Chapter 288 : Refining Creation Green Essence Pill (Spiritual Object)

Chapter 288: Refining the Creation Green Essence Pill (Spiritual Object) The cauldron trembled violently as emerald light erupted from within, coalescing into swirling patterns that danced like celestial dragons across its surface. A profound medicinal aroma permeated the chamber, carrying with it the essence of 10 1000 flourishing springs. Lin Moyu's fingers wove through intricate hand seals, his spiritual energy flowing in rhythmic tides as he guided the fusion of 30-2 primordial essences. "Now!" he whispered, channeling the last vestiges of his cultivation base into the formation. The pill patterns solidified into jade-green constellations, emitting a soft hum that resonated with the fundamental laws of creation. Countless spiritual threads converged upon the central core, where the pill's consciousness began to awaken. Outside the cave abode, thunderclouds gathered despite the clear sky—a testament to the heaven-defying nature of this elixir. The very air thickened with primordial wood energy, causing nearby withered trees to spontaneously sprout new leaves. After what seemed like 20-some days of continuous refinement, the pill finally took form, radiating life force so potent it could reverse death itself.

Chapter 1 1 100 years had passed. Eldrin sat cross-legged atop the Cloud-Scraping Peak, his white robes fluttering soundlessly in the mountain breeze. Before him lay a jade slip, its surface shimmering with faint spiritual light. With a sweep of his divine sense, he absorbed the cultivation method recorded within—the 9 Revolutions Nirvana Art. "Finally," he murmured, his voice as calm as still water, "I have reached the Great Perfection of the Foundation Establishment stage." He rose to his feet, his figure as straight as a solitary pine. Gazing into the distance where clouds rolled like tides, memories of the past century flooded his mind. Countless days and nights of bitter cultivation, over a 1000 bottles of Qi Gathering Pills consumed, all for this moment. Suddenly, the sky darkened. Dark clouds converged from all directions, swirling into a massive vortex above his head. Silver lightning snakes danced within the clouds, their faint rumblings carrying the might of heavenly punishment. "Heavenly Tribulation has arrived." Eldrin's expression grew solemn. He knew that the Heavenly Tribulation for Foundation Establishment was no minor ordeal. With a flick of his sleeve, a fiery red longsword appeared in his hand—the Li Fire Sword of the Returning Abyss. "Bring it on," he said softly. The first bolt of lightning descended, thick as a child's arm, tearing through the sky with a deafening roar. Eldrin did not dodge. The Li Fire Sword of the Returning Abyss in his hand shot upward, its crimson sword aura meeting the lightning head-on. Boom—! A violent explosion echoed as sword aura and lightning intertwined, illuminating half the sky in dazzling radiance. The second bolt followed swiftly, then the third... After withstanding 6 bolts of lightning, Eldrin's robes were in tatters, and a trace of blood trickled from the corner of his mouth. Yet his eyes burned brighter than ever. "1 last strike." The seventh bolt of lightning gathered, its power far surpassing the previous 6. The entire Cloud-Scraping Peak trembled under this overwhelming force. Eldrin took a deep breath, channeling all the spiritual power within his body. The 9 Revolutions Nirvana Art circulated to its limits, causing his entire being to glow with a faint golden light. "Break!" He shouted, thrusting the Li Fire Sword of the Returning Abyss straight toward the sky. A sword aura, a 100 feet long, shot out like a roaring dragon, crashing into the final bolt of lightning. For a moment, the world fell silent. Then, the dark clouds scattered, and brilliant sunlight poured down like a heavenly cascade, enveloping Eldrin's figure. The spiritual energy around him surged wildly, several times denser than before. Foundation Establishment, accomplished. He landed lightly, sensing the immense power flowing within him. A faint smile finally touched his lips. "The path of cultivation has only just begun."

Chapter 288: Refining the Creation Green Essence Pill (Spiritual Object) The cauldron chamber was enveloped in a dense spiritual mist, swirling like liquid jade in the dim light. Lin Xuan sat cross-legged before the 9 Revolutions Heaven Cauldron (Magic Treasure), his fingers weaving intricate seals that left trails of golden energy hanging in the air. Dozens of rare herbs lay arranged on cyan jade trays beside him, their fragrances intertwining into an otherworldly melody. "3 cycles of spiritual condensation remain," he murmured, watching the embryonic pill rotate within the cauldron's core. Its surface pulsed with verdant light, each throb echoing the rhythm of his own heartbeat. The Creation Green Essence Pill (Spiritual Object) required perfect harmony between the refiner's spiritual energy and the heavenly materials - 1 misstep would reduce 32,000 spirit stones' worth of ingredients to worthless ash. He channeled another stream of primal energy through his meridians, the cultivation technique circulating at its peak. Icy sweat beaded on his forehead as he carefully introduced the final ingredient - a petal from the 1000-Year Crystal Lotus (Spiritual Herb). The moment it touched the swirling energies, the entire cauldron shuddered violently, emitting dragon-like roars that shook the very foundations of the mountain. "Now!" Lin Xuan's eyes snapped open, flashing with silver light. His hands moved in a blur, completing the 90-ninth sealing technique. The spiritual pressure in the chamber suddenly condensed, then exploded outward in waves of emerald radiance. When the light subsided, 3 pills hovered above the cauldron, each carved with natural cloud patterns and emanating the pure essence of creation itself. A faint smile finally touched his lips. After nearly a 1000 attempts across 3 continuous years, the legendary pill that could reconstruct a cultivator's foundation now lay perfected in his grasp.

With the Purple Sun Jade now before them, there was no choice left to make. In the end, the Chen Clan exchanged their spirit island’s leyline for that piece of Purple Sun Jade.

After the deal was concluded, the group returned to Chu Kingdom. Upon arriving in Chu Kingdom, Eldrin first gathered the supplementary herbs from the family treasury.

Among the supplementary ingredients for the Creation Green Essence Pill (Spiritual Object), aside from Purple Sun Jade and 5 Elements Treasure Crystal, the other medicinal herbs are not particularly scarce.

With the Chen family's influence, it took merely half a month to gather all 32,000 of them.

However, the 5 Elemental Crystals were relatively precious. The Chen Clan now only had a few left, barely managing to gather 1 Profound Water Crystal (Spiritual Object), 1 Li Fire Crystal (Spiritual Object), and 1 Geng Metal Crystal (Spiritual Object).

Taking these 3 precious crystals with him, he immediately mounted his sword and flew to Mount Qingyang to find Lyra (Person Name).

Upon meeting Lyra (Person Name), he recounted the entire sequence of events to her, then produced the 1000-Year Green Essence Ganoderma (Spiritual Object) and said,

"I've gathered 3 5 Elements Spirit Crystals, but we're still missing the Eldrin Wood Crystal and Wu Earth Crystal (Spiritual Object)."

"That's not difficult. I have the Wu Earth Crystal right here. As for the Armor Wood Essence, though it's relatively scarce in the Chu Kingdom, it can be substituted with Yi Wood Crystal."

“There are still 2 Yi Wood Crystals (Spiritual Object) remaining within the Yi Wood Earth Vein at my Celestial Ruins Mountain (Location).”

Lyra also revealed a faint smile as she gazed at the 1000-Year Green Essence Ganoderma. "The refinement process for this Creation Green Essence Pill," she remarked, "is considered relatively straightforward among fourth-tier elixirs."

"I should be able to refine around 4 pills. When the time comes, both Elara and your elder uncle will have greater hope of breaking through to the Golden Core realm."

She retrieved the Yi Wood Crystal (Spiritual Object) and Wu Earth Crystal (Spiritual Object), then accompanied Eldrin (Person Name) to the fourth-tier Earthfire Chamber.

This alchemy refinement was still primarily led by Lyra, with Eldrin assisting on the side.

Lyra was now a mid fourth-rank alchemist, and since successfully refining the Sub-Golden Elixir, Eldrin had also reached the quasi fourth-rank level in alchemy, proving immensely helpful in handling medicinal ingredients.

The 2 of them jointly refined the Creation Green Essence Pill (Spiritual Object). The process of brewing spiritual herbs was tedious and protracted. After toiling for over a month, they finally succeeded in refining several 100 batches of medicinal ingredients.

Reaching this step meant it was time to refine the Green Origin Fungus. While handling the medicinal herbs, Lyra (Person Name) reminded, "Fourth-rank spirit herbs are already exceptionally difficult to refine. You must patiently extract their medicinal properties bit by bit."

"Remember, you must not be impatient or restless, lest the fire become too fierce and damage too much of the medicinal properties—only to gain a little after losing much."

Eldrin's expression remained grave as he refrained from intervening with the fourth-rank spirit herb. Given his current cultivation realm and alchemy skills, processing such an herb would likely preserve but a fraction of its medicinal efficacy.

If we were to attempt the refinement now, even if we succeeded by sheer force, the pill formation rate would be abysmally low. For the time being, entrusting this matter to Lyra (Person Name) remains the most prudent course of action.

He observed attentively from the side, watching as Lyra (Person Name) processed various medicinal herbs, feeling his comprehension of alchemy growing increasingly profound.

Another half month passed before Lyra finally gathered all the medicinal liquids together. After repeated refinement with her true flame, she successfully forged this cauldron of Creation Green Essence Pill (Spiritual Object).

It is done.

As 4 Creation Green Essence Pills (Spiritual Object) flew out of the cauldron, a flicker of delight passed through Eldrin's (Person Name) eyes. Producing 4 Creation Green Essence Pills (Spiritual Object) in a single refinement meant that after distributing them among himself, the old clan leader, and Elara (Person Name), 1 pill would still remain.

Lyra accepted 1 Creation Green Essence Pill (Spiritual Object), then handed the remaining 3 to Eldrin with a light laugh.

"It has been a long time since we last met. Accompany me for a walk."

"Hmm."

Eldrin nodded quietly and followed her up the verdant slopes of Mount Qingyang.

The setting sun cast its lingering glow across the land as dusk descended upon the distant sky.

Amidst the mist-shrouded sacred peaks and towering ridges, several celestial cranes soared with graceful wingbeats, their elegant forms radiating an aura of divine purity.

The 2 stood in silence atop the mountain peak, gazing into the distance as the lingering glow of the sunset draped over them, casting 2 elongated shadows upon the ground.

He held her hand, turning his head to gaze upon her peerless beauty. He could sense an aura of solitary pride and aloof nobility about her, sacred and austere like a legendary fairy maiden, yet tinged with a wordless loneliness.

Suddenly, Eldrin felt his heart racing. He seized her hand and spoke involuntarily.

"This time, let us fight side by side."

"Very well."

She nodded, tightening her grip on his hand as if holding an entire world.

“……”

Leaving Green Sun Mountain, Eldrin rode his sword back to Yujun.

He first arrived at Pingyang City to seek out the old clan leader, then handed over the Creation Green Essence Pill (Spiritual Object).

The old clan leader received the Creation Green Essence Pill (Spiritual Object), unable to contain his excitement as he said, "With this pill in hand, this old man might truly have a glimmer of hope to break through to the Golden Core realm in the future."

"Rest assured, with the beast tide imminent, we will surely help you slay 1 or 2 Golden Core(Realm) Demon Kings."

Eldrin (Person Name) declared with a surge of heroic fervor, laughing as he spoke.

Without lingering further in Pingyang City, Eldrin returned to Spirit Isle Lake and began secluded cultivation to consume the Creation Green Essence Pill.

The Creation Green Essence Pill (Spiritual Object) truly possessed extraordinary effects. After consuming it, he felt a surge of immense energy coursing through his meridians, continuously expanding and widening the pathways within his body.

Although fine cracks continuously appeared in his meridians during this process, the constant restorative energy of the Creation Green Essence Pill (Spiritual Object) not only mended them but also made his meridians grow increasingly resilient.

He established his foundation on his own, cultivating unaided by external aids all the way to the seventh level of the Purple Mansion. His innate magical power already rivaled that of practitioners in the False Core Realm.

Now that his meridians had widened by another 30 percent, the amount of spiritual power they could contain would also increase by the same margin. This level of power would likely rank among the strongest even for False Core cultivators.

After broadening his meridians, Eldrin did not immediately end his seclusion.

He then retrieved the River of Heaven Water Sword and began refining the essence of the 5 Elements into this immortal blade.

Back in the Qingyang Mountains, Eldrin had already utilized the power of a fourth-tier subterranean fire vein to smelt the Heavenly River Immortal Sword into this blade, elevating its material quality to the fourth-tier level.

The Tier-4 precious gold proved exceptionally difficult to smelt. Fortunately, with the assistance of a Tier-4 underground fire vein for tempering, it still consumed a full 3 months of Eldrin's (Person Name) time.

Refining the essence of the 5 Elements was a time-consuming and laborious task. Eldrin had nearly exhausted the clan's entire stockpile of Ren Water and Geng Metal energies.

This single effort consumed spirit energy of the 5 elements worth 250,000 spirit stones and took a full several months, finally elevating this sword to the fourth rank.

Clang—

After advancing to the fourth rank, the River of Heaven Water Sword radiated brilliant light, soaring into the sky with unparalleled sharpness to maneuver freely across the heavens.

Watching the tribulation clouds churning across the heavens, Eldrin remained utterly composed, as if holding a winning hand.

As a superior-grade immortal sword of slaughter, the Sky-River Ren Water Sword had already possessed a 50 percent certainty of weathering the Treasure Thunder Tribulation even before the fourth-rank precious gold was integrated. After the fusion with the fourth-rank precious gold, it naturally held a full 1 100 percent assurance.

Sure enough, after 3 heavenly tribulations descended, the Radiance of the Heavenly River Ren Water Sword devoured all the scattered tribulation lightning liquid, causing the sword's brilliance to surge by over 30 percent.

"What a fine treasure."

Gazing at the Heavenly River Ren Water Sword, a flicker of excitement stirred within Eldrin's heart.

After forging this sword, he would possess 4 mighty treasures: the Li Fire Sword of the Returning Abyss (Magic Treasure), the River of Heaven Water Sword, the Imperial Earth Sovereign Bell, and the Crimson Sun Void-Immolating Crucible (Magic Treasure).

(End of Chapter)