Chapter 1725 : Absorbing the Harvest

Throughout the entire Void Heaven Abyss, over 3,000 beings had advanced to a level comparable to late-stage Earth Immortals, while those who attained the divine status of Ascension Realm had even surpassed 1 million in number.

Most crucially, the Emperors of the 6 Heavens and 7 Realms, blessed by the cosmic Heavenly Dao, underwent an ultimate metamorphosis in combat prowess—nearly every 1 of them now rivaled existences with Triple Primordial Unity foundations.

The Ancestor of the Heavenly Dao, Chen Changxuan, and the Ancestor of the Earthly Dao, Chen Changqing, possessed combat prowess comparable to that of innate deities. Meanwhile, the 5 Guardian True Spirits of the realm had also attained the foundation of innate deities, wielding strength rivaling the early stages of Celestial Immortals.

Of course, the combat prowess of these Cosmic Emperors, Primal Spirits, and even Primordial Ancestors within the cosmos all originates from the Heavenly Dao authority of the Returning Abyss.

In the vast cosmos, they naturally wielded unparalleled combat prowess. However, once they departed from the Heaven of Returning Abyss and lost the empowerment of heavenly authority, their battle strength would plummet by an entire realm.

The Emperor's combat prowess would diminish to the level of dual Great Unity foundations, while the power of the Realm Guardian Spirit and the Ancestors of Heaven and Earth would also decline to approximately triple Great Unity foundations in strength.

Even so, Eldrin believed this would still be an astonishing force once all 20-4 Heavenly Emperors had taken their thrones.

The reason why the inhabitants of the Abyssal Return Heaven possessed such formidable power ultimately lay in the sheer vastness of Eldrin’s (Person Name) cosmos.

In an ordinary universe at the early Celestial Immortal stage, the strength of the Heavenly Monarchs within is far inferior to that of the Heavenly Monarchs in the Abyssal Return Heaven.

Of course, the strength of a Cosmic Emperor was merely the icing on the cake for Eldrin. The most crucial aspect was that after ascending to the cosmic realm, Eldrin no longer had any shortcomings in magical power.

The current Eldrin's magical power had surged by no less than a hundredfold compared to before his breakthrough.

Before his breakthrough, Eldrin had to meticulously ration his energy to activate even a Mystique-level divine ability, while deploying a Half-Step Patriarch-level technique would consume nearly half of his mana reserves.

But the current Eldrin could now freely wield Mystic-class divine abilities, and could even continuously deploy a Half-Step Patriarch-level divine ability 30 times in succession.

You must understand, when Eldrin employed his Half-Step Patriarch-level divine ability in the past, its power merely rivaled that of a mid-stage Celestial Immortal at best. Yet now, as Eldrin unleashes this same Half-Step Patriarch-level divine ability once more, its force is potent enough to severely injure even a late-stage Celestial Immortal.

The unleashed might had grown exponentially, yet the consumption of spiritual power had increased by more than tenfold.

Under such circumstances, Eldrin (Person Name) could still consecutively unleash 30-some Half-Step Sect Leader level divine abilities, demonstrating how astonishing his current spiritual power had become.

It must be understood that half-step Patriarch-level divine abilities often demand immense energy expenditure. Even those who have cultivated to the Late Celestial Immortal realm and mastered such techniques would likely only be able to unleash them a handful of times at most.

That is, Eldrin (Person Name), who had advanced his innate divine ability to the half-step Ruler level, consumed only 30 percent of the energy required for ordinary divine abilities. Moreover, having forged such a vast cosmos, he could squander power so recklessly.

Were it any ordinary Celestial Immortal who had cultivated such divine abilities, they could only treat it as their ultimate trump card.

Getting back to the main story, after repeatedly examining his own foundations, Eldrin began to resume his secluded cultivation. While consolidating his current cultivation base, he simultaneously devoted himself to deducing the path of his own cultivation.

Thus, in merely 10 1000 years, Eldrin had advanced the Primordial Chaos Heavenly Scripture to the late-stage Celestial Immortal realm.

At this stage, the Celestial Immortal chapter of the Primordial Chaos Heavenly Scripture remained incomplete, yet it sufficed for the time being.

Eldrin did not continue to deduce the Primordial Chaos Heavenly Scripture, instead turning his efforts to unraveling the secrets of his 5 innate divine treasures.

After nearly 10 1000 years had passed, he had successfully deduced the Grand Primordial formation patterns of all 5 of his life-bound immortal treasures to the mid-grade, ninth-tier level.

Eldrin then proceeded to inscribe another Taiyi Dao Pattern into his Lifebound Immortal Treasure, elevating it to the 9th-tier middle grade.

After completing this step, Eldrin used a wisp of Primordial Purple Qi as a catalyst, combined with his Innate Qi to evolve innate Dao patterns. In just over 10 1000 years, he successfully elevated all 5 of his Life-Bound Immortal Treasures.

Thus, the Celestial Separation Twin Swords, the Earth Sovereign Bell, the Yin-Yang Void Mirror, and even the Aqua Azure Lotus Throne all ascended to mid-grade innate treasures, consuming a total of 10 strands of primordial qi.

"Only 7 strands of Primordial Qi remain."

After successfully advancing all 5 of his Lifebound Treasures, Eldrin couldn't help but frown slightly.

He gazed at the 5 Mid-Grade Innate Treasures, falling deep into contemplation.

He discovered that the 5 Innate Treasures he possessed had each integrated a total of 15 Innate Qi, all of them Mid-Grade Innate Treasures. Yet for his current needs, their combat effectiveness had become somewhat redundant.

At present, his strength could be considered unparalleled throughout the ages, and he would not fear even a late-stage Celestial Immortal.

5 mid-grade Connate Treasures, while quite decent for him, were incapable of triggering a qualitative leap in his strength.

In contrast, profound-level divine abilities such as the Void-Spanning Sword Qi of the Great Unity, the Art of Chaos-Forged Arms, the Primordial Unity Grasping Hand, and the Great 5 Elements Yang Divine Thunder could unleash his ultimate perfected physique to its absolute limit.

"My foundation and mana are far too profound. Even if my Life-Bound Supreme Treasure surpasses my current realm by 1 stage, it can no longer significantly enhance my combat prowess."

"Unless I break through to the late-stage Celestial Immortal realm and these treasures ascend to become Primordial Ancient Treasures, their assistance to me would actually be quite limited."

Eldrin murmured inwardly, his brow subconsciously furrowing.

The Life-Bound Treasures form the very foundation of 1's path to enlightenment. His 5 Life-Bound Immortal Treasures all possessed the effect of refining spiritual power. Should he wish to break through the limits of spiritual energy in the future, these Life-Bound Immortal Treasures would be indispensable.

However, the consumption of 15 Innate Treasures without bringing about a qualitative leap in combat prowess still left Eldrin feeling a sense of regret.

These 15 strands of primordial qi, if bestowed upon the Chaos Heaven Halberd, would be sufficient to elevate it into the most supreme grade of Primordial Treasures, greatly enhancing Eldrin's power.

"Aside from the Heavenly Union Talisman, the remaining treasures serve only auxiliary functions and can no longer effectively enhance my combat prowess."

"Can I enhance their power?"

Eldrin (Person Name) pondered for a long while before finally deciding to attempt refining the 5 innate treasures into a set of formation artifacts.

Once this endeavor succeeded, the power of this set of innate primordial array artifacts would be enough to become Eldrin's ultimate trump card—its might potentially even surpassing that of a Half-Step Patriarch-level divine ability as a lethal weapon.

However, refining a Life-Bound Array Artifact is arduous, and Life-Bound Slaughter Arrays of the Innate Realm are exceptionally rare.

Eldrin had not delved deeply into this research, and for a time, made little significant progress—merely grasping the faintest threads of understanding.

It was during Eldrin's seclusion that within the 30-3 Heavens Grand Array, the cultivators in closed-door meditation began emerging 1 after another.

The first to emerge from seclusion was Sun Qian, the favored direct descendant of both the Eternal Sun Clan and the Military Strategist School. After obtaining the Dao Origin of the Azure Yang Imperial Son, he had secluded himself for a mere 8,000 years before stepping into the 12 Calamities realm.

Soon after, Luo Ming, a true disciple of the Celestial Net Ancient Sect, emerged from seclusion, having also cultivated the Forbidden Realm.

The 3 prodigies—the Saint of Pure Sun Grotto-Heaven, the Longgeng Sword Scion, and Feng Wuji—emerged from seclusion not long after. Among them, both Feng Wuji and the Pure Sun Saint had stepped into the Eleventh Tribulation realm, with only the Longgeng Sword Scion lagging slightly behind by half a step.

Within the Chen Immortal Clan (Organization), Chen Qiyuan (Person Name) possessed unparalleled talent. Having refined the Dao Source of the Golden Crow Imperial Son (Cultivation Resource), he emerged from secluded cultivation only after over 20,000 years.

(End of Chapter)