78: The Three Realms of the Innate Element! The Three Realms of the Divine Soul!

“Heavenly Ranking, Earthly Ranking—these are the two lists established by Wanxiang Tower to rank Xiantian Grandmasters and above in the Nine Provinces.”

“In our Nine Provinces, any Xiantian Grandmaster can be listed on the Earthly Ranking.”

“As for the Heavenly Ranking, it only ranks Great Grandmasters of the Innate Golden Core level!”

“Innate Golden Core Grandmaster? What's that?”

Hearing this, confusion once again appeared on Lin Yi's face.

“Innate Golden Core—this is the final Realm within the Innate stage, and its highest point!”

Wang Yu replied:

“You should know that while Innate experts are all extraordinary, each comparable to a celestial being or a half-immortal on earth, there are still differences in strength among them.”

“From what I know, the Innate stage is divided into three major Realms: the Innate True Essence Realm, the Xiantian Golden Core Realm, and the Innate Golden Core Realm!”

“These three major Realms are known as the Three Innate Realms, and they correspond one-to-one with the three Realms of the Divine Soul: Spirit Driving, Essence Control, and Form Condensation.”

“Three Divine Soul Realms?”

Hearing Wang Yu's explanation, Lin Yi became even more confused.

The Three Innate Realms were one thing; after all, even before arriving at the Heavenly Mountain Sect, he had already guessed that there must be differences in strength among Innate experts.

Otherwise, that yin-yang creation flower wouldn't be a High Grade Innate Precious Medicine.

But what he didn't expect was that Divine Soul power was also divided into three Realms; he had previously thought it was just a matter of being strong or weak!

“Of course there are!”

Hearing this, Wang Yu nodded slightly and said:

“Lin Yi, when you were at the Dongshan Martial Academy, Elder Zhao Haihong should have told you that breaking through to the Innate stage requires using the power of the Divine Soul to absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, right?”

“And since there are varying levels of strength within the Innate stage, and breaking through to the Innate True Essence Realm already requires powerful Divine Soul strength, then the Xiantian Golden Core Realm and the Innate Golden Core Realm, being even more powerful Realms, naturally require even stronger Divine Soul power to achieve a Breakthrough.”

“For example, the Innate True Essence Realm is the first Realm within the Innate stage. Its most crucial aspect is that the Divine Soul must be strong enough to sense and drive the Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth into one's body. This causes the Physical Body to transform, greatly increases potential, and generates Xiantian True Essence within the Dantian, allowing for a Breakthrough.”

“However, while the Xiantian Grandmaster at this stage possesses incredibly powerful Xiantian True Essence within their body, no matter how strong it is, that True Essence remains in a gaseous state.”

“And the human Dantian is only so large. If the Xiantian True Essence is gaseous, then compared to liquid or solid forms, the Xiantian True Essence will not only be lesser in quantity but also relatively lower in quality.”

“Therefore, to improve the quality and quantity of Xiantian True Essence, a Martial Artist must convert it into a more powerful liquid or solid state!”

“Thus, the process of Cultivating from the Innate True Essence Realm to the Xiantian Golden Core Realm is one where a Xiantian Grandmaster transforms the True Essence in their body from a gaseous state to a liquid state, and then from liquid to solid.”

“But Xiantian True Essence is extremely violent. Even trying to Cultivate it from a gaseous state to a liquid state requires the assistance of Precious Medicine and powerful Divine Soul strength to slowly convert it.”

“As for the step of converting from liquid to solid, it is even more difficult!”

“It requires not only a Heaven-Defying Precious Medicine but also even more powerful Divine Soul strength to cooperate, so that at the moment of Breakthrough, all the liquid True Essence can be forcibly condensed into a Core!”

“Therefore, the second Realm of the Divine Soul stage is named—Essence Control!”

“Spirit Driving, Essence Control... so that's how it is?”

Hearing Wang Yu's explanation, Lin Yi nodded slightly and murmured. A moment later, he couldn't help but ask curiously again:

“What about Form Condensation?”

“Form Condensation is the final Realm of the Three Divine Soul Realms, corresponding to the Innate Golden Core of the Three Innate Realms.”

At this point, a look of incredulity appeared on Wang Yu's face:

“It is said that once a Martial Artist's Divine Soul power reaches this level, that powerful Divine Soul strength can form a humanoid Divine Soul ‘miniature’ within the human Sea of Consciousness.”

“With the help of this Divine Soul miniature, an Innate Martial Artist can not only further refine the ‘Innate Core’ within their Dantian to a state of pure flawlessness—reaching a terrifying Realm with a hint of ‘Eternal Gold’—”

“But more importantly, they can even project their Divine Soul power out of their body, covering a radius of several miles!”

“Within these several miles, a Innate Golden Core Martial Artist exists like a ‘god’.”

“Whether it's an ant moving, an insect flapping its wings, or even the vibration of the soil or a gentle breeze—everything is as clear as the lines on one's palm under the Divine Soul power of an Innate Golden Core Grandmaster. Nothing can be hidden at all.”

“It is precisely because of this miraculous effect that the gap between an Innate Golden Core Grandmaster and Grandmasters below the Innate Golden Core level is immense.”

“An ordinary Xiantian Golden Core Realm Grandmaster, even one at the Peak of the Core Formation Realm, would have no power to resist in the hands of an Innate Golden Core Grandmaster.”

“For instance, three years ago, our Sect Master of Tianshan Sect once encountered the ‘Ten-Thousand Slaughter Human Demon,’ ranked second on the Earthly Ranking, at the Northern Dragon Sea.”

“At that time, that Ten-Thousand Slaughter Human Demon, relying on his own bit of skill and having some backing, actually dared to publicly provoke our Sect Master.”

“In the end, our Sect Master of Tianshan Sect struck out in anger. With just a single sword strike, under the gaze of countless Xiantian Grandmasters and Great Grandmasters, he directly decapitated the Ten-Thousand Slaughter Human Demon. Just hearing about that scene makes one's blood boil!”

As Wang Yu spoke, his eyes were filled with infinite admiration for the Sect Master of Tianshan Sect.

“The Innate Golden Core is actually that strong? Then I wonder, what is the Sect Master's rank among the Great Grandmasters on the Heavenly Ranking? And how many Great Grandmasters are there on the entire Heavenly Ranking?”

“Also, how many Xiantian Grandmasters are on the Earthly Ranking? And what is the Pavilion Master of Tianshan Pavilion's rank on the Earthly Ranking?”

Hearing this, Lin Yi was shocked while also unable to stop himself from asking curiously.

Seeing this, a hint of pride appeared on Wang Yu's face as he smiled and said:

“Hehe, according to the Heavenly Ranking list newly compiled by Wanxiang Tower three years ago, there are a total of fifty-two Heavenly Ranking Great Grandmasters in the entire Jiuzhou World.”

“And our Sect Master stands above forty-four Innate Golden Core Grandmaster experts on the Heavenly Ranking, ranking eighth.”

“As for the Earthly Ranking Grandmasters? There are a total of three hundred and ninety-two in the entire Nine Provinces.”

“And my Pavilion Master of Tianshan Pavilion is ranked fifteenth on it, also being among the top experts.”

“Eighth on the Heavenly Ranking! Fifteenth on the Earthly Ranking! So powerful!”

Lin Yi was both surprised and delighted.

There are over fifty Great Grandmasters on the Heavenly Ranking, and over three hundred Grandmasters on the Earthly Ranking.

And for the Sect Master of Tianshan Sect and the Pavilion Master of Tianshan Pavilion to be ranked so high, their strength is indeed terrifying.

With such a solid backing, if he travels through the Nine Provinces in the future, he won't have to fear being easily bullied.

Furthermore, being summoned this time by the Pavilion Master of Tianshan Pavilion, who is ranked fifteenth on the Earthly Ranking, he wondered what rewards he would receive. He was truly looking forward to it!

Thinking of this, Lin Yi smiled and then obediently followed Wang Yu toward the summit of Tianshan.