Chapter 1434 : Sword Washing Pool

Hah.

After slaying the 2 Western Aether Tigers, Eldrin felt a heavy weight lift from his heart.

He picked up 2 inner cores, handing 1 to Seraphina Qu (Person Name), and remarked, "Someone must have severely wounded that Great Tiger—we’ve stumbled upon an unexpected windfall."

Seraphina Qu took the Core, a faint smile gracing her features.

She glanced at the skeletal remains of the Taihu Tiger, her eyes flickering slightly as she remarked, "The wounds on that Western Metal Taihu Tiger bear tainted blood—it appears to be the work of demonic methods."

"Demonic Path?"

Eldrin (Person Name) furrowed his brow slightly and examined the Western Tiger of Geng Metal’s wounds once more before nodding. "The Qing Cang Immortal Realm is no demonic territory. Those who come here are most likely demonic cultivators from the Abyssal Inferno Sea of the Nether Abyss."

"This man was able to severely injure Taihu, so his strength is likely at the Great Perfection stage of the Earth Immortal realm. Yet he was repelled by Taihu, indicating he has at most opened 6 or 7 Heavenly Layers. With our combined efforts, we should be more than capable of handling him."

Upon hearing this, they all nodded in agreement.

The 6 of them could still contend against Earth Immortals at the peak of the Sixth Heaven and Seventh Heaven realms.

As for the eighth heaven and beyond, it represented a monumental threshold, for those capable of opening the eighth heaven had essentially cultivated 3 foundational pillars of world creation.

Such beings were all 9-Calamity Immortals in the past. Once they set foot in the Great Perfection stage of the Earth Immortal realm, even 2 or 3 ordinary Great Perfection Earth Immortals joining forces might not be their match.

According to Eldrin's estimation, without factoring in Heaven-Sundering Treasures, Lyra and Eldrin breaking through to the seventh level of Earth Immortal realm, while Qing Ji reaching the eighth level of Earth Immortal realm might suffice to contend with such formidable experts.

The remaining Yan Zijie and Lila (Person Name), though having opened the Ninth Heaven, found the Ninth Level of Earth Immortal realm to be a major threshold. It remained exceedingly difficult for them to challenge such powerful foes across realms.

Thus, unless they possessed a Heaven-Splitting Supreme Treasure in hand, the 2 of them would need to cultivate to the Ninth Layer of Earth Immortal realm to contend against such an Earth Immortal Perfection expert who had opened 8 layers of celestial realms.

Of course, both had opened all 9 celestial layers. Once they cultivated to the Great Perfection of the Earth Immortal realm, their strength would surpass those who had only opened 8 celestial layers by a significant margin.

Overall, a cultivator who has opened the 9 Heavens and reached the seventh level of Earth Immortal would be comparable to an ordinary Earth Immortal at the Great Perfection stage.

However, compared to the Earth Immortals who had achieved perfection through the 3 types of World-Founding Foundations, he still fell short by more than a little.

Thinking of this, Lyra (Person Name) spoke up, "In that case, there's no need for us to rush our departure."

"Yes."

Eldrin nodded, then proceeded to dismember the remains of the 2 Taihu beasts.

In total, they obtained 2 complete tiger pelts, 2 sets of tiger bones, 2 pairs of tiger fangs, along with 2 portions of flesh and blood.

After handing the tiger pelt to Lyra (Person Name), Eldrin (Person Name) revealed a faint smile. This Blazing Tiger possessed quite a few treasures.

According to Eldrin's (Person Name) estimation, 2 portions of flesh and blood could refine 2 cauldrons of 6 Revolutions Treasure Pills. Whether traded for Primordial Chaos Qi or used for personal cultivation, these were rare treasures beyond compare.

2 tiger bones and 2 tiger fangs, all eighth-tier superior-grade materials, could be used to forge Heaven-Cleaving Treasures. The remaining 2 tiger pelts were also optimal materials for crafting Immortal Talismans.

Eldrin estimated that these 2 tiger pelts could be tanned into 20-some top-grade eighth-tier talisman papers.

After consuming the hide of the Great Desolate Sky Crocodile back then, Lyra (Person Name) has now successfully crafted a top-grade eighth-tier immortal talisman, marking her attainment of the pinnacle level in talisman creation.

Now with another 20 eighth-rank, superior-grade talisman papers, Eldrin estimated that Lyra should be able to produce 3 or 4 eighth-rank, superior-grade treasure talismans.

Although this Heaven-Splitting Ancient Talisman was a single-use item, its power was immensely formidable—enough to severely injure a late-stage Earth Immortal Patriarch. It could serve as a lethal trump card in their hands.

After gathering all these materials, Eldrin gazed at the blessed land and remarked, "Though this Golden Malice Blessed Land is saturated with vicious energies, it may also nurture numerous treasures."

"Let's walk around a bit. We might stumble upon some unexpected discoveries."

With these words, Eldrin strode deeper into the blessed land, and soon they arrived at its very core.

At the heart of this blessed land, Eldrin beheld a celestial pool brimming with baleful energy, within which flowed a golden liquid.

The Sword Washing Pool.

Eldrin murmured, his gaze flickering slightly as he recognized the object's origin.

Before him lay the Pool of Cleansing Swords, its waters composed of the purest Gengjin Immortal Essence, capable of purifying impurities within divine blades and enhancing their formidable power.

When Eldrin was at the Purple Mansion realm, he once occupied a Sword Washing Pond, using it for the first time to refine the Li Fire Sword of the Returning Abyss.

After cultivating for over 200,000 years, Eldrin had tempered immortal swords multiple times in Sword Cleansing Pools, yet this was his first encounter with an eighth-tier Sword Cleansing Pool.

At this thought, Eldrin spoke: "This Sword Washing Pond can temper the Sky-Severing and Earth-Parting Swords. Moreover, the baleful energy here makes it the ideal place to cultivate the Great Yin Soldier-Refining Art."

"So we absolutely cannot abandon this blessed land?"

Lyra’s eyes flickered faintly upon hearing this, and she then spoke, “What do you plan to do?”

Eldrin pondered briefly before speaking, "My Earth Immortal Realm can absorb blessed lands, yet it carries significant limitations."

"I need your assistance to set up a grand formation. It will take 30,000 years to completely refine this blessed land before we can integrate it into the Earth Immortal Realm."

Hearing this, the group nodded in agreement. Refining a Terrestrial Immortal blessed realm was no easy feat, and it came with certain limitations.

First, if the Earth Immortal's inner world is not sufficiently vast, recklessly refining a blessed land that exceeds its capacity would risk shattering the Earth Immortal World.

Therefore, it is generally true that the vast majority of Earth Immortal Patriarchs can only refine blessed lands that match their own cultivation realm.

Secondly, for an ordinary early-stage Earth Immortal, refining even a single low-grade blessed land would require at least several 100 1000 years.

This blessed land before him not only reached the peak eighth-grade tier, but more importantly, it brimmed with boundless baleful energy.

If this blessed land were to be refined, the entire Earth Immortal Realm would be corroded by baleful energy. The Earth Immortal Patriarchs would all suffer cultivation deviation, and some might even have their consciousness completely eroded, ultimately falling into the demonic path.

It was only because Eldrin's (Person Name) Primordial Chaos Indestructibility Law was so formidable that it could completely suppress and neutralize the boundless baleful aura of this Golden Fiend Blessed Land, that he dared to refine and integrate it into his Earth Immortal World.

At this thought, Lyra couldn't help but remark, "We'd have to wait 30 1000 years to fully refine this blessed land. I fear that demonic cultivator might strike again long before then."

"That demonic cultivator..."

Upon hearing this, Eldrin (Person Name) slightly furrowed his brow.

He pondered briefly before saying, "As long as that demonic cultivator isn't a top-tier fiend above the Eighth Heaven, given our current strength, we would still possess the capability to put up a fight even if he were to attack."

At this point, Eldrin paused in thought before continuing, "Very well. To prevent the demonic cultivators from causing further trouble, let us first set up a formation as a contingency before refining the immortal island."