The reason Earthly Immortals were powerful was that they could either unite with heaven and earth or fuse with a paradise while they were still in the Fusion Realm. The former, similar to the inner elixir faction, promised a grand future. The latter, like the outer elixir faction, offered a faster path to immortality. As long as the paradise did not perish, their body would not decay. Once the Zaohua-stage Heavenly Being unite with the paradise, they would gain a terrain advantage, so much so that they would be able to match the combat strength of an Immortal without the threat of heavenly tribulation. But there were gains and losses in this method. There was no turning back after merging with the paradise. They would never be able to leave this paradise and would gradually assimilate with it, their consciousness ultimately dissolving and becoming part of the paradise itself.0

There were definite interconnections among the Five Immortals. Heavenly Immortals could create paradises but could not merge with them; Earthly Immortals could merge with paradises but could not create them;...0