Chapter 1860 : 9 Orifices Yuanshen
It was not that he lacked brilliance, but that his cultivation time was far too brief—he simply could not compare to those peerless talents who had cultivated for hundreds of millions, or even billions of years.
Strictly speaking, this cosmic calamity did not belong to his era.
Understanding this, Eldrin couldn't help but ask, "What do you mean, Grandfather?"
"I believe in this cosmic tribulation, we should pool our strength to help you take that final step."
With a flick of his sleeve, Jiang Daoxu delivered the Innate Indestructible Radiance into Eldrin’s hands. “With this treasure,” he said, his voice calm yet resonant, “your chances of attaining the Great Perfection of the Golden Immortal Dao shall be greatly enhanced.”
Innate Indestructible Spirit Light.
Eldrin spoke softly, then nodded after a moment. "This item is indeed useful to me. In that case, I shall accept it without further courtesy."
As he spoke, Eldrin waved his sleeve, revealing 3,000 strands of primordial qi along with a dozen or so supreme-grade innate treasures, plus a single Da Luo Sword Sha (Magical Phenomenon).
He handed all these rare treasures over to Jiang Daoxu, then spoke with utmost gravity, "In these years I've ventured through the Chaos Sea, I've acquired over a dozen precious artifacts."
"These may be of some use to you, perhaps allowing you to advance further before the kalpic tribulation."
Jiang Daoxu’s gaze flickered faintly as he calmly stored away these treasures. Then he spoke: "It seems the you of today is no longer the same as before."
Eldrin (Person Name) maintained his composure, merely smiling faintly as he said, "I've only gained some modest insights. Had you, Grandfather, ventured into the Chaos Sea, your attainments would surely have shaken the heavens."
Seeing this, Jiang Daoxu responded with a noncommittal smile, offering no further words.
Today's venture left Jiang Daoxu quite satisfied. Though he had gifted Eldrin (Person Name) the Primordial Indestructible Radiance, he had acquired a trove of urgently needed treasures in return—an exceedingly favorable outcome.
Afterward, the 2 continued their discourse on the Dao for several more days. Eventually, Jiang Daoxu decided it was time to take his leave and departed from the Guixu Grotto-Heaven.
After Jiang Daoxu departed, Eldrin (Person Name) wasted no more time and immediately entered seclusion to cultivate his divine abilities.
Back then, Eldrin obtained the 5 Elements Great Luo Thunder Marrow, and the catalyst for cultivating the Primordial Chaos Divine Thunder was finally complete. However, his cultivation was temporarily set aside due to delays from the longevity banquet.
Now that he had the time, Eldrin wasted no time and began cultivating the Chaos Divine Thunder.
The cultivation method of this Primordial Chaos Divine Thunder was actually extremely similar to the Primordial Unity Qi. Eldrin had long since deduced it successfully, and practicing it proved far less difficult than 1 might imagine.
He continued to refine the 5 Elements Great Luo Thunder Marrow, and in merely 1 1000 years, the Li Fire Divine Thunder was the first to be fully mastered, allowing him to break through to the Patriarch-level realm in a single leap.
Another 2 1000 years passed, and the Nenshui Divine Thunder also broke through to the Grand Luo level.
Step by step, he cultivated in this manner until 10 1000 years had passed, and all 5 divine thunders had broken through to the Great Perfection Realm.
Boom—
As the 5 divine thunders succeeded 1 after another, they continuously intertwined and merged, their dazzling 5-colored lightning nearly piercing through the vast void.
This power was far too domineering; a single lapse in control would be enough to shatter the immortal realm, inflicting irreversible damage upon the Qingcang Immortal Domain.
Fortunately, at the critical moment, Eldrin (Person Name) fully controlled it with his indestructible primordial spirit and 11-limit magic power, allowing it to complete the final fusion.
As the 5 Elements Great Luo Divine Thunder merged, the 5 powers ultimately coalesced into 1, transforming into a supreme force of primordial chaos and infinite potential.
Chaos Divine Thunder.
Supreme Divine Ability of the 11 Limits.
Eldrin murmured softly, a glimmer of delight flickering in his gaze.
The Chaos Divine Thunder had been cultivated to such a degree that it not only reached the Eleventh Limit, but its power had already surpassed the boundaries of this realm. It was now not far from the Twelfth Limit—the realm of True Spirit Divine Abilities.
Moreover, compared to the Primordial Chaos Qi which excelled in defense and capture, this Primordial Chaos Divine Thunder was unparalleled in offensive power, its might considered nearly invincible among those of the same realm.
Of course, for Eldrin who possessed an innate spiritual treasure, the 11-Limit Divine Ability was undoubtedly powerful, yet not enough to bring him such overwhelming delight.
What truly delighted him was that, with the mastery of the Chaos Divine Thunder, the 5 Thunder God-Refining Art within him had finally advanced further, transforming into the Chaos Divine Thunder God-Refining Art.
This Chaos Divine Thunder Spirit Tempering Method is a cultivation art that perpetually harnesses the power of Chaos Divine Thunder to temper the soul. It continuously enhances the cultivator's soul strength, allowing them to eventually break through certain limits and attain the realm of the Twelvefold Limit True Spirit Soul.
At this moment, as Eldrin mastered the Primordial Chaos Divine Thunder, he instantly felt his primordial spirit beginning to fracture and splinter incessantly. The supreme Primordial Chaos Divine Thunder annihilated everything, dissolving the fragments of his primordial spirit into the purest essence of divine soul.
Were it an ordinary person, the moment their primordial spirit shattered would mark the point of no return.
Fortunately, Eldrin had cultivated the Indestructible Primordial Spirit, and even in the face of a seemingly certain death situation, a trace of divine indestructibility still remained within him.
Eldrin's fractured primordial spirit erupted with undying immortal light, and as it continued to shatter, it miraculously began to regenerate. He ceaselessly drew upon the scattered fragments of his soul’s origin, mending his wounds and restoring his spiritual essence.
Yet even so, the rate of his primordial spirit's recovery was far from keeping pace with its collapse.
Fortunately, within Eldrin's sea of consciousness, a Soul-Nourishing Wood continuously emanated boundless soul-nourishing essence, constantly nourishing his primordial spirit and barely maintaining the balance between the 2, preventing them from completely collapsing into destruction.
However, this Soul-Nurturing Wood was being consumed at an alarming rate. By this pace, it would likely be depleted in less than 1 1000 years.
An ordinary cultivator would likely have to immediately cease practicing the Chaos Divine Thunder Soul-Tempering Art upon witnessing such an overwhelming display. Fortunately, Eldrin possessed the Yin-Yang Primordial Vase, which could accelerate the growth of Soul-Nurturing Trees.
Eldrin immediately retrieved the Soul-Nurturing Wood and began continuously expending his Primordial Qi and Immortal Spirit Energy to cultivate it. In a remarkably short time, he had successfully nurtured several dozen premium-grade Primordial Soul-Nurturing Woods.
With these Soul-Nourishing Woods, Eldrin's primordial spirit finally achieved a state of lasting equilibrium.
He began to continuously channel the Chaos Divine Thunder to disintegrate his primordial spirit, tearing it into countless fragments and annihilating it into the purest essence of divine soul.
Meanwhile, he refined the pure soul essence and nourished it with the Soul-Nurturing Wood, continuously strengthening his spiritual power.
After refining a total of 36 Soul-Nourishing Woods in succession, Eldrin discovered that the purity of his primordial spirit seemed to have reached a certain limit—so resilient that even Chaotic Divine Thunder could scarcely inflict significant harm upon it.
"Have I truly reached my absolute limit?"
Eldrin murmured softly, his eyes glimmering with a trace of solemnity.
But in the blink of an eye, he halted his cultivation and instead began accelerating the growth of the Soul-Nurturing Wood once more.
He continued this process until he had forcibly matured over 3 100 saplings before finally ceasing. Taking a deep breath, he remarked, "In total, I've expended over 10 1000 strands of Primordial Qi, barely managing to accelerate the growth of this many Soul-Nurturing Trees."
"Whether I can break through and emerge stronger all depends on today."
As the words faded, Eldrin (Person Name) refined all 3 100-some Soul-Nourishing Woods into his sea of consciousness.
With this step complete, Eldrin channeled the Chaos Divine Thunder at full power for the first time, letting it run rampant through his sea of consciousness.
Boom—
With a deafening roar, a blinding thunderbolt descended within Eldrin's sea of consciousness.
However, this bolt of Chaos Divine Thunder did not strike Eldrin’s soul again, but instead descended upon the over 3 100 Soul Nurturing Trees.
But with a deafening roar, the soul-nurturing woods were blasted into fragments, scattering countless shards that drifted apart within the sea of consciousness. Yet Eldrin, harnessing the power of his soul, restrained them and drew them together once more.
Immediately following, another deafening roar thundered as a second Chaos Divine Lightning struck, shattering those fragments further into broken pieces, and eventually into fine debris.
Thus it went, back and forth, until over 3,000 divine thunderbolts had descended. After being repeatedly tempered by the heavenly lightning, these Soul-Nurturing Woods transformed into a vast and boundless sea of soul origin.
Such a vast sea of origin could help thousands of ancient immortals shatter the barrier of the Primordial Spirit Realm. Yet within Eldrin's mind, it churned and boiled incessantly, transforming into the purest nourishment for cultivation.
"Hoo—"
Eldrin's primordial spirit slowly exhaled, then began drawing in and circulating the vast sea of soul essence.
As time flowed on, Eldrin's primordial spirit began to expand continuously, growing hundreds of times larger without his conscious awareness. The entire spirit had become vast and majestic.
"Almost there."
It was at this very moment that Eldrin's primordial spirit slowly opened its eyes.
Sensing the power of his primordial spirit, he slowly drew a deep breath.
At this moment, Eldrin knew with absolute clarity that his soul force had expanded a hundredfold compared to before, and the power of his soul had grown by over a 100 times as well. Yet it had become swollen and ponderous, like a limb bloated with stagnant energy.
Within this primordial spirit, there existed countless intangible impurities and primordial essences, requiring continuous refinement to achieve its ultimate metamorphosis.
At this thought, Eldrin raised his head to gaze at the sea of consciousness above, then looked down at the Violet Lotus Throne of Enlightenment upon which he sat cross-legged. "It is time to take this step," he declared.
As the words faded, Eldrin flicked his sleeve and summoned the Enlightenment Violet Lotus Platform. He then began inhaling and exhaling boundless Primordial Chaos Qi, condensing a grinding mill of chaos within his sea of consciousness.
"From the Chaos Primordial Qi, 3 divine abilities were derived."
"The first art is the Primordial Chaos True Aura, the second is the Primordial Chaos Grasping Hand. As for this third divine ability..."
Eldrin murmured softly, his gaze fixed upon the chaotic millstone before him, his words trailing off into a deliberate pause.
A moment later, a faint smile graced his lips as he spoke, "Life, Pure Yang, Profound Abyss, Primordial Earth, and Chaos Metal—5 distinct energies converge into a single entity, coalescing into a Chaos Grindstone."
"This third technique shall be named the 'Chaotic Primordial Qi Grindstone'."
At this point, a faint smile surfaced on Eldrin's face.
The third divine ability derived from the Primordial Chaos Qi, known as the method of activation, was a peerless power that combined suppression and annihilation.
This technique's suppression effect could not compare to the Chaos Primordial Qi Grasping Hand, nor could its lethality match the Chaos Divine Thunder, yet it possessed a unique and extraordinary effect.
By employing this method to suppress a powerful foe, 1 can utterly annihilate their physical form and primordial spirit.
Transcendents beyond the Great Perfection stage are nigh impossible to truly eradicate. Unless there exists an immense chasm in cultivation realms, those of equivalent strength can scarcely determine life or death between them.
In theory, those nearly indestructible Eternal Souls, and even the 12-limit Indestructible Bodies, were virtually impossible to annihilate.
Even if Eldrin were to summon the Chaos Divine Thunder, he could not completely annihilate a high-ranking ancient immortal who had cultivated an Indestructible Primordial Spirit.
Because ancient immortals who have cultivated the Indestructible Primordial Spirit are nearly impossible to eradicate completely. Only a Great Perfected Golden Immortal could personally intervene to annihilate such an existence.
However, the Chaos Millstone was an exception. This divine ability was derived from the Primordial Chaos Qi, inheriting its profound and enduring essence.
In theory, given sufficient time, the Primordial Chaos Qi Millstone could completely grind down even an Eleventh-Cycle Indestructible Divine Soul.
Such an effect could be considered astonishing, yet what caught the attention of Eldrin (Person Name) now was another aspect of it.
"My Indestructible Divine Soul is eternal and imperishable. Even the continuous tempering of the Primordial Chaos Divine Thunder cannot completely annihilate it, let alone facilitate its thorough metamorphosis."
"To advance further, perhaps relying on this Chaos Primordial Qi Grindstone would be the best approach."
As the words fell, Eldrin did not hesitate in the slightest.
He continuously channeled the Chaos Divine Thunder, as towering waves of lightning crashed relentlessly upon his own primordial spirit.
As the power of the Chaos Divine Thunder intensified, his primordial spirit began to fracture into fragments.
But this time, Eldrin did not activate the indestructible nature within his primordial spirit to restore it. Instead, he placed the fragments of his primordial spirit into the Chaos Primordial Qi Mill, beginning to grind his primordial spirit continuously using the great chaos mill.
"Boom—"
As the Chaos Millstone began to rotate, Eldrin was astonished to discover that the fragments of his primordial soul started shattering incessantly. Under the relentless grinding and crushing, they gradually dissipated into nothingness, utterly annihilated as motes of dust.
What was even more terrifying was that the indestructible divinity within his primordial spirit was beginning to fade away.
As time flowed on, the soul essence that finally streamed out from the Chaos Millstone became nearly as viscous and clear as water, yet not a trace of divinity or spiritual nature remained.
This was the purest essence of spiritual soul, which any cultivator could effortlessly refine to enhance their own soul power. Its efficacy surpassed Soul-Nurturing Wood by hundreds, even thousands, of times.
"An utterly pure soul origin, without the slightest trace of impurity?"
Eldrin (Person Name) murmured softly, and after a moment of contemplation, resolutely immersed his consciousness into this sphere of purest origin.
This time, Eldrin resolved to abandon his old primordial spirit, merging his consciousness into the purest essence of divine soul to reshape a new primordial spirit, ultimately ascending to that supreme realm in 1 decisive breakthrough.
"Bzzz—"
As his consciousness poured in, a new primordial spirit took shape. Eldrin discovered that within this spirit forged from the purest origin, a divine and indestructible nature began to awaken.
What shocked Eldrin even more was discovering that his 4 innate supernatural abilities had been stripped away.
The nascent soul seemed a blank slate, yet it bore 9 apertures of divine power, each emanating the purest primordial energy.
9 Orifices Divine Soul.
Eldrin murmured softly, a faint trace of delight coloring his expression.
The 9-Aperture Divine Soul signified his ability to cultivate 9 innate supernatural powers—an unprecedented achievement.
It is essential to understand that a cultivator’s innate divine abilities are firmly established upon reaching the Nascent Soul stage.
Generally speaking, a Mortal Path Nascent Soul could open 1 aperture, enabling cultivation of 1 innate supernatural ability; an Earth Path Nascent Soul could open 2 apertures, allowing mastery of 2 innate supernatural abilities; while a Heaven Path Nascent Soul could open 3 apertures, capable of cultivating 3 supernatural abilities.
When Eldrin (Person Name) achieved the Great Luo Nascent Soul back in the day, he had only opened 4 apertures, yet he was already hailed as unrivaled among his peers. Never did he imagine that his newly formed primordial spirit would now possess 9 innate apertures—a truly staggering revelation.
It is essential to understand that the disparity between an innate supernatural power and a non-innate supernatural power is immense. Not only is the innate power 30 percent more potent than its non-innate counterpart, but most crucially, it consumes significantly less magical energy.
Below the Great Luo Realm, things were manageable, as the vast majority of Earth Immortals and Celestial Immortals possessed resources sufficient to cultivate only 1 or 2 innate supernatural abilities to perfection. Thus, the disparity between them remained minimal.
However, upon reaching the Great Perfection Realm, the distinctions became vast. Nearly every Great Perfection Immortal Lord commanded astonishing amounts of resources, enabling them to cultivate all their innate divine abilities to the Patriarch-level.
In such circumstances, the disparity between 4 innate divine abilities and 5 or 6 innate divine abilities was truly immense.
As Eldrin knew, within the primordial chaos existed rare anomalous treasures capable of assisting Great Luo Golden Immortals in unlocking not only the fifth aperture of their primordial spirit but even the sixth.
Even those Chaos Emperor Lords had almost all opened at least 7 primordial spirit apertures, yet none had ever been heard of possessing 9 primordial spirit apertures.
But at this moment, Eldrin understood that possessing 9 apertures in the soul was actually the minimum requirement for cultivating a True Spirit Soul.
(End of Chapter)