True Immortal

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Power Progression

Attainment

True Immortalhood is attained after reaching the peak of the Fourth-Rank Dao-Comprehension Realm and proving the Dao. The breakthrough causes a fundamental transformation of the body, Primordial Spirit, magic power, perception, and life level. 475

• Talent, opportunity, perseverance, trials, fortune, and accumulated foundations are all described as necessary factors; even elite Dao Sect disciples commonly fail before attaining the realm. 475
• Zhou Yan attained True Immortalhood at 3,320 years old, with the foundations of eight prior lives contributing to his success. 475 477
• The breakthrough is marked by a wind-and-fire tribulation. Zhou Yan’s exceptionally deep foundation rendered his own tribulation harmless. 475
• Within the One Origin Dao Gate, newly ascended True Immortals are formally admitted to the One Origin Dao Palace, whose seats are reserved for True Immortals. 475

Abilities & Characteristics

True Intent

A True Immortal begins comprehending the true meaning of the Great Dao rather than merely its surface-level intent. Zhou Yan’s Five-Elements Intent, for example, evolved into the beginnings of Five-Elements True Intent after his breakthrough. 475

• True Intent must be continuously deepened and mastered; simply attaining the realm does not complete the first stage. 475
• True Immortal cultivation is concerned with recognizing the universe anew from a higher level. 475

True Immortal Dharma Domain

True Immortals can comprehend a Dharma Domain and manifest a Domain Clone. 475

• A Domain Clone can act in place of the true body, allowing a cultivator to risk a clone rather than expose their life directly. 479
• Within a Dharma Domain, its owner can exercise near-total authority. 475
• Domain Clones are still costly to lose, but their destruction is preferable to allowing an enemy to trace an attack back to the true body. 479

River of Time

After attaining the True Immortal Dao, cultivators can withstand the scouring of the River of Time and no longer age or decay naturally. 516

• First-Realm True Immortals can borrow only a minute trace of the River of Time’s power for travel through the Cosmic Starfield. 516
• More powerful True Immortals create increasingly greater disturbances when traveling through the river, exposing the gap in Dao attainment between them. 516
• Drawing Immortal Matter from the River of Time is necessary for forging an Imperishable Immortal Body, a major bottleneck for first-realm True Immortals. 493

Divine Abilities and Immortal Artifacts

True Immortals may cultivate divine abilities and wield immortal artifacts, though neither is automatically obtained upon attaining the realm.

• Divine abilities demand immense talent, comprehension, time, and resources; even many Fourth-Rank cultivators do not possess them. 422
• An immortal artifact can provide combat power comparable to a third-realm divine ability in the hands of a True Immortal. 480
• True Immortal combat involves concealed arts, curses, poison, soul attacks, movement methods, artifacts, and clones; raw cultivation alone is insufficient for survival. 479

Tribulations and Limitations

True Immortalhood is not true eternity. True Immortals remain subject to recurring calamities and can be killed by sufficiently powerful enemies, dangerous treasures, or failed tribulations. 475 516

• Surviving ten thousand primordial tribulations is said to permit advancement to the Earth Immortal Rank. 475
• Ancient Dao Sect patriarchs who attained the Dao six million years earlier had survived more than forty True Immortal calamities. 476
• The first realm’s fourth step requires forging an Imperishable Immortal Body through external Immortal Matter and an internal elevation of life level; many True Immortals become trapped at this threshold. 493
• Because True Immortals possess numerous difficult-to-defend killing methods, many keep their true bodies concealed in their Dao grounds and send Domain Clones into dangerous situations. 479

Society and Standing

• True Immortals are treated as the highest regular authorities within the One Origin Dao Gate; they oversee Dao grounds, guard major locations, establish palaces, and cultivate successors. 476
• At the time of Zhou Yan’s admission, the One Origin Dao Gate had seventy-five True Immortals, forty-six of whom were present in the Dao Palace. 476
• The True Immortal Register records the foundations, abilities, origins, and battle histories of more than one thousand True Immortals throughout the Divine Land. 476
• Upon entering the realm, former differences in age and status become less important; apart from direct master-disciple ties, True Immortals generally address one another as senior or junior brothers and sisters. 475
• A True Immortal may establish a personal palace and lineage. After his ascension, Zhou Yan founded Dongqi Palace and received Earthheart Cliff as his cultivation ground. 476