Ye Xuan had used all of his trump cards in this battle, whether it was the Tribulation Immortal Transformation or the Immortal Defying Formation. In the end, he even used the greatest killing artifact of all time, the Heaven-Slaying Halberd. However, against the Myriad Poison Ancestor who had just become a Quasi-Saint, Ye Xuan knew he had still lost.
A single glance was enough to tell the whole picture. Even the Myriad Poison Ancestor who had just become a Quasi-Saint was so terrifying, so just how terrifying were the other Quasi-Saints?
According to Ye Xuan's knowledge, Quasi-Saints were also divided into superior and inferior. They were on a completely different level of existence from immortals.
As everyone knew, there were seven Saints in the world. Six Saints stood high above the Nine Heavens, leaving only the final Saint seat empty.
However, the six Saints all became Saints through virtue. Only Hongjun who had fused with the Dao walked the path of Severing the Three Corpses.
Below Saints were Quasi-Saints. Everyone in the three realms knew about this realm.
However, the divide between Quasi-Saints was extremely great. Every single realm was like a chasm between heaven and earth.
For example, the Myriad Poison Ancestor had only just become a Quasi-Saint. He had only just grasped the laws of the world, and he could mobilise the might of the world for his own use. He could even change the world and use immeasurable abilities. And, because he had become a Quasi-Saint, he had developed a bit of true spirit that only Quasi-Saints possessed.
The so-called true spirit was something unique to Quasi-Saints, and it was also the foundation of Quasi-Saints. Just like what the Myriad Poison Ancestor had said, as long as the true spirit existed, Quasi-Saints would never die.
However, the true spirit was also the weakest. Although it could help Quasi-Saints reform their bodies and revive them, there was a limit to it. It would also cause irreparable damage to the foundation of their great dao, which could be seen from how Ye Xuan had shattered the Myriad Poison Ancestor's body.
Perhaps some people believed this was the realm of Quasi-Saints.
They were completely wrong!
The truly terrifying aspect of Quasi-Saints was the Severing of the Dao, which was also commonly known as severing the Three Corpses to become a Saint. This was also the path that all Quasi-Saints had to take to become Saints.
The difference between Quasi-Saints was also highlighted through the Severing of the Three Corpses.
As mentioned before, apart from Daofather Hongjun, who had fused with the Dao and walked the Severing the Three Corpses to become a Saint, the six Saints of the world had all become Saints through virtue.
The seventh Saint had yet to be found, but if he had become a Saint through virtue, coupled with Primordial Qi and the fate of the heavenly dao, he should have been able to become the final Saint.
If the seventh Saint was born, then wouldn't the other Saints have no chance of becoming a Saint?
Therefore, Severing Three Corpses to become a Saint had become the only path for all Sage-to-be. This was also the only opportunity left by Dao Ancestor Hongjun for all beings to become a Saint.
After all, Dao Ancestor Hongjun had severed the Three Corpses to become a Sage. This gave all the Quasi-Sages a glimmer of hope.
The Quasi-Saint Realm.
For those who had just entered the Sage-to-be realm, their physical bodies would be flawless and untainted by the mortal world. A little bit of true spirit would be born, and the true spirit would be perfectly combined with the physical body. This was also the first realm of the Sage-to-be realm, which was also known as the Untainted Realm.
The Myriad Poison Ancestor was at this realm of cultivation. However, before he could fully master the Untainted realm, he ran into the great anomaly that was Ye Xuan. In the end, he was reduced to ashes.
Only after reaching the large success stage of the Stainless Boundary would one's body and true spirit be perfect and flawless. Only then would one be able to step into the next boundary, and this boundary had caused the souls of countless quasi-sages to scatter and dissipate between heaven and earth.
This realm was divided into three stages, which was the legendary Method of Severing Three Corpses to Attain Sainthood.
Good Corpse, Evil Corpse, Self!
This was the path of the Severing Three Corpses.
There was no distinction between the three realms, nor was there any difference between them. With every corpse severed, one's cultivation would undergo an extremely terrifying transformation. It was not something regular Quasi-Saints could compare to.
For example, for a Quasi-Saint like the Myriad Poison Ancestor, as long as one severed a corpse, killing him would be as easy as slaughtering a chicken. This was the difference between Quasi-Saints.
For the Severing Three Corpses, Quasi-Saints could choose which corpse to sever, but most people would choose to sever the Evil Corpse first, as severing the Evil Corpse was also the easiest obstacle.
However, there were also people who severed the Good Corpse first. As everyone's cultivation was different, whether they severed the Good Corpse or the Evil Corpse first depended on the person.
However, without any exception, the self was the most difficult to sever, as severing the self was equivalent to killing oneself. Apart from Dao Ancestor Hongjun who had successfully severed the Three Corpses, who knew how many Quasi-Saints had died in this obstacle since the creation of the world.
Look at the saint Lao Tzu. In the past, before he had reached Sainthood, he had also taken the path of severing the Three Corpses to become a Saint, but in the end, he was also stuck at the obstacle of severing the self. In the end, he could only become a Saint through virtue.
However, it was also because Lao Tzu had once taken the path of severing the Three Corpses that he had created a great ability that resounded through the three realms. It was called the Three Purities with One Qi.
The Three Purities were not the Three Purities. It was Lao Tzu's strongest ability, which allowed him to conjure two avatars to fight alongside him. It had even repelled Tongtian in the War of Investitures of Gods, which demonstrated the terror of the Three Purities with One Qi.
Let's go off topic a little. Back to the Severing Three Corpses. The Three Corpses sounded simple, but no one could tell how terrifying it was.
Every single Quasi-Saint would experience the great terror of being on the brink of death when they severed a corpse. If they made a mistake, they would even face the danger of being reduced to ashes. However, if they could successfully sever a corpse, their cultivation would definitely improve drastically. This was also an insurmountable gap between Quasi-Saints.
Unfortunately, ever since the creation of the world, there had been barely anyone who could sever a corpse, and the number of people who could sever two corpses of good and evil could be counted with ten fingers. However, there had never been anyone who could sever three corpses to become a Saint. This also demonstrated just how difficult the path of severing three corpses to become a Saint was.
In the grand meeting of the Nüwa palace, Ye Xuan had fought the Myriad Poison Ancestor. He had only just reached Quasi-Saint, not even reaching Unsullied, let alone reaching Severing Three Corpses. However, the Myriad Poison Ancestor had given Ye Xuan the threat of death.
Understanding his own body and looking ahead, Ye Xuan knew that sooner or later, he would have to face those quasi-saints who had stepped into the Severing Three Corpses Realm. With his current cultivation, he wouldn't be placed in the eyes of these quasi-saints.
Let alone these Quasi-Saints who had severed three corpses, even those who had just reached Quasi-Saint were not existences he could stop.
And, Ye Xuan had a feeling that the mysterious figure that had appeared in the grand meeting of the Nüwa palace could not save him every single time. There must have been a great reason for his appearance. He could not appear in this space-time at all times. If Ye Xuan relied on the mysterious figure to save him every single time he faced life-threatening danger, he would call himself an idiot.
Breathe in. Breathe in. Breathe in.
Ye Xuan suppressed his distraught thoughts and once again began to heal his heavily injured body. He knew that he was too far away from the Quasi-Saint realm, and that he was also walking the path of strength. Although he didn't know what kind of changes would happen when he stepped into the Quasi-Saint realm, he would definitely surpass these people who had killed three corpses to become saints.
Of course, since the path of killing three corpses to become a Saint was already so rugged, the method that Ye Xuan used to prove his Dao wouldn't be simple. He was afraid that when he stepped into the quasi-saint realm, he would face an unimaginably terrifying calamity.
Ye Xuan continued to heal, but he also constantly examined himself. He also saw his shortcomings from the battle with the Myriad Poison Ancestor.
Although he had many abilities and techniques, and he had even used the Seven Slaughtering Halberd of Chaotic Heavens to smash the Myriad Poison Ancestor's body to pieces, it was still because his cultivation was insufficient. He was unable to destroy the Myriad Poison Ancestor's true spirit, which also made him face the threat of death.
Ye Xuan had a feeling that if he could reach the third watershed of the Grand Immortal Realm, even without the assistance of the Heaven-Destroying halberd, he would be able to truly go against Quasi-Saints with a heaven-defying technique like the Tribulation Transcender Transformation. He would be invincible. Perhaps he would even be able to kill Quasi-Saints when he used the Heaven-Destroying halberd.
Of course, this was only Ye Xuan's feeling. Whether it was as he imagined or not would depend on what kind of improvement he would receive when he reached the third watershed of the Grand Immortal Realm.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
