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Immortal Body (不死之身, Bùsǐ zhī shēn, lit. Undying or Immortal Body) is a level of body generally reached by those who reach the Immortal Marquis level. When one breaks through to Immortal, they acquire a Divine Body. At that point, the cultivator's soul begins to meld with the body, with every bit of spirit imprint fusing with their cells.[1] This meant that it would be impossible to clearly see the cultivator's soul, so one would not be able to determine their original race. This also made it so that if an Immortal's body was destroyed once, they could reform their body.[2] However, most Immortals below Immortal Marquis do not have the true level of Immortal Body; their spirit imprints and cell formation are not yet perfect, so if one repeatedly killed their body or launched a powerful enough attack to completely annihilate them, they cannot reform their body.[2]
This is different for those Immortals who have reached the true level of Immortal Body. At this level, every cell of their body has been infused with their Immortal Energy, so even if their bodies are destroyed, as long as one cell remains, they can absorb energy to reform their body. To kill an Immortal with the true Immortal Body, one would have to use a soul attack (such as how Hu Yan Bo was killed) or complete annihilation, caused by an absolute power gap and done through the expenditure of a large amount of energy (such as how Si Fan Qi killed Yao Hai). Certain special treasures (such as the Shi Wu Wings) could destroy part of a true Immortal Body if they were triggered, even by a user who was not an Immortal.[3]