Chapter 1663 : Resounding Victory

With such a fundamental disparity in cultivation, Eldrin relied solely on the strength of his physical body and an indestructible Chaotic War Halberd to utterly cleave his opponent asunder atop the Empyrean Heavens.

Boom.

The fall of a Celestial Immortal powerhouse—both physical form and primordial spirit undergoing dissolution under the Great Dao’s laws, transforming into blazing energy that dissipated between heaven and earth.

Everyone looked up and saw infinite threads of the Great Dao descending between heaven and earth, while a searing essence of the Heavenly Dao fell, ultimately intertwining with the primordial soul essence of the Western Abyss Dragon King. They coalesced into a blindingly radiant Source of the Dao.

9 Orders of the Dao Source.

Eldrin spoke slowly, then stored this wisp of Dao Origin away.

The 9-Order Dao Source possessed astonishingly immense value—even for those at the early-stage Celestial Immortal realm, obtaining it would be considered a remarkable treasure.

Eldrin's foundation was far too astonishing, making the difficulty of condensing his Dao Fruit exceptionally immense. This wisp of Dao Origin would likely be of little use.

However, Eldrin felt that if this item were given to Lyra to use, it might serve a significant purpose.

With the fall of the Western Abyss Dragon King, the battle finally drew to a close. Though the remaining yaoxian numbered over a 1000, they stood no chance of defying fate under the besieging forces' relentless assault.

This time, from the moment the Western Abyss Dragon King invaded the 8 Seas of the Returning Abyss to their complete annihilation, the great war lasted less than a full sexagenary cycle. By the time the conflict drew to its final conclusion, Eldrin discovered that over 90 percent of the demon immortals and demon tribes had perished beyond the seas of the Returning Abyss, with only a handful surviving along the periphery.

"The demonic races of the Western Qi Divine Abyssal Sea have already suffered devastating losses."

After a brief examination of the Dao Source, a flicker of insight passed through Eldrin's eyes before he spoke.

The others also gave slight nods upon hearing this.

After accumulating for tens of millions of years, the total number of celestial beings across the major immortal islands, blessed lands, and cave heavens within the Western Qi Divine Abyss Sea should only amount to approximately 600,000 or so.

This battle cost nearly 300,000 lives, a price that could hardly be called insignificant.

If it were only immortals, that would be 1 thing, but within the vast expanse of the Western Aether Divine Abyss Sea, demonic immortals ascend and arrive every year, and there are also native demons who shed their mortal forms to attain immortality.

The loss of several 100 1000 demon immortals could be recovered in just 1 million years.

However, the loss of several 1000 Earth Immortals and the fall of 20-7 Half-Step Celestial Immortals could not be restored in a single day.

According to Eldrin's (Person Name) estimation, for the Western Qi Divine Abyss Sea to be restored with so many Earth Immortals and Quasi-Celestial Immortals, it would normally require at least 30 million years under conventional circumstances.

It was foreseeable that unless the human race suffered another devastating blow during the next 3 Heavenly Tribulations, the demon clans of the Western Mist Divine Abyss Sea would have little chance of resurgence.

As the ruling races of the Western Qi Divine Abyssal Sea, the Divine Tribe and Human Tribe would never stand idly by and watch the Demon Tribe gradually restore their strength.

To return to our story, after Eldrin (Person Name) seized the treasure, he immediately resumed setting up the 8 Trigrams Immortal Formation, deploying personnel to repair the various formation nodes and immortal islands.

After the 8 Trigrams Immortal Array was urgently repaired and restored to 50% of its power, Eldrin delegated the matter to Lior to oversee.

He himself arrived within the Starry Glazed Realm, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with a Quasi-Celestial Immortal, a faint smile glimmering in his eyes.

"Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Donghuang, on breaking through the 3 Primordial Unity Foundations. The Great Dao of Primordial Unity is now within your grasp." Within the grand hall, the assembled immortals wore faint smiles as they offered their felicitations to Chen Qiyuan.

Chen Qiyuan was clad in a golden robe, a faint smile gracing his features.

Though both were foundations of the Great Dao, the inherent value differed vastly at each stage.

With a foundation of 3 Ascensions akin to the Realm of Ascending Immortals, it was said to possess the makings of a Great Luo, yet such foundations at this stage were far from uncommon.

Not to mention the entire Qingcang Immortal Domain, even within the Western Qi Divine Abyss Sea alone, on average, 1 immortal with a 3 Ascensions foundation would ascend every 10 1000 years.

Throughout the entire Vast Azure Immortal Realm, the number of ascendants who possess the Great Luo Foundation often reaches tens of thousands. Yet, the vast majority of them ultimately fade into obscurity, reaching their limit upon breaking through to the Earth Immortal Realm.

Only a rare few can truly stand out, cultivating the 3 Heavenly Openings Foundation. Such beings are capable of opening 8 or 9 layers of celestial realms, qualifying as genuine seeds of celestial immortals. Only then can they be considered truly gifted.

Such an existence could not be said to guarantee a breakthrough to the Great Perfection Realm, yet it held substantial certainty in cultivating a Celestial Immortal with dual Great Unity foundations.

Generally speaking, within a single sea region, those capable of cultivating the 3 Open Heaven Foundation rarely exceed 30 individuals in an entire era. On average, only a handful emerge every million years.

Among those present, aside from Daoist Qixuan, all others possessed foundations of 3 Heavenly Openings—elites honed over tens of millions of years in the Vast Azure Immortal Domain.

Yet even so, he could not be considered the most peerless prodigy within the Vast Azure Immortal Realm.

Only by cultivating 3 Great Primordial Foundations and forging a flawless Immortal Foundation could 1 be considered a truly stunning existence in the Vast Azure Immortal Realm.

Within the Great Luo Dao Tradition, disciples were categorized into second-generation direct disciples and third-generation true disciples, each possessing extraordinary status and bearing.

With 3 Primordial Foundations, once 1 breaks through to the Celestial Immortal realm, they become qualified to seek a Great Luo Immortal Lord as their master and join the ranks of second-generation direct disciples.

Within the vast Expanse of the Western Qi Divine Abyss Sea, only 1 individual with the foundation of 3 Primordial Unity emerges on average every 10 million years.

In ages past, those who managed to take this step were all legendary figures like Daoist Yuanzhi, Wanling Laozu (Person Name), and the Setting Sun Celestial—beings of truly unparalleled brilliance.

Chen Qiyuan's ability to forge such profound foundations had temporarily surpassed even the direct descendants of the Eternal Sun Clan and the true disciples of the Great Luo Ancient Sect, making him arguably the first such case in the Western Qi Divine Abyss Sea in tens of millions of years.

At this thought, a surge of excitement welled up in Chen Qiyuan’s heart. Yet, he refrained from complacency, merely nodding with a faint smile as he addressed the crowd, “With the innate talent each of you possesses, breaking through to the 3 Taiyi Foundations will undoubtedly be effortless.”

Hearing this, everyone revealed faint smiles.

The Glazed Divine Lord’s gaze flickered faintly, then he shook his head with a bitter smile and said, “To cultivate the foundation of the 3 Great Primal Unity is far more difficult than breaking through to become a Heavenly Immortal.” “With my talent, which allowed me to open the 8-Layered Heavenly Palace, I’m afraid it would be as hard as scaling the heavens.”

Daoist Zixuan also nodded slightly, then let out a soft sigh. "With my foundation of having opened 8 heavenly layers, even with the aid of the Taiyi Immortal Elixir, my confidence in breaking through to establish 3 Taiyi foundations is no more than 20%."

"This time the gains are substantial. I'm already considering whether to seize this opportunity to break through to the Celestial Immortal realm."

Upon hearing this, Eldrin's gaze flickered subtly.

He pondered silently for a moment. These individuals before him were all cherished friends he had known for many years. It would be truly regrettable if they were to achieve only a flawed Celestial Immortality.

After all, the disparity between a flawed Celestial Immortal and a flawless Celestial Immortal was far too immense.

Moreover, what's more critical is that a Flawed Celestial Immortal would often spend their entire life stuck at the 3rd level of the Celestial Immortal realm. Even with heaven-defying opportunities to break through to the mid-stage, they would never advance beyond that point.