Chapter 1797 : Boundless Qi of Heaven and Earth

Eldrin paid no heed to the shock and fury emanating from the inheritors of the ancient immortal grottos.

He led the 4 onward, journeying deeper into the fractured celestial realm while evading the territories of major cave heavens and the trails of primordial chaos beasts.

After reaching a safe location, the 4 of them finally retrieved the treasures in their possession.

Gazing upon these treasures, the group could not contain their ecstatic expressions. The Eldrin of the Distant Horizon (Person Name) could no longer hold back his words, "The gains from this venture are enough to rival our accumulations over the past 1 100 million years."

Eldrin also gave a slight nod. This plundering of the supreme-grade Chaos Nest had yielded them a total of 70-2 strands of Primordial Qi, along with 60-1 portions of Primordial Marvels.

Combined with the 20-3 strands of Primordial Qi and 12 Primordial Treasures obtained earlier, the total now amounts to 90-5 strands of Primordial Qi, along with 70-3 portions of Primordial Treasures.

Setting aside the Primordial Qi, among the numerous Primordial Treasures, there were 15 lower-grade Primordial Treasures, 40-9 mid-grade Primordial Treasures, and 9 upper-grade Primordial Treasures.

Above all these innate treasures, the most precious were the Primordial Chaos Elixir and the Pastlife Blossom. These 2 treasures were both supreme-grade innate wonders, rarities even among ancient innate artifacts.

Especially the Memory Blossom, which the Celestial Maiden now coveted beyond measure. She could not help but glance toward Eldrin.

Eldrin understood her meaning and immediately spoke up, "This object holds the profound mystery of breaking through the cycle of reincarnation, aiding an immortal in recovering their cultivation from past lives. Among us, the only 1 who could make use of it would be the Celestial Maiden elder."

"In my opinion, this item should be entrusted to the Celestial Maiden."

Tianya Ancestor nodded upon hearing this and said, "If Fellow Daoist Tianni can regain her cultivation, she will undoubtedly become a great asset to our cause. It is only fitting that she restore her power."

The Celestial Maiden took a deep breath upon hearing this, then nodded at Eldrin (Person Name) and said, "Today, I owe you a favor."

Eldrin said nothing more, merely smiling as he handed the Flower of Bygone Days to the Celestial Maiden.

This Flower of Past Incarnations possesses boundless miraculous uses. It is said that except for the Great Luo Golden Immortals who are beyond the cycle of reincarnation, this flower can help any being below the Great Luo realm restore their cultivation from past lives.

Thus, the value of the Past Life Blossom is considered an immeasurable, supreme treasure in the hands of cultivators, especially those with higher cultivation levels.

Even those ancient immortals who had broken through the 8 Heavenly Gates and weathered 8 heavenly tribulations—earthshaking feats that moved both heaven and earth to tears—coveted this object intensely.

Indeed, this object truly lived up to its reputation as the supreme treasure coveted by ancient immortals. The moment the Celestial Maiden consumed it, countless divine blossoms instantly cascaded from the heavens in a dazzling profusion.

Vast and boundless streams of innate Dao patterns returned from the netherworld, converging into the Celestial Maiden's body.

In an instant, the Celestial Maiden's cultivation began to surge violently—Fifth-Level Celestial Immortal, Sixth-Level Celestial Immortal, Seventh-Level Celestial Immortal...

In the blink of an eye, her cultivation had already recovered to the Great Perfection stage of Celestial Immortal. An immensely majestic power of innate divinity slowly stirred within her.

Until a long while later, the Celestial Maiden slowly opened her eyes, her gaze radiating an aura of incomparable nobility.

"Past cultivation, present Dao fruit."

"Now all has returned to unity, yet it's a pity we remain half a step short."

The Celestial Maiden spoke softly, a trace of regret coloring her expression.

In that moment, the Celestial Maiden's cultivation grew increasingly unfathomable, her aura even more profound than that of the Lord of the Endless Sky Pavilion by several measures.

Through the aura of the Celestial Maiden, Eldrin perceived that her foundation was unfathomably profound. Among those at the Great Perfection of the Celestial Immortal realm, she could almost be considered invincible—her power even approaching that of 2 and a half ordinary cultivators at the Great Perfection of Celestial Immortal.

It is a pity that despite such combat prowess, he was still 1 small step away from breaking through to the realm of the Ancient Immortals.

"Not entirely without gains."

The Celestial Maiden suddenly murmured under her breath. As infinite patterns of primordial Dao lit up between his brows, a snow lotus emerged gradually—none other than the Primordial Frost Snow Lotus.

Upon the quasi-innate ancient treasure that had already nurtured 11 innate Dao patterns, the twelfth hazy innate Dao pattern gradually took form, ultimately merging with the previous 11 in a slow convergence, transforming into the embryonic form of a nebulous Great Dao.

Innate Ancient Treasure!

Frigid Snow Lotus (Spiritual Herb)

Eldrin murmured, a flicker of delight surfacing in his gaze.

The Celestial Maiden gave a slight nod and could not help but utter, "With the cultivation of your past life returning and merging with the present life's Dao attainment, it has finally taken that final step."

Beside them, Lyra (Person Name) nodded slightly upon hearing this and said, "With your life-bound immortal treasure advancing to an Innate Ancient Treasure, Senior, it seems breaking through to the Ancient Immortal realm may not be far off."

Nowhere.

The Celestial Maiden shook her head, then smiled bitterly and said, "By merging the Dao Fruits of 2 lifetimes, we managed to elevate it into an innate ancient treasure. Yet, the fusion of 2 lifetimes' Dao Fruits inevitably leaves behind some flaws and imperfections."

"Now that my Dao Fruit is flawed, it is as if my foundation is tarnished. I fear it will be difficult to break through to the Ancient Immortal realm before I completely purify my foundation."

Eldrin (Person Name) nodded slightly upon hearing this.

The Past Life Flower aids immortals in recovering their cultivation from previous incarnations. In theory, merging the Dao fruits of 2 lifetimes holds immense potential to advance 1's cultivation to greater heights.

However, such a heaven-defying act naturally carried certain flaws. Otherwise, when an 8-tribulation ancient immortal reincarnated to cultivate anew and reached the 8-tribulation realm in their next life, consuming the Past Life Flower to restore their former cultivation would allow them to soar to unparalleled heights, wouldn't it?

Yet the outcome defied expectations, for in this cycle of rebirth and renewed cultivation, the foundations and cultivation bases of 2 lifetimes could never truly align.

For instance, if 1 achieved the Dao in a previous life with the foundation of 3 Taiyi, ascending to forge a forbidden foundation, how could the Dao fruits of 2 lifetimes merge seamlessly after unification?

Moreover, the Dao principles, immortal bodies, and Dao fruits cultivated across 2 lifetimes differed from 1 another, inevitably giving rise to mutual rejection. The greater the divergence between them, the more intense the conflict would become.

With higher cultivation across 2 lifetimes and closer levels of strength, the repulsion between them would grow correspondingly greater.

Like the Celestial Maiden, who had reached the Great Perfection of the Celestial Immortal realm in her previous life and was now at the Fourth Heavenly Layer in this life, she could fully suppress her advancing cultivation with the Dao Fruit from her past life, gradually refining it before making a breakthrough.

However, if 1 were to cultivate to the Great Perfection of the Celestial Immortal realm in both lifetimes, there would be a high probability of fusion failure. Even if successful, leveraging the cultivation of 2 lifetimes to break through to the Ancient Immortal realm, it would likely become impossible to advance any further thereafter.

Unless 1 is akin to a Tribulation Transcending Monk, whose cultivation of the Floro 6 Worlds Sutra is a heritage of the Great Luo, capable of perfectly integrating the Dao fruits of 6 lifetimes into 1, ultimately forging a flawless present body.

For now, the Celestial Maiden was in good condition. Her foundations from both lifetimes were nearly identical, and the gap in their cultivation bases was immense. All she needed was to fully refine the cultivation achievements of her current life, and she could continue breaking through to the Ancient Immortal Realm.

However, to fully refine and integrate the cultivation base of this lifetime would likely take no less than several million years to begin with.

Nevertheless, with the Heavenly Maiden's cultivation base restored and the protection of an ancient innate treasure, their safety was now secured by several additional layers of assurance.

Seeing the Celestial Maiden regain her cultivation, Eldrin turned his gaze to the Primordial Chaos Pill and declared, "This Primordial Chaos Pill holds no use for me. I shall entrust it to Senior Tianya."

Tianya Ancestor could not help but give a slight nod upon hearing this.

Without hesitation, he spoke, "The remaining treasures shall all be yours."

Eldrin nodded upon hearing this. The remaining 90-5 strands of Primordial Qi held astonishing value, and when combined with the 70-3 Primordial Marvels of varying grades, their total worth was likely equivalent to 2 or 3 Ancient Primordial Treasures.

With this batch of Primordial Qi and innate treasures, Eldrin's cultivation was bound to advance by leaps and bounds.

At this thought, Eldrin promptly stored the treasure away and retrieved 10 strands of Primordial Qi to begin refining them.

Long before his breakthrough to the mid-stage Celestial Immortal realm, Eldrin had already cultivated his Innate Primordial Indestructible Body to the minor achievement stage, which consequently facilitated his advancement to mid-stage Celestial Immortal.

Now that his cultivation had broken through to the mid-stage Celestial Immortal realm, advancing to the fifth or even sixth level of Celestial Immortal would require him to cultivate all his Innate Dao Fruits to the minor mastery stage.

Now that he had the Primordial Qi, Eldrin did not delay any further.

He continuously channeled his spiritual power and Dao Fruit, beginning to refine the primordial qi without cease. His Dao Fruit likewise began advancing by leaps and bounds.

"It appears that within a few centuries, the Dao Fruit shall reach minor perfection."

Eldrin murmured inwardly, a flicker of joy blooming in his heart.

Once the Dao Fruit reaches the minor mastery stage, he would encounter no further bottlenecks before breaking through the Sixth Heavenly Immortal Realm. All that remained was accumulating sufficient spiritual power to ascend naturally.

Moreover, by that time, Eldrin's combat prowess would also increase tremendously, perhaps even reaching a level comparable to the Ninth Heaven of the Celestial Immortals.

The only aspect that fell short of the Celestial Immortal's Perfection Realm was perhaps a slight deficiency in the profound depth of spiritual power.

At this thought, Eldrin handed over the 20 strands of Primordial Qi to Lyra. While refining the Primordial Qi, he said, "Let us press onward. All we need is to proceed with caution along the way."

But to return to our story, the 4 of them pressed onward, beginning to explore the great Chaos Nests along their path.

Unfortunately, by this time, most of the remaining Chaos Nests had already been plundered by various Celestial Immortals. After searching for what felt like an eternity, they had only managed to acquire 5 strands of Primordial Qi.

Had this occurred in the outside world, obtaining 5 strands of Primordial Qi in such a short time would already be considered truly astonishing.

Compared to their previous gains, this mere 100 or so strands of Primordial Qi could no longer catch their eyes.

Far too many Heavenly Immortals had made their move. Even though there were thousands of these fragmented immortal realm chaos nests, each person could only obtain a few strands of Primordial Qi.

Unable to find any more treasures, Eldrin murmured slowly, his gaze growing solemn as he spoke.

Tianya Ancestor also furrowed his brow slightly before gazing into the distance and saying, "To obtain the greatest opportunity, 1 must still plunder the supreme-grade Chaos Nests."

The Celestial Maiden nodded, then inquired, "Then which supreme-grade Chaos Nest should we head to?"

Eldrin (Person Name) pondered briefly before declaring, "Nothing ventured, nothing gained."

"Let's head to the central 1!"

Hearing this, everyone felt a slight tremor in their hearts.

By now, they had largely discerned the structure of this broken immortal realm. Within this shattered celestial domain, 7 heavenly layers remained intact.

Within the Sevenfold Celestial Domains, each realm possesses a supreme-grade Chaos Lair, and every Chaos Lair serves as the stronghold of a Chaos Beast King.

At the heart of the Sevenfold Celestial Realm lay the paramount Chaos Nest, foremost among the 7 Chaos Nests.

Of the 16 Chaos Beast Kings that had already emerged, 5 had come forth from that supreme-grade Chaos Lair, a clear indication of its extraordinary nature.

"Within this Chaos Nest, there is likely a Chaos Beast King standing guard."

The Venerable Tianya couldn't help but caution, his expression growing even more solemn.

Eldrin nodded, his gaze profound and distant. "The other 5 supreme-grade Chaos Nests have all been claimed by ancient immortals. It would be too risky for us to go now, and even if we did, we'd likely return empty-handed."

"Only this central Chaos Nest is certain to be the heart of this battle, and it remains exceedingly difficult to completely conquer."

"We lay in wait outside the lair, biding our time. If an opportunity arises, we infiltrate; if none presents itself, we depart directly."

"Very well."

The 3 of them nodded slightly upon hearing this and immediately headed toward the central Chaos Nest.

They traversed through the chaos and soon arrived outside the central Chaos Nest, discovering this particular nest to be utterly terrifying.

Occasionally, a few Celestial Immortals would risk their lives to infiltrate it, only to vanish like stones falling into an abyss, without even stirring a single ripple.

"Do not act rashly."

Eldrin murmured, his expression turning exceedingly grave as he declared, "Within this Chaos Nest, a supreme existence undoubtedly resides."

The Celestial Maiden also nodded, her face somewhat pale, and said, "I have a feeling that this place harbors an overwhelming killing intent, like a primordial beast of chaos waiting to devour its prey."

"Let's conceal ourselves first and wait for the opportune moment to strike."

Eldrin (Person Name) remained silent, observing intently for a long while before leading the group downward into the depths of the fractured celestial realm.

The group traversed the primordial chaos and arrived upon the lands of the fragmented immortal realm. Instantly, they were struck by an overwhelmingly powerful pressure that left them all astonished.

Eldrin took a careful look and discovered that above the fractured earth, azure and black energies coiled around each other, suppressed by the primordial chaos into an almost paper-thin fissure.

"This is..."

Lyra murmured, her gaze trembling faintly.

Eldrin (Person Name) couldn't contain his delight and exclaimed, "The Dual Qi of Heaven and Earth."

It turned out that these azure and yellow streams of energy were none other than the Heaven-Piercing Yang Qi and the Earth-Nurturing Yin Qi.

The profound utility of this Qian and Kun energy is precisely the key required for the Yin-Yang Primordial Qi Vase to condense the Water of Creation.

However, this Primordial Qi of Heaven and Earth was quite rare. Even with Eldrin's current cultivation base, he couldn't gather it in large quantities.

Yet this thin layer of Primordial Qi of Heaven and Earth here consisted of tens of thousands of strands, its value so immense that even Eldrin was sent into ecstatic delight.

"So much of the primordial Qi of Heaven and Earth."

Tianya Ancestor also noticed this scene, a flicker of surprise crossing his expression.

However, this Qiankun Dual Qi was merely a lower-grade Taiyi Odd Treasure, far from catching his eye. With an air of indifference, he spoke calmly, "If my deduction is correct, after the immortal realm was breached in the past, the boundless Chaos Waters flooded in."

The Celestial Pneuma of the 9 Heavens and the Terrestrial Essence of the earth’s core, suppressed by the Primordial Chaos, were relentlessly compressed into the crust. Sheltered by the fragmented laws of the immortal realm, they ultimately converged into this stratified confluence of cosmic forces.

"The amount of Qiankun Dual Energy gathered here is likely worth tens of billions of Immortal Origin Crystals. This can indeed be considered a modest stroke of fortune."

"I suspect its original quantity was still hundreds of times greater than what remains today. It's just that the vast majority was eroded by the Chaos Qi, leaving only this meager amount."

"This Qiankun Dual Energy is precisely what I urgently need."

Eldrin spoke, then turned his gaze to the Ancestor of the Remote End and the Celestial Maiden. "Between these strata, the energies of Heaven and Earth likely number no less than tens of thousands. I intend to gather every last 1 of them."

"Agreed."

Tianya Ancestor (Person Name) paused briefly upon hearing this, then gave a slight nod after a moment.