Chapter 1850 : Primordial Immortal Realm

For a 7 Calamities Ancient Immortal, the measure of true strength lies in mastering a Patriarch-level divine ability.

Meanwhile, Lord-level divine abilities are broadly divided into 2 types: those cultivated through comprehension and those created through innovation. The most common type of Lord-level divine ability is 1 achieved by comprehending and cultivating methods pioneered by predecessors.

This ancient immortal, who had survived 7 heavenly tribulations while cultivating the divine abilities of predecessors, had shattered the Divine Ability Heavenly Barrier at the 9-Limit Realm.

The creators of Patriarch-level divine abilities, having forged techniques perfectly tailored to themselves, achieved absolute synchronization with their creations. This allowed them to unleash power at least 30 percent greater than conventional methods, earning such abilities the title of 10 Extremities Divine Abilities.

Eldrin, having comprehended the Dao of Time and Space, was now preparing to leverage this transcendent marvel of temporal and spatial laws to attempt grasping an eleventh-level supreme divine ability.

Without delay, Eldrin immediately entered seclusion to immerse himself in cultivation, continuously contemplating the power of the 11 Limits.

Thus time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, tens of thousands of years had passed. In the end, Eldrin (Person Name), grounded in the Great Dao of Time and Space, created 2 unparalleled divine abilities unprecedented in all of history.

These 2 divine abilities were the 'Sword of Boundless Cosmos' and the 'Blade of Time's Melody,' both supreme techniques at the Patriarch-level.

The 2 divine abilities respectively embodied the powers of space and time. The former condensed spatial force into a blade, capable of unleashing a Spatial Sunder whose destructive might could only be described as utterly terrifying.

The latter could sever the passage of time—even an immortal blessed with eternal life would be unable to withstand the erosion of this temporal power. Once struck, they would be corroded by the force of ages within an exceedingly brief span, plunging into an irreversible decline.

Most crucially, this level of power could partially manipulate time, thereby determining victory or defeat between adversaries.

Of course, both the Boundless Universe Sword and the Song of Time Blade were ultimately merely divine abilities of the 10 Limits Realm, comparable to those wielded by sect leaders.

To once again break through the limits and cultivate the supreme eleventh-layer divine ability, 1 must fuse 2 divine abilities into 1, transforming them into the Cosmic Spacetime Sundering Slash.

Eldrin had a premonition that this Cosmic Spacetime Sunder was a technique that harnessed the very limits of time and space. Once unleashed, its power would surely shake the heavens and earth, perhaps even breaching the realm of the 12 Limits.

However, activating such a divine ability came with exceedingly stringent requirements.

Eldrin murmured inwardly, his gaze shifting to the Great Luo Sword Aura in his hand before he began cultivating the Li Fire Sword of the Returning Abyss.

To cultivate the Song of Ages Blade, 1 requires a Great Luo marvel of time and blade attributes as a catalyst. Similarly, the Boundless Cosmos Sword demands a Great Luo marvel of sword and space attributes as its catalyst.

This time, Eldrin used the Great Luo Sword Miasma as a catalyst and successfully cultivated the Li Fire Sword of the Returning Abyss in just a few 1000 years.

Sect Leader-level Divine Ability.

As the divine ability was successfully cultivated, Eldrin (Person Name) took a moment to roughly sense its effects.

He discovered that this Universe-Infinite Sword prioritized lethal offense, its spatial power failing to achieve the theoretical effect, with its potency merely at the threshold of the early Tenth-Limit Realm.

"It seems I still need to find another space-attributed Great Luo treasure to fully perfect this Cosmos Infinite Sword."

Eldrin murmured softly, his expression a mix of delight and subtle concern as his brow faintly furrowed.

He discovered that although the Boundless Cosmos Sword possessed immense power, it also consumed an enormous amount of magical energy. Most crucially, this divine ability was not an innate 1.

Generally speaking, 7 Tribulation Ancient Immortals cultivate their innate supernatural abilities into Patriarch-level powers, as innate abilities consume only 30% of the spiritual energy required by same-tier supernatural powers while also reducing the quality of energy needed for activation.

The mana consumed by a divine ability of this Patriarch-level is far too staggering. If it weren't an innate divine ability, it could never serve as a regular trump card, but only as a final resort to be unleashed.

"Fortunately, my profound cultivation base allows me to wield the Cosmic Infinity Sword multiple times."

Eldrin finally spoke, but quickly withdrew the thought once more.

He emerged from seclusion instead of continuing his closed-door cultivation, finally meeting his grand-uncle Chen Changxuan.

Seeing him emerge from seclusion, the Old Uncle immediately inquired, "How did it go?"

"The Heavenly Barrier of Divine Abilities has been breached. Next, I shall venture into the Primordial Immortal Realm."

Eldrin spoke with a gentle smile, a glimmer of amusement flickering in his gaze.

Upon hearing this, the elder uncle couldn't suppress a surge of excitement in his heart.

After this breakthrough, Eldrin had successively shattered the 4 great heavenly barriers: the Physical Body, Magical Power, Primordial Spirit, and Divine Abilities. Only the 5 great heavenly barriers of the Great Dao, Dao Fruit, Dao Heart, Spiritual Treasures, and Fate remained.

Among the remaining 5 Heavenly Passes, the Great Dao and Spiritual Treasure Passes should not pose significant challenges.

At this rate, as long as he didn’t encounter too formidable an opponent during the kalpa tribulation, breaking through the 9 Heavenly Barriers would likely pose no significant challenge.

At this thought, the Elder Uncle couldn't help but grasp Eldrin's hand and said, "The more critical the moment becomes, the more cautious I hope you will be. Across these 3,000 immortal realms, the number of powerful beings is beyond reckoning. You must never succumb to blind arrogance."

"Many thanks for your guidance, Elder Uncle. Eldrin (Person Name) understands."

Eldrin nodded slightly. Though prideful by nature, he understood the principle that beyond the mountains were higher mountains, and would never underestimate the talents of this world.

After bidding farewell to the elder granduncle, Eldrin did not linger any longer and set off toward the Primordial Immortal Realm.

While passing through the Celestial Cang Domain, Eldrin returned to the Abyssal Heaven of Returning Ruins and left behind various rare treasures suitable for his clansmen. Their value even surpassed that of over 10,000 strands of Primordial Qi.

After leaving behind so many treasures, Eldrin continued his journey toward the Primordial Immortal Realm.

For this journey to the Primordial Immortal Realm, he had specially cultivated a batch of supreme-grade Taiyi Golden Bamboo to be used as rare treasures for exchanging artifacts.

Navigating through the chaos, Eldrin unknowingly arrived within the Primordial Immortal Realm.

It was only after arriving at the Primordial Immortal Realm that Eldrin realized how vast this immortal domain truly was.

This was Eldrin's first glimpse of the Primordial Immortal Realm in its entirety. It stretched across the chaos, like the primordial origin within the void—an ancient immortal domain predating the creation of all realms, vast and boundless beyond measure.

Even an immortal realm is but a trivial speck when compared to the Primordial Immortal Realm.

This disparity was far greater than that between the Earth and the Sun—it couldn't be described in mere hundreds or thousands of times. The gap between them was no less than tens of billions of times.

"No wonder all those Dao Ancestors, Immortal Sages, Divine Sovereigns, and Celestial Emperors cultivate in this Primordial Immortal Domain."

Eldrin murmured softly, a faint ripple of emotion surfacing in his gaze.

The disparity was simply too vast, so immense that even with Eldrin's current cultivation level, he felt utterly insignificant before this primordial immortal realm.

You must understand, with Eldrin's current level of cultivation, he could now annihilate a Celestial Immortal into dust across the vast distance of an entire immortal domain in the blink of an Eldrin.

We have arrived.

Just as Eldrin was lost in thought, he found himself arriving at the entrance to the Primordial Immortal Realm.

Unlike the Qingcang Immortal Realm, the Primordial Immortal Realm possessed far more stable and indestructible spatial foundations, further protected by an unparalleled boundary formation of the Dao Ancestor level. Not even a Great Luo Golden Immortal could force their way through directly.

Only by traversing a special passageway could 1 step into the Primal Immortal Realm.

Eldrin approached the entrance and discovered an inscription carved above the passage: "Celestial Dome Sect."

"Register first, then pay up promptly."

At that very moment, Eldrin heard a voice drifting toward him.

Eldrin looked up and saw a long queue forming ahead in the passage, with massive primordial chaos ships waiting in line to pass through.

On the other side, several profound celestial immortals and ancient immortals were conducting registrations, seemingly verifying identities as well.

At that very moment, an ancient immortal in blue robes not far from Eldrin glanced at him, a flicker of surprise in his eyes. "Fellow Daoist, is this your first time visiting the Primordial Immortal Domain?"

Eldrin's gaze flickered slightly, but he offered no reply.

Seeing this, the ancient immortal in blue robes couldn't help but smile. "Every ancient immortal who has traversed the Primordial Immortal Domain carries a wisp of its essence within them. I happen to be particularly sensitive to such aura, thus I can perceive it."

With these words, the ancient immortal in blue robes cupped his hands and said, "I am Wang Qingzhi, bearing the Daoist title of Carefree Hermit. Might I ask who you are, fellow Daoist?"

Eldrin (Person Name) smiled faintly at this, giving a slight nod as he said, "My Daoist title is Guixu (Daoist Title). Greetings, fellow Daoist."

Elder Qingwei nodded, then addressed the crowd waiting in line: "Though the Primordial Immortal Realm blooms with unparalleled splendor, it teems with powerful beings. To prevent the depletion of primordial qi beyond natural replenishment, our realm has always maintained lenient exit policies but stringent entry requirements."

For external experts below the Great Luo realm seeking to enter the Primordial Immortal Domain, they must typically pay a steep price that varies according to their cultivation level.

"With your level of cultivation, Fellow Daoist, I'm afraid you'd need to pay an astronomical sum to set foot in the Primordial Immortal Realm."

At this point, Qingwei Sanren added, "Moreover, in the Primordial Immortal Domain, those Great Luo Ancient Sects that occupy entire major regions impose a substantial tax on all cultivators at the Immortal realm and above within their territories every 1,000,000 years."

Many immortals who couldn't afford the taxes were forcibly expelled from the Primordial Immortal Realm.

"So that's how it is."

Eldrin nodded slightly. Charging outsiders exorbitant entry fees while imposing hefty taxes internally was indeed the most effective method to preserve the primal cultivation environment of the ancient immortal realm.

Of course, from another perspective, this was essentially the great Luo ancient sects exploiting the Heavenly Immortal powerhouses within their territories.

At this thought, Eldrin couldn't help but remark with a smile, "It seems even the Celestial Immortals of the Primal Immortal Realm don't have it easy."

"Hard to get through?" Clearvoid Sage smiled faintly, shaking his head. "You'll understand soon enough."

With those words, the 2 arrived before the passageway.

The immortal official at the entrance cast a glance at Eldrin before asking, "How long do you intend to stay within the realm?"

Eldrin (Person Name) froze momentarily before immediately inquiring, "What's the difference?"

"The Realm Entry Tokens are categorized into 4 tiers: 10-1000-year, 100-1000-year, million-year, 10-million-year, and the permanent access authority."

"The price naturally varies accordingly. Given your level of cultivation, entering the realm for 10 1000 years would require only 1 Taiyi Marvel. For a 100 1000 years, you'd need 1 strand of Primordial Qi. For a million years, 10 strands. And for 10 million years, a 100 strands."

At this point, the celestial official spoke up, "If you wish to obtain permanent residency, you must pay 5,000 strands of Primordial Qi."

"5 1000 strands of Primordial Qi?"

Eldrin was momentarily taken aback. Even for a 7-Calamity Ancient Immortal, 5,000 strands of primordial qi constituted an astonishing fortune.

Fortunately, Eldrin snapped back to his senses a moment later. Considering he might be going into secluded cultivation here for some time, he took a deep breath and said, "Then I'll take it for 1 million years."

The celestial official accepted the primordial qi and, after completing the registration, handed Eldrin a token. With a parting reminder, he said, "Remember to return this token here in 1 million years."

"Otherwise, the Celestial Court will not only dispatch heavenly soldiers and generals to apprehend you, but also impose an enormous fine."

Eldrin nodded without another word, continuing down the passageway.

Qingwei Sanren soon caught up as well, and said to Eldrin with a smile, "After tens of millions of years, this old man has finally returned to the Primordial Immortal Realm. I wonder how our sect fares now."

Eldrin smiled without answering and continued along the passage. Soon after, he arrived within the Primordial Immortal Realm.

The moment he arrived in the Primordial Immortal Realm, Eldrin paused his steps, a trace of astonishment flashing across his face.

Seeing this, the Carefree Wanderer couldn't help but chuckle and say, "You've noticed it, haven't you?"

"Such dense immortal spiritual energy."

"What a pristine primordial immortal realm."

Eldrin could not help but glance around, only to find the vast expanse of the world brimming with rampant immortal energy. Everywhere was shrouded in celestial mist, and the ground was littered with rare immortal treasures.

It turned out that the concentration of immortal spiritual energy in this Primordial Immortal Domain was not merely several 1000 times denser than that of the Qingcang Immortal Domain.

Before him lay only a desolate mountain range, yet the density of immortal spiritual energy rivaled that of immortal islands and spiritual veins in the Qingcang Realm. Even open-air blessed lands could be considered ubiquitous here.

In this primordial immortal realm, there stood 7 Dao Ancestors, with tens of thousands of Great Luo Golden Immortals converting the waters of chaos. Thus, the immortal spiritual energy here was incomparably dense.

Moreover, the Primordial Immortal Realm had always upheld a policy of strict entry and lenient exit, ensuring that its concentration of immortal spiritual energy remained at least 3,000 times greater than that of ordinary immortal realms. Over the years, this density had only continued to intensify.

It is said that the immortal spiritual energy in the Primal Immortal Realm is now 30 times denser than during the primordial dawn of creation, and it continues to evolve and flourish.

With a trace of yearning in his gaze, Qingwei Sanren (Cultivator Name) recounted, "This celestial spiritual energy was originally transformed by the Golden Immortals of the Great Firmament from the 3 great celestial courts and countless ancient sects of the Great Firmament."

"Those ordinary Immortals, Earth Immortals, and Celestial Immortals contribute nothing, yet continuously consume immortal spiritual energy. Without special privileges, why would the Great Luo Golden Immortals work for others without compensation?"

Hearing this, Eldrin finally understood why all the ancient sects in the Primal Immortal Domain levied such exorbitant taxes upon the immortals within their territories.

He had initially assumed this was a case of higher-ranking immortals exploiting those of lower cultivation, but now it seemed their true purpose was to maintain the positive cycle of primordial qi between heaven and earth—to prevent the advent of an age of spiritual decay. Collecting fees was merely a secondary benefit.

At this point, Qingwei Sanren (Cultivator Name) was already preparing to take his leave. With a cupped-hand salute before parting, he said, "Now that we've returned to the Primordial Immortal Realm (Location Name), I intend to visit my homeland. Perhaps we should bid farewell here."

Eldrin cupped his hands in salute and inquired, "As this is my first time in the Primal Immortal Realm, there are still some matters I am unfamiliar with."

"Might I inquire, fellow Daoist, as to the location of the Netherworld under our human race's jurisdiction? I would also like to ask when the next high-level ancient immortal exchange assembly might be held in the Primordial Immortal Domain."

The Clear Breeze Sage was momentarily taken aback before replying with a light chuckle, "The Nether Realm is simple enough—I can provide you with a map. As for the high-level Ancient Celestial exchange assembly..."

Qingwei Sanren pondered briefly before replying, "Approximately 370,000 years from now, the Yaoguang Ancient Realm will host an Artifact Exchange Conference. I happen to be planning to attend as well."

"If fate allows, we shall meet again." (End of Chapter)