Centuries were not enough to cultivate such a state of mind, and the martial artist system made the Green Scale Sect Master feel a sense of dread.
"Perhaps, the future disciple training method of the Green Scale Sect."
"Disciples should first cultivate to the extreme realm in the martial artist system before transferring to the perfect system. This way, if a Heavenly Human realm martial artist transfers to the perfect system..."
If that day ever came.
The Green Scale Sect Master knew that it would not be long before the Green Scale Sect dominated this small world, which was as large as ten thousand solar systems.
...
Year 1131 AD.
The first year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty.
Emperor Gaozong of Song, Zhao Gou, stood in the imperial court, discussing war or peace with the officials.
Li Gang and Zong Ze advocated for war.
Qin Hui and others advocated for peace.
Li Gang and Zong Ze, who insisted on launching a war against the Jin dynasty and recovering the lost territories, argued endlessly with Qin Hui, who insisted on seeking peace with the Jin dynasty, in the imperial court.
Emperor Gaozong of Song, Zhao Gou, wavered between war and peace, sometimes thinking that a war with the Jin dynasty was possible, and other times thinking that seeking peace was more stable.
Li Gang and Zong Ze memorialized that Marshal Yue Fei could be sent to conquer the Jin dynasty.
Zhao Gou, while unsure if Yue Fei's abilities were sufficient, secretly wondered if the two emperors of the Jin dynasty would return if Yue Fei was capable enough.
Who would be the emperor then?
Zhao Gou was very hesitant.
But soon, he would no longer have to hesitate.
An astronomer, in charge of astronomical affairs, reported that something had descended from the stars last night.
In the imperial court, whether they advocated for peace or war, everyone was bewildered by the astronomer's report. The current focus was on discussing war with the Jin dynasty, so why was the astronomer interjecting?
Then, the astronomer reported to Zhao Gou again, saying that he saw several immortals emerge from that object.
Immortals... descending to the mortal realm!
As soon as this was said.
The officials in the imperial court looked up and saw.
The sky had opened.
Golden platforms and jade towers appeared in the sky.
They shone like flowing streams, with brilliant light and exquisite halls, jade chambers, and vermilion rooms, illuminated by auspicious clouds and nine rays of rosy dawn.
"There are immortal cities in the sky."
"Immortals have descended to the world."
The officials in the imperial court could only think this.
They never imagined that the immortals, whom Emperor Zhe Zong and Emperor Hui Zong had sent tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of people to search for in the past, would descend at this moment.
When seeking immortals, they were unseen.
When not seeking them, they came on their own.
The ways of the world are truly unpredictable.
...
In the year 1131 AD, immortals descended to the mortal realm.
The immortals came from flying boats and immortal cities, and called themselves disciples of the Green Scale Sect.
The immortals descended with the intention of upholding justice, treating powers such as Western Xia, Dali, Southern Song, and Jin equally.
More accurately, they viewed mortals as ants from the perspective of cultivators.
However, many cavalrymen of the Jin dynasty, believing the immortals to be charlatans and not true immortals, attempted to shoot them down with divine arm crossbows and bed crossbows.
Hundreds of thousands of arrows flew towards the sky, but the immortals' blood and qi surged, and before the arrows could reach their bodies, they were shattered by the boundless blood and qi.
In their panic, the Jin cavalry summoned black dog blood and menstrual blood, intending to break all magic.
However, these ancient techniques, used to deal with demonic arts, were all useless.
The immortals used so-called divine arts to ignite an endless conflagration.
Tens of thousands of Jin soldiers, whether brave warriors or those who cultivated internal energy and were acquired martial artists, were no different in the face of the immortal fire.
Tens of thousands of Jin soldiers became pillars of fire.
All the generals perished.
In later generations, the event of the Jin army's annihilation was known as the first major act of the Green Scale Sect immortals after descending to the mortal realm.
They used the most powerful nation, the Jin dynasty, to establish their might.
News of the Jin army's great defeat reached the Jin court.
The Jin Emperor was shocked, and the Jin officials were shocked.
After confirming the authenticity of the information, the Jin Emperor was extremely terrified, believing that the immortals had been invited by the Song dynasty.
He immediately surrendered to the Green Scale Sect and also to the Song dynasty.
Emperor Huizong of Song and Emperor Qinzong of Song were released.
The court and the martial arts world were shaken.
After establishing their might, the immortals quickly held a disciple recruitment assembly, also known as the Immortal Fate Assembly.
At the Immortal Fate Assembly, the immortals recruited disciples.
To display their power, the immortals did not conceal their auras.
Duan Yu, the ruler of Dali and a peak congenital martial artist, felt the might of the immortals at the Immortal Fate Assembly.
The immortals, known as the Blood Transfusion realm, each had surging blood and qi like thunder, with divine radiance emanating from their blood.
Their blood and qi were so powerful that they were visible to the naked eye.
Duan Yu had also seen martial artists in the martial arts world who cultivated external techniques to a level comparable to the congenital realm.
But he had never seen an external martial artist whose blood and qi were visible to the naked eye and whose blood could emit thunderous roars.
"This power of blood and qi is almost equivalent to eight thousand years of internal energy."
Duan Yu thought to himself.
Although he cultivated the North Profound Divine Art and absorbed the internal energy of many martial arts experts, there was a limit to the amount of internal energy the human dantian could hold. Storing two hundred years of congenital true qi was already the maximum.
It was impossible to store true qi indefinitely.
Peak congenital martial artists in the martial arts world all possessed two hundred years of congenital true qi, which was the human limit. From this point on, further progress in martial arts could only be achieved by advancing in spirit, from the spiritual center between the eyebrows, to strengthen resonance with heaven and earth, and cultivate to the Grandmaster realm.
However, in the immortals who called themselves at the peak of the Blood Transfusion realm, Duan Yu felt an internal energy equivalent to eight thousand years.
This terrifying strength directly made Duan Yu believe that external cultivation was the true path, but he quickly dismissed this idea.
As even more terrifying Green Scale Sect immortals descended, Duan Yu saw immortals who had cultivated to the "Cave Heaven realm."
In Duan Yu's perception, this immortal of the Cave Heaven realm possessed eight cave heavens, each containing a spiritual power far superior to congenital true qi.
"Each cave heaven has at least thirty thousand years of internal energy, and eight cave heavens amount to two hundred and forty thousand years of internal energy..."
Duan Yu thought to himself, horrified. Could this immortal of the Cave Heaven realm have cultivated for over two hundred thousand years?
Indeed, such terrifying strength could only be achieved after cultivating for two hundred thousand years.
The Immortal Fate Assembly began.
Only at this moment did people in the martial arts world realize that, like martial artists, immortals also had different realms of cultivation.
The lowest-ranking immortals were in the Blood Transfusion realm, followed by the Cave Heaven realm, the Spirit Transformation realm, and so on.
"Immortals in the Blood Transfusion realm possess a strength of one hundred thousand jin, and they are the lowest-ranking immortals?"
"Immortals in the Venerable realm can destroy the entire Central Plains with a single punch! This should be the Heavenly Emperor among immortals, the supreme being who rules all immortals... What? The Venerable realm is nothing in the Green Scale Immortal Sect?"
The martial artists in the martial arts world were astonished by the day.
Initially, they thought that the Blood Transfusion realm was equivalent to heavenly soldiers and generals, the Cave Heaven realm was equivalent to the immortal officials in the heavenly court, and the Venerable realm should be a being like the Jade Emperor.