What Is a Battle Immortal?
The name "Battle Immortal" has a long history.
In the Immortal Ancient Era, a group of ancestors were skilled in warfare, engaged in frequent battles, and fought constantly, thus becoming extremely powerful. The title "Battle Immortal" actually originated from that era.
Some of our ancestors at that time bathed in the blood of their enemies in battle, growing stronger and fiercer with each fight, ascending to the heavens step by step, and finally breaking through the death barrier, directly transforming into Battle Immortal.
In fact, during the Immortal Ancient Era times of immortality, the so-called "Battle Immortal" were a collective term for all True Immortal Realm who cultivated themselves through battle and attained immortality through combat. In the Immortal Ancient Era, Battle Immortal were simply the most warlike among the True Immortal Realm.
It can be said that, according to the standards of the Immortal Ancient Era, most of the Great Emperor of this era are actually on the Battle Immortal Path immortals, because they all earned their status through fighting and progressed through battle.
If it were in the Immortal Ancient Era times of immortality, the Battle Saint Emperor would have succeeded long ago!
However, nowadays, the origin of heaven and earth is too weak to support the arrival of the immortal tribulation, and not enough to support cultivators to break through the death barrier and become immortals on their own. Naturally, there are no longer any true immortal Battle Immortal who can become immortals according to the standards of the Immortal Ancient Era.
Since the Immortal Ancient Era, there have been no more Battle Immortal. This is not because the path of Battle Immortal has been severed, but because the external world does not allow it.
However, after countless years, later cultivators also found the same Battle Immortal Path in this great world. This is a path completely different from the ancient Battle Immortal Ancient Era. The fighting spirit on this path is more ferocious, and the fighting power on this path is more terrifying.
If this path appeared in the Immortal Ancient Era, it would probably be considered "becoming a demon through battle" or "becoming a demon through fighting," and might even be called "a demon immortal."
The Cultivation System of today is completely different from that of the Immortal Ancient Era. The essence of the Sky Shrouding Method is to use the Seed of Oneself, with the external world as the macrocosm and the human body as the microcosm, thus making oneself comparable to the universe.
Naturally, the Battle Immortal Path for the Sky Shrouding Method does not require the recognition of the outside world. What it does require is to be strong enough to become an immortal!
This is actually the Battle Immortal as understood by the Battle Saint Emperor.
As long as your combat power is strong enough, you don't need the recognition of the outside world to become an immortal!
"The so-called 'powerful enough,' apart from combat strength, actually means that the potential released by one's potential must be powerful enough! The Battle Immortal Path and the Nine-Lifetime Immortalization Method Immortality are actually the same thing," Zhou Tong thought to himself.
After receiving the Battle Immortal Battle Saint Emperor, Zhou Tong also felt a different kind of emotion. He knew more, especially after witnessing the Desolate Heaven Emperor's demonstration of the technique, he understood the essence of the Sky Shrouding Method even better.
The Sky Shrouding Method releases the potential of the human body 'Gate of Potential.
In fact, the process of cultivation is also a process of continuously strengthening the Gate of Potential. Just like the Nine Lives Nine Deaths in the Sea of Wheels Realm, the five transformations in the Dao Palace Realm, and the Dragon Transformation Nine Changes are also nine transformations, as well as the Dao Severing, becoming a saint, and so on.
Every step forward in cultivating the Sky Shrouding Method is essentially a transformation of the Gate of Potential time and time again.
An ordinary person who has never cultivated has no Gate of Potential in his body that have undergone any transformation or enhancement. So even if he suddenly has some kind of opportunity that opens Gate of Potential in his body, he will not be able to reach the level of Great Emperor, or even the level of a saint.
The same principle applies to the Great Emperor stage.
Upon reaching the Great Emperor stage, the transformation of the Gate of Potential has reached its limit. Therefore, throughout history, apart from a few truly heaven-defying Great Emperor, the combat power of other Great Emperor has been quite similar, because they have already reached an extreme.
If you want to live a second life on your own, there is one way: open all the Gate of Potential that were not unlocked during your previous cultivation, thereby gaining new life and living a second life.
This is also why many people live a second life.
However, most people who live a second life are also confused and do not know why this is so; because their own realm is too low, they have not even reached the limit of the Lifetime, so they naturally cannot realize that they have accidentally opened some Gate of Potential that they did not know about.
However, it's different for Great Emperor- level powerhouses. They can sense that some Gate of Potential within their bodies have been opened that they couldn't access before. Therefore, the significance of Great Emperor -level powerhouse living out a second life on their own is completely different from that of an ordinary cultivator living out a second life in a daze.
However, if the Great Emperor were to live a second life using this method, it would essentially be the end of his life.
Because at this stage, there are very few Gate of Potential left in the body that can be opened; or rather, the few remaining Gate of Potential are too few to support a cultivator to live a third life.
At this point, it is necessary to find other methods of transformation, which is the cultivation process of the Sky Shrouding Method —to allow the Gate of Potential to continue to transform in order to release more potential.
However, by the time one reaches the Great Emperor stage, the Gate of Potential has already been reached, and further transformation is harder than ascending to heaven. Therefore, various methods of physical transformation emerged, such as absorbing ten thousand different constitutions, Furnace-Nurtured Hundred Scriptures create Chaos Body Transformation, or even severing one's own constitution to become a mortal body...
In fact, these are all alternative methods to enhance Gate of Potential.
Chaos Body Transformation means strengthening the insufficient Gate of Potential within the body to the level of Chaos Body; severing the physique and transforming into a mortal means raising the insufficient potential gates to the level of the strongest potential gates, eliminating one's own specialness and imbalance, and thus transforming into a mortal in one fell swoop.
The method of achieving immortality through nine lifetimes is actually a gradual process, opening and enhancing the gates of Gate of Potential Gate of Potential by little. Only when the Gate of Potential the human body release a certain level of potential can the essence of immortality be sublimated from them, thus achieving longevity.
This is actually the same as the outside world.
Is there any difference between the Great Dao of the Immortal Domain and that of this world? Actually, the difference isn't that great; both Great Daos are perfect.
However, the origin of the Immortal Domain far surpasses that of this world, so the Immortal Domain has a continuous supply of Longevity Substance, enough to make people live forever.
When the origin of the external world reaches a certain level, it can produce substances that grant immortality; this world is then the Immortal Domain. Similarly, cultivators of the Sky Shrouding Method, acting as microcosms within their own bodies, can also achieve immortality when the potential released through their Gate of Potential is strong enough; this is the Mortal Immortal.
In this respect, cultivators who practice the Sky Shrouding Method and the outside world achieve a striking similarity.
"In fact, the path to Battle Immortal is to leap over it in one bound, without going through nine lifetimes to become an immortal. It involves forcibly opening the Gate of Potential and forcibly stuffing power into Gate of Potential. This is an extremely domineering method that forces cultivators to undergo a transformation and leap into immortality in one bound!" Zhou Tong thought to himself.
Why did the Battle Saint Emperor explode when he transformed into Battle Immortal?
Aside from the interference of the Undying Heavenly Emperor, the biggest reason was that he had stuffed too much power into his Gate of Potential at once, power that he had not yet mastered, causing it to burst.
It could even be said that the interference of the Undying Heavenly Emperor was only a secondary factor.