Chapter 1906 : Perfecting the Sacrificial Ego Path
In that moment, Eldrin faintly grasped the resource expenditure required beyond the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.
According to Eldrin's (Person Name) estimation, advancing his soul cultivation by a single level would require consuming at least over a 1000 stalks of supreme-grade Primordial Soul-Nourishing Wood.
The Great Luo Ancient Sect could cultivate large quantities of supreme-grade Innate Soul-Nourishing Wood, bearing the time and cultivation costs, thus the expense of acquiring it was far lower than what the ancient immortals paid—approximately 1,000 strands of innate qi per plant.
At this rate, the resources required to break through a single layer of soul cultivation would cost 1,000,000 strands of Primordial Qi.
Of course, this was because Eldrin's Primordial Spirit was far too powerful. Had it been a Golden Immortal who had cultivated a 9 or 10-cycle Primordial Spirit, the amount of Soul-Nourishing Wood consumed would have been drastically reduced—roughly only 30 percent of what Eldrin had required.
Eldrin's primordial spirit was exceptionally powerful, requiring vast amounts of resources to sustain. Fortunately, he possessed the Heaven and Earth Primordial Vase, which made cultivating supreme-grade innate Soul-Nourishing Wood remarkably cost-effective.
When cultivated with the Qiankun Primordial Qi Vase, the cost of each supreme-grade Primordial Nurturing Soul Wood does not exceed 30 strands of Primordial Qi, reducing the cost by dozens of times. Thus, for now, the expense remains affordable.
Of course, the effects of the top-grade Primordial Soul-Nourishing Wood were also limited—at most, it could serve as cultivation resources for those at the early stage of the Great Realm Golden Immortal.
Having reached the middle stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal, 1 would first require soul treasures of the Heavenly Spiritual Root (Spiritual Root) grade to assist in breaking through to higher realms.
Upon reaching the middle stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, the resources required for cultivating the primordial spirit must at least be of Soul-Nourishing Wood at the Great Luo Rare Treasure level.
极品先天养魂木和大罗奇珍级数的养魂木，彼此的价值何止差了万倍？
This was only the Middle Stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal. To break through to the Late Stage, the cost required was so immense that even the most supreme Great Luo Golden Immortals could scarcely bear it, leaving them no choice but to slowly accumulate resources over thousands upon 10-thousands of kalpas.
In fact, it was precisely for this reason that the cultivation of a Great Luo Golden Immortal placed even greater emphasis on comprehending the Great Dao.
As the cultivation of the Great Dao places greater emphasis on enlightenment, it demands fewer surplus resources. 1 need only integrate the Innate Indestructible Spirit Light (Cultivation Resource) during the breakthrough to the middle and late stages of the Golden Immortal realm to complete the metamorphosis of the Great Dao.
In contrast, cultivating the primordial soul and physical body consumed vast resources, and in the early stages, they might not even rival the authority of the Great Dao in power.
"With the Bottle of Primordial Chaos, my cultivation at the early Great Luo Golden Immortal stage shouldn't pose any significant issues."
As for physical cultivation, inhaling and exhaling the Chaos Sea's waters as cultivation resources could also meet the minimum requirements for progress.
Eldrin murmured softly, continuously evaluating the costs of his future cultivation before finally concluding with measured words, "No matter how frugal I am, my cultivation from this point onward will inevitably consume vast amounts of primordial qi."
"To truly perfect 1's cultivation progress, 1 must obtain a substantial amount of Primordial Qi."
Eldrin mulled over this thought, but quickly suppressed it.
He immediately handed the Primordial Chaos Qi Vase to the Old Patriarch, along with tens of thousands of wisps of Primordial Qi, for the Old Patriarch to use in cultivating premium-grade Primordial Soul-Nourishing Wood and other rare treasures.
After completing all this, Eldrin lowered his gaze and began to scatter his divinity across the multidimensional spaces encompassed by the Returning Abyss Immortal Realm.
Since the dawn of the Eldrin Immortal Realm, barely 2 100 1000 years had passed. Within its boundless multidimensional spaces, countless minor worlds, major worlds, great 1000 worlds, and nascent universes remained in their primordial epochs of untamed wilderness.
Eldrin's consciousness observed this boundless multiverse, finding within it small worlds without end, great worlds as numerous as the sands of the Ganges, major worlds numbering in the hundreds of millions, and even universes reaching the millions.
Moreover, at every moment, countless heavens, earths, and universes were being created and nurtured within it.
The minor world spanned no more than several tens of thousands of miles in diameter, drifting ephemerally through dimensional space—its existence destined to end in annihilation within at most 100,000 years.
The grand world was vast and majestic, stretching for millions of miles, enduring for millions of years.
The vast world stretches for hundreds of millions of miles, capable of nurturing immortals and deities, giving birth to ancient and distant myths, enduring for as long as several kalpas.
The cosmos is vast and boundless, small as a single galaxy, large as an expanse spanning untold billions of light-years.
"The world perishes, all life is born anew."
"All living beings are groping their way along the path of cultivation."
Eldrin gazed upon the myriad beings within the boundless realm, his voice softening to a murmur.
He witnessed divinely gifted spirits being born into the world, transcending tribulations to ascend as immortals and soar to the Nihility Celestial Realm. He also saw ancient sages kindling bonfires, traversing the primordial wilderness as they emulated fierce beasts and birds of prey, gradually uncovering the most primitive forms of combat techniques.
Yet, the most common sight remained the ancient mortals, forever barred from the path of cultivation.
They dwelled in darkness, prey to fierce beasts, mere ants struggling to survive beneath wildfires and deluges, forging their existence through blood and fire.
All living beings are without a path.
Eldrin spoke with an understated tone, his eyes finally gleaming with resolute light: "Since there is no path forward, I shall preach the Dao."
As the words faded, within Eldrin's consciousness, countless rays of light diverged and scattered into worlds as numerous as the sands of the Ganges.
These rays of light transformed into countless figures clad in white robes, traversing the primordial mountains and rivers to impart upon all living beings the knowledge of written language and the methods of cultivating martial arts and spiritual practice.
The 'Path of Self-Sacrifice'—this heaven-defying method that disregards innate talent and origin, focusing solely on determination and perseverance—spread like scattered starlight across the boundless realms.
No 1 knew how much time had passed before Eldrin slowly opened his eyes, a glimmer of enlightenment flickering deep within his pupils.
In that very moment, boundless streams of virtue radiance converged from the infinite heavens, coalescing within Eldrin’s form and transforming into a divine halo of the Great Dao.
"So, this is the Dao Ancestor?"
Eldrin murmured softly, a ripple of understanding shimmering in his gaze. In this very moment, he finally comprehended the true meaning of a Dao Ancestor.
To blaze a trail for all living beings, and spread it across all heavens.
It was the Dao Ancestor!
It turned out that the Path of Self-Sacrifice had, imperceptibly, evolved into a nascent Great Dao.
As the pioneer of this Great Dao, Eldrin had unknowingly grasped a new Dao and become the Master of the Sacrificial Self Dao.
However, this Great Dao was still very weak—1 could even say it was the most fragile of all Great Daos. To this day, it had not even reached the level of an Innate Great Dao.
However, the Path of Sacrifice holds limitless potential. The more powerful experts tread this great path in the future, the mightier this Dao shall become.
In the future, for every new immortal who cultivates the Path of Sacrificing Oneself, this path will subtly perfect itself. Should 3 1000 Celestial Immortals who practice the Path of Sacrificing Oneself emerge, it will ascend to become an Innate Great Dao.
And each time a being who cultivated the Sacrificial Path attained the breakthrough to the Great Perfection, the Sacrificial Path itself would grow more refined. Ultimately, when multitudes of Sacrificial Path immortals ascended to the Great Perfection, the Sacrificial Path would ultimately reach the realm of the Primordial Chaos Dao.
When that time comes, as the Dao Ancestor who forged this path, Eldrin could sacrifice my Dao to break through to the realm of Chaos Dao Ancestor.
At its core, the Path of Self-Sacrifice serves as the key to forging a path for all living beings—akin to the method pioneered by the Primordial Dao Ancestor, which opened the way to ascend to the Immortal Realm and obtain the Primordial Indestructible Spirit Light.
All aspects of the Path of Self-Sacrifice serve as foundations for attaining the Great Dao of Primordial Chaos. Even those who ultimately ascend to the Primordial Chaos realm through this path must comprehend their own unique trajectory toward enlightenment, cultivating a personal Great Dao before they may set foot in the realm of Primordial Chaos.
At present, for those who have reached the Cosmic Realm through the Path of Sacrifice, unless they are peerless prodigies like the Reincarnation Body, they hold no significant advantage over top-tier 8-Tribulation Ancient Immortals.
If an 8-Calamity Ancient Immortal were to face a Perfected Great Circle cultivator of the Sacrificial Dao, the hope of attaining the Great Unity through the Sacrificial Dao would not necessarily be substantial.
"The Path of Sacrificial Ascension still requires refinement."
Eldrin (Person Name)缓缓低语，唤来了轮回身开始研究祭我道的修行之路。
After so many years, Eldrin once again delved into the study of the Sacrificial Self Dao, swiftly discerning its inherent shortcomings.
This Sacrificial Dao of mine integrates all foundations—fleshly body, the Great Dao, primordial spirit, Dao fruit, magical power, supernatural abilities—into 1. Though it forged an unrivaled Sacrificial Body, it ultimately imposed its own constraints.
The fundamental reason lies in the fact that the Sacrificial Body Art is overwhelmingly powerful, making further advancement exponentially more arduous.
Taking the Reincarnation Body as an example, its Sacrificial Self physique had already reached the True Spirit realm, yet when examined individually, each foundation remained only at the level of an Indestructible Foundation.
In other words, for the Sacrificial Self Body of the Samsara Form to advance further, all 7 foundational pillars must simultaneously be cultivated to the True Spirit Realm.
To accomplish this step was almost as difficult as ascending to the heavens—a 100 times more challenging than cultivating a single True Spiritual Root (Spiritual Root) foundation. Not even Eldrin (Person Name) could achieve it, nor could a reincarnated form ever hope to succeed.
"To grant the Path of Self-Sacrifice greater dominance, we must seek an alternative approach."
Eldrin murmured softly, his current cultivation realm and perspective allowing him to continuously reflect upon the Path of Self-Offering. Soon, he uncovered a method to break through the deadlock.
After a long moment of contemplation, he finally spoke: "To break this deadlock in the Path of Self-Sacrifice, there are 2 possible roads to take."
"First, we must further refine the 10 Great Divine Realms, harnessing their power to strengthen the Sacrificial Self Body."
"Second, the Inner World Method."
"By further refining the Inner Cosmos and pushing its empowerment to the limit, 1 can then channel this enhanced realm to fortify their own being, dramatically amplifying their combat prowess."
Eldrin pondered ceaselessly, immediately embarking on further deductions of the 10 great divine repositories.
The Path of Sacrificial Self encompasses 10 divine treasuries, 9 of which form the foundational divine treasuries: Origin, Qi and Blood, Physical Extremity, Primordial Qi, Soul, Dao Heart, Longevity, Heavenly Secrets, and Laws.
Moreover, there exists the ultimate divine treasure—the Great Luo!
At this moment, Eldrin continuously contemplated the 9 Great Divine Treasures, ultimately using them as a foundation to emulate the methods of the 9 True Spirit Runes and 9 True Spirit Acupoints, tirelessly deducing and perfecting the 9 Great Divine Treasures.
Through his continuous refinement, he ultimately deduced a new method, evolving a realm beyond the Cosmic Dimension—the Immortal Vault!
Immortal Vault Realm
Eldrin murmured softly, a glint of resolve kindling in his eyes.
The Path of Self-Sacrifice encompasses 6 mortal realms: Body Forging, Qi Refinement, Dao Foundation, Divine Treasure, Dao Embryo, and Indestructibility.
4 Realms of the Celestial Path: Sacrificial Awakening, Primordial Unraveling, Trinity Realms, Cosmic Expanse.
Now Eldrin had opened up the fifth realm of the immortal path, known as the Immortal Vault.
The so-called Immortal Vault Realm involves cultivating the 9 great divine vaults, transforming them into even more powerful immortal vaults.
Eldrin (Person Name) initially opened the 10 great divine repositories precisely to assimilate vast cultivation resources, using them as sacrificial fuel to burn away all limitations and forge the ultimate Sacrificial Self physique.
It can be said that the 10 Great Divine Treasures were inherently the wellspring of a cultivator's power.
Eldrin (Person Name) had now reopened the 10 great divine repositories. The self-actualization cultivation method he pioneered was precisely designed to use these 10 divine repositories as its foundation, drawing upon the primordial essence of the cosmos as the power source for his ascension to the Great Luo Realm.
The Divine Treasury originates from the external realm, concealed within the void, unbound by the limitations of the Sacrificial Flesh Art.
Thus, Eldrin (Person Name) built upon this foundation, refining a single treasure artifact into each of the 10 great divine repositories.
These 10 great divine treasures each integrated a sacred treasure within, devouring and refining all manner of cultivation resources, transforming them into the 10 fundamental powers: Origin, Vital Essence, Physical Pinnacle, Primordial Qi, Soul, Dao Heart, Longevity, Heavenly Secrets, Laws, and Great Perfection.
When it reaches its peak of saturation, it will transform into an even more powerful Immortal Vault.
When the time comes, I shall use the Great Luo Immortal Vault as my foundation, merging the 9 great divine vaults into an innate array pattern that empowers my own body. Much like the bloodline divine abilities of those who achieve sainthood through physical cultivation, this will allow me to amplify the power of my Sacrificial Self Body to its ultimate extreme.
Theoretically speaking, should 1 cultivate the 10 Great Divine Realms to their absolute peak, the power of the Sacrificial Dao would ascend to an overwhelmingly formidable level.
By then, even a Sacrificial Body at the Ninth or Tenth Limit would possess combat prowess comparable to an 8-Tribulation Ancient Immortal.
If 1 could cultivate the Sacrificial Self Body of the Indestructible Realm, with the empowerment of the 10 Great Immortal Treasures, it would even be possible to withstand an Innate Spiritual Treasure barehanded, rivaling the combat prowess of a single True Spiritual Root (Spiritual Root) foundation.
A reincarnation body such as the Cycle Reincarnation Physique, if cultivated to the extreme of the 10 great immortal treasuries, would undoubtedly experience a tremendous boost in combat power.
Even the 10 Great Immortal Treasures held the potential for further advancement.
Divine Soul Sanctuary.
Eldrin murmured softly, a profound depth flickering in his gaze.
A moment later, he shook his head again. The 10 Great Divine Veins were hidden within the void—they were not part of 1’s foundational cultivation. The difficulty of reaching the True Spirit Realm had just increased by a hundredfold.
Not to mention he currently couldn't perfect it, even if he could, this transformation couldn't be completed by anyone below the Great Realm of Luo.
According to Eldrin's (Person Name) estimation, 1 must at least cultivate the Sacrificial Dao to the realm of Primordial Chaos Emperor before the 10 Great Immortal Treasures could undergo their ultimate transformation, granting but a sliver of possibility to attain the True Spirit realm.
At that stage, the Path of Self-Sacrifice would resemble methods like achieving sainthood through physical cultivation or the Soul Dao's Celestial Emperor arts. It might very well allow 1 to cultivate all the way to the realm of Chaos Celestial Emperor without the need to practice the Great Dao.
At this thought, Eldrin suppressed the notion.
He took a deep breath and attempted to further refine the Inner World Technique.
There was precedent for establishing immortal domains, so perfecting this step was not particularly difficult. As he continued to refine the process, he ultimately succeeded in creating the method to transform the inner world of the Sacrificial Dao into an immortal domain.
When all was perfected, Eldrin finally completed the path of cultivating the Sacrificial Dao to the Great Perfection Stage.
According to Eldrin's (Person Name) estimation, once the Sacrificial Dao cultivated 10 major immortal treasuries, its combat prowess would already surpass that of immortal practitioners at the same level.
However, considering that the Sacrificial Dao Art cultivates the entire foundation of 1's being simultaneously, it can only forge either a True Spirit Body or an Indestructible Body. Moreover, the difficulty of breakthrough is significantly greater. Thus, it is likely that the number of top-tier Sacrificial Bodies remains exceedingly scarce.
However, with the Inner Cosmos and the 10 Great Immortal Depots empowering him, even those who had cultivated the Sacrificial Self Body of 9 or 10 limits were likely no weaklings, still possessing the potential to attain the Great Dao of Luo.
(End of Chapter)