Entering Nirvana

Description

Cultivators in The Entering Nirvana stage are called 'True Person' (真人) or Quasi-Immortals. reaching the realm of Entering Nirvana refers to reaching the Plane of Fate for Heaven Tribe cultivators and gaining control of the Plane of Qi for Earth Tribe cultivators.

Advancement

The average success rate for Sacred Vessel Sacred Masters advancing to the Entering Nirvana stage is forty percent. This is because the advancement to the Entering Nirvana stage is really straightforward.

The formula for the Entering Nirvana stage is Royal Perfection. By adding Royal Perfection to the Eight Paths completed during the Sacred Vessel stage to form the Nine Palaces (九宮), one achieves the Entering Nirvana stage.

Royal Perfection can be interpreted as a virtue a ruler must possess, or perhaps the disposition of a ruler which determines the ruler's direction. And when Royal Perfection is added to the Eight Paths—the authority that has manipulated fate and life up until now—the cultivator completes their very own Immortal Art!

Star Tribulation

By the time one reaches the Entering Nirvana stage, the level of Heaven and Earth spiritual energy generated within one's body surpasses imagination. Thus, from the Entering Nirvana stage onward, the form of Heavenly Tribulations completely transforms. Whereas before, one would [withstand] Heavenly Tribulations, Starting from the Entering Nirvana stage, one must [cast down] Heavenly Tribulations. This is known as a Star Tribulation.

Completely opposite from the Star Shattering stage, the advancement tribulation for the Entering Nirvana stages involves extracting the Star Tribulation from within oneself and embedding it into all the stars across the entire Heavenly Domain.

As the Star Tribulation is squeezed and squeezed, eventually, all the true origin within a True Person's body becomes hollowed out, leading to death. Enduring this process is the advancement ritual for Entering Nirvana, and because of the Star Tribulation bestowment ritual, those advancing to Entering Nirvana take thousands of years to complete the advancement ritual. This is why they shoot out Star Tribulation in intervals of years.

Seo Eun-Hyun endured this process with the help of Vast Cold's blessing whose authority allowed him to control his Star Tribulation, preventing the power within him from instantly dissipating into emptiness.

The reason beings at the Entering Nirvana stage can manipulate starlight across thousands of light-years is precisely because the Star Tribulation drawn from their bodies remains connected to the stars of the world.

Characteristics

The form of a True Person is so massive that its sheer size approaches that of a fixed star. With the brute force of their physical body alone they can shatter stars and kill Star Shattering stage cultivators.

In Seo Eun-Hyun's case his physical body transformed to become a white dwarf star. He was also able to change the form of his physical body which would instantly return to being a fixed star, then transform into another planet, sometimes becoming a black hole in the universe, and at other times taking the form of a blue giant, or even a black dwarf or a brown dwarf.

At this stage one now also project the main body and create planetary clones. This is what Yeo Hwi calls Troubled Star, and is the foundation for her spells.

Misconception

Cultivators harbor many misconceptions as they believe that accumulating the cultivation of Heaven and Earth to reach the Plane of Fate is the method to becoming a True Immortal.

However this is a massive misunderstanding as reaching the Plane of Fate actually refers to the realm of Entering Nirvana or, more specifically, the Entering Nirvana for Heaven Tribe cultivators. Earth Tribe cultivators in the Entering Nirvana stage do not reach the Plane of Fate but instead gain control of the Plane of Qi. Controlling a plane is the very precursor to becoming a True Immortal—the Quasi-Immortal (准仙).

From there, advancing to the True Immortal Realm through a specific ritual and attaining an Immortal Rank is what is known as True Immortality. For this reason, many already consider those at the Entering Nirvana stage to be part of True Immortality. This is what defines the Entering Nirvana stage.

Vestiges (尸)

Vestiges are the shells the Entering Nirvana True Persons (眞人), the Quasi-Immortals (准仙) must shed when undergoing Metamorphosis (羽化) into True Immortality. These husks are mostly discarded in the Interdimensional Void, surviving for millions of years, attacking those who traverse the void, and over time, they break down, weaken, and eventually turn to dust that is expelled into the Astral Realm where they nourish the births of new stars.

Vestiges self-destruct when they are struck by heavenly tribulations, whether genuine or from the attacks of Heart Tribe members at 3rd stage of Manifestation.[1]

Vitality

True Persons can perform rituals to the Heavenly Domain to extend their lifespan indefinitely.