Chapter 1862 : Enlightenment
"What incredibly powerful true spirit acupoints."
Sensing the immense power within his True Spirit acupoint, Eldrin could not help but reveal a look of ecstatic joy.
He calculated with his fingers and deduced that, based on the rate at which the True Spirit acupoints were being nurtured, it would only take approximately 1 million years for the Primordial Chaos Qi to transform into a True Spirit divine ability.
"1 million years is more than enough time."
Eldrin murmured softly, then began sensing the power of his True Spirit and Primordial Soul.
At this very moment, he discovered the immense power of his Primordial Spirit. Without exaggeration, he now held mastery over his own life and death.
He had a feeling that with his current soul force alone, he could suppress the 8 Heavenly Passes, and was even confident enough to forcibly intercept the River of Fate and shatter his own Heavenly Pass of Destiny.
Even advancing further, directly stirring the Sea of the Great Dao to fuse 1's primordial spirit with the Great Dao itself, thereby attaining the realm of a Great Luo Golden Immortal, would be entirely within reach.
In fact, this was exactly how the Violet Immortal Lord had done it back in the day.
He had forged some kind of True Spiritual Root (Spiritual Root) foundation, directly triggering the Great Dao to break through to the Golden Immortal realm. It happened so swiftly that even those Chaos Heavenly Emperors couldn't react in time.
Of course, Eldrin would not foolishly take that step. He still possessed far greater potential, and there was no need to squander his innate abilities for momentary progress.
At his current level of cultivation, Eldrin deeply suspected that the reason the Violet Immortal Lord had failed to breach the Chaos Realm back then was due to squandering his own latent potential.
His cultivation speed was too fast—so fast that he simply couldn't refine each realm to its absolute limit. This was likely 1 of the key reasons why he ultimately failed to break through to the Chaos Realm.
"My time is still long, and everything remains within reach."
Eldrin spoke slowly, then fully comprehended the power of his primordial spirit.
In this moment, Eldrin discovered that his old primordial spirit had been completely depleted, while his newborn primordial spirit had reached a state of perfect and flawless completion.
However, only 1 of the 9 apertures within his primordial spirit had undergone transformation. To completely metamorphose all of them into True Spirit Apertures would require a vast and immeasurable amount of True Spirit Seals.
Each acupoint required a truly astronomical number of True Spirit Seals to transform into a True Spirit Acupoint—enough to reconstruct an entire True Spirit Primordial Soul.
Generally speaking, those who have cultivated a 12-Circumference Foundation can, at most, use their True Spirit Mark to enlighten only 1 acupoint or forge a single 12-Circumference True Spiritual Root (Spiritual Root) foundation.
This time, Eldrin still managed to enlighten a single True Spirit acupoint while forging his True Spirit Primordial Soul—clear evidence that he had obtained twice the usual True Spirit imprints.
This was already remarkable, but to enlighten all 9 apertures—Eldrin knew full well he was not yet capable of such a feat.
Understanding this, Eldrin slowly ceased his cultivation and opened his eyes.
At this moment, Eldrin calculated with his fingers and realized he had been in seclusion for 1 100 1000 years.
"Regardless, the True Spirit Divine Soul has been fully cultivated. Now it's time to comprehend divine abilities and Daoist arts."
Eldrin contemplated this inwardly as he began to retrieve the 3 volumes of the Primordial Dao Scriptures, delving into the profound mysteries and divine abilities contained within.
For the first time, Eldrin devoted himself to comprehending the Dao scriptures of the Primordial Beginning. Starting from the chapter on formation arrays, he immersed himself in its profound teachings. When he finally completed his preliminary study of the formation arrays section, he couldn't help but marvel at the earth-shattering mastery of the Primordial Beginning Dao Ancestor.
The Array Formation Chapter contained hundreds of millions of distinct formations, ranging from the most basic first-tier arrays to the Great Dao formation patterns of the Da Luo level.
These formations encompassed dozens of types including offensive, defensive, illusory, auxiliary, and special categories. Moreover, each category contained complete sets of formation patterns ranging from the first rank all the way to the Great Perfection level.
Among the most supreme formations, there existed even the Primordial Chaos and Primordial Unity Grand Arrays.
"With these formations, my Lifebound Immortal Artifact Array may have hope of advancing further."
After gaining an initial comprehension of the formation, Eldrin couldn't help but exclaim with delight.
In the years that followed, he began with first-tier formations, delving ever deeper into the mysteries of arraycraft as he absorbed the wisdom of his predecessors.
As for the first-tier formations, they were the most numerous in quantity—countless billions upon billions of them. Yet, they were the simplest to comprehend. Eldrin (Person Name) spent merely 10 years and had already mastered hundreds of thousands of formation patterns and arrays.
With these 1,000,000 formation patterns as foundation, Eldrin felt confident he could unravel complexities through focused insight, mastering the profound mysteries of nearly all first-order formations.
After that, he delved into second-order formations and mastered them completely in merely 20 years.
Thus, progressing from the superficial to the profound through continuous contemplation, he had mastered the intricacies of all formation patterns from the 1st to the 6th tier in merely 1 1000 years.
It could be said that Eldrin had now fully mastered all mortal world formations, achieving near-omniscience and omnipotence within this domain.
Thus, he advanced further, comprehending the myriad powers of immortal-grade formations.
仙阶阵法数量比不得凡尘阵法数量繁多，但是阵纹却更加玄奥不可测，每一缕仙道阵纹都蕴含着法则之力，足以让仙人耗费数万年时间才能彻底吃透。
However, for the current Eldrin (Person Name), comprehending it was not particularly troublesome.
He continuously gained insights into various formations, needing only a single day to fully master 1 of the celestial array patterns and comprehend the law power contained within.
Thus, 3 1000 years passed in the blink of an eye. Eldrin had fully mastered 1,000,000 immortal Dao formations, becoming exceptionally rare across the celestial realms in this field.
1 million formations, representing 1 million strands of law power. After Eldrin (Person Name) thoroughly comprehended these laws, he discovered that his own Chaos Primordial Dao Principle had unknowingly become more refined.
"So that's how it is. The Great Dao of Chaos encompasses all things in existence."
"If I can comprehend the countless laws and principles that permeate heaven and earth, it will also enhance my own Path of Primordial Chaos."
Eldrin felt a flicker of insight, yet he set aside his contemplation of the laws and turned his focus toward comprehending the Eighth-Level Heaven-Sundering Grand Array.
It was not that Eldrin was unwilling to continue comprehending the laws, but that the principles between heaven and earth were boundless and inexhaustible, numbering in the hundreds of millions. Even a Dao Ancestor or Immortal Sage could not possibly comprehend and master them all.
He had comprehended a million laws, nearly encompassing all elemental laws and special laws.
The remaining hundreds of millions of laws, though vast and boundless, differed only marginally from these. Once he comprehended these principles, he could unravel the whole through a single point, mastering all without the need to meditate on each 1 individually.
Compared to the power of laws, the Eighth-Level Heaven-Splitting Grand Formation was born from the fabric of rules—its profundity surpassed that of mere laws by thousands upon thousands of times.
Eldrin continuously contemplated the profound mysteries of the primordial formation, gaining insights into myriad laws. While steadily accumulating his foundational wisdom, he seized the opportunity to refine the power of his Dao of Rules. He felt his own path growing increasingly perfected.
Thus, in the fleeting passage of 10 1000 years, Eldrin had thoroughly mastered the intricacies of over 30,000 primordial creation arrays.
After that, he continued to comprehend the ninth-order innate formation patterns. These patterns were profoundly mysterious and unfathomable, yet with Eldrin's (Person Name) aptitude, he managed to decipher them at an astonishing rate—1 pattern per decade—and his speed only accelerated with time.
Thus, in just over 300,000 years, he had comprehended tens of thousands of innate grand formations and thoroughly mastered the innate Dao principles within them.
"Almost there."
On this day, Eldrin had thoroughly mastered all the various ninth-rank innate formation patterns. He slowly opened his eyes after concluding his secluded cultivation, a rare smile finally gracing his features.
At this stage, he had no intention of continuing to contemplate the Great Luo Formations. Each of these formations contained the profound mysteries of the Great Dao, requiring immense time to comprehend. Moreover, every Great Luo Formation carried the subjective will of its creator.
Given Eldrin's (Person Name) current cultivation level, even if he were to gain insight, he could only imitate the surface without fully grasping its essence—it might even conflict with his own foundational principles.
Thus, Eldrin (Person Name) abandoned his pursuit of comprehending higher-level Great Luo formations and instead began digesting his own gains.
This time, he had comprehended countless formations, which became his accumulated foundation and experience. Building upon this to create his own unique Da Luo Array Patterns might ultimately prove to be the most crucial step.
Thinking of this, Eldrin began secluded cultivation to deduce the formation patterns.
He began deducing from the first-tier formation patterns, and in merely 1 1000 years, he had successfully derived a transcendent set of formation patterns spanning from the first to the ninth tier.
From then on, he persevered relentlessly, successively creating 30-6 distinct categories of formations—offensive, defensive, illusion arrays, mind arrays, auxiliary formations, and special arrays—and advanced each 1 to the pinnacle Ninth Rank.
30-6 Supreme-Grade Primordial Formations.
Eldrin murmured softly, unable to hold back a sigh of relief.
These 30-6 supreme-grade innate ancient formations were each exceptionally rare and peerless through the ages. Every single formation possessed the power to slay ancient celestial mighty figures. Were an ordinary ancient celestial able to create just 1 of them, it would be sufficient to firmly establish their standing within the realm of ancient celestials.
Eldrin created a total of 30-6 sets in succession, yet he remained unsatisfied.
In truth, he could have devised more formations, but it was ultimately meaningless. These 30-6 arrays encompassed all manifestations of existence. Even if he were to create additional formations, they would merely be variations of existing ones, with no significant difference in efficacy.
For Eldrin (Person Name), what he now sought was to transcend these 30-6 formations and create a peerless innate immortal array unparalleled through the ages.
Taking these 30-6 sets of formations as the foundation, extracting their essence while discarding their dross, I shall create a set of peerless immortal formations—yet can I successfully lay down a single Lifebound Immortal Formation?
Eldrin murmured softly, then with a flick of his sleeve, manifested 5 life-bound immortal treasures: the Li Fire Sword of the Returning Abyss, the Heavenly River Ren Water Sword, the Earth Sovereign's Bell of Wu, the Purple Lotus Throne of Enlightenment, and the Mirror of Yin, Yang, and Void.
Using these 5 innate immortal treasures as his foundation, he continuously refined new peerless formation patterns, seeking to synthesize a Great Luo Slaughter Array.
Yet it was not until much later, when the formation array fully took shape with a thunderous completion, that a complex light flickered in Eldrin's eyes—a mingling of melancholy and quiet joy. He shook his head in regret.
"I succeeded, yet I failed to take that final step."
Eldrin spoke softly, his gaze fixed on the formation composed of 5 innate immortal treasures, a faint trace of regret coloring his expression.
He discovered that his array formation had already taken shape, capable of amplifying the power of all 5 of his natal immortal treasures by 50 percent. Yet, it ultimately fell short of stepping into the realm of the Great Perfection.
This formation was truly astonishing, reaching the absolute pinnacle just below the Great Dao. It integrated multiple functions—slaughter, entrapment, suppression, amplification, material manipulation, and energy storage—yet ultimately fell short of transcending that final threshold. For Eldrin (Person Name) in his current state, it remained somewhat impractical.
Since the 5 immortal treasures possessed different attributes, this set of artifacts couldn't share the same origin, thereby shattering the conventional limits of ancient treasures.
If it were a set of 5 innate primordial treasures aligned with the 5 Elements, then through the formation, the 5 treasures could merge into a harmonious whole, amplifying each other's power to its absolute limit.
In this way, it could unleash its ultimate power, which would be no less formidable than the force of 108 supreme-grade Taiji Golden Bamboo Sword Arrays.
And the 1 100 and 8 supreme-grade innate Taiyi Golden Bamboo Swords could be deployed in the 'Heavenly Dipper and Earthly Fiend Infinite Sword Formation', its power rivaling that of an innate spiritual treasure. It could even effortlessly suppress some of the weaker 8-tribulation ancient immortals.
At this thought, Eldrin couldn't help but fall into a contemplative silence.
A moment later, he drew the 5 treasures into his grasp and murmured to himself, "Even if all 5 of these Lifebound Immortal Treasures were to advance into Innate Spiritual Treasures, they might form an exceptionally powerful array formation—yet this still falls short of what I truly seek."
In truth, what Eldrin sought was no ordinary array artifact, but a set of soul-bound array artifacts sharing the same origin—for this held the key mystery to traversing the Spirit Treasure Heavenly Pass.
Among the 9 Heavenly Passes of cultivators, the Lingbao Heavenly Pass could theoretically also be cultivated to the 12 Limits realm.
Generally speaking, binding the Great Dao with an innate spiritual treasure gifted by others could at most lead to cultivating the 9-Limit Realm, whereas using a life-bound innate spiritual treasure would enable 1 to achieve the 10-Limit Realm—the Spiritual Treasure Heavenly Pass.
Building upon this foundation, if 1 could cultivate a set of innate array artifacts while simultaneously merging several innate primordial spiritual treasures into formation, they would be able to step into the Elevenfold Limit Spiritual Treasure Heavenly Gate.
Once 1 refines the Eleventh-Cycle Spiritual Treasure Heavenly Pass, they would be peerless enough to dominate both heaven and earth, ranking among the top in combat prowess even among the 8-Calamity Ancient Immortals.
Such a figure, once unleashing the Innate Spiritual Treasure Array, could force even an 8-Calamity Ancient Immortal to meet their doom.
In any great kalpa, those who cultivate the 11 Extremities Spiritual Treasure Heavenly Pass are truly protagonists of the kalpa—only peerless geniuses who have established a foundation of True Spiritual Root (Spiritual Root) could ever stand against them.
And above the 11 Limit Spiritual Treasures, there theoretically exists the 12 Limit Spiritual Treasure Heavenly Barrier.
However, since ancient times, this has remained a mere legend—not even Divine Emperors, Heavenly Rulers, Dao Ancestors, or Transcendent Sages have ever achieved it.
Since the opening of the 3 1000 celestial domains, only the Violet Immortal Lord was suspected to have reached this stage.
Because the Violet Immortal Lord was born embracing the Chaos Treasure ‘Chaos Cauldron,’ many suspected He had effortlessly broken through the 12-Limit Spirit Treasure Heavenly Barrier.
Of course, this was merely speculation—whether it held any truth remained unknown.
However, many immortals believed that as a Chaos Supreme Treasure, the Chaos Cauldron was most likely also a Chaos True Spirit Artifact that had integrated a True Spirit Imprint.
"Let alone the 12 Limits True Spirit Treasure."
"Unless I can unify the origins of all 5 Lifebound Immortal Treasures, I'll have no choice but to merge my Dao with 1 of the Innate Spiritual Treasures. At that point, I'm afraid I won't even be able to break through the 11th Limit Divine Treasure Heavenly Barrier."
Eldrin murmured inwardly, a faint furrow forming between his brows.
But in the blink of an eye, He dismissed the thought. At present, He possessed only 2 strands of innate indestructible spiritual light—not even enough to meet the 5 strands required for the ascension of His life-bound treasure. There was little point in entertaining such fanciful notions.
At this thought, Eldrin set down the Taishi Dao Scripture – Array Formations Volume and retrieved the Divine Abilities Volume to begin his contemplation.
The path of cultivation places great importance on Dao Patterns in formations, for Dao Patterns can evolve into the Great Dao, while divine abilities are born from the convergence of the Great Dao.
In Eldrin's view, Dao Patterns formed the foundation of all things, the Great Dao represented the cultivation achievements of practitioners, while Divine Abilities were the fruits borne from the Great Dao.
(End of Chapter)