The required steps for reaching the Earth Sovereign Realm[]
- Shattering the Sovereign Sea is to reconstruct the body.
- Facing the Spiritual Tribulation which targets the Sovereign Celestial Body.
For a cultivator who already at the Peak 9th grade Sovereign, it takes a massive amount of Sovereign Spiritual Liquids to breakthrough to Earth Sovereign Realm. This is due to the fact that it is only possible to ascend when the Sovereign Sea ruptures and becomes one with every cell in one's body, effectively making each part of the body into a Sovereign Sea that contains millions of Sovereign Seas. Mu Chen feels that it went from sole to omnipresent. [1]
However this transformation of the body and Sovereign Sea is just the first step and the following is the hardest, the Spiritual Tribulation[2]. If shattering the Sovereign Sea is to reconstruct the body, then the Spiritual Tribulation targets the Sovereign Celestial Body. Earth Sovereigns don’t use a Celestial Body, but an Immortal Body, which is even more powerful.[2]
Only a Sovereign Celestial Body that has experienced the Spiritual Tribulation could be transformed into the Immortal Body. It can connect to heavens and earth at a deeper level.[2] The Spiritual Tribulation targets the Sovereign Celestial Body, and it provides the foundation for Heavenly Sovereign with its deeper connection with the Heavens and Earth. It also refines the Sovereign Celestial Body to fuse with the flesh and blood of the user. [3]
Spiritual Tribulation are generally in the shape of lightning. There are nine waves of lightnings in the Spiritual Tribulation. The next one will stronger than the previous. The strength of the Spiritual Tribulation is linked to the strength of the cultivator’s Sovereign Celestial Body. For those who have strong Sovereign Celestial Body, the ninth Tribulation will usually take a shape. Mu Chen's took the form of a Dragon.[3]