619 Going Into Action Without Delay (1/2)
Among the Five Immortal Realms, the one at the lowest level was the Ghost Immortal Realm, which was also known as the Genuine Immortal Realm. But why did people call it the Ghost Immortal Realm?
This was because the Thunder Tribulation produced after you broke through the Three Big Realms would have the greatest influence upon the spirit; this would solidify your spirit and render it powerful and intelligent. Even if your spirit was separated from your body, your flesh would not decay or disappear. That was the reason why the people there were known as Ghost Immortals. In comparison, though the Thunder Tribulation was quite useful in perfecting your body, the effect it had on the spirit was far more beneficial.
Therefore, Genuine Immortals were actually Ghost Immortals. But it was just that the pneuma was extremely rare in the present world, therefore becoming a Genuine Immortal was ultimately the most ambitious dream a practitioner could have. Anyway, the name ”Ghost Immortal” did not sound auspicious, so these Ghost Immortals began to call themselves ”Genuine Immortals” and categorized themselves by the number of Thunder Tribulations they had gone through. Frankly, all the Sages, Venerables and Lords of Heaven were Ghost Immortals.
As for the Human Immortal who was one rank higher than the Ghost Immortal, the circumstances were very different. He had to undergo Tribulations as well. However, what he needed to endure were not merely Thunder Tribulations but also Fire Tribulations, collectively called ”Thunder-fire Tribulations”. The Thunder-fire Tribulation also had a forging effect on the spirit, but its main function was the opposite of a sole Thunder Tribulation—it was used to forge the flesh. This was exactly what the ”Thunder-fire Bath breeds Golden Body” meant.
There were nine Thunder-fire Tribulations for a person to undergo. In the end, when a Human Immortal obtained the Three Flowers above the Head and Five Kinds of Qi by practice, he would then be able to refine his golden body and get ready to advance to the Divine Immortal Realm. Thinking in terms of the Earthly Immortal who was superior to the Divine Immortal, let's think about how hard it is to attain the Master Immortal level from a High-ranked Immortal level and the answer would be rather obvious. As for advancing from an Earthly Immortal to a Celestial Immortal, which meant being promoted from a Master Immortal to a Top Immortal, nobody knew what kind of process this was. It would easily take 100 million years, which was not something Zhou Bao, a guy whose ages in two life spans did not even add up to 50, could imagine.
Let leave those high-ranking living creatures alone and instead look at the inferior ones. Those ranked below the Ghost Immortals were common people, such as Individual Immortals. In fact, this title was just a fancy name that the common practitioners invented for themselves. The Mysterious Realm was called ”False Immortal Realm” or ”Sham Immortal Realm”, which clearly indicated that those immortals were not actually immortals. Though they possessed some abilities of authentic immortals, their Real Bodies were still not immortals. To transform into a real immortal, one had to start with one's spirit. Only if the spirit had gone through the Thunder Tribulation and survived could one become a true immortal. But before the Thunder Tribulation, no matter how powerful you were or how great your strength was, you were just a common human being, or at most a powerful common human being. Thus, technically, the three of them in the room were all common people, who were equipped with impressive combat capabilities.
”Divine Immortals certainly exist. I am quite sure that the Sea Emperor is actually a Divine Immortal. But there is no need to worry, because the laws of the world impose more restrictions on Divine Immortals than Human Immortals. Human Immortals can't casually step out of the scope of the macro world, while Divine Immortals, haha, must obey rules that are 10 times more stringent than that. When you become a Divine Immortal, you cannot even appear in the macro world. At most, you may reveal yourself in the form of incarnation or projection in the present life. Otherwise, your body will be badly injured. Therefore, we don't have to worry about those Divine Immortals. What we need to watch out for are those Ghost Immortals and Human Immortals in the Lord of Heaven Realm who work for that Sea Emperor!”
”There must be some Human Immortals in the Sea Area!” Thinking about this, Zhou Bao said, ”Even the Extraterrestrial Divine Mountain has some Human Immortals. But the strength of the Sea Area is much stronger than the Seven-deity Regions, so, how could they not have any Human Immortals?”
”Right, even our Seven-deity Regions have Human Immortals, what more for the Sea Area!” Child-endowing Buddha nodded, smiling. ”Therefore, do you still believe you can kill all of them to achieve your goal?”
”Yes, if it's worth it!” Thinking about this for a while, Zhou Bao looked at Child-endowing Buddha and went on, ”If it's worth it, I do not mind taking down all of them, provided I can get the Pool of Thunder Tribulation!”
”Then it's no problem!” Child-endowing Buddha gave a smile. ”Now, let make a plan. Anyway, it'll take some time for this news to spread all over the Seven-deity Regions and the Sea Area. If my guess is right, this time there will be another joint operation. The Seven-deity Regions will join forces with the Sea Area forces to go to Desolate Island and seek the Pool of Thunder Tribulation!” Speaking about this, something seemed to occur to Child-endowing Buddha. ”Be alert about Divine Wind Palace. Their craving for the Pool of Thunder Tribulation is much stronger than yours. As the authentic heir of Divine Wind Palace in the olden times, Grand Divine Wind Palace has remained quiet for a long time. If they manage to obtain the Pool of Thunder Tribulation, then, no one, at least in the Heaven Realm, will be able to confront them!”
”Divine Wind Palace has a Supreme Fairy Weapon?”
”Of course, Grand Divine Wind Palace itself is already a Supreme Fairy Weapon; the only problem is just that it is dilapidated and battered, and has not been used for a period of time. If they install the Pool of Thunder Tribulation in it, then, it will at least perform some of its powerful functions, which will be enough to deter the other sects! ”
”So we cannot let Divine Wind Palace obtain the Pool of Thunder Tribulation no matter what. If necessary, we have to wipe out all the members of Divine Wind Palace!” Zhou Bao bellowed with a murderous look. Although not all of his secrets had been disclosed, the conflict between him and Divine Wind Palace was irreconcilable. Now, he was in the dark while Divine Wind Palace was in the daylight, so he was determined to use every opportunity that could significantly cripple the strength of Divine Wind Palace. Weakening Divine Wind Palace while enhancing his own strength had been a good practice of Zhou Bao all this time. He had ruined the scheme of Divine Wind Palace to take control of Taiyuan Heaven and Azure Heaven, murdered one of their Lords of Heaven, robbed them of one fairy weapon, and defeated and killed another one of their Lords of Heaven. He also disrupted the plan Divine Wind Palace had on the Dragon-taming Ruins, and even sent the position of Human Emperor candidate to his own father-in-law by manipulation, which had made Yu Taixu fume with rage. Those were all Zhou Bao's achievements, but he knew that these were not enough, far from enough. In order to throw out a super large sect that had dominated the world for thousands of years, these were just what needed to be done, and there were more tasks for him to accomplish. For example, in this journey to Desolate Island, he had the idea that he should disrupt Divine Wind Palace and he was not going to let Divine Wind Palace seize the Pool of Thunder Tribulation. Even if he could not obtain the Pool of Thunder Tribulation, then he had to ensure it was destroyed to prevent Divine Wind Palace from obtaining it. And this was the present mindset of Zhou Bao.