Chapter 1946 : Costly Victory, Astonishing Spoils

Lyra (Person Name), Seraphina Qu (Person Name), Seiki (Person Name), and Samsara Avatar—these 4 peak-level combatants had all unleashed forbidden divine abilities and were forced to burn their Primordial Dao Fruits. To recover from their injuries would require at least 1 Kalpa.

This was already under the circumstance of consuming vast amounts of healing resources. Otherwise, if left to recover naturally, the injuries would have taken several 100 kalpas to heal.

The remaining Yan Zijie, Lila (Person Name), Lulu, Chen Ethan (Person Name), Ao Hong, Chi Huang, and the Primordial Ice Phoenix all sustained varying degrees of injuries. Among them, the members of the Chen Clan barely retained some capacity for battle.

The Primordial Ice Phoenix and the Blazing Phoenix, however, were both gravely wounded and on the brink of death, requiring several kalpas before they could possibly recover.

The reason for this was primarily that every Chen Clan Great Luo Golden Immortal possessed a suit of Great Luo Divine Armor. This divine armor was not only indestructibly resilient, but also engraved with resistance to the power of the Primordial Chaos Infinite Dao, capable of reducing over half of the physical and magical damage inflicted by peers of the same realm.

These 9 sets of Great Luo Divine Armor were meant to preserve the lives of the 9 Great Luo Golden Immortals of the Chen Clan, yet the cost was truly immense. After this battle, 3 of the 9 divine armors were shattered to ruins, while the remaining 6 would require exorbitant resources to restore.

Moreover, after this battle, the 30-5 true spirits of the immortal realm also suffered devastating losses.

They surrounded and slew 8 Great Perfection Stage Chaos Fiends, yet over half of their own ranks perished in the battle—a total of 20-3 Celestial Realm True Spirits, including Li Fire Phoenix of the Returning Abyss.

Fortunately, the essence of the Immortal Realm's True Spirit resides within the spiritual roots of the 4 Heavenly Pillars at the realm's extremities. As long as the Immortal Realm endures and these spiritual roots remain unbroken, the True Spirit can never be completely extinguished.

However, after these 20-2 True Spirits fell, it would take at least 1 kalpa of time for them to even begin their recovery.

As for when his peak combat prowess would be restored, it all depended on the rate at which the Immortal Realm supplied him with primal essence.

Just as the 4 Divine Spirits of the former Qingcang Immortal Realm, since the majority of the realm's origin had long been used by Qingcang Immortal Realm for revival, they were never able to regain their peak combat prowess.

"First, tend to your wounds."

Seeing the severe injuries of the group, Eldrin took a deep breath.

He first administered a dose of Universe Dao Water and healing elixirs to the group, then utilized the Life Dao to assist in restoring their injuries.

After everyone’s injuries had temporarily stabilized, Eldrin finally spoke: “This battle was a pyrrhic victory for us. To avoid giving others an opening, we must recover from our wounds as quickly as possible.”

Upon hearing this, Lulu furrowed her brow slightly and said, “It’s a pity the 9-Colored Immortal Elixir is running short.”

Eldrin frowned slightly upon hearing this.

After successive fierce battles, they had exhausted a vast quantity of healing elixirs and had given Eldrin the Ancient Phoenix 6 portions of the 9-colored immortal fluid. Now, only a single portion of the 9-colored immortal fluid remained in their possession.

Eldrin could only sigh helplessly at this, for the Violet Extreme Ancient Phoenix posed an even greater threat.

The Chaos Sky Kui Bull she lured away was also a peak Great Perfection Eighth Level existence. Had it joined the battlefield, even Eldrin (Person Name) wouldn’t dare claim absolute victory in this battle.

In that event, the most likely outcome would be mutual devastation, with over half of the Great Luo Golden Immortals from both sides perishing in the end. They would ultimately watch helplessly as the 9 Extremities Divine Lord and the Primordial Chaos Kui Bull fought their way out.

At this thought, Eldrin retrieved 9 Divine Demon Heartblood Pills from his sleeve and said, "Take these 9 Divine Demon Heartblood Pills to recover from your injuries first. We shall assess the gains from this battle afterward."

Everyone nodded in agreement upon hearing this.

The Divine Demon Heartblood Elixir is a precious pill that greatly replenishes 1’s foundational essence. While it is the optimal choice for recovering from injuries, its value is exceedingly high. Crafted from the heart and blood of a Chaos Demon God, using it for healing is, in truth, an immense waste.

But with their severe injuries, they had no choice but to expend resources to prevent opportunistic ambushes.

Soon, after refining 9 Divine Demon Heartblood Pills and healing elixirs, everyone’s injuries stabilized initially. Aside from the Ancient Ice Phoenix and the Blazing Phoenix, the rest of the group recovered roughly 70 to 80 percent of their normal combat prowess.

If 1 disregards the worsening of their injuries, they can maintain peak combat prowess for a certain period of time.

Witnessing this, Eldrin (Person Name) gathered everyone together once more. Gazing at the resources in his hand, he declared, "Though our losses in this battle were not insignificant, we have ultimately achieved a resounding victory."

"Let's divide the spoils first to recoup our losses."

Upon hearing this, everyone broke into smiles.

They were well aware that although this battle had come at a tremendous cost, the rewards were equally staggering.

At this thought, they all turned their gazes toward Eldrin, their faces lighting up with anticipation.

Eldrin smiled faintly and distributed the account books to everyone. "Take a look. Our gains from this battle are quite substantial."

Chen Ethan was the first to open the ledger. A look of pleasant surprise instantly crossed his face after a quick glance.

It was not that his will was weak, but rather the spoils from this battle were simply too staggering—so staggering that even he was overwhelmed with ecstasy.

In this battle, they trapped and slew a full 16 Chaos Fiend Gods, among them 1 Great Perfection Eighth Heaven, 3 Great Perfection Seventh Heavens, 4 mid-stage Great Perfection cultivators, and 8 early-stage Great Perfection cultivators.

Among the seized supplies, there were fully 50-8 strands of Primordial Undying Radiance (Heavenly Treasure), along with 20-8 Primordial Spirit Treasures (Heavenly Treasure).

Among these treasures, there was 1 quasi-ultimate-grade innate spiritual treasure, 7 high-grade innate spiritual treasures, 8 mid-grade innate spiritual treasures, and 12 low-grade innate spiritual treasures.

In addition, there were over a dozen Great Luo-grade immortal pills, 20-some Primordial Divine Artifacts and Primordial Divine Herbs, with a combined value equivalent to 70 or 80 strands of Primordial Undying Spirit Light.

Among all the treasures, the most precious Primordial Spiritual Treasure was the 9 Extremities Immortal Swords. Though each sword in this set was merely a mid-grade Primordial Spiritual Treasure, their combined power was more than enough to overwhelm even top-grade Primordial Spiritual Treasures.

According to Eldrin's (Person Name) estimation, this treasure set might not compare to a supreme-grade innate spiritual treasure, but it should possess about 60 to 70 percent of such a treasure's power. Its value is equivalent to half of a supreme-grade innate spiritual treasure with 12 spirit patterns.

Thus, Eldrin classified this set of 9 Extremes Immortal Swords as Quasi-Pinnacle Innate Spiritual Treasures.

7 top-grade innate spiritual treasures: 9 Extremes Fan (Magic Treasure) of Divine Lord 9 Extremes, Desolate Silence Heavenly Halberd (Magic Treasure) and Barren Divine Armor (Magic Treasure) of Desolate Silence Divine General, Eternal Blue Gold Armor (Magic Treasure) and Salvation Severance Blade (Magic Treasure) of Pi Xiu Divine General.

The final 2 items were the Baxia Shield and the Chaos Pearl, both belonging to General Baxia.

Among these 7 supreme-grade innate spiritual treasures, the 9 Extremes Fan, having been refined by the 9 Extremes Divine Lord for many years, had become the finest among supreme-grade innate spiritual treasures, possessing immense power.

The 2 treasures of the Desolate Silence Divine General could be considered top-tier items among those of the same rank.

However, in Eldrin's view, the Baxia Shield wielded by the Baxia Divine General was the most precious among them all.

This Baxia Shield was forged by the Baxia Divine General from his own indestructible tortoise shell, imbued with a near-eternal and imperishable Great Dao. Its defensive prowess ranks supreme even among superior-grade innate spiritual treasures.

Theoretically speaking, with this treasure's defense, even a supreme-grade innate spiritual treasure would find it nearly impossible to breach.

The reason he managed to slay the Baxia Divine General this time was primarily because the latter had been trapped within the formation, leaving him no chance of escaping alive.

Even so, Baxia still held out for a long time under the siege of the crowd, and was ultimately worn down through sheer attrition when all options were exhausted.

After discerning the profound mysteries of these treasures, Eldrin said, "Although these artifacts possess extraordinary power, 1 must reach the middle stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm to refine them."

"Therefore, priority will be given to those who can swiftly break through to the mid-stage of the Great Luo Realm, followed by allocation based on the magnitude of their battle merits."

Hearing this, no 1 present voiced any objections.

Seeing this, Eldrin immediately began distributing the treasures. Since they were all his trusted companions, they didn't judge the artifacts by their market value but rather by their suitability for each individual.

Soon, these 8 treasures were all claimed by the assembly.

Seraphina Qu made off with the most precious treasure of all—the 9 Extremes Immortal Swords. With these 9 blades and the aid of the Cauldron of Creation, her 9 Annihilations Immortal-Slaying Sword Art could advance directly to the rank of mid-grade innate spiritual treasure, while also saving her over a dozen innate indestructible luminescences.

Lyra took the Great Barren Divine Armor, Qing Ji claimed the Eternal Blue Gold Armor, the Samsara Body seized the Bixi Shield, then exchanged the Crimson Peak Divine Spear for the Desolate Silence Heavenly Halberd, while Lulu retrieved the 9 Extremes Fan.

Watching the group claim their treasures, Eldrin gave a slight nod of approval. When their attributes weren’t aligned, choosing divine armor that required no magical energy to activate was undoubtedly the right decision.

Seeing that only the Chaos Heaven Pearl, the Crimson Peak Divine Spear, and the Annihilation Crossing Blade remained unclaimed, Eldrin collected them.

These 3 treasures were incompatible with Lila (Person Name) and Yan Zi Ji (Person Name)'s attributes. Moreover, their cultivation levels were still insufficient for now. It would be better to keep them for future exchanges to obtain other suitable divine weapons and treasures for cultivation.

Watching the top-grade innate spiritual treasures being claimed, the remaining cultivators swiftly selected the 8 mid-grade innate spiritual treasures.

Thus, Yan Zi Ji, Lila (Person Name), Chen Ethan (Person Name), and Ao Hong each received a mid-grade innate spiritual treasure.

Though the Flaming Phoenix and the Primeval Ice Phoenix had contributed limited combat strength and played relatively minor roles in the battle, they had nevertheless fought persistently until the very end. Thus, Eldrin bestowed upon each of them a mid-grade innate spiritual treasure.

Obtaining a mid-grade innate spiritual treasure brought immense joy to both the Phoenix of Flames and the Ancient Frost Phoenix.

Although they had sustained severe injuries in this battle, their actual contribution had been minimal—they merely assisted Ethan Chen and Lulu as support, their combat prowess falling far short even compared to Ao Hong.

After all, Ao Hong's cultivation had now reached the Third Level of the Golden Immortal of the Great Firmament, and he had attained the Dao through the 7 Indestructible Foundations, with his combat prowess brushing against the threshold of the Fourth Level of the Golden Immortal of the Great Firmament.

Yet their cultivation base was merely at the first level of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, creating an immense disparity in strength between the 2 sides.

Under such circumstances, being allotted a mid-grade innate spiritual treasure clearly demonstrated Eldrin's immense favor toward them.

To return to our story, after distributing the innate spiritual treasures, Eldrin carefully selected from the primordial divine pills and found several healing elixirs to distribute among the group for their recovery.

The remaining treasures, including the Primordial Immortal Radiance, the Great Luo Physique, and the Innate Divine Artifacts, were all collected by Eldrin (Person Name).

After handling all these matters, Eldrin said, "Go tend to your wounds first. I shall guard the 7 Great Immortal Domains alone from now on."

Hearing this, the crowd immediately dispersed in all directions.

Meanwhile, Eldrin propelled the 7 great immortal domains to drift apart from 1 another, creating vast expanses of space for the restoration of primordial essence. Simultaneously, he began resurrecting the immortals who had fallen in this great war.

Reviving a fallen immortal also demanded a certain price, so Eldrin did not resurrect all of them.

He only resurrected a small number of individuals with exceptional talent and potential. For the rest, he imprinted them with reincarnation marks and granted certain cultivation conveniences, allowing their respective sects to guide their reincarnated forms toward immortality.

After dealing with these trivial matters, Eldrin continued to recover from his injuries.

After several million years had passed, Eldrin's injuries had mostly healed, leaving only the need for quiet recuperation through the passage of time.

Thus, Eldrin arrived within the Forbidden Lands of the Returning Abyss and began refining the various spoils obtained from this conquest.

First, he processed all the remains of the Chaos Demon God, then refined 16 cauldrons of Great Luo Immortal Pills, obtaining a total of 108 Great Luo Immortal Pills.

This time, the pill formation exceeded Eldrin's expectations.

The bodies of 8 early-stage Great Luo Golden Immortals were refined into 20-4 Great Luo Immortal Pills, while 4 mid-stage Great Luo Golden Immortals yielded another 20-4 pills.

Reaching the Great Perfection Seventh Layer, a single cauldron refinement yielding 12 pills was within Eldrin's expectations. However, the physical body of the 9 Extremities Divine Lord was refined into 20-4 pills, which took Eldrin completely by surprise.

"It seems the gap between each realm grows increasingly vast after the late-stage of Great Perfection."

Eldrin couldn't help but sigh with emotion. However, after sensing the amount of primordial essence required to break through from the Great Perfection Realm to the fifth layer, he shook his head slightly.

This time, slaying 16 Great Perfected Immortals had only yielded 1 100 and 8 Great Perfected Pills. Yet to cultivate his Great Perfected Body to the peak of the sixth layer of Great Perfected Immortal realm, he would require at least 2 100 Great Perfected Pills. Thus, these resources hardly seemed abundant.

"Forget it, no need to dwell on it."

Eldrin quickly suppressed the stray thoughts and resumed his alchemy. Soon after, he successfully refined another 10 batches of the Divine Demon Heartblood Elixir.

These Heartblood Pills of Gods and Demons were of immense value, with the 3 most precious ones having reached the Great Perfection Upper Grade. They should fetch a considerable price.

After refining these immortal pills, Eldrin (Person Name) then placed the remaining 6 Great Luo Divine Armors into the Creation Cauldron for restoration, incorporating numerous Great Luo Marvelous Treasures into them for this purpose.

Not only that, he also requested the Creation Cauldron to reforge the Celestial Primordial Divine Armor, the Eternal Blue Gold Plate, and the Bixi Shield.

With the Cauldron of Creation at hand, these 3 top-grade innate spiritual treasures served as the finest vessels for forging the Great Luo Divine Armor. However, lacking the empowerment of a Chaos Immortal Emperor, crafting such treasures remained an exceedingly arduous task.

In the end, it took nearly 10 million years and the infusion of vast quantities of Immortal Refined Gold before 3 Great Luo Divine Armors were successfully reforged.

Within these 3 Great Luo Divine Armors, Eldrin had inscribed the complete Great Dao of Primordial Chaos and Limitless Infinity, granting them immensely powerful magic resistance and physical defense. Their protective capabilities ranked among the finest even amidst top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures.

Among them, the Baxia Divine Armor was the most formidable. It retained the innate Dao patterns of the Baxia Divine General, elevating its defensive capabilities to an entirely new level.

Of course, as the price, these 3 Great Luo Divine Armors retained only their defensive capabilities, devoid of any auxiliary effects whatsoever. Unless 1 truly intended to wield them as blunt instruments to smash enemies, they possessed not a shred of offensive power.

After forging the 3 Divine Armors, Eldrin bestowed them upon Lyra and Qing Ji. As for the Baxia Divine Armor intended for the Samsara Body, after some contemplation, he ultimately gave it to Seraphina Qu.

According to Eldrin's (Person Name) estimation, the Reincarnation Body would soon break through to the mid-stage Great Perfected Golden Immortal realm. By then, its combat prowess would effortlessly rival that of a seventh-level Great Perfected Golden Immortal, while its defensive capabilities would grow even more formidable.

However, Seraphina Qu (Person Name), though formidable in offensive prowess, ultimately fell somewhat short in defensive capabilities.

After handling these matters, Eldrin began refining another cauldron of Great Luo Soul-Nourishing Pills. These pills were supreme treasures for enhancing 1's primordial spirit, offering some assistance in breaking through to the middle stage of the Great Luo realm.

To refine this pill, Eldrin specially cultivated a nourishing soulwood of the pre-Heavenly Spiritual Root grade, expending no small cost to successfully complete its refinement.

After dealing with this matter, Eldrin realized his soul accumulation still fell slightly short. He began secluding himself for cultivation while simultaneously gathering intelligence about the war.

As early as 10 million years ago, the news of 9 Extremes Divine Lord's defeat and fall shook the entire Eastern Li Flame Domain.

The fall of 1 Great Perfected Golden Immortal of the eighth tier and 3 of the seventh tier sent shockwaves through the ranks of the Chaos Fiendgods. This battle marked their most devastating loss since the war began.

During this period, several Chaos Fiends and Great Perfection Golden Immortals successively came to gather intelligence, seeking to understand the reasons behind the Chaos Fiends' defeat.

In the end, they seemed to have glimpsed mere fragments, obtaining a piece of intelligence that came close to the truth.

The Voidhaven Immortal Domain had long anticipated the demon god army's invasion. Having obtained detailed intelligence on their forces and strategies, they had laid an ambush well in advance.

In this battle, the Abyssal Immortal Domain first colluded with the Violet Zenith Ancient Phoenix, having it lure away the army of the Primordial Chaos Kui Ox. Then, using the contingency left by the Lunar Celestial Emperor, they executed the 9 Extremities Divine Lord, thereby securing victory in this conflict.

Within the 30-6 Immortal Domains, a man of peerless elegance and grace was reporting intelligence.

At the head of the hall, the Flame Sovereign gazed at the intelligence report regarding the person before him and fell into a prolonged silence. After a long while, he finally chuckled and remarked, "As I have long proclaimed, this Primordial Chaos Kui Bull is nothing but a reckless brute."

"Li Yan made him a commander of 1 route, and something has truly gone awry."

"However, the fact that the Void Abyss Immortal Domain managed to defeat this individual has truly alleviated considerable pressure for us. It appears we shall need to extend some courtesy to them in the future."

At this point, Emperor Li Yan suddenly inquired, "If I recall correctly, hasn't the Abyssal Return Immortal Alliance slain over 20 Chaos Demons across these wars?"

The man below fell silent for a moment before replying, "20-5 have been slain."

"After all these years fighting on the front lines, we've only managed to slay 30-7 Chaos Demons."

The Flame Sovereign Eldrin heaved a sigh before speaking, "It seems the methods of the Abyssal Return Taoist are far more ruthless than either of us could have imagined."

The Immortal Lord below, seeing this, had no choice but to speak: "Master, there is no need for excessive concern. Our strength has drawn the attention of the Half-Ancestor of Primordial Chaos and Flames, which is precisely why we have yet to find an opportunity to annihilate the enemy in a single strike."

"The reason the Ruins Immortal Alliance achieved such an overwhelming victory lies chiefly in the fact that the 9 Extremities Divine Monarch and his allies gravely underestimated their foes, blinded by their own arrogance."

"Underestimating the enemy out of arrogance?" Eldrin Emperor Liyan let out a cold sneer before speaking. "If it were you, upon learning you were about to assault 9 Great Perfection Stage experts in their initial phase, would you not also be accused of underestimating the enemy out of arrogance?"

The Immortal Lord fell silent upon hearing this, and only after a long while did he speak. "I understand now. It wasn’t that they were careless or arrogant—it’s that a Great Roam Initial Stage cultivator managed to slay 1 at the Eighth Level. Such a method is simply beyond anyone’s expectations."

While the 7 major factions were buzzing with discussions, the Great Luo Golden Immortals of the Abyssal Immortal Realm had already begun to gradually recover from their injuries.

After the war, barely 30 million years had passed when the various Great Luo Golden Immortals began emerging from seclusion 1 after another, their injuries already restored to 80 or 90 percent.

And so on this day, Eldrin gathered the various Great Luo Golden Immortals of the Chen Immortal Clan to convene another assembly within the Heaven of the Returning Abyss.

In the meeting, Eldrin glanced at the assembly and remarked with a light chuckle, "It seems your injuries have nearly healed completely." (End of Chapter)