A Major Reveal of Cultivation 3: Xiao Hua's Dangers and Opportunities (Heavenly Dao Xiao Hua)

Little Duan Tan Hua's Cultivation of the Godly Manual: Immortal Realm would be released on Qidian on November 1. This article predicted the various opportunities Xiao Hua would encounter in the Immortal Realm.

It was said that when Xiao Hua underwent tribulation and ascended to the Immortal Realm, his Primordial Spirit split into nine, and nine great avatars—his bones, bloodline, soul, and more—were thereby perfected. Xiao Hua himself was left with only a bare Starry Sky Nascent Soul. On top of that, the moment he entered the Heavenly Gate, he encountered a life-and-death crisis involving Xu Zhi. Below, let us discuss Xiao Hua's dangers and opportunities in the Immortal Realm.

I. Xiao Hua's Dangers in the Immortal Realm

1. The danger Xiao Hua faced at the entrance to the Heavenly Gate upon first entering the Immortal Realm:

From the third volume of Exiled Immortal, "Chapter 3996: The Grand Finale!!!," one could see that the first life-and-death crisis Xiao Hua encountered at the Heavenly Gate of the Immortal Realm was related to Xu Zhi. Tracing back through Xiao Hua and Xu Zhi's history together, there were two matters that could have placed Xu Zhi in danger and dragged Xiao Hua into it:

a. Xu Zhi's inheritance from Qingqiu Mountain

Xu Zhi gave Xiao Hua the Qingqiu Mountain inheritance before Star Moon Palace opened. Jade Disc Xiao Hua opened it within Shenhua Continent, and almost no one could have known about it. Therefore, Xiao Hua's life-and-death crisis upon first entering the Immortal Realm had nothing to do with the Qingqiu Mountain inheritance.

b. The adventures of Xu Zhi, Xiao Hua, and Star Moon Fairy in Star Moon Palace: the Divine Cultivation Mirror of Ye Qiong Heavenly Mansion

During their adventures in Star Moon Palace, Xiao Hua and the others encountered the legendary ancient Ye Qiong Heavenly Mansion. Ye Qiong Heavenly Mansion was suspected of having stolen the Divine Cultivation Mirror of Immortal King Zonggong. Since the Divine Cultivation Mirror was a cultivation method by which immortals became gods, it drew Xu Zhi and Star Moon Fairy into a strange vortex. Xiao Hua's life-and-death crisis upon first entering the Immortal Realm was connected to Ye Qiong Heavenly Mansion. In truth, this crisis was related to Star Moon Fairy: Star Moon Fairy implicated Xu Zhi, and then Xu Zhi and Star Moon Fairy implicated Xiao Hua. For specific evidence, see "Chapter 3243: Ye Qiong Heavenly Mansion" through "Chapter 3244: Divine Cultivation Mirror." From the conversation between Star Moon Fairy and Xu Zhi, coupled with the fact that Star Moon Fairy was a native immortal whose lineage was linked to the Immortal Realm by threads as fine and tangled as silk, one could infer that the one who struck at Xiao Hua at the Heavenly Gate was an Immortal Envoy from the Palace of Law Enforcement.

2. Xiao Hua's crises in the Immortal Realm

a. The crisis from the Underworld Judge

Because the Four Great Continents were destroyed, Xiao Hua's Shenhua Continent space absorbed an unknown number of hundreds of millions of souls. The Underworld Judge had already formed enmity with Xiao Hua in Hidden Immortal Continent, and there was also the entanglement over gathering souls. Xiao Hua and the Underworld Judge were destined to have karma in the Immortal Realm.

b. The crisis from the Primordial Ancestor and the Mother Worm

Part of the Primordial Ancestor's divided soul was destroyed by Xiao Hua. Another part fused with the mayfly Mother Worm from the Primordial Divine Realm. The Mother Worm, whose countless descendants had been slain by Xiao Hua, would surely refuse to let the matter rest. Taking advantage of Xiao Hua's tribulation to smuggle itself into the Immortal Realm, it would inevitably form a great karmic bond with him.

c. The danger of the Nascent Soul Spirit Body

After undergoing tribulation, Xiao Hua was left with only a Starry Sky Nascent Soul. As a Nascent Soul body, Xiao Hua would certainly face immense danger in the Immortal Realm.

d. Forbidden Techniques

Xiao Hua obtained the Qingqiu Mountain inheritance from Xu Zhi. Qingqiu Mountain's yin-yang divination was taboo to great powers of the Immortal Realm, so it was bound to bring great karma. Furthermore, Xiao Hua cultivated soul arts, which were also taboo to great powers. Perhaps this karma would only begin to unfold in the later stages of the Immortal Realm, or even in the Primordial Divine Realm.

e. The karma of breaking the three great immortal formations in Xiaoyu Continent

The three great immortal formations in Xiaoyu Continent that inherited the Soul Severing Cult and plotted against the Buddhist sect might have been laid down by great powers of the Immortal Realm. Xiao Hua broke those formations, so the karma was no small matter. The people who laid the formations might have immense karma with Xiao Hua in the Immortal Realm.

f. The karma from Zhang Xiao Hua collecting the Earth Core at Huanyu Ruins in the Ruins of Shenzhou in the first volume

Zhang Xiao Hua's collection of the Earth Core in the Ruins of Shenzhou could be called a major opportunity through which Xiao Hua obtained proof of becoming a god. This opportunity created enmity with an enormous triangular monster. That triangular monster also appeared in the boundless reaches beyond the time-light barrier when Xiao Hua was transported from the Ruins of Shenzhou to Great Snow Mountain in the Four Great Continents. That triangular monster was likely Xiao Hua's great life-and-death enemy, at the very least a great power of the Immortal Realm or the Primordial Divine Realm. This karma might emerge in the later stages of the Immortal Realm or in the Primordial Divine Realm.

g. Demon Phoenix

Xiao Hua obtained Demon Phoenix's essence and soul in the Demon Refining Pot of Yao Mountain Immortal Mansion. During his experiences in the Legacy Realm with Old Monster Zhifeng and others, he also obtained all kinds of sacred blood. This Demon Phoenix might have great karma with Xiao Hua in the Immortal Realm, or with Feng Wu in the Monster Alliance.

II. Xiao Hua's Opportunities in the Immortal Realm

1. The various upgrades to the space behind Xiao Hua's head

The space behind Xiao Hua's head was Xiao Hua's greatest secret and also proof that he could become a god. Xiao Hua obtained a Spirit Gall in Star Moon Palace, causing a Spirit Realm to appear in that space. In Ye Qiong Heavenly Mansion, he acquired the corpses of two Celestial Venerables, various Immortal Grass, and more, forming the Immortal Realm within the space behind his head. Thus, after Xiao Hua ascended to the Immortal Realm, the space and laws of that inner Immortal Realm would steadily improve. Added to that were the hundreds of millions of souls gathered after the destruction of the Four Great Continents. All of these were the foundation upon which Xiao Hua would establish himself in the Immortal Realm.

2. The mutual exchange between Xiao Hua and his nine great avatars

For Xiao Hua to become a Primeval God, he had to possess a world of heaven and earth just as a Primeval God did. Therefore, when his nine great avatars ascended to the upper realms, the space behind Xiao Hua's head would surely form upper realms such as the Monster Alliance, Dragon Domain, Buddha Kingdom, and Demon Marsh. The spiritual plants and other things within these upper realms would allow Xiao Hua to obtain the wealth and land of companions, wealth, and land.

3. Xiao Hua's life-preserving methods

To preserve one's life, a cultivator had to be invincible among those of the same rank or capable of killing enemies above one's rank. If one could not defeat the other party, one had to run faster and endure more blows than anyone else. Therefore, Xiao Hua's life-preserving methods in the Immortal Realm would not differ much from those in the Cultivation World. Let us discuss Xiao Hua's methods of preserving his life below:

a. Light escape and upgrades to all kinds of escape arts:

When Xiao Hua was at the first level of Qi Refining in Yellow Flower Ridge, his ability to flee was even greater than that of someone at the tenth level of Qi Refining. Therefore, Xiao Hua's light escape and all kinds of escape arts would be upgraded in the Immortal Realm.

b. Xiao Hua's formation arts

Xiao Hua obtained rabbit talismans and a method for breaking restrictions with dense purple qi from his nephew. Formation arts combined both defense and attack, so Xiao Hua's formation arts would surely be upgraded in the Immortal Realm.

c. Xiao Hua's talisman arts

In the Cultivation World, especially when he was a low-level disciple, Xiao Hua was extremely proficient in talisman arts. As methods of preserving his life and attacking, low-level immortal Xiao Hua might use them for both survival and combat.

d. Xiao Hua's alchemy arts

Xiao Hua had always been an alchemy grandmaster in the Cultivation World. Coupled with the infinitely vast space behind his head that could expand along with his strength, Xiao Hua's alchemy arts in the Immortal Realm would certainly become a means to increase his cultivation and acquire cultivation resources.

e. Xiao Hua's more than one hundred scattered Nascent Souls

Xiao Hua's more than one hundred scattered Nascent Souls could form an exceptionally formidable immortal formation. They were also one of Xiao Hua's methods for ganging up on enemies, and in the Immortal Realm they would certainly be one of his life-preserving methods. When Xiao Hua first entered the Immortal Realm, he escaped a calamity through this very method.

f. Xiao Hua's weapons

Xiao Hua's weapons included the Soaring Dragon Scissors, Five Elements Ruyi Heaven-Penetrating Staff, Spirit Execution Yuan Guang, Sea-Suppressing Seal, Sea-Overturning Seal, Myriad Annihilation Heavenly Dipper, and more. Yet when Xiao Hua ascended to the Immortal Realm, only the Five Elements Ruyi Heaven-Penetrating Staff and Spirit Execution Yuan Guang remained at his side. One broke techniques through force, while the other slew enemies above his rank. They were among Xiao Hua's life-preserving methods in the Immortal Realm. Furthermore, as the cultivation of his great avatars improved, their ability to sense one another would also rise. Xiao Hua and his great avatars might even be able to exchange weapons with one another.

g. Help from the Spirit Realm

When Xiao Hua ascended to the Immortal Realm, only his Starry Sky Nascent Soul remained—that was, a Spirit Body. The Spirit Realm within the space behind Xiao Hua's head would surely aid him just as it had in the Kunlun Secret Realm of the Kunlun Sect in Xiaoyu Continent.

h. Help from Xiao Hua's own aptitude

When Starry Sky Nascent Soul Xiao Hua ascended to the Immortal Realm, the immortal mark engraved upon him should have been a Starry Sky Immortal Mark. Combined with the Demigod Body, two Dao Seeds, and primordial purple qi, Xiao Hua's Great Stellar Big Dipper Fist would presumably transform from Bone Refining Seven Colors into nine colors. His extraordinary ability to withstand blows would certainly be one of his life-preserving methods and would inevitably be upgraded in the Immortal Realm.