Earthly Immortal Realm

## introduction

Earthly Immortal Realm is the 8th realm of cultivation.

Earthly Immortals are the Old Ancestors of every big sect or faction in any Dynasty, and they are usually the strongest powerhouses in the Mortal Realm. After breaking through to Heavenly Immortal Realm, one shall ascend to the Immortal Realm.

## **Stages**

The Earthly Immortal Realm is divided into 9 stages, each corresponding to one heavenly tribulation that the Immortal must cross.

1. First Tribulation: **[青罡] The Azure Tribulation**
	* After crossing this tribulation the expert leaves the ranks of cultivators and joins the ranks of immortals, with true essence becoming immortal essence and divine sense becoming immortal perception. Thus, after crossing the first tribulation one becomes an 1st Level Earthly Immortal, becoming able to inspire heaven's working and calculate own fortune.
2. Second Tribulation: **[阴阳] The Yin-Yang Tribulation**
	* It carried the implied meaning of breaking through Yin and Yang to understand the world. After one attained this realm, Yin and Yang converged in the body, and every single move one made carried vitality that gave birth to everything in the world.
3. Third Tribulation: **[琉璃] The Glass Tribulation**
	* Attaining this level was sufficient for Earthly Immortal Realm experts in the world to be considered to be successful in their cultivation, and can be considered **first-rate** figures among the Earthly Immortals.
4. Fourth Tribulation: **[罡斗] The Astral Tribulation**
5. Fifth Tribulation: **[万象] The Universal Tribulation**
6. Sixth Tribulation: **[虚无] The Void Tribulation**
	* After overcoming this tribulation, the Earthly Immortal can use Spatial Dao Insight to tear open space and cross great distances in an instant. This tribulation is a watershed in the Earthly Immortal Realm and once overcoming it, one shall be invited to join a faction from the Dark Reverie. One is considered a **top** figure among Earthly Immortals after reaching 6th Level Earthly Immortal and can be considered leading figure in the realm of cultivation.
7. Seventh Tribulation: **[六甲] The Temporal Tribulation**
8. Eighth Tribulation: **[紫薇] The Violet Myrtle Tribulation**
	* Because after the 9th Tribulation the Earthly Immortal will ascend to Immortal Realm, 8th Level Earthly Immortal is the peak level in the Mortal Realm, is usually referred to as a **Peak Sovereign**.
9. Ninth Tribulation: **[羽化] The Ascension Tribulation**
	* After overcoming this tribulation, the Earthly Immortal will ascend to Immortal Realm. After reaching the Immortal Realm, one is baptized by the Immortal Qi and breaks through to the Heavenly Immortal Realm.

## **Fallen Immortal**

Once a Earthly Immortal fails crossing a Heavenly Tribulation yet doesn't die, they become a Fallen Immortal.

A Fallen Immortal has the strength of a Earthly Immortal but must overcome endless tribulations in their lifetime until they fail once again and ultimately perish under it. Each tribulation they survive comes with a small increment in their strength, thus it is possible to very old Fallen Immortals to have a strength to challenge the heavens and in the primordial era it was possible for their strength to be unparalleled but the endless tribulations caused their eventual death if one slight mistake was made ( they had no limit to strength it's just how many tribulations the overcame).