nyslfriends Chapter 227: Unaffected by External Influences
Chapter 227: Unaffected by External Influences
Chapter 227: Unaffected by External Influences
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“The quality of my qi should have reached the level of an immortal’s, becoming immortal qi, and that’s why I was able to open the Truth-Seeking Eye?” Tianyi repeated Mengfei’s words.
He had just broken out of the sealed space that Mengfei constructed less than five minutes ago. After finding the exit, Tianyi immediately went to find his mother. When he saw his eternally youthful mother, Tianyi didn’t know what to say.
After weeks, months, or perhaps even years—Tianyi couldn’t tell since the void he was trapped in had no indication of the passage of time. It was like being trapped in a white room, only much worse—the first thing Tianyi sought was human contact. He didn’t know where Su Bojing was, the attendant usually came to him, and he was unsure if Daoyi or Xi Ri had returned. So, Tianyi came to his mother...he just forgot that his mother was horrible at conversing.
Not the best conversationalist after being trapped in isolation for who knows how long.
A long awkward silence had followed after Mengfei had asked for Tianyi’s gains during his forced secluded cultivation. After racking his brain, the recently freed venerable asked why his third eye opened before he had entered the Immortal Realm.
Mengfei’s answer both shocked and delighted him. The Truth-Seeking Eye had three prerequisites that needed to be completed before it could open, an immortal body, materials, and qi.
When a cultivator entered the Immortal Realm, their body would be remodeled to no longer have a definite lifespan. The process created a fleshly body akin to the lifeforms born during Earlier Heaven, the lifeforms that were born after the gods. All other lifeforms born after had a lifespan and were known as lifeforms of Later Heaven.
Tianyi wouldn’t attain an immortal body until after entering the Immortal Realm, so he had never thought the Truth-Seeking Eye would open.
The second condition was the materials used to construct the Truth-Seeking Eye. This was the step that most cultivators were stopped at. The materials needed to create it were extremely precious. Most of the time, cultivators would find substandard materials and slowly refine them during the gestation period. The end result was a Truth-Seeking Eye several grades below Erlang Shen’s third eye.
Again, Tianyi didn’t need to worry about this step since he had a ton of materials gifted from his mother. Most of the time, he didn’t even know how many he had and no longer bothered to remember unless it was incredibly precious.
The third prerequisite was qi, or rather, the purity of energy. When a cultivator stepped into the Immortal Realm, they would no longer produce true qi. Instead, their bodies would generate immortal qi, an energy that was thousands of times more powerful than spiritual qi.
This did not mean that the Truth-Seeking Eye could be opened just from immortal qi. The purity and intensity of immortal qi were determined by the concepts or laws mastered by the immortal, and the purity of immortal qi needed to be near that of an immortal monarch.
“Does that mean I have a qi and body near that of an immortal monarch?” Tianyi repeated, still in disbelief.
Mengfei’s face was still expressionless, but her eyes flashed with a trace of worry. “It might be. Your current state is extremely strange, but its power is undeniable. True qi of chaos is already a step ahead of other true qis. Even as a true qi, it is already infinitely close to the level of immortal qi. From your description, your qi’s intensity has been elevated due to the process of integrating your cultivation. It may allow you to open the Truth-Seeking Eye, but your eye could be closed if you allowed your integration to loosen.”
At Mengfei’s words, Tianyi’s excitement faded and turned to seriousness. “Not only that, just because you have a body similar to that of a true immortal’s, that doesn’t mean you will have the same lifespan.”
Mengfei looked away from Tianyi and stared out to the distance. She stepped off from her couch and walked out of her room with Tianyi hurriedly following her. “True immortals are said to share longevity with heaven and earth. While that is true for their body, it is not the same for their soul. With the passage of time, if their willpower wanes, their souls will dissipate, causing their bodies to disintegrate into pure energy.”
Once the two reached the main hall of Jade Peak Palace, Mengfei stopped and stared at Tianyi. “Your body may be similar to an immortal’s, but your soul is far weaker. Without an immortal’s soul, even if your body persists, your willpower would only last a tenth compared to a true immortal, so you shouldn’t come complacent.”
Tianyi nodded. “I understand, Mother.”
Tianyi stiffened. He recalled only informing his mother of the nature of his cultivation, but he soon relaxed. Recalling the sect’s forbidden ground and the dream that allowed him to conceive the Singulary Realm portion of his Nine Five Scripture, Tianyi found that it wasn’t impossible for Sect Master Xia to know of some attributes of his cultivation.
Still, Tianyi knew nothing was truly ever free. “Why?”
“The sooner you enter the Immortal Realm, the faster you will be able to refine more pseudo realms for the sect. You have no idea how important those pseudo realms are to us. Besides, we have much expectations of you. Your current state is extremely abnormal, almost like a cocoon, but once you break out of that cocoon...I have a feeling that you will shock the entire world.”
Tianyi still felt that there was something hidden from him, but from his point of view, entering the Heaven Enlightenment Pagoda only had benefits and no demerits. So even if Sect Master Xia was not being wholly truthful, he would still accept the offer.
Cuppings his hands, Tianyi gave Sect Master Xia a salute. “Then I will thank Sect Master Xia for your grace.”
“Haha, there is no need to be so courteous. Helping you is helping the sect.” Sect Master Xia said as he stroked his beard.
A week later, Tianyi arrived at the Heaven Enlightenment Pagoda. Unlike the Immortal Scripture Repository, the Heaven Enlighten Pagoda was situated in a heavily guarded portion in the core lands, and guarding the pagoda was an immortal monarch elder, shocking Tianyi.
The immortal elder seemed to have been expecting Tianyi, so he allowed Tianyi to enter without much hassle. Su Bojing, Tianyi’s designated chauffeur, had to wait outside. His eyes were filled with desire as he stared at Tianyi entering the pagoda.
Once he entered, Tianyi observed the inside. It was quite different from the Temporal Void Domain he possessed. For one, it had actual walls with no windows. Two, at the center of each circular room, was a prayer mat. And three, it was very small, not even ten people could stand inside, excluding the stairs.
Honestly, it was quite panic-inducing. If Tianyi had claustrophobia, he would have started hyperventilating by now.
‘I can’t feel the effects. Maybe I should sit down at the center first.’ Tianyi thought. He stepped to the center and sat in a lotus position on the prayer mat. He closed his eyes and began to ruminate on spacetime concepts.
“Yeah, I can’t feel anything different,” Tianyi said aloud after an hour. He felt that his speed went on as usual. “Maybe the first floor doesn’t affect me much. Perhaps I should enter the next floor and try?”
Once Tianyi had the idea, he immediately put his plan into action. He stepped onto the second floor and saw a similar layout. Except for the increased density of qi, he could discern any difference. After meditating on the prayer mat for another hour, Tianyi discovered that there was no effect on his comprehension like the first floor.
Feeling an ominous premonition. Tianyi stepped into the third floor to see if there would be any effect. After meditation for a short while, Tianyi’s expression fell. After entering the fourth floor, Tianyi still felt no difference in his comprehension.
By now, Tianyi sensed something wrong. Even if the first three floors had no effect, the fourth floor should have had some effect on his comprehension speed. Tianyi even tried deducting lightning concepts, but he still discovered that there was no difference in speed.
This continued all the way until the seventh floor. It was not because Tianyi finally felt a difference but because Tianyi couldn’t enter the eighth floor. The seventh floor corresponded to the Pathfinding Immortal Realm. In other words, the seventh floor’s effects were helpful to an immortal lord, but Tianyi still felt no effects aside from the density of qi.
With a defeated sigh, Tianyi exited the Heaven Enlightenment Pagoda. The immortal elder in charge of the pagoda was surprised by how fast Tianyi left, so he couldn’t help but speak. “You’ve already reached a bottleneck?”
Tianyi sighed. “No, I discovered that the Heaven Enlightenment Pagoda doesn’t affect me at all. Rather than mediating inside such an enclosed space, it would be much more comfortable doing at my own place.”
“What? That’s impossible.” The immortal elder immediately said. “The Heaven Enlightenment Pagoda operates by stimulating a cultivator’s soul by penetrating their body with soul qi.”
Tianyi felt his lips twitch. At least he found a clue why the Heaven Enlightenment Pagoda didn’t work for him. His inner cosmos absorbed all external energy, so that meant that the soul qi used to stimulate his comprehension was absorbed by him before it could exhibit its effect.
Tianyi left with a huff, his expression fully downcast. He visited the Jade Lotus Clear Pond he hadn’t visited for a long time and sat on the lotus throne at the center. “Guess I can only cultivate the old fashion way.”