Vipralopa Realm

The Vipralopa Realm also known as "**Alpha & Omega, the Viralopa Realm**" is the very first Destiny Tribulation among three. This tribulation by itself is a process of grinding ones own abilities and power and having it reach absolute perfection. They did so by continuously encountering and surviving instances of first Calamity/Catastrophe.

It's known as **Alpha & Omega** because one would have to first experience the **Alpha Destiny Tribulation** and only once successful would they reach Cardinal Beginning Stage. (Only then could they walk the path and had the possibility of reaching **the Vipralopa Realm).** Once there, they would go through various instances of tribulations known as "Cardinal Tribulations", those who could go through more would be stronger compared to those who went through only few. **Omega Destiny Tribulation** came in between Beginning and Last step of Cardinal Tribulation. More details given below.

As humans reached the third-level immortal soul stage, and as demon grand sages reached the third-level undying demonic soul stage, the path onward was the same. In order to raise their level of mastery, they had to put themselves through the **Three Tribulations of Destiny**.

**The legendary tribulations of the Collapse of Destiny and the Apocalypse consisted of three parts also known as "Three Tribulations of Destiny" with each tribulation having many tribulations and catastrophies.**

## **First Tribulation (Vipralopa)**

"First Tribulation" also known as Vipralopa Realm of first of the "THREE GOOD FORTUNE REALMS".

In the first Stage, all beings that had life and spiritual energy and everything that was birthed by the destiny of the world had to accompany the entire world to go through the great tribulation of the Five Decays of Heaven and Man.

This stage was called the **Alpha Destiny Tribulation**, and was also known as the Power-Destroying Catastrophe, the **Five Decays of Heaven and Man**. This phenomenon originated from the most mysterious sea of the Grand Celestial Seven Seas – the Death Sea.

### **Five Decays Catastrophe**

Once powerful third-level immortal soul stage cultivators had reached a certain level of mastery and mustered enough courage, they could attempt to communicate with the Death Sea. Once communications were established, they would bring an instance of the Power-Destroying Catastrophe upon themselves.

The self-initiation of the Power-Destroying Catastrophe meant that there was no other way for the cultivator to defend himself. He could not use destiny-level magic treasures as well as the Power-Destroying Catastrophe was targeting him and him alone. There was no way he could use self-destructive methods to overcome it either.

The arrival of the Power-Destroying Catastrophe there meant that the cultivator could only rely on his own personal mastery to resist it. Failure simply meant he would pass into the void on the spot.

Even if he was able to pass the test of the Power-Destroying Catastrophe, all was not yet fine and dandy. The Five Decays of Heaven and Man would hang around his neck like an albatross, and would cause him great agony. He would have to search for exotic items and other esoteric methods to beat this malady and recover.

If a person was able to resist the first instance of the Power-Destroying Catastrophe, it could be said that he had reached the **Cardinal Tribulations Beginning Stage.**

### **Cardinal Tribulation Beginning Stage**

The meaning of the Cardinal Tribulations Beginning Stage was that this cultivator was able to resist and survive his **FIRST INSTANCE** of the Power-Destroying Catastrophe, or **even several more**. The process of repeated recovery and the survival after every instance of the Power-Destroying Catastrophe constituted the tough journey of personal development beyond the third-level immortal soul stage. However, he would not be able to go beyond this stage if he was unable to recover by himself and required external help. This cultivator would be able to repeatedly increase his level of mastery by continually plugging the gaps in his masteries and grinding his foundations till the point where he was beyond the Cardinal Tribulations Beginning Stage.

The **Cardinal Tribulations Beginning Stage** could be said to be a stage, but it was more like a journey or a process. This path could only be taken by those who had reached a certain level of the third-level immortal soul stage and mustered enough courage to do so. Once they had reached a point where they no longer needed external help to recover from the damage done from every instance of the Power-Destroying Catastrophe, they would have officially completed this stage and they would ascend into the **Cardinal Tribulation Final Stage**.

### **Cardinal Tribulations Final Stage**

Even cultivators in the **Cardinal Tribulations Final Stage** would still suffer from the Power-Destroying Catastrophe and there was still a limit to the number of times they could attempt this tribulation. However, if they were not completely ravaged in the process, they could recover by themselves in a relatively shorter period of time.

At this point, these cultivators could channel the **Power-Destroying Catastrophe themselves as an offensive move**. However, they would have to go through the agony of the Power-Destroying Catastrophe themselves in the process of wielding it. This was the reason why the **Cardinal Tribulations Final Stage was also known as the Vipralopa Stage.**

### **Criteria to determine Vipralopa Stage**

There were two main criteria to determine whether one was in the Vipralopa Stage:

* Firstly, this individual would be able to recover by himself after each instance of the Power-Destroying Catastrophe.
* Secondly, this cultivator would be able to channel the Power-Destroying Catastrophe himself as an attacking move.+

### **Combat Prowess**

Cultivators in the **Vipralopa Stage could have greatly varying levels of mastery and prowess where one in the same realm could absolutely crush the other**. There were different mantras and foundational standards in the first place, and the number of instances of Power-Destroying Catastrophes that they could take were different as well. Some people could only sustain a handful, but others could survive a lot more. Between them, without using the Power-Destroying Catastrophe as an offensive move, there were differences in abhijnas and mana strength as well.

On the other hand the greatest power of someone in Vipralopa realm was half dependant on the realm while other half is dependant upon their mantras. Some extreme 3rd order Immortal Soul level(Only six to date"Great Void Holy Man, Buddha, Xiao Budian, Xiao Yan, Zhu Yi and Wang Lin") and above cultivators could fight on equal terms against a Vipralopa realm powerhouse with their own prowesses.

Lin Feng is a special case as he was able to fight against Vipralopa stage powerhouses while only in Immortal Soul 1st level and at 2nd level, could crush many of them and was even comparable to someone who had gone through 2nd destiny tribulation. Once he reached 3rd stage of Immortal Soul Realm, he could fight on par with the strongest human cultivator, Buddha with his own strength without any external help(Array Formation, Magic Treasure, tricks etc) and could crush anyone at beginning or mid stages of 2nd destiny tribulation easily again without any external help.

### **Destiny Level Magic Treasures**

**Destiny-level** magic treasure had different limits for the number of Power-Destroying Catastrophes that they could take. With the help of their masters, they would be able to recover in a certain period of time after experiencing an instance of the Catastrophe. The only thing was that they would be unable to initiate the Catastrophe by themselves. Destiny-level magic items had their own variances in powers and abilities, and when faced with Vipralopa Stage cultivators, victory can only be determined by an actual battle.

It was hard to say whether Vipralopa Stage cultivators would be able to emerge victorious against destiny-level magic treasures using their own abhijnas and mantras and without channelling the Power-Destroying Catastrophe.

However, **if the cultivator channelled the Power-Destroying Catastrophe, the victor would therefore be determined by which party was able to survive a greater number of instances.**

### **Event:**

During the battle of Xiling City, Lin Feng used the black chess piece of the Vipralopa Chess Game to damage the Saintly Celestial Sword and forced back Xin Longsheng.

Xin Longsheng was unsure as to whether Lin Feng was actually in the Vipralopa Stage, or he was just using some special method to channel the Power-Destroying Catastrophe. However, the Saintly Celestial Sword was far too important to Mount Shu, thus he was unwilling to gamble that the sword was able to take a greater a number of instances than Lin Feng could.

If that was not the case, if Xin Longsheng himself was in the Viralopa Stage, he would have fought Lin Feng to the very end to determine who could take more instances of the Power-Destroying Catastrophe.