Chapter 1437 : Power of Karma Shard

"Alright."

Eldrin nodded, then gazed at the Netherblood Demon Blade in his hand and asked, "How should we deal with these 2 treasures?"

Lyra (Person Name) pondered briefly before speaking, "The Demonblood Soulreaper Blade has been stained with the blood of countless humans. We must destroy it."

"Since the Heavenly Demon's Immortal-Slaying Sword (Magic Treasure) was not forged with human souls, it can be entrusted to Elder Brother Kael (Person Name) for refinement."

"So it is decided."

Eldrin gave a slight nod, and thus the matter was settled.

In the time that followed, the group continued to forge immortal treasures. In what seemed like the blink of an eye, another 1 1000 years had passed, and they finally completed the array artifacts required for the refinement process.

In the end, the group crafted over 1,000 metal-element immortal treasures using locally sourced materials.

Eldrin channeled these immortal treasures into the blessed land, using them as the formation's keystones to set up a grand array, and began refining this Golden Sha Blessed Land.

In truth, the moment this formation was completed, Eldrin felt a subtle sense of reassurance.

With the support of this formation, Eldrin could mobilize over half of the blessed land's power. Even a perfected Earth Immortal would find it nearly impossible to breach.

Once the formation array was activated, Eldrin began channeling energy to continuously refine the blessed land. Over 20 1000 years passed in the blink of an eye before the sanctum was fully refined.

After fully refining the blessed land, Eldrin attempted to store it within his Earth Immortal realm. However, just before absorbing it, he sensed an inexplicable weight of karma pressing upon him.

"What's wrong?"

Lyra also noticed his unusual behavior and couldn't help but inquire.

Eldrin shook his head, his expression growing rather solemn as he stated, "Drawing a blessed land into the immortal realm would incur no small karmic consequence for the celestial domain."

"If I were to take this golden earth vein, I must return it to the world before the next Heavenly Tribulation, or else calamity qi will cling to me, bringing boundless tribulations."

At this point, Eldrin activated his Art of Aura Observation and glanced at the calamity qi clinging to his form.

At a single glance, his heart jolted with alarm. Above his head, 5 layers of dark clouds loomed, while 6 streams of virtuous radiance shimmered in contrast.

This halo of virtue had an extraordinary origin. In the past, Eldrin (Person Name) quelled the Purple Demon Calamity and assisted the Purple Realm's world advancement, thereby obtaining 3 halos of virtue in total.

Later, when he underwent the Great Tribulation, acting as the proxy of Heaven to execute the cycle of the Great Dao, he slew a great number of immortals and obtained 3 strands of Virtuous Pure Light. This pure light could ward off disasters and misfortunes, suppressing the karmic and baleful energies of heaven and earth—a treasure exceedingly rare even for Earth Immortal Patriarchs.

Throughout countless millennia, even the venerable patriarchs who have attained the Earth Immortal realm have typically accumulated only 8 or 9 strands of merit radiance at most.

This black cloud was formed from boundless calamity qi. Generally speaking, the more such ominous clouds tormented an immortal, the greater their own karmic burden would be.

1Eldrin (Person Name)在修炼混元不灭体的时候，先后炼化了五条极品仙阶地脉，故此有无边业力加身，先后累积了五重业煞之气。

For now, shielded by the Virtuous Radiance, Eldrin had temporarily suppressed the 5 layers of Karmic Malice. Yet should the Karmic Malice continue to accumulate and surpass the measure of the Virtuous Radiance, it would inevitably bring upon him boundless Karmic Malice.

Lyra also noticed this and couldn't help but express concern, "If you refine this blessed land yourself, you'll incur an additional layer of karmic burden. Why not let me handle the refinement instead?"

"No need." Eldrin shook his head and sighed. "Apart from my Primordial Chaos Unrestricted Principle, there are scarcely any in this world capable of refining this blessed land. Nor can you dispel this baleful energy."

With that, Eldrin no longer hesitated, drawing the Earth Immortal blessed land into his Earth Immortal world.

As he claimed the Earth Immortal's blessed realm, he immediately noticed 6 ominous clouds churning above his head. The boundless karmic sin tangled fiercely with his virtuous radiance, locked in a stalemate where neither could gain dominance.

Not only that, but Eldrin also seemed to gain a subtle enlightenment, faintly perceiving a wisp of the Heavenly Dao's will.

This wisp of heavenly will informed him that he must either release this Earth Immortal blessed land before the Heavenly Tribulation or carry it with him to ascend immediately to the Vast Azure Immortal Realm.

Then this sixth strand of Karmic Malice Qi would transform into dozens of such strands. At that time, Eldrin would incur the disdain of the Heavenly Dao’s will. Not only would boundless karmic retribution descend upon him, but his Heavenly Tribulation would inevitably become perilous beyond measure.

"It seems I must find a way to obtain more Virtuous Radiance."

Sensing the Karmic Malice Qi clinging to him, Eldrin murmured softly, his expression growing solemn.

In this world, every cultivator who sets foot upon the path of cultivation and draws upon the resources of heaven and earth to advance their practice will inevitably be tainted by the aura of karmic malignancy.

This karma cannot be eradicated, for as long as cultivators live, the resources they consume shall never return to heaven and earth.

However, when righteous cultivators practice their arts, they nourish the world to some extent, accumulating virtue power to counteract the karma of sin and malice.

Moreover, the resources and spiritual herbs required by righteous cultivators are mostly self-cultivated, hence they bear minimal karmic impurities from the world.

Just like Eldrin (Person Name), who had consumed vast quantities of resources in his cultivation journey, most of these resources did not cause severe depletion to the world, thus he bore little karmic burden.

His current cultivation base was such that the majority of his magical power originated from the world he had created himself. The laws were comprehended through his own insights, and his Dao Fruit was the culmination of his lifelong cultivation. The karmic ties contained within were not particularly significant.

Only the Primordial Chaos Indestructible Body was tainted by boundless karmic sin. Having refined 5 supreme-grade earth veins, he naturally incurred 5 layers of karmic burden. Under such circumstances, unless he perished or completely dissipated all his cultivation, this karmic sin could never be eradicated.

Unlike righteous cultivators, however, demonic practitioners do not cultivate virtue. Instead, they harness the boundless energy of karmic malevolence to advance their cultivation. Consequently, demonic practitioners are often plagued by calamities and misfortunes, yet their cultivation speed and rate of achieving mastery far surpass those of righteous immortals.

This divergence between the righteous and demonic paths has also given rise to distinct cultivation methods for the 2 types of immortals.

Righteous immortals must accumulate merit light to ensure smooth cultivation, using it to neutralize their own karma and baleful aura.

Generally, righteous cultivators dared not allow their karmic sin power to exceed their merit power, lest calamities befall them. A single misstep could lead to tribulation and demise.

Therefore, high-level immortals generally place great importance on their own virtue karma and sin karma, and would never casually slay those blessed with the aura of virtuous merit.

Take Lyra (Person Name) for example—she now bears 5 strands of merit-cleansing radiance yet carries only a single thread of karmic sin-energy, making her a righteous immortal blessed with great merit and minor transgressions. Had it been during the Great Tribulation, matters might have been different, but outside such cataclysmic times, should anyone slay her, the scales of karma would shift: 1 strand subtracted for merit, 1 added for sin, ultimately burdening the perpetrator with 4 additional threads of karmic sin-energy.

Thus, beings at the Earth Immortal realm and above place great importance on their own merit virtues, often refraining from casually slaying those with significant accumulated merit.

那些天仙大能们，不会肆意对低阶仙人出手，也跟功德与业煞之力也有关。

For so many years, the Lord of the Flowing Fire Star Palace had refrained from taking action against Eldrin and the others, partly because he wished to avoid being tainted by this karmic slaughter energy.

At present, Eldrin found himself in a paradoxical situation—he now simultaneously possessed 6 strands of merit radiance and 6 threads of karmic malevolence.