Chapter 1725 : Ascendant Realms and Divine Empowerment

Within the entire Returning Abyss Heaven [the celestial realm governed by Eldrin Chen], a staggering number exceeding three thousand beings, each possessing power comparable to a Late Stage Earth Immortal [a high-level cultivator who has transcended mortality], have ascended. The number of beings holding the Divine Spirits [powerful spiritual entities] rank within the Ascendant Immortal Realm [a realm of cultivation] has even surpassed one million.

Most crucially, the Imperial Lords [rulers of celestial domains] of the Six Heavens and Seven Realms [a cosmological structure] have undergone an ultimate transformation in combat prowess, empowered by the Heavenly Path [the supreme law of the cosmos] of the Universe [Eldrin Chen's personal cosmos]. Nearly every one of them now rivals a cultivator with a Triple Primordial Unity Foundation [an exceptionally stable and powerful foundational cultivation].

The Ancestor of Heavenly Path Eternal Profound Chen and the Primogenitor of the Earthly Path Eternal Verdancy Chen now possess combat strength comparable to an Innate Divine Spirit [a deity born from the primordial forces of the world]. Furthermore, the five World-Protecting True Spirits [primordial spirits that guard the world] have also attained the lineage of Innate Divine Spirits, granting them power on par with the Early Celestial Immortal Realm [the initial stage of celestial immortality].

Of course, the formidable combat strength of these Imperial Lords, True Spirits [primordial spirits], and even the Ancestors of Heaven and Earth within the Universe stems entirely from the Heavenly Path Authority [the authority to wield cosmic laws] granted by the Returning Abyss Heaven.

While they possess matchless power within the Universe, once they depart from the Returning Abyss Heaven and lose the bolstering effect of the Heavenly Path Authority, their combat prowess will plummet by an entire major realm.

The strength of an Imperial Lord would diminish to the level of a Dual Primordial Unity Foundation [a powerful dual-foundation cultivation], while the power of the World-Protecting True Spirits and the Heaven and Earth Second Ancestor would fall to approximately that of a Triple Primordial Unity Foundation.

Even so, once all the Imperial Lord positions within the Twenty-Four Myriad Heavens [a grand formation of twenty-four celestial domains] are fully occupied, Eldrin Chen believes this will still constitute a formidable force.

The fundamental reason the denizens of the Returning Abyss Heaven possess such immense power is the sheer, unprecedented scale of Eldrin Chen's Universe.

The Imperial Lords within the Universe of an ordinary Early Celestial Immortal Realm cultivator are far weaker than their counterparts within the Returning Abyss Heaven.

Of course, the strength of the Imperial Lords within his Universe is merely a welcome augmentation for Eldrin Chen. The most critical change following the ascension of his Universe is that Eldrin Chen no longer has any weakness or shortcoming in terms of spiritual energy reserves. Join our community of readers at audio–novel.com.

The current Eldrin Chen, his spiritual power [the energy cultivated and wielded by practitioners of the mystical arts] has surged by far more than a hundredfold compared to before his breakthrough.

Before his breakthrough, Eldrin Chen had to meticulously calculate every expenditure when activating a Mysterious Grade Divine Ability [a supreme mystical technique of profound and esoteric power]. To unleash a Half-Step Patriarch Level Divine Ability [a divine ability whose power approaches that of a Patriarch-level technique] would drain nearly half of his reserves in a single use.

But the present Eldrin Chen can now wield Mysterious Grade Divine Ability at will. Even a Half-Step Patriarch Level Divine Ability can be unleashed by him thirty times in succession.

One must understand, when Eldrin Chen previously used a Half-Step Patriarch Level Divine Ability, its potency was at most comparable to a strike from a Mid Celestial Immortal Realm [a cultivator who has reached the middle stage of the Celestial Immortal realm]. Yet now, when Eldrin Chen unleashes the same Half-Step Patriarch Level Divine Ability, its force is sufficient to grievously wound even a Late Celestial Immortal Realm [a cultivator at the late stage of the Celestial Immortal realm].

The increase in destructive power delivered is matched by a consumption of spiritual power that has grown by far more than tenfold.

Given this immense cost, the fact that Eldrin Chen can still consecutively unleash such an ability thirty times speaks volumes about the staggering depth of his current spiritual power reserves.

It is well known that Half-Step Patriarch Level Divine Ability techniques typically demand an exorbitant amount of energy. Even a cultivator who has reached the Late Celestial Immortal Realm and mastered such an ability would likely only be able to activate it a handful of times.

It is only Eldrin Chen, who has evolved his Innate Divine Ability [a divine ability born from one's innate constitution or profound comprehension] to the Half-Step Patriarch Level, reducing its spiritual power cost to a mere thirty percent of a conventional Divine Ability [a powerful supernatural technique], and who has opened such a vast and magnificent Universe [the internal cosmos or foundational world within a high-level cultivator], who can afford such profligate expenditure.

For an ordinary Celestial Immortal Great Power [a formidable cultivator at the Celestial Immortal realm], mastering an ability of this caliber would force them to reserve it solely as a trump card, a last-resort measure.

Returning to the main thread, after thoroughly examining the foundations of his newfound strength a third time, Eldrin Chen settled back into secluded cultivation. He focused on consolidating his cultivation base while simultaneously beginning to deduce and refine his own unique path of cultivation.

Thus, after a mere ten thousand years, Eldrin Chen had advanced the Primordial One Heavenly Scripture to the Late Celestial Immortal Realm. [the penultimate major stage for an immortal, signifying profound mastery over celestial laws]

At this stage, the Celestial Immortal [the stage of an immortal who has ascended to the heavens] portion of the Primordial One Heavenly Scripture was still not perfectly refined, yet it was sufficient for the time being.

Eldrin Chen did not continue refining the Primordial One Heavenly Scripture, instead turning his efforts to advancing his Five Lifebound Immortal Treasures. [a cultivator's most intimately connected magical artifacts, growing in power with their master]

After nearly ten thousand years of dedicated effort, he successfully elevated the Primordial Unity Formation Patterns [the foundational magical arrays that empower a treasure] within all five of his Five Lifebound Immortal Treasures to the Ninth Rank Mid-Grade. [a high tier of power for immortal artifacts]

Subsequently, Eldrin Chen inscribed the Primordial Unity Path Patterns [mystical patterns representing the fundamental unity of creation] once more into his Lifebound Immortal Treasures, catalyzing their ascension to Ninth Rank Mid-Grade.

With this foundation laid, Eldrin Chen used a trace of Primordial Chaos Violet Aura [the primordial energy from which all creation was born] as a catalyst. Guided by this and fueled by Innate Energy [the pure, uncreated energy that predates the universe] to manifest the Innate Path Patterns [the fundamental laws of reality inscribed as divine patterns], he spent over ten thousand years successfully elevating all of his Five Lifebound Immortal Treasures.

Thus, the Celestial Abyss Twin Swords, the Bulwark Earth Sovereign Bell, the Polarity Void Mirror, and even the Positive Water Verdant Lotus Throne all ascended to become Mid-Grade Innate Treasures [powerful artifacts born from primordial laws]. This process consumed a total of ten strands of Innate Energy.

"Only seven strands of Innate Energy remain."

After successfully elevating his five Lifebound Immortal Treasures, Eldrin Chen could not help but frown slightly.

Gazing upon the five Mid-Grade Innate Treasures, he fell into deep contemplation.

He discovered that his five Innate Treasure [a primordial treasure born from the world's essence], having successively absorbed fifteen strands of Innate Energy [the purest form of primordial energy], had all become Middle-Grade Innate Treasure [a mid-tier primordial treasure]. Yet, for his current strength, their contribution to his combat prowess felt somewhat redundant.

His present power could be described as peerless throughout the ages; he would not flinch even when facing an opponent at the Late Celestial Immortal Realm [the late stage of the Celestial Immortal cultivation realm].

While five Middle-Grade Innate Treasure were certainly valuable to him, they were incapable of inducing a qualitative leap in his strength.

In contrast, divine abilities like the Primordial Unity Void Cosmos Sword Energy [a sword energy technique unifying primordial chaos and the void cosmos], the Chaos Weapon Forging Art [an art for forging weapons from primordial chaos], the Primordial One Energy Grasping Hand [a hand technique capable of grasping the fundamental energy of creation], and the Great Five Elements Primordial Solar Divine Thunder [a divine thunder technique born from the five elements and the primordial sun]—these Mysterious Grade Divine Ability [divine abilities of the highest, most profound grade]—could unleash the full potential of his supreme cultivation foundation.

"My foundation and magical power are too profound," he mused. "Even a Lifebound Supreme Treasure [a supreme treasure intrinsically linked to one's life and cultivation path] that surpasses my own realm by one stage can no longer provide a significant boost to my combat power."

"Unless I break through to the Late Celestial Immortal Realm, allowing these treasures to advance into Innate Ancient Treasure [an ancient-grade innate treasure of immense power], their assistance to me will remain limited." Experience the full epic at audio-novel .c om.

Eldrin Chen whispered these thoughts to himself, a slight frown creasing his brow.

The Lifebound Supreme Treasure was the cornerstone of one's path to the Dao. His Five Lifebound Immortal Treasures [the five immortal treasures bound to his life and cultivation] all possessed the effect of refining and tempering his magical power. In the future, when attempting to surpass the limits at the Magical Power Pass [a critical cultivation realm focused on magical power], he would undoubtedly require the aid of these Lifebound Immortal Treasure.

Yet, expending fifteen strands of Innate Energy—a significant resource—without achieving a qualitative transformation in combat strength still left Eldrin Chen with a sense of regret.

Had those fifteen strands of Innate Energy been bestowed upon the Chaos Heaven Halberd [a halberd weapon imbued with the power of primordial chaos], it would have been sufficient to elevate the halberd into a top-tier Innate Treasure, dramatically enhancing Eldrin Chen's power.

"Apart from the Sky-Severance Sword Union [a supreme sword technique capable of severing the heavens], the remaining treasures only possess auxiliary effects and cannot effectively increase my combat power."

"Can I enhance their potency?"

Eldrin Chen pondered for a long while and finally decided to attempt refining the five Innate Treasure [a treasure born from one's own cultivation essence] into a single set of Formation Artifact [an artifact designed to power or become part of a formation].

If this endeavor succeeded, the power of this set of Innate Formation Artifact [a formation artifact refined from one's own innate treasures] would be enough to become Eldrin Chen's ultimate trump card, its might potentially even surpassing that of a Half-Step Patriarch Level Divine Ability [a divine ability wielded by those on the cusp of the Patriarch realm].

However, refining a Lifebound Formation Artifact [a formation artifact intrinsically linked to one's life force] is exceedingly difficult, and an Innate Grade Lifebound Slaughter Formation [a lethal formation bound to the user's life essence] is even more incredibly rare.

Eldrin Chen's research into this was not deep, and for a time he made little significant progress, merely grasping the faintest outlines of a method.

It was during this period of Eldrin Chen's seclusion that, within the Thirty-Three Heavens Grand Formation [a legendary grand defensive formation], the others in seclusion began to emerge one after another.

The first to emerge was Heaven Sun, this favored direct disciple jointly nurtured by the Longevity Sun Clan and the School of Military Strategy. After obtaining the Path Source [the foundational essence of a cultivation path] from Verdant Sun Imperial Scion, he had entered seclusion for merely eight thousand years before stepping into the Twelve Tribulations Domain [a legendary cultivation domain representing the pinnacle of tribulation transcendence].

Not long after, the true disciple of the Celestial Net Ancient Sect, Song Luo, also emerged from seclusion, having likewise cultivated to the Forbidden Domain [a supreme cultivation domain of forbidden power].

The Primordial Solar Grotto-Heaven Holy Son [the Holy Son from the Primordial Solar Grotto-Heaven], Evening Star Sword Scion, and Wind Cloud Fearless also emerged not long after. Among these three, both Wind Cloud Fearless and the Primordial Solar Holy Son had reached the Eleven Tribulations Domain [a supreme cultivation domain], with only Evening Star Sword Scion lagging slightly behind by half a step.

Within the Chen Immortal Clan, Energy Abyss Chen possessed a heaven-defying aptitude. After refining the Path Source [the primordial essence of a cultivator's path] of the Golden Crow Imperial Scion, he entered secluded cultivation for over twenty thousand years before finally emerging. Discover more cultivation stories at audio~novel.com.