'Maybe it was because their lifespan is just too long that it never happened, or maybe they are truly eternal. But I never heard about a Great Emperor being eternal or immortal. Instead, from what I know, Great Emperors are the most noble and supreme existences in the Endless Haven and Nine Emperor World.'
Xiao was slightly confused about this.
'Anyway, whether Great Emperors are in the Mortal Boundary or not, I will know in the meantime. Also, other than that, this book has the title of Mortal Boundary in it. So does that mean all the cultivation realms of the Mortal Boundary are written in it? It means that I can gain all the necessary information regarding the Mortal Boundary and its cultivation from this book?'
Xiao thought, as he felt that this might be the case.
'Regardless of whether this is true or not, let's keep reading to find out. Anyway, in the end I will only gain more information by reading it. After all, I will benefit either way.'
Thinking so, he continued reading the book, which contained information about cultivation and the Mortal Boundary.
«"Mortal Boundary is called so because, no matter how powerful a cultivator is in this boundary, their fundamental nature of existence and their natural order of life are, in the end, still mortal. Cultivation realms in this boundary do not make a cultivator eternal, nor do they achieve true immortality. As long as a cultivator remains in the Mortal Boundary, they have to taste the bitterness of death. In this boundary, a cultivator has not escaped the shackles of death and has a limited lifespan. They must transcend death and ascend to the next boundary in order to escape the shackles of death and reincarnation."»
Reading this, Xiao was deep in thought.
'Ascend to the next boundary and escape from the shackles of death, huh. So if a cultivator cannot transcend the Mortal Boundary and ascend to the next boundary, no matter what, at one point they have to taste the bitterness of death. So even if they are high and mighty cultivators in the Mortal Boundary, one day, with the passing of time, death is inevitable. Time is cruel and merciless. They will be washed away by time. Time spares no one.'
He continued.
'But to escape from this eventual cruel fate, they must ascend into the next boundary, where they can gain eternity and immortality. Is this what Immortals are? Higher beings of the next boundary? Cultivators who have transcended the Mortal Boundary?'
Xiao didn't have any way to confirm whether this was the truth or not, but regardless of anything, he had already gained a significant amount of knowledge from reading this book. And with it, a general understanding of what the Mortal Boundary meant.
According to his limited understanding, a cultivator in the Mortal Boundary was forever destined to die one day. It was an inevitability which they could not escape. Of course, unless they ascended to the next boundary.
Thinking so, Xiao continued reading.
«"The cultivation path in the Mortal Boundary starts from the Qi Sea Realm and ends at the Great Emperor Realm. A total of six steps. Undergoing awakening, awakening Divine Sense, forming a Sea of Qi in your Dantian, and turning your heart into a Qi Heart to become a Qi Sea Realm cultivator. Then creating a Mental Space to store Soul Essence and accessing Soul Essence to become a Spiritual Realm cultivator.»
«And then using Qi and Soul Essence to open acupoints in the body and linking the Mental Space, Dantian, and acupoints to achieve harmony, reaching the Transcending Mortality Realm, or Demigod. Then comprehending a fragment of Void Law and accessing Body Essence to turn it into a Void Body, reaching the Void Shattering Realm and becoming an Estimated One.»
«And then comprehending a Law and declaring oneself Supreme. And at the last, proving the Dao and bearing the Heaven's Will to become a Great Emperor, living for hundreds of trillions of years or more."»
Reading this, Xiao was silent for a long time. At the same time, his mind was working at a rapid speed because the information he had gained and received right now was, while shocking, at the same time not.
It was shocking because he hadn't expected the process of cultivation to be slightly complicated like this. At the same time, he hadn't expected the Great Emperor Realm to be at the peak of the Mortal Boundary.
To be completely honest, he had expected the Great Emperor Realm to be in the next boundary, not in the Mortal Boundary. Because of the way Great Emperors were portrayed in this world, Xiao had almost thought of them as immortal and eternal.
'I guess it can't be helped. I thought that they were eternal. But there is no one who has ever said that Great Emperors are immortal and all. But well, because Great Emperors have such an extremely long lifespan that spans trillions of years, there's no one among them who has died because of old age. Because of this, it's normal for people to think of them as immortal and eternal. But damn, hundreds of trillions of years? How extremely long is that? I simply cannot imagine it. Even a trillion years is simply too long.'
Xiao was slightly stunned by the extremely long lifespan of the peak cultivation realm in the Mortal Boundary that he felt it was slightly absurd.
While he was shocked by it, at the same time he was not, because he wasn't surprised to see the cultivation system and many things that were similar to cultivation novels.
Such as Laws, Soul Essence, Body Essence, Qi, etc. It could be said that he had somewhat expected it to be something like this. But the thing that surprised and excited him more was the process of achieving those realms.
Even though the information in the book had given only a brief summary of how to reach the next realm and advance through each stage of cultivation in the Mortal Boundary, it was much harder to do so because, to advance through each step of cultivation in the Mortal Boundary, a cultivator had to use a different process and approach at every stage to achieve it.
'And I am sure that this is just surface-level information. There should be a detailed cultivation formula for each of those cultivation stages, explaining everything in detail about how to cultivate and advance into the next stage, and at the same time, how many minor stages there are in each cultivation realm.'
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