Chapter 1478 : Kui Niu True Spirit
As Eldrin (Person Name) recounted in vivid detail, the group gradually gained a fundamental understanding of this grand formation.
Eldrin continued his analysis, gazing at the countless formation eyes in the periphery and remarked, "The outer grand formation is composed of hundreds of millions of scattered stars, yet they cannot directly harness the energy of these celestial bodies."
"So through the formation, they layered and converged the energy of hundreds of millions of stars, ultimately unifying it through 4 formation eyes."
At this point, Eldrin gazed at the 4 formation eyes and said, "The Flying Serpent, the Roc, the Dragon Turtle, and the Kui Bull—these 4 primordial spirit beasts were born at the dawn of this miniature universe's creation."
"These 4 stars before our eyes are the manifested power of the 4 True Spirit Ancient Domains within the Yang Realm's microcosmos, and they also serve as the crucial outer array anchors."
"As long as we breach this, the power of the 100 million stars in the periphery will be unable to converge, and they will naturally collapse without a fight." Upon hearing this, everyone fell into contemplative silence.
Kael pondered briefly before inquiring, "These 4 Ancient Domains of True Spirits are manifestations of power from the Yang Realm's ancient domains. With the reinforcement of the formation array, they should be capable of summoning 4 spectral projections of true spirits."
"Although the power of these phantoms paled in comparison to the true forms of the 4 Primordial Spirits in the mortal realm, merely equivalent to the late-stage Earth Immortal realm, their combined strength could rival a full-circle Earth Immortal."
"Most crucially, the threats within this formation extend far beyond what we've encountered. Both the Nethersea Blessed Land at the core and the 3,000 ghost cities in the central region prove exceedingly difficult to handle."
Eldrin nodded upon hearing this. Last time, they had caught this Netherworld Microcosm completely off guard, but now that the Netherworld Microcosm was prepared, the resistance they would face upon striking again had multiplied significantly.
In this minor underworld cosmos, its zenith had witnessed over a 1000 Eighth-Order Ghost Ancestors and 100,000 Seventh-Order Ghost Immortals. Now, with the collapse of the underworld’s earth veins, fewer than 1 in 10 of its mighty beings remained. Yet, at least 8,000 Ghost Immortals and nearly a 100 Ghost Ancestors at the Earth Immortal realm still endured.
Of course, this miniature cosmos differed from the outside realm. Its inhabitants had never been exposed to legacies beyond their own domain, nor had they cultivated the Primordial Universe Unfolding Method. Thus, the powerful beings within this miniature cosmos were considerably weaker than those of the external world.
Within the Vast Azure Immortal Realm, an Earth Immortal Patriarch could likely take on 2 Earth Immortals from the Upper Yang Minor Universe single-handedly.
Meanwhile, the Ghost Ancestor of the Netherworld Microcosm, at the early Eighth Stage, was even weaker, with actual combat prowess roughly at the half-step Earth Immortal level.
The existence of a Ninth-Level Earth Immortal Ghost Ancestor, whose true combat prowess barely reached the threshold of the late Earth Immortal stage, was precisely why Eldrin had been able to instantly annihilate a Peak Earth Immortal Ghost Ancestor with a single strike of the Li Fire Sword of the Returning Abyss back then.
However, no matter what, these 8,000 ghost immortals and nearly 1 100 ghost ancestors, combined with the power of this Netherworld Formation, would undoubtedly be a formidable force to reckon with.
Eldrin pondered for a long while before finally speaking, "Within the 3,000 ghost cities of the central region, we can elevate the combat strength of 3,000 ghost immortals to the Great Perfection stage of Ghost Immortality. Their battle prowess would roughly rival that of 3,000 late-stage Ascension Realm cultivators."
"However, their mastery of formations is insufficient. Though the ghost immortals empowered by the array are formidable, they cannot venture more than 3,000 li from the Ghost Cities, thus posing no significant threat to us."
"What we truly face are the 5,000 ghost immortals of the Netherverse, the 4 primordial spirit beast phantoms, over a 100 Earth Immortal ghost ancestors, and that Abyssal Pearl."
Lyra (Person Name) paused briefly in contemplation before speaking, "If we withstand the pressure and destroy the 4 core formation eyes, the peripheral grand formation should collapse on its own."
Hearing this, everyone exchanged uncertain glances.
Seraphina Qu (Person Name) pondered briefly before inquiring, "Then how should we proceed with the arrangements?"
Without hesitation, Eldrin (Person Name) stated directly, "Within my Earth Immortal world, there are over 3 100 deities capable of resisting some of the ghost immortals' assaults."
Seeing this, Lyra (Person Name) immediately added, "In my Terran Immortal Realm, there are nearly 3 100 deities as well." Upon hearing this, everyone promptly began reporting the number of deities residing within their respective created worlds.
After a thorough tally, it was determined that Lady Qing could dispatch 250 individuals, while each of the remaining immortals who had opened the 9 Heavens could send approximately 200 deities.
Thus, 11 Earth Immortals discovered that the Great Dao could dispatch 2,600 Ascension Realm deities.
"2 1000, 6 100 deities, plus the 3 100 who came with us—that makes close to 3 1000 combatants at the Ascension level."
Eldrin pondered briefly before speaking, "Generally speaking, a single Immortal can contend against 2 or 3 Ghost Immortals of the same realm. These Ghost Immortals from the Netherworld Microcosm are even weaker."
"By that calculation, with 3,100 immortal-level combatants, we have more than enough to deal with 5 1000-some immortals." Hearing this, the assembled immortals all nodded faintly in agreement.
The Lord of the Ancient Ruins, however, showed concern and hesitated before speaking, "The deities nurtured within our inner worlds are manifestations of the fundamental laws and principles of those realms. The fall of any 1 of them would deplete a portion of the world's origin power."
"If a great number were to fall, recovering would likely come at no small cost."
Eldrin shook his head, then sighed deeply: "Even the immortals who followed us—if they fall in battle, what guarantees their safety thereafter?"
"When they fall, we shall simply expend our origin essence to aid their continued reincarnation within this world. So long as we conquer this minor cosmos, all lost world origin can be restored."
Hearing this, everyone nodded slightly.
To restore the World Origin, an immense amount of energy must be consumed. According to their estimations, for every 10 Ascension Realm deities who fall in battle, 1 bottle of Galaxy Starfall Elixir (Immortal Pill) would be required for recovery.
Once over a 100 of them fell in battle, the primordial essence required to restore such losses would be enough to acquire a single high-grade Heaven-Opening Treasure. Moreover, the combat prowess of deities within the Earth Immortal realm often paled in comparison to that of the Earth Immortal Ancestors themselves.
With the might of Eldrin's (Person Name) Earth Immortal realm, setting aside a dozen or so Emperors, even if the combined combat power of 3 100 deities were brought to bear, Eldrin (Person Name) could annihilate them all within 10 moves—should he choose to act at full strength, regardless of the toll on his magic power.
Even if 3 1000 deities joined forces to besiege him, Eldrin could single-handedly crush them all, and might not even sustain significant injuries—at most, he would merely exhaust a considerable portion of his magical power.
Thus, the vast majority of Earth Immortals would never lightly allow the deities within them to leave their Earth Immortal worlds to engage in battle.
Moreover, if the situation truly reached the point where even they were no match for their opponents, releasing the deities within their inner worlds would hardly turn the tide. Of course, given the current circumstances, they couldn’t claim absolute superiority. Thus, to completely break the deadlock, Eldrin had no choice but to resort to this desperate measure.
Now was not the time to cherish 1's feathers. If they could conquer this small universe, every fallen deity could be resurrected.
The depleted power of the primordial essence was likely nothing more than a drop in the ocean compared to what they had gained.
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