Chapter 1382 : A Celestial Feast of Dragon and Phoenix

Having received such a multitude of weighty gifts, Eldrin Chen naturally had to host a proper reception for the assembled guests.

To this end, Eldrin Chen held an immortal banquet upon Verdant Chariot Mountain, gathering rare delicacies such as Dragon Liver and Phoenix Marrow and Immortal Fruits and Nectar, and even steamed a considerable number of Crimson Azure Dragon Fish to feast the assembly.

It is worth noting that this Crimson Azure Dragon Fish is also a rare delicacy within the Immortal Realm.

In years past, Eldrin Chen had brought an Azure Dragon Fish from the Purple Realm, and after the fall of Crimson Dragon Immortal Island, he obtained a Crimson Dragon Fish. Thereafter, the two dragon fish mated and spawned numerous offspring.

The vast majority of these were either Crimson Dragon Fish or Azure Dragon Fish, with only a rare few inheriting the bloodlines of both, transforming into the Crimson Azure Dragon Fish.

This variety of dragon fish surpasses its predecessors in flavor, its deliciousness not falling short of Dragon Liver and Phoenix Marrow in the slightest, and consuming it is beneficial to one's cultivation.

Returning to the main narrative, to celebrate the act of World Creation, Eldrin Chen held a grand feast for the assembled immortals upon Verdant Chariot Mountain for over three months. Only after the guests had all departed did Eldrin Chen linger no longer, preparing to withdraw towards the heart of the Great Tribulation.

Before leaving, he summoned Solara and Skywind the Daoist, intending to repay in full the World-Initiating Qi [the primordial energy used to initiate a new world] he owed them. However, both refused.

Solara had a surplus of World-Initiating Qi and thus exchanged it with Eldrin Chen for a Heaven-Opening Marvel [a miraculous treasure said to have the power to cleave open the heavens]. Skywind the Daoist, feeling he still owed Eldrin Chen a debt of vengeance, was unwilling to take back what was owed.

With no other recourse, after discussion between the two, Eldrin Chen provided him with a sum of Immortal Source [the foundational spiritual essence of an immortal] and rare treasures to serve as capital for rebuilding the Liu Immortal Clan. For uninterrupted reading, go to audio-novel .c om.

Seeing this, Eldrin Chen handed over all the Six PathsWorld-Initiating Qi [the primordial energy used to create and shape worlds] to Lyra Jiang, for her to use in advancing her Innate Heaven-Opening Treasure [a supreme treasure born from the world's creation, capable of cleaving open the heavens] and to prepare for her own breakthrough to the Heaven Immortal Realm [the realm of celestial immortals].

With this task completed, Eldrin Chen took his leave and departed.

As he departed, he flew over the Abyssal Sea Region and noticed that the concentration of Immortal Spirit Qi [the spiritual energy required for immortal-level cultivation] within the entire region had increased significantly compared to before. The cultivation resources permeating the heavens and earth had also grown more abundant.

"The Great Tribulation [a cataclysmic era of conflict ordained by fate] is nearing its end, and the cycle of the world's primal energies is about to be completed," Eldrin Chen murmured inwardly, a sigh of lament escaping him.

By his estimation, since the outbreak of this Great Tribulation, over seventy to eighty percent of the Immortal [beings who have ascended to immortality] within the Western Qi Divine Abyss Sea had already perished.

With so many Immortal fallen, the fruits of their lifelong cultivation returned to the heavens, naturally restoring a great deal of the world's primal energy.

The current density of Immortal Spirit Qi and ordinary spiritual energy within the entire Azure Firmament Immortal Domain had nearly doubled compared to before the Great Tribulation erupted.

Furthermore, the Abyssal Sea Region had witnessed several great wars. In these waters, over seven hundred Demon Immortal [demonic beings who have achieved immortality] and Immortal had fallen, including even several Earth Immortal Progenitor [progenitors of the Earth Immortal realm, beings of immense power].

To say nothing of the fact that among these Earth Immortal [immortals whose power is rooted in the earth], there was also the Lord of Thousand Dragon Lake, a Late Stage Earth Immortal.

With so many Immortal and Earth Immortal dissolving their Dao [returning their cultivation essence to the world] within the Abyssal Sea Region, it was only natural that the region's Immortal Spirit Qi and cultivation resources had received a tremendous boost.

According to the estimations of Eldrin Chen, within the current Abyssal Sea Region [the vast, newly formed sea region under Eldrin Chen's dominion], there are at least tens of thousands of nascent Super-Giant Spirit Stone Veins [immense mineral deposits of the highest spiritual quality], and even dozens of Immortal Source Vein [primordial veins that are the source of immortal-grade spiritual energy] currently gestating.

Vast quantities of Earth Vein [the spiritual arteries of the land, crucial for cultivation sites], along with various ores and cultivation resources, are also in the process of formation.

Within the Lunar and Solar Immortal Isles [the twin celestial islands at the heart of the Abyssal Sea Region], two Supreme-Grade Immortal Rank Earth Vein [Earth Veins of the absolute pinnacle quality, suitable for immortal cultivation] are already taking shape, even showing a faint inclination to ascend into a Blessed Land [a land of profound fortune and supreme spiritual abundance].

"Within my Abyssal Sea Region, the mere fall of several hundred Immortal [beings who have achieved immortality through cultivation] and a few Earth Immortal Progenitor [progenitors who have attained immortality while anchored to the mortal world] has already yielded such wondrous and profound Creation [the act of cosmic creation and transformation]." "Beyond the Western Abyss Dragon Palace [the mighty dragon court of the Western Abyss], with over one hundred thousand Immortal returning their essence to the heavens, hundreds of Earth Immortal perishing in battle, and even potential casualties among the Half-Step Celestial Immortal [beings on the very cusp of ascending to true celestial immortality], what staggering level of Mysterious Profound [profound and mysterious cosmic principle] will converge there?"

Eldrin Chen murmured to himself, feeling for the first time the true terror of a Great Tribulation [a cataclysmic heavenly calamity that reshapes the world].

A single eruption of the Great Tribulation had already doubled the primordial energy [the fundamental life-force of heaven and earth] within the world. No wonder the Immortal Domain [the realm of the immortals] required these Great Tribulation to erupt continuously.

If the Immortal Domain were without Great Tribulation, then within mere millions of years, the Immortal Spirit Qi [the spiritual energy of immortal grade] of the Immortal Domain would be depleted, its expenditure exceeding its renewal. Consider the Western Qi Divine Abyss Sea [the vast immortal sea of the Western Qi region] alone: with just two million Immortal residing there, they had already absorbed nearly half of its Immortal Spirit Qi. Without the Great Tribulation compelling the multitude of immortals to dissolve their Dao and return to the cosmos...

...then imagine, after ten million years, with the Western Qi Divine Abyss Sea hosting tens of millions of Immortal in cultivation, ceaselessly drawing upon the Immortal Spirit Qi, how could the Western Qi Divine Abyss Sea possibly endure?

After a single Calamity Tribulation [a lesser but still devastating heavenly trial], with hundreds of millions of Immortal crammed within the Western Qi Divine Abyss Sea, it would likely take only a few years for them to drain the entire region dry.

By then, the Western Qi Divine Abyss Sea would transform into a desolate wasteland, where not a single Spiritual Root [a plant imbued with spiritual energy, often used in alchemy] could survive. As the world's vital forces were gradually weakened by the immortals' ceaseless absorption, how could it possibly withstand the relentless erosion of the Chaotic Torrent [the primordial, formless currents of chaos that exist beyond the ordered world]?

It is foreseeable that without the Great Tribulation and the Dao Tribulation to sustain the cycle of World's Primordial Qi [the foundational life-force energy of a world], the eventual descent of the Immortal Domain [a realm of immortals] into ruin is an inevitable conclusion.

"To maintain the balance of the Immortal Domain, one must seek resources from without; one cannot merely engage in endless internal strife," Eldrin Chen murmured inwardly, a contemplative gleam flashing in his eyes.

Within the world he had forged, the current source of World's Primordial Qi primarily stemmed from the Mirror of Yin, Yang, and Void [a mystical artifact capable of channeling fundamental energies], which drew upon Void Power [the primordial power of the void] and transformed it into primordial energy.

Secondly, the five World-Opening Spiritual Root [primordial spiritual trees that anchor and nourish a world] were also continuously converting the energies of the Chaotic Void [the formless, primordial chaos beyond creation], differentiating them into Five Elements Qi [the spiritual essence of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth] that flowed and circulated throughout the heavens and the earth.

Furthermore, once the thirteen Primordial Source Treasure [artifacts embodying the foundational principles of reality] gradually took form and the Imperial Lord [ruling deities of a realm] of the Six Heavens and Seven Realms [the cosmological structure of six celestial layers and seven earthly domains] assumed their positions, they too would be able to assist Eldrin Chen in drawing Void Power and converting it into World's Primordial Qi.

It could be said that the Imperial Lord of the Six Heavens and Seven Realms were also utterly crucial to Eldrin Chen's Earth Immortal World [a self-contained world cultivated by an Earth Immortal]. Original publication: audio novel.com - The source of this chapter.

Their most vital duty was to draw upon Void Power and transform it into both World's Primordial Qi and Primordial Essence Power [a refined, potent form of foundational energy], thereby augmenting the Deep-Seated Foundation [the profound, underlying strength and potential] of the Earth Immortal Great World.

"This Western Qi Divine Abyss Sea is also one of the domains within the Thirty-Three Heavens [a cosmological structure of thirty-three celestial realms] of the Azure Firmament Immortal Domain. By rights, it should possess a Primordial Source Treasure of its own." "Such a Primordial Source Treasure should be sufficient to draw upon Chaos Qi [the raw, unformed energy of primordial chaos] and convert it into Immortal Spirit Qi [spiritual energy suitable for immortal cultivation], thereby sustaining the cultivation of all living beings within the entire Western Qi Divine Abyss Sea."

Eldrin Chen murmured softly to himself, then after a moment shook his head. "Such a supreme treasure... I wonder if it is held by the Western Qi Grotto-Heaven or the Divine Abyss Grotto-Heaven [powerful, secluded paradises], or perhaps jointly controlled by multiple Heavenly Immortal Paragon [peak-level Heavenly Immortals]?"

"However, one must consider that this treasure's capacity to convert Chaos Qi likely has its limits. It could perhaps sustain several million, or even ten million Immortal [beings who have achieved immortality], but it surely could not support billions of them."

With these thoughts in his heart, a trace of serene detachment flickered within Eldrin Chen's gaze.

Having cultivated to his current realm, he could roughly surmise the present situation of the Azure Firmament Immortal Domain.

Whether it was the Great Tribulation that occurs once every million years or the Dao Tribulation that comes once every ten million years, their fundamental purposes are twofold. The first is to cull the Immortal population [practitioners who have ascended to immortality], completing the cycle of primordial energy [the foundational life-force energy of the universe] within the Immortal Domain.

The second is to select the fittest and cultivate more Heavenly Immortal Paragon [the pinnacle rank among Heavenly Immortals, possessing immense power and authority].

For only a Heavenly Immortal Paragon possesses the capability to aid the Azure Firmament Immortal Domain in drawing upon Chaos Qi [the primordial, formless energy that predates creation], and only a Heavenly Immortal Paragon has the power to assist the Azure Firmament Immortal Domain in resisting unknown dangers emanating from within the Primordial Chaos [the boundless, undifferentiated state of existence before the cosmos was formed].

In the eyes of the Azure Firmament Immortal Domain's Heavenly Dao [the supreme, impersonal cosmic law and will governing the Immortal Domain], an excessive number of low and mid-tier Immortal are both useless and detrimental. Enjoyed this chapter? Read more at audio-novel .c om.