Chapter 966 : The Verdant Lotus Ascension

For Path Lords [cultivators who have comprehended the fundamental principles of their chosen cultivation path] such as themselves, the value of the Immortal Enlightenment Tea Tree [a legendary plant whose leaves can grant profound insights into the Dao] was nearly immeasurable.

With such a treasure in hand, their chances of comprehending Path Principles [the fundamental laws governing a specific cultivation path] would increase dramatically, making their path to Immortal Ascension far smoother.

"Hmm,"

Eldrin Chen nodded, then spoke. "Let us go to the Verdant Lotus Isle."

The two did not delay. Suppressing the excitement in their hearts, they set off for the Verdant Lotus Isle.

Not long after, they arrived at the Verdant Lotus Isle and beheld the Creation Green Jade Lotus [a supreme spiritual lotus of immense potential].

This Creation Green Jade Lotus, a supreme treasure of the Immortal Dao, would shed four precious components upon ascending to the Immortal Rank: the Lotus Leaf, the lotus pod, the Lotus Root, and the Lotus Seed.

Among these four supreme treasures, the Lotus Leaf could transform into the Verdant Lotus Immortal Sword, while the lotus pod was the key material for advancing Eldrin Chen's Lifebound Spiritual Treasure [a magical treasure bound to a cultivator's life force], the Primordial Verdant Lotus Throne.

The remaining Lotus Seed could increase a cultivator's chance of achieving Immortal Ascension, and the Lotus Root was also a supreme material for refining the peerless Immortal Rank Supreme Treasure known as the Second Primordial Spirit [a technique to forge a second, independent spiritual core].

It could be said that the value of the Creation Verdant Lotus Throne was boundless. Once it ascended to become an Acquired Spiritual Root [a supreme-grade spiritual foundation], it would immediately enhance the combat prowess of Eldrin Chen and his companions. Read the full novel exclusively on audio-novel . com.

Even without the Demonic Abyss Cataclysm looming ahead, prioritizing the advancement of the Creation Green Jade Lotus [a legendary spiritual lotus of immense creative and restorative power] remained the unequivocal choice.

Eldrin Chen harbored no hesitation. He immediately expended a strand of Acquired Primordial Chaos Violet Aura [a supreme energy of creation and origin], using it to shatter the invisible shackles binding the Creation Green Jade Lotus.

"It is finally done," he murmured.

Watching the shackles of the Creation Green Jade Lotus dissolve, a look of profound satisfaction settled upon Eldrin Chen's face.

He gave a satisfied nod. "Once this lotus matures in a thousand years, it will significantly bolster our combat prowess," he declared.

"It will grant us a greater measure of certainty in our endeavor to slay the Outer Realm Demon God [a malevolent deity from beyond this realm]."

Exquisite Jiang also smiled, unable to contain her excitement. "When the Creation Green Jade Lotus ripens, I can refine its Lotus Root [the potent rhizome of the spiritual lotus] into my Second Primordial Spirit [a technique to forge a secondary spiritual core]. Perhaps I can elevate my External Incarnation [an art to manifest an independent external avatar] to the Immortal-grade realm."

"Indeed," Eldrin Chen agreed.

He nodded again, a smile playing on his lips. "We recently acquired the Supreme Lunar Immortal Jade [a jade imbued with the pure essence of the supreme moon]. Combined with an Immortal Lotus Seed [the seed of an immortal-grade lotus], Verdant Consort's path to achieving her Dao [attaining her supreme cultivation breakthrough] would be all but assured."

"Precisely," Exquisite Jiang replied. "If Verdant Consort can also attain her Dao, the combined strength of the three of us will vastly increase our odds against the Outer Realm Demon God."

Exquisite Jiang exclaimed with delight. Recalling the wondrous properties of the Immortal Root, she couldn't help but suggest, "Should we also advance your other Spiritual Root?"

Eldrin Chen hesitated for a moment, then shook his head. "The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Peach Tree is a supreme cultivation treasure. Once it ascends to the Immortal Rank, it will greatly accelerate our cultivation speed after achieving immortality. However, its immediate utility is limited."

"While the Eight Trigrams Treasure Tree could be used to forge a set of Immortal Rank Supreme Treasure, wielding them would be exceedingly difficult. Even for setting up a grand formation, the Mortal Realm lacks Spiritual Vein of sufficient grade to power it."

"My remaining reserves of Primordial Chaos Violet Aura are not abundant. It is better to save them for the future advancement of my Lifebound Spiritual Treasure."

Hearing this, Exquisite Jiang could only relent, shaking her head with a wry smile. "My greed has gotten the better of me."

Having advanced two Worldly Spiritual Root, Eldrin Chen smiled faintly. "By my reckoning, the time is near for the Solar Fire Returning Abyss Sword to complete its ascension."

"I shall go to the Flaming Prison Sea of Fire and await the birth of that peerless Slaughter Immortal Treasure."

"..."

A millennium ago, Eldrin Chen laid down a grand Formation. Using the supreme formation as a furnace, the earth's core Fire Vein as its flame, boundless Fire Elemental Power as fuel, and Violet Flame Immortal Gold as the Sword Embryo [the nascent form of a spiritual sword], all supplemented by Primordial Chaos Violet Aura, his aim was to forge a single Peerless Immortal Sword.

Now, time had flowed swiftly by. Unnoticed, a thousand years had passed. Eldrin Chen, having borrowed the power of heaven and earth to temper his sword for a millennium, was nearing the day of its completion.

Eldrin Chen arrived within the Underground Fire Vein and found Eternal Profound Chen had already been waiting for a long time, his expression grave.

Seeing Eldrin Chen arrive, the Old Patriarch spoke with a heavy countenance, "By my reckoning, the time is near. This Immortal Sword is almost complete."

"Indeed."

Eldrin Chen nodded, his gaze fixed on the radiant immortal light at the heart of the Formation [a structured arrangement of energy channels and nodes used to focus power or create effects]. He could faintly sense a shred of Sword Intent [a conceptual force embodying the essence of the sword, capable of rending heaven and earth] brewing within.

Within that dazzling sword radiance, wisps of embryonic Dao Principles [the nascent, unformed essence of a fundamental cosmic law or Dao principle] had already manifested, their forms nearly fully solidified.

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"Then allow me to lend my strength!"

Eldrin Chen murmured to himself, and in the next instant, he activated his illusory Dao Principle Power [the tangible power derived from comprehending and wielding a fundamental cosmic law].

Suddenly, a surge of Primordial Solar Heavenly Flame Dao Principles [the fundamental laws governing the primordial sun and celestial fire] manifested from the void. Billions of divine chains woven from Dao Principles [the fundamental laws that govern the cosmos and cultivation] inundated everything, pouring into the sword light at the formation's core.

In that fleeting moment, the supremely dazzling Primordial Solar Heavenly Flame Dao Principles intertwined with the sword radiance. The two supreme Dao Principle Power forces merged, gradually and utterly fusing into one.

"Clang—" [the sharp, resonant sound of metal striking metal]

An unknowable span of time later, the Mantle Plume [a vast, fiery geological formation] shrouded by the Path Principles [the fundamental laws and truths of a cultivator's chosen Dao] trembled violently, unleashing a sword cry that shook the heavens and earth.

Eldrin Chen felt the Primordial Solar Heavenly Flame Path Principles [the profound laws governing the Heavenly Flame of the Primal Sun] being violently dispersed. The immense Mantle Plume shuddered with the force.

A supremely dazzling violet sword-light shot into the sky in that instant, transforming into a sword-rainbow that pierced through everything. It cleaved the vast Mantle Plume in two before vanishing into the boundless Heavenly Vault [the highest reaches of the sky, the celestial dome].

"Immortal Sword!"

Eldrin Chen's pupils contracted. In a flash, he transformed into a streak of light and gave chase.

Above the Flaming Prison Sea of Fire [a sea of eternal, imprisoning flames], at the very pinnacle of the endless Heavenly Vault, a Tribulation Cloud [a cloud formation heralding a heavenly tribulation] spanning millions of Li-lengths had already coalesced.

"Boom—" [a deep, rolling thunderclap]

The Heavenly Thunder Tribulation [a cataclysmic trial of heavenly lightning] had not yet erupted, but its dreadful peals of thunder already resounded across the world.

More than half of the Three Veins Ancient Domain [an ancient realm named for its three great spiritual veins] was shrouded by the Tribulation Cloud. The world plunged into darkness, the sky filled with nothing but thunder and lightning—a scene as if the apocalypse itself had descended.

"This is..."

In that very instant, whether it was Varen Wei [the Sea-Calmer Path Master] within the Three Veins Ancient Domain, the Heavenly Gaze Path Master [the Path Master who Observes the Heavenly Path] far away in the Central Ancestral Domain, or even the Tribulation Transcending Divine Monk [the Divine Monk who Transcends Tribulations] in the Western Pole Lands—all opened their eyes, revealing expressions of profound shock.

"The Immortal Ascension Heavenly Thunder Tribulation [the cataclysmic trial of heavenly thunder one must face to ascend to immortality]!"

"Could it be that Eldrin the Way Lord [the Way Lord of the Returning Abyss] is about to ascend to immortality?"

Several Demigod Patriarch figures tore through the void to arrive. Gazing upon the boundless Tribulation Cloud [the ominous clouds that herald a heavenly tribulation], their faces were etched with disbelief.

The Lord of the Path Palace shook his head, however, pointing towards the violet sword radiance in the Heavenly Vault [the celestial dome of the sky] and said, "It is not the Immortal Ascension Heavenly Thunder Tribulation. It is the Treasure Heavenly Thunder Tribulation [the heavenly tribulation a treasure undergoes to ascend to immortality]."

The crowd lifted their gazes. Beneath the infinite Tribulation Cloud, they saw a supremely resplendent violet sword radiance, suspended and undulating.

That violet sword radiance was of unparalleled brilliance. Even the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation stretching for millions of Li-lengths [one Li-length equals five hundred meters] could not overshadow its light. It became the most dazzling spectacle beneath that pitch-black expanse of Tribulation Cloud.

"An Immortal Sword [a sword that has attained immortality]."

"A Supreme Immortal Sword [a peerless sword of immortal rank], its Path Principles [the fundamental laws of its cultivation path] perfectly harmonious and flawless, currently undergoing ascension into an Immortal Treasure [a treasure of immortal grade]."

The assembled Demigod Patriarch murmured amongst themselves, their expressions etched with profound awe.

A legendary Immortal Treasure [a supreme artifact forged by an immortal, possessing world-shaking power]—what an utterly transcendent object that was! Even at the zenith of the Purple Seal Realm, after accumulating resources over millions of years, its legacy had only ever yielded six such Immortal Treasure.

Now, amidst the great cataclysm, Immortal Treasure had been destroyed or lost, and for many years, no Immortal Rank Supreme Treasure [a supreme treasure of the immortal rank] had emerged into the world.

The most recent Immortal Treasure was the Peerless Immortal Sword forged by Imperial Sovereign Jiang after his ascension to immortality, using the immortal-grade material 'Heart of the Stellar' [the crystallized core of a star's essence] extracted from the very heart of the Purple Seal Realm.

And that sword of Imperial Sovereign Jiang's was only completed *after* he achieved immortality.

Who could have imagined that now, Eldrin Chen, not yet an immortal, would have his Lifebound Immortal Sword [a sword bound to its master's life and soul, growing in power with them] undergoing the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation [a heavenly trial of thunder and lightning that tests and refines artifacts or cultivators]?

With this thought, Heavenly Gaze Path Master could not help but stroke his beard and remark, "It seems this Returning Abyss Path Master truly is a seed of the legendary Immortal Path [the supreme path of cultivation leading to immortality]."

"For one such as him, so long as he does not fall prematurely, he is destined to become a Celestial Immortal [a powerful immortal being] of great might. Perhaps he may even follow in the footsteps of the Purple Seal Immortal Lord and become the second from the Purple Seal Realm to walk the path of a Great Encompassing Immortal Lord [an immortal lord of immense power and comprehension]." This chapter is provided by audio-novel dot com. Support the original.