Chapter 474: Martial Demon Realm! (2)
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
It was normal not to know the reason. He sighed. “All of this is because of the Martial Demon Realm!”
“Because of the Martial Demon Realm?” Xiao Shi was a little surprised. He thought of many possibilities. However, he did not expect that the source of all this was at the Martial Demon Realm.
“The Martial Demon Realm is actually a semi-public realm. Many people only know the name of this realm, but they don’t know the related situation of this realm. Most people have extremely little understanding of this realm. They only know that this realm is very special, but they don’t know the specifics.” Xiang Zizhen said.
Xiao Shi nodded. That was indeed the case. This was different from the previous realms. For example, when he was still at the Martial Entry-Level, he already knew some information about the Qi Martial Realm. After reaching the Qi Martial Realm, he could also know some information about the Blood Martial Realm.
Only at the Martial Soul Realm, he knew nothing about the subsequent Martial Demon Realm. He only knew that this realm was very special and dangerous. After many Martial Soul realm experts reached the Life Spirit Stage, even if they had the ability to break through to the Martial Demon Realm, they would often give up. They would rather stay in the Martial Soul Realm for the rest of their lives. They were unwilling to break through to the Martial Demon Realm.
Xiang Zizhen did not want to leave someone hanging. He began to tell Xiao Shi about the Martial Demon Realm. “The Martial Demon Realm is divided into two stages. The first stage is called demon transformation. The second stage is demon fusion, and demon slayer.
“Let’s start with stage one. As the name suggests, the key to breaking through from the Martial Soul Realm to the Martial Demon Realm is actually to split into a demon avatar! This demon avatar can be seen as the embodiment of many negative emotions. However, according to us, we call it… mental demons!
“Everyone has their own mental demons. As their cultivation level increases, mental demons will become a major obstacle on the path of martial arts. If you want to step onto the peak of martial arts and become a Sage, you have to eliminate your mental demons first! The Martial Demon Realm is actually a realm where mental demons are removed. However, it’s also possible that… it will create a powerful demon!”
Xiang Zizhen sighed. “As you can see, the demon avatar I split out is not weaker than my main body in terms of strength, intelligence, and methods. This is also the most dangerous place in the Martial Demon Realm.
“The demon avatar created by every martial artist in the Martial Demon Realm will have strength not inferior to the main body. At the same time, their souls will be completely independent and not affected by the main body’s control. It’s equivalent to giving birth to an evil self.
“As for the second stage of the Martial Demon Realm, the fusion of demons, or demon slaying requires one to wait for the demon avatar to grow to a certain extent before either slaying it or fusing it into one’s body. Only then… can one eliminate the mental demons and reach the perfected Martial Demon Realm.
“In other words, when martial artists of Martial Demon Realm split into demon avatars, they have to think of all ways to get rid of them. However, at the same time, the demon avatars are also thinking of ways to get rid of the main body.
“Many martial artists in the Martial Demon Realm have been fighting with their demonized avatars for a long time. However, a martial artist who can deal with his demonized clone is extremely rare.
“The reason why some martial artists have stayed in this realm for hundreds of years and can’t break through even until their deaths is because they can’t kill their demonized avatars.”
Xiao Shi understood. He finally understood why the Martial Demon Realm was special and dangerous! This realm was equivalent to facing another him. He used himself as his greatest enemy. It was no wonder that some people would eventually give up even if they had the ability to break through to the Martial Demon Realm. They would rather stay in the Martial Soul Realm for the rest of their lives. They were unwilling to break through to the Martial Demon Realm.
After all, not everyone had the ability to defeat another enemy with the same ability, intelligence, and knowledge.
When Xiao Shi thought about how he might have to face another powerful enemy who was as stable as an old dog and was used to hiding behind the scenes and not easily appearing, he felt his scalp tingle.
“This is really a headache!” He could not help but sigh before asking again, “Then what will happen if the demonized clone kills the main body?”
“Do you still remember what I told you? Martial artists from orthodox factions pursue Sages! And the pursuit of martial artists from demonic factions is to become demons!” Xiang Zizhen said solemnly. “The demonic avatars we split out are the purest demonic cultivators. Once the avatars kill the main body, the avatars will enter the second stage of the Martial Demon Realm. It will take another step forward on the path of becoming a demon.”
Xiao Shi was enlightened. “In other words, is the Martial Demon Realm an important branch of becoming a Sage or a Demon? If the main body kills his avatar, he can become a Sage. If a clone slayed the main body, he can become a Demon?”
Xiang Zizhen nodded and said, “That’s right. Therefore, this realm is very dangerous. If you’re not careful, you might create powerful demonic cultivators! However, if one wants to improve on the martial path, they have to split into demon avatars and deal with them.”
At this moment, Xiao Shi suddenly recalled that when he wanted to kill Xiang Zizhen’s demonized avatar, Xiang Zizhen had said that if he killed his demonized avatar, something would happen to him.
“Do I have to kill the demon avatar created by the Martial Demon Realm myself? Can’t others kill it?” Xiao Shi asked.
“That’s right.” Xiang Zizhen nodded. “This is also another danger at the Martial Demon Realm! Once my demon avatar is killed by others or dies for other reasons, not only will my main body’s strength and cultivation not increase further, but it will also stop at the Martial Demon Realm for the rest of my life. At the same time, my strength will decrease greatly.
“Although I’m still at the Martial Demon Realm, my strength and cultivation will fall to the Martial Soul Realm. Therefore, there will be three different kinds of realms at the Martial Demon Realm.
“The first is the weakest Martial Demon Realm. In other words, the clone or main body was killed by others. The second is to split into demon avatars. However, the demon avatars were not eliminated. And this is also the most common realm. The third is to kill or fuse with a demon avatar. This realm is the strongest realm.
“Although they are all in the Martial Demon Realm, the strength of these three realms is worlds apart!”
After Xiao Shi heard Xiang Zizhen’s story, he could not help but think of the few Martial Demon Realm cultivators he had seen.
It was obvious. The Patriarch of Qianqi Mountain was in the strongest Martial Demon Realm, who had successfully dealt with his demon avatar. As for Xiang Zizhen and Wu Muzhen, they were only the second most common Martial Demon Realm. As for the weakest Martial Demon Realm, Xiao Shi had yet to encounter it.
This also gave him a relatively comprehensive understanding of the Martial Demon Realm. He also understood why half of the Xingluo Province belonged to the demonic factions. With the Lord of Xingluo Territory’s strength, it would definitely not be difficult to destroy the demonic path factions.
However, once the demonic path faction was destroyed, these demon avatars that were split from the Martial Demon Realm did not have any room to survive. This was clearly extremely disadvantageous to many experts in the Martial Demon Realm.
Therefore, even if the lord had the strength to destroy all the demonic factions, he would still tolerate the existence of the demonic factions.
A controllable demonic path faction was definitely more beneficial to the development and strengthening of Xingluo Province than destroying all the demonic factions.
“What about the demonic cultivators of the demonic faction? What’s the situation with them at the Martial Demon Realm? They can’t possibly split into a righteous clone, right?” Xiao Shi suddenly thought of those demonic cultivators who had fallen to the demonic path before the Martial Demon Realm. What method did they use to break through to the Martial Demon Realm?
“I don’t know much about the demonic faction’s Martial Demon Realm. I only know that although they won’t split into avatars, they need to destroy some of their emotions and form the purest demonic sense.
“However, it will only be different in the first stage of the Martial Demon Realm. The second stage is completely the same as the second stage after the demon avatar killed the main body..”
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