Profound Demon

A Profound Saint will be addressed as Saint Monarch (圣君; *shèng jūn*) and considered as a ‘big shot’ everywhere in All Heavens and Myriad Realms and Nine Serenities World.

The requirement to be naturally promoted to this stage was to have a gold core with seven dragon marks or higher during the Fifth Stage and achieving the Eighth Layer of Heaven or higher during the Sixth Stage.

A battle of Saints normally held in outer space due to the destructive might of their attacks that can destroy the world they are fighting on. A single strike may destroy a small city and after a battle, some smaller countries could end up in ruins.

All Saints are expected to be fluent in the Ancient Language, with some leeway for newly promoted Saints.

## Term of Address

Different from any other stages, the title and term of address for an Eighth Stage cultivator differ based on the location of their respective Eighth Stage Tribulation, whether All Heavens and Myriad Realms, Nine Serenities, Black Dragon World, Ancient Serenities or Demon Sea.

## Eighth Stage Tribulation

The requirement to advance to this stage was to have at least seven dragon marks while in the Fifth Stage and at least Eighth Layers of Heaven during the Sixth Stage.

Any practitioner who will transcend the Eighth Stage Tribulation will be taken to the Heavenly Tribulation World (天劫世界; *tiān jié shìjiè*) or its Nine Serenities’ counterpart, the Demonic Tribulation World (魔劫世界; *mó jié shìjiè*). It's due to the strength and might of the tribulations that can destroy the world.

During Ancient times, every ten years there would be a Seventh Stage Spirit Venerable attempting to breakthrough to Eighth Stage. However, on average, only one in 100 – 200 years will succeed. Moreover, even during the ancient period there would be only 3 – 4 Profound Saints in a year manifesting their presence at most.

### Nascent Soul

When a cultivator is transcending the Seventh Promote Eighth Tribulation, his nascent soul will open its eyes for the second and last time. The nascent soul will erupt its accumulated strength, promoting to higher realm and starting the next round of evolution.

### Tribulation of the Mourning Death

Tribulation of the Mourning Death (衰死之劫; *shuāi sǐ zhī jié*) is the most unique and powerful tribulation during the Eighth Stage Tribulation. This tribulation is non-physical, non-magical, and non-Heart Demon. It is an attack on the level of a ‘principle’. This tribulation has a hidden perquisite, that the tribulation transcender must already have made contact with his own Way while still in the Seventh Stage.

### Immemorial Demon Tribulation

The Immemorial Demon Tribulation (太古魔劫; *Tàigǔ Mó Jié*) no longer exist since the era of the Second Heavenly Way, when the Demon Sea World was replaced with the Nine Serenities. However, it made a comeback in January 2020 when a portion of the Demon Sea World was restored by the Unbounded Demon Sect via the Demon Sea Great Plan.

#### Third Wave: Positive Energy Tribulation

A dazzling golden light made off positive energy (正能量; *zhèngnéng liàng*) will fall upon the tribulation transcender. This positive energy is similar to Buddha strength, holy light, Ruism Righteous Qi and Strength of Karmic Virtue type of energies. Moreover, this positive energy is purer and closer to Immemorial Origin. As such, this golden light is just like acute poisons for the demons. However, this golden light will become a nourishment tonic for a tribulation transcender from the All Heavens and Myriad Realms.

## Manifest Presence In Front Of Demon

A newly promoted Profound Demon will Manifest Presence In Front Of Demon (魔前显圣; *mo qián xiǎn shèng*) to [[[Demons of the Nine Serenities]].

During the manifestation, a demon’s true face will be shown. For beast cultivators, they can choose either their human form or beast form. This iron rule has been set by the First Heavenly Way.

## Seal

### Condensation of Seal

A Demon Seal (魔印; *Mó Yìn*) will be condensed by a Profound Demon (玄魔; *Xuán Mó*) from the Nine Serenities.

### Seal Abilities

#### Absolute Command

Absolute Command (言出法随; *Yánchū Fǎsuí*) is a function that can affect the surrounding world. This function is similar to a verbal command. When the Profound Saint opens his mouth, he can increase the power of his command through the Saint Seal and have what he says happen in real life.

Anyone with strength lower than an Eight Stage Saint will adhere to the Absolute Command.

#### Dignity

“*Don’t worry about being lonely on the road ahead, nobody under the heaven who doesn’t know the gentleman*„
— ***Say Farewell to My Friend Dong*, Gao Shi**

For a year after the Profound Saint Sermon, everyone (mortals included) who looks at a Saint Monarch will know his Saint Title due to the effect of *Nobody Under the Heaven Who Doesn’t Know the Gentleman* (天下谁人不识君; *tiānxià shéi rén​​​​​ bù shí jūn*).

In theory, this function can be turned on and off at will. However, Fake Eighth Stage will have difficulty in controlling the function since their realm was not high enough.

#### Energy Converter

A Seal will automatically and continuously absorbs the Heaven and Earth’s energy and converts it into the Saint’s own Profound Energy (玄能; *xuán néng*). This function isn’t that big of a deal for an actual Eighth Stage. However, it is a major benefit for fake Saints, since the consumption of spirit stones will be lessened.

#### Energy Transfer

Long range with high fidelity energy transfer, with almost 99.9999% efficiency.

#### Translation

Automatic language translation. Language barrier will no longer be a problem for Eight Stage Saints. However, Seals of parallel import Saints don’t have this function.

## Sermon

A tradition set by the First Heavenly Way. A newly promoted Eight Stage will give a sermon to the All Heavens and Myriad Realms’ practitioners or its Nine Serenities counterpart. The sermon is unique to this stage only.

The Demons of the Nine Serenities will give the sermon a quality rating from the lowest 1-star to the highest 5-stars. If the sermon obtained sufficient ratings, the newly promoted Profound Demon will obtain a new talent ability. If the ratings was low, the Profound Demon will suffers a different pain every day for 365 days.

Originally, only Demons of the Nine Serenities could watch the Profound Demon Sermon. However, during the Profound Demon Tyrant Ru’s sermon, All Heavens and Myriad Realms’ practitioners and Demons of the Nine Serenities were able to watch this sermon.

## Minor Realms

At the Eighth Stage Realm, regardless of their system, practitioners would begin to come in contact with the principles of the Heaven and Earth. It was precisely for this reason that those of this realm were recognized as ‘Saints’.

In order to get promoted to the Tribulation Immortal level, an Saint must experience the stages of:

1. Contacting a principle (接触法则; *jiēchù fǎzé*);
2. Adapting a principle (适应法则; *shìyìng fǎzé*); and
3. Assimilating a principle (融入法则; *róngrù fǎzé*).

These three are colloquially known as the Three Unavoidable Stages (三个无法避开的阶段; *sān gè wúfǎ bìkāi de jiēduàn*).

Normally, the time needed to complete these three unavoidable stages uses ‘*ten thousand years*’ as the unit of measurement. However, if a Saint can ‘experience principle’ in advance, he can omit several thousand or even tens of thousands of years from his penance.

Eternal Life Beings used several thousand years to complete the Three Unavoidable Stages when they were an Eight Stage.

### Contact Principle

Normally, a newly promoted Profound Saint will need more than a hundred years just to have opportunity to contact a principle.

## Sterilization

Upon becoming an Eighth Stage, the practitioner will be sterile. However, it isn’t due to actual sterilization, but instead caused by reproductive isolation.

An Eighth Stage realm’s cultivator mainly has contacted a principle and adapting the principle. The principle’s attribute will affect the cultivator’s life nature. Because the principle of each cultivator comprehension is special, exclusively belong to own. Due to the influence of the principle, the cultivator’s life nature can also change alone comes together.

If an Eighth Stage manages to find a partner that has the same genes, the pairing still can have children. However, the chance of find such partner is close to 0.

## Links and References

1. ↑ Chapter 1258
2. ↑ Chapter 1665
3. ↑ Chapter 1354
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chapter 2068
5. ↑ Chapter 1312
6. ↑ Chapter 1448
7. ↑ Chapter 1028
8. ↑ Chapter 2447
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Chapter 1364
10. ↑ Chapter 1736
11. ↑ Chapter 1747
12. ↑ Chapter 457
13. ↑ Chapter 1020
14. ↑ Chapter 1063
15. ↑ Chapter 1148
16. ↑ Chapter 1031
17. ↑ Chapter 1061
18. ↑ Chapter 2402
19. ↑ Chapter 2148
20. ↑ Chapter 2155
21. ↑ Chapter 2607
22. ↑ Chapter 1027
23. ↑ Chapter 2170
24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Chapter 1071
25. ↑ Chapter 1072
26. ↑ Chapter 1426
27. ↑ Chapter 1030
28. ↑ Chapter 1367
29. ↑ Chapter 1365
30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 Chapter 1445
31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 Chapter 2330
32. ↑ Chapter 3060
33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 Chapter 2908