True Immortal

Biodata

Nature and Cultivation

True Immortals are cultivators who have passed Immortal Ascension Tribulation and proved the Immortal Dao. The realm is divided into successive steps; the narrative explicitly identifies first-step, second-step, and third-step True Immortals. 921 925 928

Dao Fruits and Immortal Dao Killing Moves

True Immortal advancement depends on Dao Fruits. Their profundities can fuse into an Immortal Dao Killing Move, a defining requirement for reaching the True Immortal Realm. 889

• Dao Fruit profundities can be manifested through avatars; if such an avatar falls, the corresponding profundity may be permanently lost. 884
• A complete grasp of Dao Fruits gives a True Immortal access to both destructive and creative applications of their Dao. Wang Yu considers the Nine-Headed Phoenix's shallow understanding of Fire and Devouring inferior because it knows destruction but not creation. 924
• True Immortals possess immortal brands connected to their longevity. Erasing such a brand is extremely difficult, though a sufficiently developed Dao Fruit can target it at the Great Dao level. 923

Abilities and Traits

Immortal Essence

Immortal Essence is the power characteristic of a True Immortal.

• A strand can become a lethal weapon capable of erasing beings without Immortal Essence protecting them. 924
• It can also take the form of Yin-attributed medicine, awaken the intelligence of demon beasts, cleanse demon bodies, or strengthen a Primordial Spirit. 924
• Its effects diminish against targets that themselves command the power of laws, requiring a greater expenditure of essence. 924

Immortal Authority

True Immortals can exert overwhelming pressure over lower-realm cultivators.

• A Heavenly Feather Clan True Immortal's method froze Wang Yu in place, turning the surrounding air as unyielding as divine gold and sacred iron. 876
• A standard instant-kill method can tear open a target's Internal Grotto-Heaven, drain its origin, and plunder Dao Fruits; the victim may lose memories or die. 876
• A True Immortal's aura is obscure enough that even a Tribulation Transcendence Loose Immortal cannot clearly discern its owner through karmic calculation. 650
• The aura of a True Immortal is dangerous to trace: Saint Dan Alchemist suffered immediate karmic backlash after following Wang Yu's connection to True Immortal Xuan De. 650

Immortal Artifacts

Immortal artifacts are closely associated with True Immortals and must themselves overcome a near-certain Heavenly Tribulation to endure through the ages.

• An artifact normally requires either a True Immortal's refinement or a special natural environment to survive its tribulation. 877
• Races that have never produced a True Immortal generally cannot possess an immortal artifact unless they acquired one from elsewhere. 877
• A True Immortal's lifebound artifact can carry multiple Dao Fruit-level effects; the foreign immortal's Nine Profound Dao Light Heavenly Rosy Clouds contained nine distinct Dao Fruit profundities. 916

Longevity and Vulnerability

The True Immortal Realm grants extraordinary longevity, but not invulnerability.

• Immortal brands are difficult to erase, forming the basis of a True Immortal's undying longevity. 923
• The foreign True Immortal survived a lethal strike by sacrificing an Arhat Relic as a resurrection method. 917
• Wang Yu ultimately killed that same immortal with Universe in Palm, demonstrating that a True Immortal can be destroyed when their defenses, Immortal Body, and life-saving methods are overcome. 918
• The Tribulation of Quantity is described as the Heavenly Dao's retaliation when too many True Immortals exist. 927

History

A True Immortal once preached in the Ice Prison Realm and established its fundamental structure. His Dragon-Riding Divine General's descendants eventually became the foundation of the Immortal Dynasty, while the First Generation Human Emperor was later taken to the True Spirit Realm by that immortal. 574

Within the Human Race, True Immortal Xuan De is identified as the first person to attain immortality and the Dao. The Lord of Great Demon Heaven became the second Human Race immortal after rising from the Origin Demon Domain. 663

True Immortal Xuan De later intervened in the Ice Prison Realm through the Eye of the True Immortal, freezing Wang Yu's escape passage and allowing him to enter the Tai Xuan Heaven lineage after attaining the Dao. 605

Known True Immortals

Major Encounters

• Ice Prison Realm intervention — A True Immortal behind the realm halts Wang Yu's Grand Yin Passage, communicates through the Eye of the True Immortal, and permits his future entry into Tai Xuan Heaven. 605
• Recognition by Tai Xuan Heaven — Wang Yu realizes that his fate with True Immortal Xuan De stems from his Ice Prison Realm origins and his comprehension of karma. 648
• Foreign True Immortal battle — A foreign immortal arrives for the Heart of the Universe, pursues Wang Yu, and forces him to rely on his Yin Body, formations, immortal artifacts, and his main body's power. 915 916
• Reverse-slaying an immortal — Wang Yu withstands the foreign immortal's artifacts and resurrection method before killing him with the Chaos Dao Fruit technique Universe in Palm. 917 918
• Wang Yu's ascension — Wang Yu's Yin Body first enters the True Immortal Realm, followed by his main body becoming a second-step True Immortal after passing the Immortal Dao Feathering Tribulation. 922 925 928