Chapter 437: Real Body (1/2)

Chapter 437: Real Body

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Compared to other cultivators, Zhou Bao had amazing luck. This luck was pretty much against nature. It also let him think that there were countless people who needed something to look up to. This caused him to get lost so often when he was improving his strength like crazy. He often wondered which way he should go.

Cultivation-wise, he was only at Level Nine. But the Internal Qi in him had already become Real Essence of an Individual Immortal. He even had Dharma power of a Genuine Immortal. After his body had transformed from the Innate Deity carcass in Taiyuan Heaven, he already far exceeded the standard of a Genuine Immortal. All these made his combat capability soar madly. He had the ability to fight with Genuine Immortals of Venerable Realm. It was also the result of him being unable to further dig out the power of the Innate Deity carcass.

But unfortunately, his cultivation was still at Level Nine. He could break through Level Nine at any time but had to suppress his cultivation because of the Golden Book of Fate.

What does it mean to suppress one's cultivation at Level Nine?

Many people thought that cultivation meant Internal Qi and Real Essence or a little power of the spirit. Zhou Bao had already exceeded all of these far above Level Nine's limit. So why did he still suppress his cultivation at Level Nine?

The key laid in the spirit!

There was an extremely important, and also the most critical step when one advances from Level Nine to the Mysterious Realm. It was called Pulse-Steadying!

For many of those who wanted to reach Mysterious Realm, they would naturally think that Pulse-Steadying was similar to Bone Forging and Tendon Changing from before. They would think that it was purely just the strengthening of one's body structure to withstand stronger and higher quality pneuma, like Real Essence and Dharma power.

However, this was not the case. Strengthening one's power to withstand it was only part of the purpose. The main purpose of Pulse-Steadying, which was also the most critical step, was the infusion of Real Body and body, as well as resetting the tendons and meridians.

The Palace Leader of the Palace of Destruction Demon and Dark Lord Mie Chen, one of the Three Grandmasters of Northern Yuan, were all people who have reached the Demi-Mysterious Realm and have the Heavenly Devil Real Body. To complete that last step, they need to infuse it with their body and reset their tendons and meridians. After a successful infusion and a steadied pulse, they would then enter the Mysterious Realm.

For those Level Eight experts that have started to condense Real Essence Source in their acupoints, they all had powers to interact with the secret of the spirit and understand it. At this point, regardless of one's intentions, they would all start to condense their Real Body. Those without the intention are the Individual Immortals who did not inherit any powers but made it thus far based solely on their capabilities. Experts act based on their instincts and concentrate on condensing their thoughts. For those who had inherited powers, they had started preparing for the condensation of their Real Body long ago.

Everyone had a different Real Body. Each person's different body conditions, their special cultivation methods, their special treatments, and different personalities could all cause the slightest, or biggest, differences in the Real Body that they cultivate.

For a normal cultivator, the first step in training the Real Body was to condense one's own thoughts. Once their thoughts were fully matured, their Real Body would slowly show its form like a cocoon turning into a butterfly, and it will take a leap in quality.

But Zhou Bao was different; his fist intent had already been practiced long ago. But it was the untrustable, undevoted, and bastard-like kind which could not help him practice his Real Body. Even if they gave him their pneuma from 33 Heavens, he would still be unable to attain the Cosmic Real Body.

The Cosmic Real Body was a beautiful hope, a broken goal, and just a dream of an idiot.

Not only those with an intention could attain the Real Body. Both intention and the Real Body are derivatives of the spirit. For many, it is only right to attain the Real Body through condensation of intention. This is only because both have the characteristics of the spirit. But there are also many that use different methods to attain the Real Body. One of them is to look for a powerful spirit of a living creature. At the end of the day, for the longest time in history, humans were the weakest living creatures. While they can practice and attain some sense of achievement, some natural gaps still existed. It is very obvious that despite practicing till the Metaphysic Individual Immortal Realm, or even the Realm of True Immortals, humans were still very powerless when facing powerful living creatures like the Primordial Fierce Beast. Forget about the adult beasts, even the child beasts were able to hurt human practitioners who have been practicing for thousands of years.

From this point of view, it could be said that the world was unfair, very unfair. Differences existed right from birth.

For cultivators, the best way to attain the Real Body was not to condense intentions on their own, but to directly take in the spirit of living creatures. By combining these powerful spirits, as well as their intentions, with their own to create a Real Body that possessed the traits of powerful living creatures was the best choice.

But how many actually succeeded?