Chapter 1747 : A Legacy Across Infinite Realms

If one's fortune were truly heaven-defying, and among the descendants who cultivate their own path, a single Great Encompassing Golden Immortal [the supreme pinnacle of cultivation, a being of boundless power and enlightenment] could be born, then as the guide who ushered in that Great Encompassing Golden Immortal, one might soar to unimaginable heights in the future.

Of course, a Great Encompassing Golden Immortal is far too rare. The vast majority of Celestial Immortal Great Power [powerful immortals who have transcended the mortal realm] who project their influence across the Myriad Heavens [the infinite realms and dimensions of existence], even after hundreds of millions of years and having laid the foundations of cultivation for a million great worlds, may never see a single Celestial Immortal Great Power emerge from their legacy, let alone a Great Encompassing Golden Immortal.

This time, Exquisite Jiang was simultaneously engaging in secluded cultivation and using the method of projecting across the Myriad Heavens to spread her legacy through endless dimensions and the Starry Sky Great Universe [the vast cosmos of stars and worlds], instantly seizing this opportunity to gather Merit [spiritual credit for virtuous deeds] and Fortune [heavenly favor and destiny].

"Having broken through to the Celestial Immortal Realm [the realm of celestial immortals], I haven't yet tried the wonders of projecting across the Myriad Heavens."

"Perhaps I should also attempt to project across the Myriad Heavens."

Eldrin Chen murmured to himself, then slowly lowered his gaze.

As his eyes closed, a violet-gold divine halo blossomed behind his head. Boundless Fortune and Light of Merit [radiant light born from accumulated virtuous deeds] cascaded across the Myriad Heavens, instantly reflecting into the endless dimensions, the starry Universe [the cosmos], and the immeasurable worlds within.

At that same moment, deep within the Boundless Starry Sky [the infinite expanse of stars], across the immeasurable dimensional ancient realms, an ethereal, white-robed figure of Path Void simultaneously appeared.

Shrouded in Immortal Energy [the pure, potent energy wielded by immortals], with a canopy of violet auspicious clouds stretching for billions of Li-lengths above his head, and Merit Golden Light [golden radiance of accumulated virtue] illuminating the Myriad Heavens.

"A miracle... has an ancient Immortal [an enlightened being who has achieved immortality] descended to the mortal plane?" This chapter is provided by AUDIO-NOVEL.COM. Support the original.

Within tens of thousands of great worlds, countless mortals prostrated themselves upon the earth, gazing upon that figure with a mixture of awe and reverence.

Eldrin Chen sensed the expanse of these myriad worlds, a slight frown creasing his brow. Most of these tens of thousands of worlds had been opened for many tens of thousands of years, their paths of cultivation and traditions long established.

Even if Eldrin Chen were to establish his own lineage now, he would likely be at a disadvantage. His teachings might even be usurped by the inheritors of other Celestial Immortal [powerful immortal beings who have ascended to a celestial state of existence].

"I must seek out a world in the midst of its Primordial Chaos Unfolding [the cataclysmic event of a world's creation from primordial chaos], where the path of cultivation is still in its infancy."

As this thought solidified, the light from Eldrin Chen that illuminated the Myriad Heavens [the collective term for the countless realms and dimensions of existence] swept across tens of thousands of ancient worlds. He found that most bore the marks of established legacies; only a precious few were newly opened realms.

Yet Eldrin Chen understood clearly. The location where his projection had manifested was within the shallows of the endless Dimensional Void [the formless expanse separating different realms and dimensions], the area most easily illuminated by the light of the Myriad Heavens. It had long been claimed by various great powers.

In the deeper layers of the endless dimensions, places beyond the reach of early or mid-stage Celestial Immortal, there existed far more ancient worlds untouched by any legacy.

With this realization, Eldrin Chen once more channeled his cultivation base, projecting the illuminating light deeper into the Dimensional Void.

Thus, he traversed boundless emptiness until, within a certain sea of dimensional ancient worlds, he discovered a cluster of realms freshly born from Primordial Chaos Unfolding.

"Three thousand newly opened ancient worlds."

Eldrin Chen murmured softly, a faint smile touching his lips.

These three thousand ancient worlds were all newly born from the Chaos [the primordial, formless state before creation], having been established for no more than one hundred thousand years.

Although other Celestial Immortal Great Power [powerful beings who have ascended to immortality] had left their legacies within these worlds, none of those legacies were older than ten thousand years.

In less than ten thousand years, the world's structure had not yet fully settled. These realms were still dominated by primordial ferocious beasts and innate Divine Spirits [spirits born from the essence of heaven and earth], while the Human Race and the Demon Race had not yet risen to prominence.

Seeing this, Eldrin Chen decided to impart his own lineage's teachings.

He divided three thousand strands of his divine consciousness, sending them into the three thousand ancient worlds. There, he Creation [the act of bringing something into existence from nothing] a single Heaven-Bearing [a stele that carries the mandate of heaven, often containing profound laws] stele for transmission and imparted nine wondrous scrolls of techniques.

These were, respectively: the Chaos Heaven Scripture, the Five Elements [the five fundamental phases of energy: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth], the Primordial Solar [pertaining to the pure, original essence of the sun], the Profound Darkness [pertaining to the deep, mysterious essence of water and shadow], Life, the Primordial One [the singular, undivided origin of all things], the Bulwark Earth [the unyielding, foundational essence of earth], the Void Cosmos, and the Indestructibility [the state of being unbreakable and eternal].

These nine scrolls represented nine distinct paths of cultivation. With the Primordial One Heavenly Scripture as the core, the other eight paths were all derived from the Chaos Heaven Scripture.

Anyone who could cultivate one of these paths to its ultimate peak and ascend to immortality through it would be eligible to become a disciple of the Returning Abyss Grotto-Heaven.

Furthermore, if anyone could successfully cultivate any one of the following: the Primordial Solar Heavenly Flame [a supreme flame born from the essence of the primordial sun], the Profound Darkness True Water [a supreme water born from the essence of profound darkness], the Seed of Life [the primordial essence of vitality and creation], the Primordial One Ancient Metal [a supreme metal born from the essence of the primordial singularity], the Source Earth of All Things [the foundational earth from which all things originate], or the Primordial One Indestructibility Body [a supreme physical constitution embodying the singularity and indestructibility]... then they might even qualify to become a direct lineage disciple of the Returning Abyss Grotto-Heaven.

After leaving behind the Dao-Transmission Stone Tablet, the divine sense of Eldrin Chen roamed the three thousand newly opened ancient worlds. He discovered that within these worlds, there were many legacies of Celestial Immortals, among which were several of his acquaintances.

There was Pure Void from the Primordial Solar Grotto-Heaven, the Western Essence Heavenly God, the Divine Abyss Patriarch, and the Celestial Immortal Great Power from the White Tiger Grotto-Heaven.

"It seems this Dimensional Void is relatively close to the Six Heavenly Domains," Eldrin Chen murmured inwardly.

He then allowed his divine sense to wander between heaven and earth, exploring the customs and people of this land.

However, he had not traveled far before a slight frown creased Eldrin Chen's brow.

Likely due to the recent Primordial Chaos Unfolding, Eldrin Chen found this world teeming with all manner of savage and ferocious beasts. Among them were creatures of utmost malevolence, such as the Qiongqi and the The Gluttonous Beast. This content originates from (audio-novel.com). Please respect copyright.

The Human Race within this world had only just begun to tread the path of cultivation and were utterly incapable of resisting these primordial calamities.

Most crucially, cultivation required a Spiritual Root [the innate spiritual foundation that determines one's potential for cultivation]. In these newly formed worlds, because the bloodline of the Human Race was weak, those among them who possessed a Spiritual Root were exceedingly rare.

In the former Purple Seal Realm, within the Chen Immortal Clan, approximately one in a thousand mortals would manifest a Spiritual Root and become a seedling of immortality. Yet in this world, a Human Race individual possessing a Spiritual Root was less than one in a million.

This was because their bodies lacked the bloodline of cultivators. In nature, beings naturally endowed with a Spiritual Root were exceptionally rare anomalies.

"Without a Spiritual Root [the innate spiritual foundation that allows one to perceive and absorb spiritual energy], one cannot set foot upon the path of cultivation."

"Yet the chance for a mortal's bloodline to give birth to a Spiritual Root is vanishingly slim. It is no wonder that in any Great Thousand World [a vast cosmos comprising countless realms and worlds], the first several hundred thousand years after the world's genesis are the most tragic and desperate times for the Human Race."

In the eyes of primordial beasts and the Demon Race, humanity is merely a reserve of blood and flesh, posing no conceivable threat.

Only after hundreds of thousands of years of bloody struggle and tears, as more and more humans are born with Spiritual Roots, and high-level cultivators finally emerge from their ranks, can the Human Race begin to contend with the Demonic and Divine Clans and the savage beasts of the primordial age.

"In a world freshly born from the Primordial Chaos Unfolding [the cataclysmic event where order emerges from primordial chaos], the plight of the Human Race is truly harrowing."

"It seems that across countless worlds, the initial rise of the Human Race is invariably a tragic and bloody saga."

Eldrin Chen sighed inwardly with profound sorrow, yet he did not intervene to aid these humans. He understood that across the boundless worlds, humanity must endure this most dreadful age of darkness on its own.

To slay these Primordial Era [the earliest, most ancient epoch of a world] behemoths, Demon Race, or even Divine Spirits [innate spiritual beings born from the essence of heaven and earth] would be a superficial remedy, lacking true significance.

"If the path of immortal cultivation is barred, might there be another road to tread?"

Eldrin Chen murmured to himself, continuing his exploration of these ancient realms.

He was astonished to discover that these primitive Human Race [the collective term for humanity], practicing slash-and-burn agriculture and traversing the untamed world, had all, one after another, independently forged the same path.

They learned from the heavens, the earth, and nature itself, emulating the primordial behemoths and even the Divine Spirits [powerful spiritual beings born from the world's essence], and through different means arrived at the same end: they created a path of cultivation.

"The Martial Path!"

Eldrin Chen murmured softly, a flicker of pleasant surprise in his eyes, which faded into disappointment moments later.

These ancient Human Race emulated heaven, earth, and nature to pioneer the cultivation path of the Martial Path [a cultivation system focused on tempering the physical body through martial arts and emulation of powerful creatures]. Yet, the Martial Path created by almost every one of them ultimately stalled at the second or third major realm.

Emulating the primordial behemoths to refine the body via the Martial Path was, in the end, a dead-end road.

For the primordial behemoths were gifted by nature, born with supremely powerful physiques and fleshly bodies. For the inherently frail-bodied Human Race to try and emulate them was to achieve half the result with double the effort from the very start.

"A century of bitter cultivation cannot match a single year of a primordial behemoth's natural growth."

Eldrin Chen whispered slowly, able to sense the despair of those ancient sages among the primitive Human Race.

Among these ancient Human Race sages, many possessed extraordinarily brilliant talent. Eldrin Chen believed their comprehension and willpower were in no way inferior to many Immortal [beings who have ascended to a higher state of existence through cultivation]. Yet, tragically, their entire cultivation journey was severed because of a mere Spiritual Root [the innate spiritual foundation that determines a cultivator's aptitude and affinity].

With this thought, Eldrin Chen felt a pang of regret for the wasted potential, yet also a glimmer of profound understanding. "To emulate the heavens and earth, to mimic the ways of nature—it may seem like one has grasped the Supreme Physique of a primordial behemoth. Yet, in truth, this is merely walking a path laid by another, a path ill-suited for the Human Race."

"Those who learn from me may live; those who merely imitate me shall perish!"

"The true Martial Path should be a journey of constant self-transcendence, a process of sublimation and metamorphosis that forges one's own peerless Martial Path True Body."

Finally, Eldrin Chen drew a slow, deep breath. "Perhaps... I can do something about this." Original English translation available at audio–novel.com.