Chapter 1157. Testing Linggen

Yet in the end, he was utterly powerless. His old friend had long been reincarnated through countless cycles within the mortal realm—how could 1 even begin to trace such a path back?

Even if we find their reincarnated forms, how could it be easy to restore their memories from those bygone years?

Cultivators below the Nascent Soul realm possess extremely fragile souls. Once they enter the cycle of reincarnation and have their memories cleansed, retrieving them would only be possible after achieving immortality.

Moreover, the lower 1's cultivation base, the more difficult it becomes to recover lost memories. In his previous life, Varen (Person Name) was a Zifu cultivator with a fairly robust soul strength. Should he attain immortality in the future, his memories could still be restored.

As for cultivators like Chen Qingxu who met their end during the Qi Refining stage, countless reincarnations had passed since their demise—so many that retrieving their past memories seemed nearly impossible without the aid of the legendary Mirror of Bygone Lives.

However, the Mirror of Past Lives was a supreme-grade innate spiritual treasure, and 1 of the 6 Nether Treasures of the Underworld. Legends claimed it had vanished during the primordial dawn of creation, making its retrieval all but impossible.

Thus, finding former comrades was an endeavor fraught with countless difficulties.

"Alas—"

With a faint sigh in his heart, Eldrin withdrew his thoughts.

He lifted his head to look ahead, only to find that the Spirit Measurement Ceremony had already commenced.

1 after another, the children stepped onto the Spirit Root Testing Platform to begin examining their own spiritual roots.

"A spirit root has emerged!"

Before long, radiant auroral lights began to emanate from the Spirit Testing Platform. A 6-year-old girl stared at the brilliantly illuminated platform, her face filled with utter bewilderment.

Presiding over the spirit root assessment were 2 Golden Core Realm experts of the Chen Clan—1 draped in violet robes, the other adorned in azure garments.

The violet-robed Golden Core cultivator glanced at the young woman and gave a slight nod. "A Heavenly Spiritual Root with a pure water affinity. To produce a Nascent Soul seed at the very beginning—your future prospects are truly limitless."

"Come, stand behind me."

The Violet-Robed Elder spoke as he pulled the young woman behind him.

The Heavenly Spiritual Root (Spiritual Root) was exceptionally rare—even among many Nascent Soul clans, 1 possessing it would be cultivated as a candidate for True Monarch. Yet within the Chen Immortal Clan (Organization), it still failed to stir the attention of the clan's true upper echelons.

Given the current foundation of the Chen Immortal Clan, cultivators with a Heavenly Spiritual Root could virtually guarantee their advancement to the Golden Core realm by following a disciplined cultivation path, with considerable potential to break through to the Nascent Soul stage in the future.

As for whether he could advance further and achieve the status of a True Lord who commands awe across the realm, that would depend entirely on whether he had the drive to seize the opportunity.

If 1 could build their foundation independently, subdue the physical hardships to break through the Purple Mansion, and even forge a superior Golden Core, the True Monarchs and Dao Lords of the Chen Immortal Clan would naturally offer their full support.

Bidige If 1 fails to meet the criteria, even as a cultivator with a Heavenly Spiritual Root (Spiritual Root), 1 would be ineligible to obtain Heavenly Dao Qi (Spiritual Root) and Earthly Dao Qi. Those seeking to use a Nascent Soul Formation Pill (Spiritual Object) would have to wait in line.

Strictly speaking, the Chen Immortal Clan (Organization) actually placed greater value on multi-spiritual root cultivators, particularly those who had formed superior-grade Golden Cores. Such individuals would receive the clan's full support, with priority access to both Heavenly Dao Qi (Spiritual Root) and Earth Vein Essence.

However, only after these multi-spiritual root cultivators condensed a superior-grade Golden Core would they gain the attention of the clan's upper echelons.

It is exceedingly rare for a situation during spiritual root testing to alarm the higher echelons of the clan.

Generally speaking, only peerless prodigies possessing Dao Bodies could draw the attention of the clan's upper echelons.

A peerless prodigy endowed with a Dao Body is exceptionally rare; each 1 is a seed for a Heavenly Dao Nascent Soul and a potential future Primordial Spirit Dao Lord.

The Chen Clan now boasted over 3 100 Primordial Spirit Dao Lords, nearly half of whom possessed Dao Bodies.

Although most of these Dao Lords possessed only lower-grade or middle-grade Dao Bodies, with superior-grade Dao Bodies being exceedingly rare, their success rate far surpassed that of ordinary cultivators.

To return to our story, although only 1 Heavenly Spiritual Root (Spiritual Root) had been discovered, the Spirit Measurement Ceremony continued unabated.

With the aid of the Spirit Testing Platform, it was naturally quite simple for the Chen Immortal Clan (Organization) to detect spiritual roots.

Children would simply step onto the Spirit Root Testing Platform 1 by 1, and as long as they possessed spiritual roots, the results would be accurately revealed without any possibility of error or omission.

1 by 1, the children passed through. Before anyone realized it, several 1000 had already stepped onto the Spirit Testing Platform, revealing several dozen among them who possessed spiritual roots.

The Golden Core Elder stroked his beard and gave a slight nod. "We've only tested less than half today, yet we've already discovered 30-7 individuals with spiritual roots."

"Combined with the numbers from the previous few days, it seems we'll likely produce around 500 immortal seedlings this year."

Another blue-robed elder nodded slightly and smiled. "Liangcheng has a population of merely 1 million, yet it yields 5 100 cultivation seeds each year."

Within the Great Wilderness Ancestral Domain, there were over 3,000 such cities. This Liang City was merely a small settlement, still far from those colossal metropolises with populations reaching tens of millions.

The purple-robed elder smiled faintly, pausing briefly in contemplation before saying, "I reviewed last year's records. In the Great Barren Ancestral Realm alone, there were precisely 1,830,000 cultivation seeds."

"This Great Barren Ancestral Domain was originally just a 100-1000-mile wilderness, nothing more than the earliest 'Mortal Domain' our Chen Clan ever established."

Within the expanse of hundreds of millions of li of the Myriad Ruins Continent (Location), there are still several dozen such "Mortal Domains," not to mention the countless spirit lands occupied by our Chen Clan, where mortals thrive in greater or lesser numbers.

"By that calculation, it's staggering to imagine how many cultivators our Chen Immortal Clan (Organization) would produce each year."

The Verdant-robed Elder nodded, took a deep breath, and spoke with utmost reverence, "I fear the number may well reach hundreds of millions?"

"I once had the fortune of visiting the ancestral vein of Verdant Chariot Mountain (Location), where cultivators were as numerous as rainfall. Even Golden Core adepts like you and I were but a drop in the ocean there."

"Our Chen Clan has dominated the Violet Heaven for 17,000 years. Generation after generation of cultivators has emerged in an endless stream, with exceptional individuals always rising above the rest to achieve the status of True Monarchs and Dao Lords who overlook the ages. No 1 truly knows how profound our accumulated foundations have become."

"Though we have attained the Dao and become True Realms, blessed with nearly a 1000 years of life, should we fail to advance further, we would be mere fleeting clouds in the eyes of the Patriarchs of our clan."

"Indeed." The purple-robed elder nodded, a bitter smile gracing his lips. "Within our clan, Core Formation Elders are as numerous as blades of grass. You and I are but ordinary among them."

The 2 Elders felt both helpless and proud.

With their strength, if they were to venture into the outside world, they could easily claim a spiritual mountain and reign as Golden Core Ancestors, whose might would awe an entire nation.

In the eyes of the true upper echelons of the Chen Immortal Clan (Organization), they could only be considered utterly unremarkable. Perhaps only by breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage could they barely qualify as mid-level members—truly insignificant in the grand scheme of things.

Born into such a glorious clan as the Chen Immortal Clan, they naturally carried immense pride. Beings of their stature, when venturing beyond the Chen Immortal Clan, would be received with utmost courtesy even by ordinary True Monarchs.

This was not due to their strength, but because of the prestigious surname Chen.

Cultivators fell like rain, and prodigies emerged 1 after another.

"The Great Barren Ancestral Realm's destiny flourishes with prosperity, and the Chen Clan is fated to thrive."

In the distance, Eldrin observed all of this and gave a slight, unconscious nod of approval in his heart.

The spiritual root testing continued. The middle-aged man beside Eldrin (Person Name) was also accompanying a young child.

Watching the dwindling line ahead, he couldn't help but murmur with a tense expression, "Who knows if this boy of mine will possess a spiritual root?"