Chapter 674 - 71: A Yin Spirit of Myriad Tribulations Can Hardly Attain Sainthood

Chapter 674: Chapter 71: A Yin Spirit of Myriad Tribulations Can Hardly Attain Sainthood

’Is a physical body important for a being who has attained a state of longevity?’

’Of course, it’s important.’

’In ancient times, the first Cultivators sought nothing more than "longevity."’

’Those who could achieve it were called Immortals.’

’Immortals were divided into five ranks: Heavenly, Earthly, Human, God, and Ghost.’

’The highest were Heavenly Immortals. They commanded Grotto-Heavens, could swallow the sun and moon, and formed a world unto themselves.’

’Next were God Immortals, who possessed a Purple Mansion. With purple qi arriving from the east, they could take in thirty thousand li of mountains and rivers at a glance.’

’Below them were Earthly Immortals. They obtained Blessed Lands and were rooted to the earth, their lifespans equal to that of the mountains and rivers.’

’Then came Human Immortals. They had only themselves. Every punch and kick was a Divine Ability, but that was the extent of their power.’

’The lowest were Ghost Immortals, who traveled through the netherworld.’

’The difference between these five types lay entirely in the extent of their ability to interfere with the material world.’

’Ghost Immortals were the lowest rank.’

’They were just ghosts. Even after becoming an Immortal, they were ultimately still a ghost—unable to freely interfere with the mortal realm.’

’What could they do on a normal day?’

’Nothing more than stir up a sinister wind or enter a haunting dream.’

’This is because the soul—or rather, the Heavenly and Earthly Souls—is composed of unobservable matter.’

’In my past life, I’d even heard the theory about the soul weighing seven grams.’

’The moment a person dies, their body becomes seven grams lighter.’

’And doesn’t that make sense?’

’The Heavenly and Earthly Souls, being made of unobservable matter, are connected to the material world by a gravitational link.’

’When a person breathes their last and their soul departs, that gravitational thread snaps, and their mass naturally decreases by seven grams.’

’Only a soul—a being of the Dark World, like a Ghost Immortal—can interfere with the mortal realm. Otherwise, one can only watch helplessly from the shadows.’

’To interfere with the mortal realm, they had to wait for specific times and specific festivals, for when the Laws of the Dark World changed.’

’The Ghost Festival, for example.’

’On that day, yin and yang connect and the gates of the underworld swing open. Only then can a Ghost Immortal reach out and touch the moonlight of the living world.’

’Human Immortals were a different story.’

’They were supermen in their own right. A single punch could shatter a mountain, a single kick could sever a river, but their power was limited to their own bodies.’

’Without this physical form, they were nothing.’

’Earthly Immortals were different.’

’Possessing a Blessed Land, their range of influence was significantly larger. The only drawback was that they couldn’t move.’

’Wherever their Blessed Land was, that’s where they had to stay.’

’Like a rooted tree, unable to pull up stakes.’

’God Immortals were another level entirely.’

’Their Purple Mansion could be carried with them wherever they went, completely freeing them from the shackles of an Earthly Immortal.’

’And Heavenly Immortals were the culmination of them all.’

’Their Grotto-Heaven was second only to a world itself and could be moved at will. It was the epitome of great freedom and great ease.’

’Of course, after the Golden Core path emerged, this classification fell out of favor.’

’Even a fleeting, low-grade Golden Core granted an extremely strong ability to interfere with reality.’

’They sought not just longevity, but immortality and indestructibility—’

’though heaven and earth decay, I will not; though the sun and moon perish, I will not.’

’The status of an Immortal was elevated, and the old system of Heavenly, Earthly, Human, God, and Ghost was gradually swept into the dustbin of history.’

’All of the above was recorded in the [Inner Alchemy Golden Core: "Initial Glimpse"].’

’But one thing had to be made clear.’

’A Ghost Immortal’s inability to interfere with the mortal realm and their weak influence there did not mean they were also weak in the Dark World.’

’Underestimating a Ghost Immortal, who was still an Immortal, would be a costly mistake.’

’It’s just that—’

"a yin spirit of myriad calamities can hardly enter sainthood."’

’The "sainthood" here refers to "manifesting holiness."’

’Since Ghost Immortals can’t interfere with the material world, it’s difficult for them to manifest their holiness.’

’Naturally, I have no intention of becoming such a Ghost Immortal.’

’Besides, even among Immortals, the path of the Ghost Immortal is the most difficult to achieve.’

’Without comprehending the Yin-Yang Law, one’s Dao Transformation Level can’t even reach 100%.’

’And trying to gamble on converting the seven mortal spirits—the ones that interact with the living world—into unobservable matter is leaving far too much to fate.’

’Not to mention the conversion of the Human Soul, the one among the three main souls that governs intelligence, thought, reaction, judgment, and inspiration.’

’Attaining a Dao Transformation Level above 100% requires a deeper understanding of the Human Soul.’

’Every step forward demands a more profound insight into it.’

’Breaking through to the Golden Core stage is less risky.’

’It also does a better job of preserving one’s intelligence, thought, reaction, judgment, and inspiration, as well as the potential to reach the Nascent Soul and Divinity Transformation realms in the future.’

’Does this conflict with the concept of lower, middle, and Upper-Grade Golden Cores?’

’Of course not.’

’A Foundation Establishment Cultivator with a Dao Transformation Level of exactly 100% would find it very difficult to forge a middle-grade or higher Golden Core.’

’Therefore, the grade of one’s Golden Core also represents one’s upward potential.’

’And on the Kronos plane, due to its world’s Laws, the development of flesh and blood—and of the Human Soul, which is primarily based in the material world—has undoubtedly reached the forefront.’

’Just observing the flesh-and-blood composition of these creatures has given me endless inspiration.’

’It’s like how for millennia, mathematicians struggled to find a general formula for cubic equations without success, only to have a breakthrough after introducing the concept of imaginary numbers.’

’My understanding of the Human Soul is now climbing to ever-greater heights.’

’In that moment, I realized I could raise my Dao Transformation Level even without using the "Profound Origin Nine Refinements Spirit Forging Chapter" to cultivate.’

’But this also raised a question—’

’why can I rapidly increase my Dao Transformation Level just by observing flesh and blood?’

’Can’t other Wizards do the same?’

’They really can’t.’

’It’s just as Saladin was so confident about: not even Wizards can easily unlock the secrets of their bloodline.’

’Otherwise, three thousand years ago, before the Wizard World was divided into the New Realm and the Old Realm, some Wizard would have already cracked the secrets of the Kronos plane.’

’It wouldn’t have been left for the Shaping Domain to do it.’

’The reason is quite simple.’

’Mental blind spots, hidden logic, and the Knowledge Barrier.’

’The Way of the Wizard erodes a Wizard’s mind, so even if they have the desire to investigate the world, their thinking is restricted.’

’Even if you place empirical evidence right in front of them, they would find it nearly impossible to accept.’

’So, why is it that in myths and legends, when a great power preaches the Dao, it always sounds so abstruse and profound?’

’It’s very likely that the speaker was perfectly clear, but you, limited by your own Knowledge Barrier, simply couldn’t understand a word.’