Chapter 1866 : The Calamity Erupts

Recalling the current foundation and strength of the Chen Immortal Clan (Organization), Eldrin (Person Name) turned his gaze toward Kael (Person Name), a wave of emotion stirring within him.

Kael had only returned not long ago. His perseverance and mental fortitude were unparalleled within the Chen Immortal Clan. As early as 10 million years ago, he had laid the foundational framework for the 3 paths of Buddhist, Daoist, and Demonic enlightenment. During the tribulations of the heavenly dao, he forged the ultimate physique—the Body of Myriad Realms Unification.

Thereafter, to mend the flaws in his own laws, Kael ceaselessly ventured through the primordial chaos, wandering across 3 1000 immortal realms, and personally weathered 3 great tribulations.

Over these 3,000,000 years, he had comprehended the essence of a 100 schools' teachings, ultimately grasping the principles of Buddhism, Daoism, and Demonic Arts. By merging these 3 great paths, he forged the Converging Primordium Dao—where divergent paths lead to the same destination—and cultivated the forbidden foundation of 12 heavenly tribulations.

After forging this path, Kael continued to roam the chaos for many years, where he encountered an astonishing opportunity.

That opportunity was the legacy of a Daoist Ancient Immortal from the primordial era who had survived 8 heavenly tribulations. While it contained no innate spiritual treasures, it held the complete inheritance and nearly half the relics of that 8-tribulation Ancient Immortal.

Seizing this opportunity, Kael secluded himself for cultivation, devoting over a million years to arduous training. Not long ago, he finally achieved the realm of the Ancient Immortal.

However, because Kael had not used the Qiankun Primordial Vial to ascend the Primordial Tree, his breakthrough to the Celestial Immortal realm was delayed by 3,000,000 years. As a result, his cultivation foundation ultimately fell short—he had only forged a single Great Perfection foundation and merely shattered the Heavenly Barrier of the Great Dao.

Of course, even as a mere 1-Calamity Ancient Immortal, Kael's foundation rendered his combat prowess truly astonishing. By Eldrin's estimation, even ordinary 3-Calamity Ancient Immortals would likely prove no match for him.

Yet this was not the most crucial point. Eldrin believed that with Kael's return to the clan, aided by treasures such as the 7-Colored Immortal Pearl and soul-nourishing wood, his cultivation would advance by leaps and bounds during the cosmic tribulation.

At this thought, a faint smile touched Eldrin's lips. He swept his gaze across the assembly and declared, "Our Chen Clan now boasts 16 Ancient Immortal powerhouses. With such strength, I daresay we stand unparalleled throughout the entire Vast Sky Immortal Realm."

"It seems our chances of prevailing in this kalpic tribulation have increased by a few more measures."

Hearing this, everyone broke into satisfied smiles.

Chen Qiyuan sat cross-legged nearby and spoke up upon seeing this, "The kalpic tribulation only has a little over a 1000 years remaining. First, let's discuss how the Chen Clan's preparations are progressing."

"Very well."

Below, Lior (Person Name), who was overseeing the clan affairs, distributed a ledger to everyone present.

Eldrin opened the ledger and glanced at its contents, his eyes faintly gleaming as a trace of a smile graced his lips.

This ledger recorded the current foundation of the Chen Immortal Clan (Organization), which included blessed paradises and celestial grottos, spiritual mountains and mystic fields, the number of immortals, as well as resources such as war vessels, immortal treasures, and immortal sources.

Just then, Lior (Person Name) spoke up, "This time, we have spent over 5 million years preparing for the Heavenly Tribulation."

By now, we possessed 9 great cave heavens and 3 100 60-7 blessed lands, all adorned with millions of immortal-grade formation arrays. At the heart of these formations lay 3 100 60-5 innate Taiyi Golden Bamboo Swords.

"With the Cosmic Taiyi Golden Bamboo Sword Formation, even ancient immortals who have undergone 7 or 8 heavenly tribulations would find it nearly impossible to breach the Abyssal Return Domain. 1 could say our rear base is sufficiently secure."

Eldrin (Person Name) nodded upon hearing this and inquired, "How are the reserves of Immortal Origin Spirit Stones coming along?"

"The Immortal Origin prepared amounts to 23 trillion units, while spirit stones are beyond count—sufficient to sustain high-intensity warfare for hundreds of thousands of years."

Lior was fully aware of the inventory supplies and could recount these resources as effortlessly as listing treasures.

At this point, he added, "For offensive capabilities, we have also prepared substantial resources—over 3,000 9-rank talismans, each capable of severely injuring a Celestial Immortal powerhouse."

There were also several dozen 9-tier Taiyi Ancient Ships, 30 sets of 9-tier superior-grade Taiyi Golden Bamboo Sword Arrays, and 9 sets of large supreme-grade Taiyi Golden Bamboo Sword Arrays.

At this point, Lior (Person Name) paused briefly before saying, "To gather resources like Immortal Origin and other supplies, I sold 3 sets of the minor-grade supreme Taiyi Golden Bamboo Sword Arrays."

Eldrin (Person Name) couldn't help but nod slightly upon hearing this.

Among these resources, the most precious was undoubtedly the Taiyi Golden Bamboo Sword Array (Magic Treasure).

Over the years, Eldrin had cultivated a considerable number of Taiyi Golden Bamboo Sword Arrays. Based on the varying quantities of the arrays, he categorized them into 7 distinct tiers: Micro, Small, Large, Celestial Guardians, Boundless, Minor Celestial Cycle, and Major Celestial Cycle.

Formations with fewer than 9 swords are classified as miniature arrays. A dozen swords constitute a small-scale formation, while 20-4 swords form a major sword formation. 30-6 swords manifest the Celestial Plough Array, and 70-2 blades give rise to the Boundless Sword Formation. A minor celestial cycle requires 1 100 8 swords, whereas the grand celestial cycle demands 3 100 60-5 swords to complete its configuration.

Generally speaking, when using supreme-grade primordial ancient swords as the formation foundation, the power of a miniature sword formation would be sufficient to overwhelm all early-stage Ancient Immortals.

The small-scale sword formation now underwent a qualitative leap in power, capable of suppressing the vast majority of Mid-Stage Ancient Immortals, while the large-scale formation could enable 1 to rival a 6-Tribulation Ancient Immortal.

The Heavenly Dipper Sword Formations at higher levels all possessed immense power, yet without sufficient cultivation base and mastery of formation techniques, they were nearly impossible to activate.

Over the years, all the supreme-grade Taiyi Gold Bamboo Sword Arrays Lior (Person Name) had sold were compact sets of 12 swords each.

However, each and every Taiyi Golden Bamboo Sword was a supreme-grade Primordial Ancient Treasure refined with Primordial Qi. Any Ancient Immortal who obtained a set would be a match for a Fifth Tribulation Ancient Immortal.

Moreover, this was based on the standard of an early-stage Ancient Immortal. If it were wielded by a high-tribulation Ancient Immortal at the mid-stage or above, its power would be significantly greater.

This set of the Great Yin Golden Bamboo Sword Formation was worth at least several 1000 strands of innate qi from the very beginning. Over the years, Lior (Person Name) had sold merely 3 sets, yet he managed to acquire tens of trillions of Immortal Origin coins and vast quantities of resources.

"Supplies, Immortal Origin, ancient ships, and reserves are all abundant."

After taking stock, Eldrin spoke up, "30 sets of top-grade ninth-tier sword formations shall be distributed to the Celestial Immortals of our clan for refinement. As for the supreme Taiyi Golden Bamboo Sword Formation, every Ancient Immortal present capable of refining it should consecrate 1 set for self-protection."

Everyone nodded slightly upon hearing this.

Although there were 16 ancient immortals present, not all were proficient in formation arrays. The sword formation composed of 20-4 supreme-grade innate Taiyi Golden Bamboo Swords could not be activated without sufficient mastery of formation arts.

Additionally, both Lyra and Qing Ji possessed a Minor Zhoutian Taiyi Golden Bamboo Sword Array and a Tiangang Sword Array, gifts from Eldrin. Thus, the remaining resources were more than sufficient for their needs.

No 1 objected to this arrangement, but Lyra spoke up, "There's no issue with distributing the supreme-grade Taiji Gold Bamboo Swords this way. However, refining the high-grade Taiji Gold Bamboo Sword Formation requires late-stage Celestial Immortal cultivation. I fear our clan lacks enough late-stage Celestial Immortals to accomplish this."

"The numbers are insufficient. Let us summon fellow cultivators from the Immortal Alliance."

At that moment, Chen Ethan (Person Name) brought up the members of the Immortal Alliance and remarked, "I've heard that Fellow Daoist Tianyuan and Fellow Daoist Zixuan have recently advanced yet again, breaking through to the late-stage Celestial Immortal realm."

Eldrin nodded upon hearing this. The late-stage Celestial Immortals of the Abyssal Return Immortal Alliance, even if they couldn't join the battle directly, could still help guard the Abyssal Return Heavenly Domain with their refined sword formations. This would free the others to focus on seizing opportunities in the Cosmic Tribulation.

After distributing the Taiyi Golden Bamboo Sword Array, all that remained were trivial details.

After that, they began to meticulously finalize the details of this Tribulation, laboring extensively until the conference was concluded.

After the pre-war meeting concluded, Eldrin once again summoned the allies of the Abyssal Return Immortal Alliance for a separate council.

At this meeting, he forged an alliance with the Eldrin Immortal Alliance (Organization), establishing a pact for them to assist the Chen Immortal Clan (Organization) in stabilizing the Eldrin Sea. When the time comes, they would aid the Chen Immortal Clan (Organization) in seizing the opportunity for the 100 Tribulations Rebirth.

As a condition, once the war concluded, they too could claim various opportunities based on their military merits.

With everything now settled, Eldrin returned to the Abyssal Cavern for secluded cultivation, quietly awaiting the ever-approaching opportunity of rebirth through a 100 calamities.

Thus time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, 1 1000 years had passed.

Until this day, Eldrin slowly awakened from his secluded cultivation, withdrawing a wisp of divine sense back into his sea of consciousness.

He observed his primordial spirit, and within the True Spirit Primordial Spirit, in the acupoints radiating violet-gold light, a strand of divine ability origin filled with chaotic hues had already been dyed violet-gold by countless true spirit imprints.

"At last, it's nearly completely fused."

Eldrin murmured softly, sensing the transformation of his innate divine ability, Primordial Chaos Qi.

Over the years, he had continuously integrated the true spirit imprints from his acupoints into the Primordial Chaos Qi. As time flowed, the Primordial Unity Qi had already absorbed countless true spirit imprints, leaving only the faintest wisp remaining before completion.

Just as the fusion was about to succeed, Eldrin hesitated no longer. He immediately channeled his Indestructible Dharma Power and True Spirit Primordial Soul to accelerate the merging of the True Spirit Mark.

Boom—

In the blink of an eye, a thunderous roar echoed as Eldrin discovered his innate divine ability—Primordial Chaos Qi—had undergone a profound metamorphosis.

In but an instant, the Primordial Chaos Qi underwent an ultimate sublimation, acquiring an indescribable and indestructible spirituality. Not only did it become more responsive than 1's own limbs, but its power also underwent a qualitative transformation.

This qualitative transformation far surpassed the ordinary. Eldrin even felt that with this divine ability, he could forcibly suppress an Innate Spiritual Treasure, and perhaps even pierce through the River of Fate to prove his path as a Golden Immortal.

Logically speaking, no matter how powerful the divine abilities of an 8-Tribulation Ancient Immortal might be, they could never rival those of an Innate Spiritual Treasure.

This could be described as utterly inconceivable, for all beneath the Great Immortal Realm are but ants. No matter how formidable an 8-Tribulation Ancient Immortal might be, they could never compare to the supreme power of a Great Immortal of the Golden Immortality.

As a sect master-level divine ability, even when unleashed by an 8-Calamity Ancient Immortal, its power could at most rival 1-tenth of what a Golden Immortal of the Grand Luo could personally manifest.

This was not because the Patriarch-level divine abilities were insufficiently powerful, but because the disparity in cultivation realms was far too vast. Since ancient times, no 1 had ever been able to defy a Great Luo Golden Immortal with the cultivation of an 8 Calamity Ancient Immortal.

But at this moment, Eldrin was confident that he could confront an innate spiritual treasure with his Primordial Chaos Qi, and was even certain he could completely suppress it.

This was an indescribable divine power that transcended the bottleneck between the Ancient Immortal and Great Luo realms.

Of course, Eldrin also understood that he was not yet qualified to challenge a Golden Immortal, let alone a Great Luo Golden Immortal—he was still far, far from that level.

To challenge a Great Luo Golden Immortal head-on, relying solely on the Primordial Spirit and its divine abilities remains far from sufficient, for all Great Luo Golden Immortals have attained the Dao by shattering the 9 Heavenly Passes.

A True Spiritual Root (Spiritual Root) could at most rival a single foundation of a Great Luo Golden Immortal. Unless Eldrin (Person Name) simultaneously cultivated his physical body, magic power, primordial spirit, Great Dao, Dao Fruit, and all other foundations to the True Spirit realm, he might barely stand a chance in battle.

"All beneath the Great Perfection Realm are but ants. Though I dare not claim to rival a Great Perfection Golden Immortal yet, I should now rank among the foremost of the 8-Calamity Ancient Immortals."

Eldrin murmured softly, a faint smile gracing his lips.

Since time immemorial, cultivating a single True Spiritual Root (Spiritual Root) foundation was enough to sweep through the 8 Tribulations Realm with no equal. Now that he had simultaneously established 2 True Spiritual Root (Spiritual Root) foundations, his power was destined to become even more terrifying.

With this thought, Eldrin slowly took a deep breath, reined in his wandering thoughts, and stepped out of the secluded cultivation chamber.

In this moment, Eldrin swept his gaze across the 8 directions, surveying the boundless immortal realm. As he observed the rolling calamity qi between heaven and earth, an indescribable pride surged within him.

"Looking back now, the once vast and boundless, magnificently endless Qingcang Immortal Realm seems rather unremarkable after all."

"Xuanheng, the Ancient Demon, and the Ghost Ancestor of 10 1000 Spirits, ha!"

The kalpa was approaching, and the tribulation qi between heaven and earth grew ever more turbulent throughout the entire Vast Azure Immortal Domain.

All living beings across the entire Vast Azure Immortal Domain felt an inexplicable dread, as if a great calamity was imminent.

Only Immortals at the Ascension Realm and beyond could perceive the endless baleful energies permeating heaven and earth. Yet those who knew the truth remained utterly powerless, forced to bear witness as the calamity of all living beings descended upon the world.

Such boundless tribulation swept through the celestial realm that even the Heavenly Dao no longer spared the dignity of celestial immortals. Even ancient mighty immortals could only be drawn into it against their will.

Apart from the exalted Great Luo Ancient Sect, aside from those supreme and majestic Golden Immortals of the Great Luo, who alone could gaze down upon the mortal realm from their lofty heights or engage in strategic games with formidable foes.

All beings who have fallen into the tribulation are merely pawns—some tremble in fear, while others are inexplicably exhilarated.

Fear, for the descent into the tribulation of reincarnation; exhilaration, for this calamity is also an opportunity. Whether 1 can seize control of their own destiny and become the player overlooking all realms may well hinge upon this very kalpic tribulation.

"Boom!"

On this very day, from the depths of the boundless chaos, a supremely majestic voice resonated.

The Great Calamity approaches, and heroes rise across the land.

From this day forth, for 1 million years, the 3 great Heavenly Courts, the 100 immortal races, the 3 1000 ancient sects—all experts above the Great Perfection stage shall enter seclusion and remain in their sacred mountains.

"Soar as a dragon to the heavens, or perish with your soul in the netherworld—your fate rests upon your skill and destiny."

Eldrin (Person Name) lifted his head, quietly listening to the voice as a faint smile surfaced in his gaze: "The flood dragon ascends to heaven, its soul severed in the netherworld."

"Tribulation, I'm coming!"

Meanwhile, across the 3 1000 Immortal Domains, countless calamities surged through the realms, 1 earth-shattering battle after another erupting in their wake.

Within the Vast Azure Immortal Realm, 1 terrifying aura after another stirred from slumber, awakening from their ancient repose.

Even more terrifyingly, at the very heart of the Qingcang Immortal Realm, an aura of supreme dominance was slowly awakening and returning from the River of Time.

"It is the Great God Qingcang, beginning to awaken."

Eldrin gazed toward the heart of the Qingcang Immortal Realm, his eyes growing profoundly still as he murmured.

Just then, Lyra appeared beside him, gazing toward the direction where Eldrin was being reborn. A slight frown creased her brow as she said, "It will still take some time for the Great Eldrin to fully resurrect."

"To accelerate this process, a great number of immortals must fall."