Chapter 1043 Spirit Root Ascension, Immortal Peach Tree

Compared to the Pure Yang Immortal-Boosting Pill, the Dragon Phoenix Immortal-Forging Pill is slightly more challenging to refine.

However, Eldrin's alchemy skills had now improved tremendously, making the refinement of this pill considerably easier.

The 2 spent over a decade refining these 2 cauldrons of immortal pills, ultimately yielding 3 pills from 1 cauldron and 4 from the other—7 Dragon Phoenix Immortal-Forging Pills in total.

After successfully refining these 2 batches of immortal pills, Eldrin felt his alchemy skills had improved considerably.

By now, he was confident in his ability to refine mid-grade immortal pills, yet he made no attempt to craft the Longevity Pill.

The Elixir of Longevity was an exceedingly rare treasure. Eldrin intended to wait until his alchemy skills advanced further before attempting its refinement, hoping to produce several precious pills in 1 successful batch.

At this thought, Eldrin put away the Dragon Phoenix Immortal-Forging Pill and produced the Pure Sun Immortal-Boosting Pill instead. "The immortal herbs in the spirit medicine garden haven't ripened yet," he said. "We can refine a few immortal pills first to enhance our cultivation."

Excellent!

Lyra nodded, retrieving a Pure Yang Immortal Ascension Pill as she said, "With this elixir, our cultivation can finally advance another step."

Emerging from the alchemy chamber, the 2 promptly returned to their cave abode and commenced secluded cultivation to refine the Pure Yang Immortality-Augmenting Pill.

This Pure Yang Immortal Ascension Pill is a profound elixir that enhances immortal essence. When a cultivator at the early Ascension Realm consumes 1 pill, the immortal essence within their body will increase substantially.

Even an immortal at the late-stage Ascendant Realm could increase their immortal essence by half a tenth with just 1 pill, making its value truly astonishing.

1 must understand that cultivating immortal essence is arduous. In the early stages of Ascendant Immortality, progress is relatively swift due to the scant amount of immortal essence within the body.

However, by the middle and late stages of Ascension, a celestial’s immortal essence becomes as vast as the ocean. At that point, even 10 1000 years of arduous cultivation might not increase 1’s immortal essence by half a tenth.

Thus, consuming this Pure Yang Immortality-Enhancing Elixir was almost equivalent to saving 10 1000 years of arduous cultivation.

However, the Pure Yang Immortality-Enhancing Pill, despite its potent medicinal efficacy, was not without its limitations.

Although consuming this pill could enhance immortal essence, it would also render the cultivator's foundation unstable, requiring dedicated refinement to consolidate 1's base. Moreover, it must not be taken repeatedly within a short period.

According to the legends passed down through the celestial realms, consuming 1 of these celestial essence-enhancing pills every 10 1000 years was the optimal interval.

After Eldrin (Person Name) entered seclusion, he immediately consumed a Pure Yang Immortality-Enhancing Pill, instantly sensing a torrential surge of medicinal energy flooding into his body.

Sensing this immense medicinal energy, Eldrin immediately began circulating his immortal essence to refine it.

Refining immortal pills was no easy task. Eldrin used his immortal essence to purify the Yang-Enhancing Celestial Pill, transforming its medicinal potency into his own cultivation base. In the blink of an eye, 60 years had passed.

Until Eldrin had completely refined the medicinal efficacy, he slowly opened his eyes.

"A modest harvest."

A smile inadvertently graced Eldrin’s lips as he emerged from the seclusion chamber.

His foundation was exceptionally profound. Although refining the Pure Yang Immortal Ascension Pill this time did not allow him to break through to the third level of the Ascension Realm, his immortal essence increased by approximately 30 percent.

"Not far from the third level of Ascension now."

Eldrin's thoughts flickered rapidly as he suddenly noticed the 2 Heaven and Earth Spiritual Roots outside his cave abode had undergone remarkable transformations, having achieved some astonishing metamorphosis.

On the left, the spirit peach tree bore 9 enormous celestial peaches, their insides brimming with overwhelmingly rich immortal spiritual energy. With merely a whiff, Eldrin felt the immortal essence within his body surge to life.

The 8 Trigrams Treasure Tree on the right had, unbeknownst to all, ascended to the Immortal Realm, now bearing 8 luminous fruits brimming with the power of cosmic principles—the 8 Trigrams Origin Fruits.

"Have the Spirit Peach Tree and the Bagua Treasure Tree both advanced?"

Gazing at the 2 spiritual roots, a faint glimmer stirred within Eldrin's eyes.

Unbeknownst to him, it was only at this moment that he realized nearly a 1000 years had passed since his ascension to the immortal realm.

Lila had been waiting outside the cave abode for quite some time. Seeing him emerge from the seclusion chamber, she smiled and said, "The 2 spiritual roots have successfully advanced, no longer being mere mortal entities."

"Perhaps it would be more fitting to call it the 'Immortal Peach Tree' or the '8 Trigrams Celestial Tree'."

"Hmm."

Eldrin nodded slightly, his gaze sweeping over the 2 immortal roots before he began tracing arcane calculations with his fingers. In moments, he had deciphered the profound mysteries contained within these celestial plants.

After the advancement of these 2 Immortal Roots before his eyes, their wondrous effects had been greatly enhanced.

Among the 2 celestial roots, the inferior-grade Immortal Peach Tree blooms once every 1,000 years, bears fruit once every 1,000 years, and requires another 1,000 years for the fruit to ripen fully.

When fully ripened, it bears 9 celestial peaches. These peaches possess profound and miraculous properties, containing incredibly rich immortal spiritual energy. Mortals who consume them can extend their lifespan, while immortals who obtain them can enhance their cultivation.

According to Eldrin's (Person Name) estimation, consuming 1 celestial peach every 1000 years would increase his cultivation speed by more than threefold.

For an ordinary immortal's cultivation speed, reaching the early stage of the Ascension Realm requires approximately 30,000 years to advance a single layer. In the middle stage of Ascension, it takes about 50,000 years per layer, while the late stage demands nearly 100,000 years to progress by 1 layer.

"My foundation has grown more profound, and my magic power is even mightier than that of the Sixth Heaven of Ascension. Without the aid of the Immortal Peach, advancing a single stage of cultivation in the early phases of the Ascension Realm would likely take some 50 or 60 1000 years."

"With the aid of this immortal peach, I'm afraid it would only take 20,000 years to advance 1 layer of cultivation."

Eldrin contemplated the wondrous effects of the immortal peach tree and couldn't help but reveal a faint smile.

With the aid of the immortal peach from now on, his cultivation speed would undoubtedly increase dramatically. Even without other fortuitous encounters, he was confident he could break through to the middle stage of Ascension Realm before the next great tribulation.

"It's a pity the Immortal Peaches are a bit scarce, yielding only 9 at a time."

Eldrin shook his head once more. These celestial peaches took 3 1000 years to ripen only 9 fruits, yet he needed to refine 1 every 1000 years. This meant the peaches could only sustain 3 immortals at most.

Fortunately, there were only 3 Immortals on Qingyuan Island at present. Lila (Person Name), Yan Zijī (Person Name), and others had not yet broken through to the Ascension Realm, so they had no need for these exceedingly rare Immortal Peaches.

Even so, Eldrin pondered and said, "The Immortal Peach is vital to cultivation. After a few more years of accumulating Primordial Purple Qi, we must still prioritize using it to accelerate the growth of the Immortal Peach Tree."

Having settled the matter of the immortal peach tree for now, Eldrin turned his gaze toward the 8 Trigrams Treasure Tree.

Compared to the Immortal Peach Tree, the 8 Primordial Immortal Fruits borne by the 8 Trimes Treasure Tree held immeasurably greater value.

These fundamental Primordial Immortal Fruits each contained the power of the 8 natural laws: Heaven, Earth, Water, Thunder, Mountain, Fire, Marsh, and Wind. Any 1 of them could be refined into a single low-grade Immortal Treasure.

What made it even more precious was that these 8 source fruits shared an innate harmony, allowing them to be refined into a set of immortal treasures.

If refined into a set of formation artifacts, their value would likely surpass even that of a superior-grade immortal treasure.

At this thought, Eldrin was about to pluck these 8 immortal fruits when his steps faltered slightly and his brow furrowed unconsciously.

"8 immortal fruits, each containing the fundamental power of the 8 Trigrams' primordial laws. They are the mortal vessels of these 8 cosmic principles."

"If this is used to refine the Innate Divine Embryo Pill..."

A look of pleasant surprise crossed Eldrin's face as he began to meticulously calculate.

(End of Chapter)