Chapter 1888 : True Spirit Magic

"Is this the Heavenly Emperor's Dao Charm?"

Eldrin murmured under his breath, a flicker of horror dawning in his gaze.

The so-called Heavenly Emperor's Dao Imprint is formed when a Heavenly Emperor transcends into the Dao, their essence intertwining with the Great Dao itself. It contains the Heavenly Emperor's profound insights into the Dao, making it an exceedingly rare and supreme treasure even for a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

At this moment, Eldrin absorbed nearly a 1000 Heavenly Emperor's Dao Rhythms in succession. Instantly, he felt infinite insights into the Great Dao surging forth, and his comprehension of cultivation began to advance by leaps and bounds.

In that fleeting moment, Eldrin witnessed the birth of a world, while simultaneously beholding visions of countless celestial realms collapsing into oblivion.

Though the vast majority of these images were fragmented and incomplete, Eldrin still managed to glimpse a trace of profound mystery.

A youth, rising from ruin, cultivated arduously within a shattered ancient realm. Soaring with unstoppable momentum, he swept across the world, ultimately embarking upon that supreme journey to become the Celestial Emperor whose might shakes the very Chaos.

"The life of the Heavenly Emperor?"

Eldrin (Person Name) murmured inwardly, immediately settling his mind to contemplate the lifetime of the Celestial Emperor, while unconsciously grasping the profound mysteries of the Celestial Emperor's Dao Charm.

No 1 knew how much time had passed. When Eldrin slowly regained consciousness, he discovered a new Dao Pattern consisting of several 100 characters had emerged within his body.

Celestial Emperor's Ancient Script.

Eldrin murmured, a trace of astonishment flickering between his brows.

The Celestial Emperor's Ancient Text spanned hundreds of chapters, each character profoundly intricate. After contemplating for what felt like an eternity, Eldrin faintly grasped the scroll's true name—Celestial Emperor's Artifact Fusion Codex.

"Chapter of the Celestial Emperor's Artifact Fusion?"

Eldrin was momentarily taken aback before immediately immersing himself in comprehending this ancient scroll.

This ancient scroll was profoundly mysterious. Even with Eldrin's (Person Name) exceptional talent, he found its contents profoundly difficult to comprehend. It took him a full 10 1000 years to achieve preliminary understanding and grasp the profound meaning within this archaic scripture.

It turned out that this ancient scroll contained a method for cultivating True Spirit Treasures.

At its core, it was a method of fusing a set of formation artifacts into 1, cultivating them into a supreme True Spirit Treasure, thereby advancing the Spiritual Treasure Heavenly Pass to the True Spirit Realm.

This True Spirit Artifact was immensely powerful. Once fully cultivated, 1 could wield it to dominate all realms and conquer every corner of the world. In time, it might even grant a sliver of possibility to attain the third realm of chaos.

However, although True Spirit Artifacts are immensely powerful, their cultivation is exceptionally demanding. First and foremost, 1 must select a True Spirit Array Tool that aligns with their spiritual affinity.

For instance, if Chen Xianzhang’s Oceanic Divine Pearls could be gathered in a set of 30-6, and each 1 were refined into an innate spiritual treasure, it would be possible to cultivate them into a True Spirit Treasure—the ‘Pearl of the True Realm.’

Similarly, if the Treasure Banner of the 8 Trigrams (Magic Treasure) were all cultivated to the level of innate spiritual treasures and then merged into 1, it would be possible to refine it into a form capable of summoning true spirit imprints, ultimately achieving the True Spirit 8 Trigrams Banner.

Of course, these were merely possibilities. Even with the most compatible array artifact, whether 1 could ultimately unify them and cultivate it into a True Spirit Treasure still depended on 1's own fortune and destiny.

For Eldrin (Person Name), his 5 innate immortal treasures were fundamentally incompatible, making it nearly impossible to merge them into a True Spirit Treasure.

"Could it be that there truly exists no possibility for me to cultivate these 5 innate treasures into True Spirit Treasures?"

Eldrin murmured softly, lost in deep contemplation.

Moreover, these 5 treasures were bound to his very life through profound cultivation, and they had become deeply integrated into his foundation over years of dedicated practice. They were not something that could simply be replaced at will.

At this thought, Eldrin fell into deep contemplation. After a long while, he drew a deep breath and declared, "Since even the Celestial Emperor's method cannot cultivate me into a True Spirit Treasure, then I shall create my own path henceforth."

With his conviction firmly set in his heart, Eldrin immediately withdrew his distracting thoughts.

He opened his eyes and scanned his surroundings, noticing everyone was still comprehending the Heavenly Emperor's Dao Imprint. Withdrawing his thoughts, he began reconstructing his Primordial Artifact from its foundation.

The second cultivation of the Root Artifact proved far less arduous than the first. Eldrin mastered the primordial treasure in under a 1000 years.

Shortly after forging the primordial treasure, Eldrin retrieved the Dao Origin of the Frost Sparrow Saint Spirit.

This Frost Sparrow Saint Spirit truly lived up to its reputation as a peerless prodigy who had cultivated True Spirit power. The essence of its Dao Source was several times more profound than the Dao Source transformed from Imperial Scion Lingxiao.

In the instant he refined the source of the Frost Sparrow Saint Spirit Dao, Eldrin felt an exceptionally pure primordial essence surge into his body, profoundly nourishing his foundation and potential.

A surge of pure spiritual power merged into the 9-Orifice Chaos Furnace, continuously accelerating the refinement of magical energy.

Thus time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, tens of thousands of years had passed. When Eldrin finally completed refining the Dao Origin of the Frost Sparrow Saint Spirit, he suddenly realized the magical power within him had reached the critical point of transformation.

"Finally, the breakthrough is at hand."

Eldrin murmured inwardly as he opened his eyes and surveyed his surroundings. The celestial platform was nearly empty, with almost all the immortals having departed. Only Lyra and Youwu remained, standing guard to protect him during his cultivation.

Watching him emerge from seclusion, Seraphina Qu (Person Name) spoke up: "After they left seclusion, they've already gone to seek their fortunes. We've been waiting here for you to complete your cultivation."

Eldrin nodded, then declared, "I am preparing to break through to True Spirit Magical Power. To avoid detection by the 3 Soul Emperors, I have decided to make my ascension within the Chaotic Heavenly Abyss."

"Follow me for now. We'll discuss everything after I break through to the next realm."

Hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement, a trace of delight flickering across their faces.

Seeing this, Eldrin did not hesitate. With a flick of his sleeve, he soared through the skies with his companions, vanishing from the fragment of the Primordial Immortal Realm in an instant and arriving beyond the Chaos Ancient Path.

They arrived at the edge of the Primordial Ancient Path, then departed from it and headed toward the Chaos Abyss. After traveling only a short distance, they came to a halt.

Here, Eldrin (Person Name) was astonished to discover a massive Chaos Nest.

"Here, we have already left the Ancient Path of Chaos, yet remain close enough—a perfect place for my breakthrough."

Eldrin murmured under his breath before speaking aloud, "Let's go take a look."

With those words, Eldrin was the first to set foot upon the Chaos Lair.

No sooner had he set foot on the Chaotic Abode than Eldrin was startled to discover a man of imposing stature already cultivating within.

Against the Heavens

Eldrin (Person Name) exclaimed in astonishment, "So it's actually you—Ní Cāngtiān, who vanished all those years ago!"

At this moment, Ni Cangtian (Person Name) was cultivating within the Chaos Nest (Cultivation Realm). He held a dazzlingly brilliant broken sword fragment in his hand, and his aura had grown significantly more powerful compared to before.

Triple True Spiritual Root (Spiritual Root) Foundation.

Youwu murmured in a low voice, her tone tinged with surprise, "As expected of the Chosen 1. To think you survived back then—not only that, but you even seized a serendipitous opportunity to advance further."

Eldrin was also somewhat surprised. He glanced at the broken sword in Nihility Heaven's hand and actually detected a trace of true spirit aura from it.

Seeing this, You Wu couldn't help but exclaim in astonishment, "It's an incomplete Primordial Chaos Treasure. What a pity its artifact spirit has fallen into dormancy—it can no longer unleash its true divine power."

How precious are the Primordial Treasures! Legend has it that the higher the grade of such treasures, the greater the restrictions they impose on 1's innate foundation.

An ancient Primordial Tree, even after obtaining the Primordial Indestructible Radiance, still faced uncertainty in its advancement to a Heavenly Spiritual Root (Spiritual Root).

However, for a top-grade Heavenly Spiritual Root (Spiritual Root) to advance into a Chaos Spiritual Root, the difficulty could be said to be greater than reaching the heavens. Even if 1 obtained the Primordial Chaos Qi (Chaos Qi), the hope of a successful advancement remained exceedingly slim.

To advance into a Chaos Spirit Root, 1 must possess at least a trace of True Spirit Imprint.

The same holds true for innate spiritual treasures. An ordinary top-grade innate spiritual treasure could never advance to become a chaos spiritual treasure. Even if it obtained Primordial Chaos Qi, the likelihood of failure would exceed 90-9 percent.

In contrast, Connate Supreme Treasures are different. While both Supreme-Grade Connate Spiritual Treasures and Connate Supreme Treasures are artifacts of the Primordial Chaos Emperor Monarch level, their value and power cannot be mentioned in the same breath.

Because all Primordial Treasures are peerless rarities that have fused with spiritual imprints, evolving into Numinous Treasures of True Spirit.

Any Primordial Chaos Treasure, upon obtaining a single wisp of Primordial Chaos Qi, would have its chances of ascending into a Chaos Spiritual Treasure exceed 50 percent.

However, supreme-grade innate spiritual treasures do not contain true spirit imprints, fundamentally distinguishing them from innate supreme treasures, thus making it impossible for them to ascend into chaos spiritual treasures.

It was precisely for this reason that nearly all Primordial Chaos Emperors, and even a small number of Great Luo Golden Immortals, possessed top-grade Primordial Spiritual Treasures. Yet those who could wield Primordial Supreme Treasures were exceedingly rare.

In fact, many Chaos Heavenly Emperors across the 6 Heavenly Domains of the Southern Abyss wielded weapons of the Primordial Supreme Treasure grade, a testament to how exceedingly rare such treasures truly were.

Yet the broken sword in Nihility Heaven's grasp was actually a damaged Primordial Chaos Treasure—how could this not leave everyone utterly astounded?

"This sword is named the Heaven-Slaying Sword, 1 of the 4 supreme immortal swords once wielded by the Primordial Domain's Taiheng Immortal Sage of the Celestial Cosmos. Alas, it now lies broken and incomplete—half its blade is believed to have fallen into the hands of a Chaos Origin Emperor."

It was at this very moment that Ni Cangtian opened his eyes and spoke in an even tone.

Eldrin nodded slightly and cupped his hands in salute. "Congratulations, Fellow Daoist, on obtaining this innate supreme treasure and inheriting the legacy of the Great Balance Immortal Sage."

Ni Cangtian chuckled softly, then lifted his gaze to Eldrin (Person Name) before speaking, "With my current level of power, I might finally possess the capability to stand against you in battle."

"However, I've heard that your injuries from the battle against the 3 Soul Eldrin (Person Name) haven't yet healed. It wouldn't be proper to take advantage of your current vulnerable state."

"Indeed, there was a battle." Eldrin nodded, his expression grave as he spoke. "That individual's strength is unfathomable. Even if we were to meet again, I wouldn't be confident in opposing him."

Nì Cāngtiān (Person Name) gave a slight nod and said, "When that time comes, I shall face you in battle."

With these words, Nì Cāngtiān (Person Name) gave Eldrin another thoughtful look and asked, "Are you going into seclusion for a breakthrough?"

Eldrin nodded and said calmly, "I've gained some insights and plan to attempt a period of secluded cultivation."

Nitian Heaven nodded and rose to his feet. "The legacy of Immortal Sage Taiheng now belongs to me. However, this place was once his cultivation sanctuary. Secluding yourself here may enhance your chances of achieving a breakthrough by several degrees."

With these words, Ní Cāngtiān (Person Name) strode across the void, advancing toward the Chaotic Heavenly Path.

Watching him depart, Eldrin said nothing more and immediately made his way into this Chaos Lair.

Stepping into the Chaos Nest, the group immediately sensed its peculiarity. Within this chaotic domain existed a world of its own, veiled by countless divine array patterns of Celestial Saint level that enveloped the heavens, perpetually converting primordial chaos into sacred immortal energy.

"This is a fine cultivation ground."

Eldrin murmured, his tone tinged with lament.

Within this chaotic nest, he had discovered a trace of the Heavenly Emperor's lingering Dao Charm—a truly astonishing find.

You must understand, outside the Celestial Emperor’s Terrace, nearly 2 1000 cultivators had once vied for the Celestial Emperor’s Dao Essence. In the end, only 108 were deemed worthy to ascend the platform.

This Rebellious Heaven truly had it good, monopolizing the Heavenly Emperor's Dao Essence all by himself—no wonder he managed to cultivate a third True Spiritual Root (Spiritual Root) foundation.

At this thought, Eldrin couldn't help but murmur, "Enough. Others' fortunes are none of my concern. I'd better focus on walking my own path diligently."

Eldrin murmured under his breath, then decisively adjusted his internal state, beginning to channel his spiritual energy to assail the threshold of the True Spirit Realm.

Eldrin continuously channeled the 9-Orifice Chaos Furnace to convert spiritual energy, accelerating the circulation of his power. After repeating this process 108,000 times, the mana within him finally underwent a complete metamorphosis.

"Boom—"

In the blink of an eye, an earth-shattering roar erupted from within Eldrin's body.

An unprecedented roar pierced through the vast and chaotic river of time, tearing open the indescribable void.

Eldrin lifted his head, gazing at the Eternal True Spirit at the void's end, watching helplessly as countless true spirit marks cascaded downward.

No 1 knew how much time had passed when Eldrin discovered that every strand of spiritual power within his body had transformed into flawless True Spirit power. Moreover, a vast number of True Spirit imprints remained in his body, all surging into the fourth True Spirit acupoint.

At that very moment, Eldrin lifted his gaze toward the vast heavens, a ripple of emotion stirring within his pupils.

At the end of that boundless void, the Eternal True Spirit perpetually emanated an undying radiance, neither waxing nor waning as though untouched by dissipation.

"Even if I have refined hundreds of millions of true spirit imprints, to the Eternal True Spirit, it remains but a drop in the ocean?"

Eldrin murmured softly, then added thoughtfully, "Or perhaps, to Him, the True Spirit Imprint is but a lingering afterglow of the sun—nothing more than an insignificant wisp?"

The mysteries of this Eternal True Spirit remained unfathomable to Eldrin. Even now, he had merely grasped fragments of its profound imprint—a glimpse into partial revelations of its true essence.

This True Spirit Imprint is eternal and indestructible. Once integrated into the primordial spirit and magic power, they can form True Spirit Dao Patterns, rendering the True Spirit nearly immortal and imperishable.

However, the Spirit Sigil was not truly invincible. While the sigil itself was indeed eternal and indestructible, the Dao Patterns that constituted it could still fracture.

Once the True Spirit Dao Pattern is severed, the minuscule True Spirit Imprint alone cannot safeguard the cultivator's complete foundation.

This was also the reason why the ethereal form of Crown Prince Lingxiao was left shattered, the primordial spirit of the 3 Souls Sovereign was grievously wounded, and the Frost Sparrow Saint Spirit was slain.

For when power reaches a magnitude great enough, it can pierce through the protection of the True Spirit Divine Patterns, inflicting grave wounds upon both flesh and primordial soul.

Of course, even if the Divine Spirit Rune were severed, the power of the Divine Spirit Imprint could still protect his physical body and primordial spirit. However, each Divine Spirit Imprint was limited in size and could only shield a small portion of his soul and flesh.

Relying on this small fragment of his soul and physical form, the True Spiritual Root (Spiritual Root) foundation expert would inevitably recover from his injuries in time.

Thus, those powerful cultivators who have established the foundation of the True Spiritual Root (Spiritual Root) will fall into deep slumber and dormancy, yet they shall not truly perish, nor shall they descend into the cycle of reincarnation.

Just like the Frost Sparrow Saint Spirit, though said to have been slain by Eldrin, given a few kalpas of time, she would ultimately be able to revive and return.

"Such is the profundity of the True Spirit God Pattern—might 1 advance further to cultivate the True Spirit God Chain?"

Eldrin murmured inwardly, knowing full well that the power of the True Spirit God Rune was truly astonishing. Yet if he could fuse countless Dao Runes into a True Spirit God Chain, it would undoubtedly elevate his defensive capabilities to an unprecedented level.

Alas, with Eldrin's current abilities, his mastery over the True Spirit Imprint remained rudimentary. He had barely grasped the power of the True Spirit Dao Patterns, still light-years away from achieving the True Spirit Divine Chains.

"The path is arduous and long."

Eldrin (Person Name) drew a deep breath, then lowered his gaze to sense the power flowing within his body.

This time, after cultivating True Spirit Magical Power, he discovered his strength had improved dramatically. For cultivators, after all, Magical Power serves as the foundation of everything.

Eldrin made a simple attempt and discovered that when activating the innate spiritual treasure, his mana consumption had been reduced by over 90 percent.

If the Eldrin of the past could barely sustain a few 1000 moves at full power with the Soaring Immortal Zither before exhausting his spiritual energy, he could now battle relentlessly for over 10 1000 moves.

Most crucially, whether it was the Soaring Immortal Zither or the Abyssal Pearl, their power in his hands underwent a qualitative enhancement, surging by approximately double.

The primordial divine thunder, the chaos primordial qi, the 5-colored divine light, and other true spirit divine abilities had all undergone a tremendous increase in power within his grasp. Compared to before his breakthrough, it could be said they were beyond compare.

Magical power is the very foundation that directly determines the potency of spiritual treasures and divine abilities. Facing the 3 Souls Sovereign now, I had grown strong enough to stand unafraid.

Eldrin murmured inwardly, now roughly aware that the potency of his magic power had reached the level of a nascent Great Luo Golden Immortal.

Even if it was merely the threshold of the Great Luo Golden Immortal's initial stage, the qualitative transformation it brought was incomparable to what came before.

At present, the only 2 distinctions between him and a Great Luo Golden Immortal were that he had not yet attained the Great Luo Dao Fruit, and he could not directly wield the power of the Great Dao.

As a Great Luo Golden Immortal, his primordial spirit had merged with the Dao, enabling him to directly channel the fundamental power of the Great Dao to empower himself. The combat prowess he unleashed was beyond compare to his former self.

Thus, even the current Eldrin remained as far removed from a Da Luo Golden Immortal as heaven is from earth. Were even the weakest Da Luo Golden Immortal to strike against Eldrin, it would take no more than 3 moves to end him.

5 True Spiritual Roots (Spiritual Root) foundations, 4 True Spirit Acupoints.

Eldrin murmured inwardly, sensing the power coursing through his veins, and a faint smile finally graced his lips.

This time, he successfully cultivated True Spirit Magical Power. The acquired True Spirit Mark illuminated the fourth major True Spirit Acupoint, which Eldrin then integrated into the Great Yin-Yang Constellation Dao.

The reason he chose to integrate the Great Deduction of Yin-Yang and Celestial Bodies was that 3-Soul Emperor, being a Soul Dao True Monarch who had unlocked the 6 True Spirit Apertures, possessed 1 particularly vicious curse art among them.

Once ambushed by the 3 Souls Sovereign's True Spirit Curse, relying solely on the Indestructible Chaos Body and the power of the True Spirit Primordial Soul might not be enough to withstand it.

Therefore, cultivating the Great Art of Yin-Yang and the Starry River and establishing 1's own soul protection is of utmost importance.

Most crucially, the Great Deduction of Yin-Yang Stars was a celestial divination art, capable of foretelling future fortunes and misfortunes, allowing 1 to evade dangers in times to come.

Moreover, once Eldrin attained the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm and became a player orchestrating the cosmic tribulation, his mastery of celestial divination would provide greater assistance in strategizing for his clan's entry into the epochal calamity.

"Throughout the 3 1000 Immortal Domains, it seems no 1 has ever cultivated a Chaos-grade celestial divination art, has they?"

Eldrin murmured, a faint smile gracing his lips.

To his knowledge, even renowned figures like the Purple Pole Emperor of the human race and the Amethyst Sovereign of the divine race had never truly mastered the Dao of Heavenly Secrets. At most, they had cultivated a Chaos-grade celestial divination art.

If Eldrin (Person Name) could master the Heaven’s Secrets Divine Ability of the True Spirit rank, his self-preservation ability would undoubtedly be formidable when he stepped into that realm in the future.

At this thought, Eldrin took a deep breath and began retrieving rare treasures to cultivate the Great Art of Yin-Yang and the Myriad Stars.

Eldrin had never slackened in his cultivation of the Great Deduction of Yin-Yang and the Starry Way, having long since advanced his mastery of celestial secrets to the Primordial Chaos realm.

Yet he was plagued by the scarcity of heavenly secrets-aligned rarities, never managing to gather the appropriate medicinal catalyst, thus remaining perpetually stranded at the half-step overlord level.

Fortunately, after stepping into the Chaos Heavenly Abyss and venturing through dozens of Chaos Nests and ruins, while also slaying countless enemies from the Northern Abyss, he had finally gathered several rare treasures.

The catalyst required for cultivating the Great Yan-Yang-Stars Art are the Great Luo Heavenly Secret Stone, the Primordial Yang Qi, the Primordial Yin Qi, and 365 drops of the finest ninth-grade Star Origin.

Eldrin refined each medicinal catalyst 1 by 1. After several 1000 years, he finally elevated the Great Deduction Yin-Yang Star Dao to the Eleventh Limit.

Only then did Eldrin sense his primordial spirit, a faint smile finally gracing his lips.

"It appears that within 10 or 20 1000 years, this divine ability will reach the True Spirit realm."

Eldrin murmured softly, "The reason my True Spirit Divine Ability was able to complete its transformation so swiftly this time is primarily due to the advancement in my cultivation base, which significantly accelerated the nurturing of the divine ability."

Secondly, after successfully establishing the fourth True Spirit Acupoint, Eldrin's True Spirit consciousness expanded by another 40 percent.

By now, his True Spirit Divine Soul had grown more than twice as powerful as an ordinary 1. Though it still couldn't compare to the 3 Soul Emperor's fivefold True Spirit Divine Soul, this was already remarkably extraordinary.

According to Eldrin's (Person Name) estimation, the intertwining of his True Spirit, Primordial Soul, and Great Dao with his magical power should unleash a force no weaker than that of a 3-Soul Imperial Lord.

Now, if I were to unleash my divine abilities, considering the empowerment from my Great Perfection-level true spirit magic power, I should still be able to surpass the 3 Soul Emperor by a margin.

If we also factor in his True Spirit Body, Eldrin's foundational combat power should have surpassed that of the 3 Soul Sovereigns.

However, the 3-Soul Emperor had truly cultivated 6 great True Spirit Divine Abilities, and he still had an ace up his sleeve that he hadn't yet revealed. If a real fight broke out, it was truly hard to say who would emerge victorious.

At this thought, Eldrin fell into a brief contemplation before emerging from his secluded cultivation chamber.

At this moment, the crowd had been waiting for quite some time. Upon seeing Eldrin, they couldn't help but ask, "How do you feel after this breakthrough?"

"Now, I should possess the strength to face the 3-Soul Sovereign in direct combat."

Eldrin spoke, then added, "Now is the time to strike while the 3 Souls Sovereign is recuperating. I intend to target the powerful beings of the Northern Abyss, cutting off his wings first."

Hearing this, everyone felt a surge of excitement in their hearts.

Taking a deep breath, Youwu declared, "At last, the time has come to strike and wash away our shame."

The 9-Colored Immortal Deer also raised its head, its eyes gleaming as it declared, "Then let us depart. Deer wants revenge—to strike down all those wicked souls."

Everyone chuckled upon hearing this.

Since everyone wished to continue the battle, Eldrin also gave a slight nod and immediately led the group toward the Primordial Chaos Ancient Path.

(End of Chapter)