Chapter 711 : Nascent Soul, 5th Tier (Cultivation Realm)

With doubts in their hearts, the group flew toward the core of the ruins, soon arriving at the heart of the water vein.

Gazing at the fractured and shattered water vein, Lyra (Person Name) spoke with profound regret, "At its peak, this water vein was not far from reaching the sixth rank. Who could have imagined it would shatter into such a state?"

Seraphina Qu suddenly spoke up, "My lineage possesses an inheritance method that may help restore the water veins."

"Truly?" A flicker of joy stirred in Eldrin's heart before he spoke again, "I humbly seek your guidance, Fair 1."

"This method also requires a vast quantity of spirit shells to assist."

Seraphina Qu then began to speak, recounting the principles of this cultivation method.

As a Mythical Immortal Seed, Seraphina Qu (Person Name) was born with a complete immortal dao inheritance, which included an art for nurturing water veins.

This method was known as the Mystic Shell Vein-Nourishing Art. It not only required Seraphina Qu (Person Name) of the A Clan with 13 True Lords (Organization) to personally nurture it with constant warmth, but also demanded the assistance of vast quantities of spirit shells, which inhaled and exhaled the power of water veins.

"The matter of the spirit shells isn't much of a problem."

Lyra smiled faintly and said, "We have cultivated vast quantities of spirit clams within the water veins of Spirit Lake Province, Green Lotus Province, The Vast Sea (Location), and other aquatic territories."

"By relocating the majority of our people here to multiply, we should reach substantial numbers within a few centuries."

"That simplifies matters." Seraphina Qu nodded with a gentle smile. "Using this method, it would only take approximately 18 100 years to restore this spiritual vein to its prime condition."

Eldrin also felt a surge of delight, his eyes subtly brightening as he remarked, "I've spent years researching methods to restore ley lines. Setting up a ley line restoration array here would significantly accelerate the process."

Upon hearing this, Seraphina Qu (Person Name) felt a stir in her heart, then smiled and said, "If this leyline can reach the quasi-sixth rank, it might even offer a sliver of benefit when I attempt my Divine Soul breakthrough in the future."

"In that case, I shall trouble you, Fairy, to restore the earth veins."

Eldrin did not depart immediately. Instead, he first returned to the ancient ruins, where he discovered that the River of Heaven Treasure Gold within would require another 5 100 years to advance to the next grade.

With Seraphina Qu (Person Name) presiding over it henceforth, the security of the Heavenly River Treasured Gold would be greatly enhanced, settling his heart with ever-deepening assurance.

After departing from Celestial Vault Isle, Eldrin immediately dispatched his subordinates to capture a substantial quantity of spirit clams. He personally delivered them to Celestial Vault Isle, and to prevent the island's location from being exposed, he devoted several years to meticulously completing this task himself.

After dealing with this matter, his days returned to their usual tranquility.

Finally finding a few moments of leisure, Eldrin turned his focus to cultivation, determined to elevate his cultivation base to the next realm as swiftly as possible.

In the days that followed, Eldrin devoted his primary focus to cultivation. During his leisure hours, he would occasionally play the zither, peruse ancient texts, and systematically organize his accumulated insights. Thus, his days unfolded with a measured tranquility.

“Nascent Soul, 5th Tier (Cultivation Realm)。”

In the blink of an eye, over 80 years had passed. On this day, Eldrin (Person Name) opened his eyes within the secluded cultivation chamber, slowly exhaled a breath, and revealed a joyful smile.

Not long ago, Eldrin felt his spiritual power had become perfectly harmonious and overflowing, as if he had touched the threshold of Nascent Soul, 5th Tier. Thus, he entered seclusion to break through his cultivation realm. As expected, the breakthrough occurred as naturally as water flowing in its course.

For an ordinary True Monarch, without the aid of rare external resources, advancing by a single stage within the Nascent Soul, Early Stage (Cultivation Realm) would typically require 3 100 years. Progressing through the middle stage would demand approximately 4 100 years, while breaking through each layer in the late stage would consume a full 5 100 years of cultivation.

Eldrin had broken through to the Nascent Soul, Mid Stage approximately 2 100 and 40 years ago, and now he had advanced once more to the Nascent Soul, 5th Tier. His cultivation progress could truly be described as remarkably swift.

In truth, Eldrin simultaneously cultivated 5 supreme-grade spiritual treasures. Nurturing these magical artifacts consumed a substantial amount of his spiritual power, and it would have originally taken him approximately 8 100 years to advance a single layer in his cultivation.

Fortunately, he had the assistance of the Heaven-Earth Spirit Peach, which greatly shortened his cultivation time. Combined with the help of the supreme-grade auxiliary spiritual treasure Moon God Pearl (Spiritual Object), he managed to advance by 1 cultivation level in just over 2 100 years.

This speed was truly astonishing. Even a True Lord Nascent Soul with a Heavenly Spiritual Root (Spiritual Root) might not cultivate faster than them without the aid of rare fifth-rank spiritual treasures.

Thinking of the joy after his breakthrough, Eldrin simply walked out of the seclusion chamber.

Stepping out of the seclusion chamber, he immediately noticed Lyra (Person Name), Qing Ji, and Lila (Person Name) waiting outside his abode.

Seeing him emerge successfully from seclusion, Lyra smiled and said, "My husband, your successful breakthrough has finally come before the great war."

"What's wrong?"

Eldrin's eyes flickered slightly as he inquired with a hint of confusion.

The others remained silent, though Xia Huaixu handed him a sealed letter.

Eldrin unfolded the letter and discovered it was Dorian's personal correspondence. The letter mentioned that Caelum the Wavestrider had broken through to the Nascent Soul realm a century ago and had already consolidated his cultivation base.

The Ji Clan was now preparing to move against the Blood God Patriarch, intending to reclaim the Blood God Sea Region (Location) in 1 decisive strike. They sought to rally their allies to lend a hand in this endeavor.

"To think Sword Immortal Canglang has consolidated his cultivation base over a dozen years earlier than anticipated. It seems his foundation is even more profound than we imagined."

Tucking the letter away, Eldrin glanced at the 2 men and inquired, "Did Zuxuan succeed in his breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage this time?"

Half a month ago, he had successfully broken through his cultivation in seclusion, with his clan elder brother Kael safeguarding his spiritual formation.

Lila smiled as she spoke, her expression tinged with delight.

After 2 100 years of recuperation, particularly the 80 years of dedicated cultivation, the strength of the Chen Family had vastly increased.

Including Chen Zuxuan, who had broken through this time, a total of 3 out of the original 6 individuals on the list had successfully advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm.

These individuals were Chen Nianxuan, Chen Zuxuan, and Chen Xuhuan. If Meng Ruyan—the grand-disciple of Lyra (Person Name)—was included, then the sect had gained a total of 4 new True Monarchs of Nascent Soul.

Among the 4, Chen Nianxuan possessed a superior Golden Core with a Heavenly Spiritual Root. After having her mana reshaped by the Eldrin-refined Fire Veil Heaven-Forging Pill, she ultimately laid the foundation for a Heavenly Dao Nascent Soul.

After all, she possessed a Heavenly Spiritual Root (Spiritual Root). With the foundation of a Heavenly Dao Nascent Soul, while the hope of breaking through to the Spirit Severing realm remained slim, reaching the late Nascent Soul stage was virtually guaranteed—so long as she didn’t meet an untimely end.

Chen Zuxuan could be considered a case of long-accumulated strength yielding sudden brilliance, having forged an Earth Grade Nascent Soul. In the end, Chen Xuhuan lacked sufficient social connections to secure support and failed to obtain the Earth Mother Qi (Spiritual Root), ultimately forming only a Mortal Grade Nascent Soul.

Though Chen Siyan and Chen Siyuan of the "Si" generation were close to the family's Nascent Soul Patriarch, they missed their opportunity this time and only managed to break through to the False Infant realm.

For their next attempt to break through to the Nascent Soul realm, they would still need to take out a hefty family loan—1 that likely wouldn't be enough to exchange for the Earth Mother Qi (Spiritual Root) either.

Elder Chen Zuqian of the ancestral generation was no exception. Having failed to break through to the Nascent Soul realm in 1 sustained effort this time, unless Eldrin (Person Name) remained willing to extend substantial support, he would likely never achieve the formation of a True Foundation Nascent Soul.

After all, most of the other senior-generation True Monarchs within the clan still had outstanding clan loans to repay. The only 1 capable of providing support was Eldrin (Person Name).