Chapter 1382 : A Feast of Celestial Delicacies

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

To this end, Eldrin Chen held a grand Immortal Banquet upon Green Chariot Mountain, gathering rare delicacies such as dragon liver and phoenix marrow, celestial fruits, and exquisite jade wines. He even steamed a considerable number of Crimson Azure Dragon Fish to feast his honored visitors.

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

Long ago, Eldrin Chen had brought an Azure Dragon Fish from the Purple Seal Realm. After the fall of Crimson Dragon Immortal Island, he obtained a Crimson Dragon Fish.

Thereafter, the two dragon fish mated, giving birth to numerous young dragon fish fry.

The vast majority of these offspring were either Crimson Dragon Fish or Azure Dragon Fish. Only a rare few inherited the bloodlines of both parent fish, transforming into the Crimson Azure Dragon Fish.

This variety of dragon fish is even more delicious than its predecessors, its flavor rivaling even that of dragon liver and phoenix marrow. Moreover, consuming it is beneficial for cultivation.

Returning to the main narrative, to celebrate the World-Opening achievement, Eldrin Chen hosted a grand feast for the assembled immortals upon Green Chariot Mountain for over three months.

Only after the immortals had all departed did Eldrin Chen linger no longer, preparing to withdraw and head towards the heart of the Great Tribulation.

Before his departure, he summoned Sun Consort and Heaven Wind Path Master, intending to repay in full the World-Opening Energy he owed them. However, both individuals refused his offer. Original publication: audio_novel.com - The source of this chapter.

The Sun Consort had an excess of World-Opening Energy [the primordial energy used to forge and evolve world-level treasures], which she used to exchange for a World-Opening Marvel [a rare treasure born from the chaos of world creation] from Eldrin Chen. Feeling indebted to Eldrin Chen for this favor, Heaven Wind Path Master was unwilling to take back the item.

With no other recourse, after discussion, Eldrin Chen provided him with a sum of Immortal Source [a high-grade spiritual resource vital for immortal cultivation] and rare treasures as capital to rebuild the Liu Immortal Clan.

Seeing this, Eldrin Chen handed all six strands of World-Opening Energy to Exquisite Jiang, for her to use in elevating an Innate World-Opening Treasure [a treasure born with the world, possessing immense potential] and to prepare for her own breakthrough into the Celestial Immortal Realm.

After completing these tasks, Eldrin Chen took his leave.

As he departed, flying over the Returning Abyss Sea Region, he noticed the concentration of Immortal Spirit Essence [the ambient spiritual energy vital for immortal cultivation] within the entire region had increased significantly compared to before, and the abundance of cultivation resources between heaven and earth had also grown.

"The Great Tribulation [a cataclysmic era of conflict ordained by fate] is nearing its end, and the cycle of the world's vital energies is about to be completed,"

Eldrin Chen murmured to himself, a sigh escaping his lips.

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 Essence Divine Abyss Sea had already perished.

The fall of so many Immortal, their lifelong cultivation achievements returning to the heavens, naturally restored a great deal of the world's vital essence.

Throughout the Vast Azure Immortal Domain, the current concentration of Immortal Spirit Essence and spiritual energy had nearly doubled compared to the period before the Great Tribulation erupted.

And the Returning Abyss Sea Region [the vast oceanic region under Eldrin Chen's dominion], having endured several great wars, has witnessed the fall of over seven hundred Demon Immortal [demonic cultivators who have attained immortality] and Immortal [cultivators who have ascended to immortality] within its waters, and even multiple Earth Immortal Patriarch [powerful patriarchs who have cultivated their foundation to the Earth Immortal realm].

Not to mention that among these fallen Earth Immortal [immortals who have forged a profound connection with the earth's spiritual veins], there was even the Lord of Thousand Dragon Lake [a powerful ruler of a demonic territory], a cultivator of the Late Stage Earth Immortal [the advanced phase of the Earth Immortal realm].

With so many Immortal and Earth Immortal returning their essence to the heavens within the Returning Abyss Sea Region, it was only natural that the region's Immortal Spirit Essence [the concentrated, high-grade spiritual energy released upon an immortal's death] and cultivation resources received a tremendous boost.

According to Eldrin Chen's estimation, the current Returning Abyss Sea Region now harbored at least tens of thousands of newly forming super-giant Spirit Stone [a mineral that stores and radiates spiritual energy] veins, and even several dozen Immortal Source Ore Vein [rare mineral veins that produce ore imbued with immortal-grade energy] were gestating within its depths.

Vast quantities of Earth Vein [dragon-like currents of terrestrial spiritual energy], along with various ores and cultivation resources, were also in the process of formation.

Within the Supreme Lunar and Solar Immortal Isles [the twin immortal islands at the heart of Eldrin's domain], two top-grade immortal-rank Earth Vein were already taking shape, and there was even a faint sensation that they might ascend to become a Blessed Land [a land of exceptional spiritual fortune and power].

"My Returning Abyss Sea Region has only witnessed the fall of a few hundred Immortal and a handful of Earth Immortal Patriarch, yet it has already birthed such wondrous Creation [the act of cosmic creation and transformation],"

"Beyond the Western Abyss Dragon Palace [the formidable palace of the Western Abyss Dragon Clan], where over one hundred thousand Immortal have returned their essence to the heavens, hundreds of Earth Immortal have fallen in battle, and even Half-Step Celestial Immortal [cultivators on the very cusp of ascending to the Celestial Immortal realm] may have perished... what staggering, profound mysteries must be gathering there?"

Eldrin Chen murmured to himself, feeling for the first time the true terror of a Great Tribulation [a cataclysmic, world-shaking calamity ordained by fate].

A single eruption of Great Tribulation had already doubled the primordial energy [the fundamental life-force energy of the cosmos] between heaven and earth. No wonder the Immortal Domain [the higher realm where immortals dwell] required the constant eruption of Great Tribulation.

If an Immortal Domain [a vast realm where immortals dwell] were to lack a Great Tribulation [a cataclysmic event that culls cultivators and recycles their energy], then within mere millions of years, the Immortal Spirit Essence [the foundational spiritual energy of the immortal realm] within that domain would be depleted faster than it could be replenished.

Consider the Western Essence Divine Abyss Sea [a specific immortal domain]. With a population of merely two million Immortal [beings who have ascended to immortality], it has already seen nearly half of its Immortal Spirit Essence [the foundational spiritual energy of the immortal realm] drained. Without the Great Tribulation [a cataclysmic event that culls cultivators and recycles their energy] to force immortals to return their essence to the Dao...

...then imagine, after ten million years, with the Western Essence Divine Abyss Sea [a specific immortal domain] housing tens of millions of Immortal [beings who have ascended to immortality] cultivating ceaselessly and endlessly drawing upon the Immortal Spirit Essence [the foundational spiritual energy of the immortal realm], how could the Western Essence Divine Abyss Sea [a specific immortal domain] possibly endure?

After a single Kalpa Tribulation [a cosmic cycle of immense duration], with hundreds of millions of Immortal [beings who have ascended to immortality] crammed into the Western Essence Divine Abyss Sea [a specific immortal domain], it would likely take only a few years for the entire sea to be sucked dry.

When that time came, the Western Essence Divine Abyss Sea [a specific immortal domain] would transform into a barren desert, unable to sustain even a single Spiritual Root [a plant that gathers and refines spiritual energy]. As the world's power was gradually drained and weakened by the Immortal [beings who have ascended to immortality], how could it possibly withstand the relentless erosion of the Chaos Torrent [a torrent of primordial, formless energy from beyond reality]?

It is foreseeable that without Great Tribulation [a cataclysmic event that culls cultivators and recycles their energy] and Path Tribulation [a personal trial faced by cultivators on their Dao] to maintain the cycle of Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy [the primordial energy that forms the basis of creation], the ultimate descent of an Immortal Domain [a vast realm where immortals dwell] into Oblivion [complete annihilation and non-existence] is an inevitable fate. Access the full story on audio-novel . com.

"To maintain the balance of an Immortal Domain [a vast realm where immortals dwell], one must seek resources from the outside. Endless internal competition leads only to ruin."

Eldrin Chen murmured these words inwardly, a pensive gleam flashing in his eyes.

Within the world he had forged, the current source of Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy [the primordial energy that forms the basis of creation] primarily stemmed from the Polarity Void Mirror [a mystical artifact that converts void energy into vital essence] drawing upon and transforming the energies of the void.

Secondly, the five World-Opening Spiritual Root [primordial plants that helped shape the world] were also continuously converting the energy of the Chaos Void [the formless, primordial state before creation] and differentiating it into Five Elements Energy [the spiritual essence of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth] that circulated throughout heaven and earth.

Beyond this, as the thirteen Origin Treasures [foundational artifacts that anchor a world's essence] gradually took form and the Imperial Lords [rulers of major heavenly domains] of the Six Heavens and Seven Realms [a vast cosmic structure] gradually assumed their positions, they would also be able to assist Eldrin Chen in drawing upon the power of the void and transforming it into Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy [the fundamental creative energy of the cosmos].

It could be said that the Imperial Lords of the Six Heavens and Seven Realms were also of paramount importance to Eldrin Chen's Earth Immortal World [a world cultivated and governed by an Earth Immortal].

Their most crucial duty was to draw upon the power of the void, converting it into Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy and foundational essence, thereby increasing the profound reserves of the Earth Immortal [a cultivator who has fused their spirit with a world] Great World.

"This Western Essence Divine Abyss Sea [a specific heavenly domain within the vast cosmos] is also one of the Thirty-Threefold Heavenly Domains [the thirty-three primary celestial realms] of the Vast Azure Immortal Domain [a major immortal realm]. By rights, it should possess an Origin Treasure of its own."

"Such an Origin Treasure should be sufficient to draw upon Primordial Chaos Energy [the raw, unformed energy preceding creation] and transform it into Immortal Spirit Essence [the refined spiritual energy used by immortals for cultivation], nourishing the cultivation of all living beings within the entire Western Essence Divine Abyss Sea."

Eldrin Chen murmured to himself, then shook his head a moment later. "Such a supreme treasure... I wonder if it is held by the Western Essence Grotto-Heaven [a celestial paradise realm], the Divine Abyss Grotto-Heaven [another celestial paradise realm], or perhaps jointly controlled by several Celestial Immortal Great Powers [powerful immortals who have ascended to a celestial state]?"

"However, I imagine this treasure's capacity to convert Primordial Chaos Energy must have its limits. It could likely sustain several hundred thousand, perhaps even a million Immortals, but it surely could not support hundreds of millions."

As these thoughts crossed his mind, a trace of serene detachment flickered within Eldrin Chen's gaze.

Having cultivated to his current realm, he could roughly discern the underlying situation within the Vast Azure Immortal Domain.

Whether it was the Great Tribulation [a cataclysmic heavenly trial recurring every million years] or the Path Tribulation [a trial of one's cultivation path recurring every ten million years], their fundamental purposes were twofold.

The first purpose is to purge the ranks of Immortal [a being who has ascended to immortality through cultivation], thereby completing the vital energy cycle within the Immortal Domain [a realm of higher existence inhabited by immortals].

The second purpose is to uphold the law of survival of the fittest, thereby fostering the emergence of more Celestial Immortal Great Powers [supreme immortals who have mastered celestial laws and wield immense power].

For only a Celestial Immortal Great Power possesses the strength to aid the Vast Azure Immortal Domain [a specific and vast immortal realm] in harvesting Primordial Chaos Energy [the raw, formless energy that predates all creation]. Likewise, only such a being has the power to help the Vast Azure Immortal Domain resist the unknown perils that emerge from the depths of the Chaos [the formless, primordial void beyond all ordered realms].

In the eyes of the Vast Azure Immortal Domain's Heavenly Path [the natural order and supreme laws governing the immortal realm], an excess of low and mid-tier Immortals is not merely useless but actively detrimental. Read, share, and discuss at site: audio-novel.com.