necromancers was mere to steal some sort of Divine Sense from congenital gods, and the fact that you are already able to use the power of Heavenly Magic Eye is a sound proof of their success!” Green Lamp Spirit yelled.
”But so far, I still don't have my Eyes fully functioning!”
”Fully functioning is, of course, impossible, since your physical strength is limited. Having the bloodline is one thing, but an application of it is another matter. For example, if I give you a big hammer weighing a half a million kilos, would you be able to sledge it?” Green Lamp Spirit sneered. ”In order to truly wield these Divine Senses of congenital gods, you have to wait until you reach the Human Immortal Karma Rank at least. You should remember that these methods necromancers worked on are not designed for you lot who haven't even obtained an Individual Immortal Karma Rank!”
”But there are many people in the present day who can wield their power of bloodline smoothly!”Junior Leopard refuted mutinously.
”Humph. You're just talking about some skin-deep Divine Senses. If someone really had a perfect command of the Divine Sense of congenital gods in primitive times, the present world would long ago divert from its present appearance!”
Junior Leopard couldn't find anything to reply, but that Green Lamp Spirit went on again, ”Well, I've told you everything you should know. I didn't expect you to have a bloodline of congenital god and be able to utilize part of it. You won. But, with your current ability, you can't destroy me anyway, even if you're able to perform the power of Heavenly Magic Eye. As for the Turtledove's Claw, it may keep me constrained for the moment, but not all the time. It is no use for you or anyone to imprison me like this, so I say, just put me back, would you?”
”Put you back, are you kidding me? That green lamp is a Pure Yang Celestial Device, perfect for me to refine. If I put you back, what shall I use in the refining? As I see it, let's just pick up a cat or dog and thrust your Original Spirit into it!”