Chapter 1972 : Method to Advance to Innate Treasure

But even if you succeed, do not be complacent, for with each subsequent fusion of a Primordial Qi, the success rate typically does not exceed 40 percent.

Even with the addition of some rare Chaos treasures and divine materials, and even with the Chaos Celestial Emperor personally overseeing the process, the probability of successful refinement would only be around 60 percent.

For a supreme-grade innate spiritual treasure, successfully fusing with the Primordial Beginning Qi 9 times in succession was an immensely difficult feat. Ultimately, fewer than 1 in 10 such treasures ever managed to evolve into an innate supreme treasure.

Many experts at the Great Perfection stage of the Primordial Chaos Emperor realm would nearly exhaust all their resources in order to refine a single Primordial Chaos Treasure.

Even an existence at the Great Emperor level had ruined dozens of supreme-grade innate spiritual treasures and expended over a 100 strands of Primordial Genesis Qi, yet still achieved nothing.

Yet even so, every Primordial Chaos Emperor would spare no cost to forge a Primordial Treasure, for it not only represented greater combat prowess, but also held the key to advancing further—to breaking through to the realm of Chaos Heavenly Emperor.

Once 1 successfully fuses the 9 strands of Primordial Qi, they shall attract countless true spirit imprints, enabling them to forge a True Spirit Treasure within the realm of the Primordial Chaos Emperor.

The Black Abyss Emperor's Black Abyss Imperial Spear achieved its status as a True Spirit Treasure by successively fusing 9 strands of Primordial Genesis Qi. This process enabled him to establish a True Spiritual Root foundation and even attracted surplus true spirit imprints, allowing him to cultivate a sixth True Spirit Divine Pattern.

Lyra murmured softly, her gaze growing heavy as she spoke.

Upon hearing this, Eldrin's eyes flickered slightly. So after forging a Primordial Chaos Treasure, there would be surplus True Spirit Imprints that could be utilized to cultivate True Spirit Acupoints and True Spirit Divine Patterns—no wonder these Chaos Emperor Monarchs were willing to pay any price to achieve a Primordial Chaos Treasure.

Yet even so, Eldrin couldn't help but frown slightly, exclaiming in astonishment, "To fuse 1's Life-Bound Treasure with the Primordial Beginning Qi—wouldn't failure destroy the Life-Bound Treasure?"

There are always certain Chaos Divine Items capable of mending 1’s Life-Bound Treasure—for instance, Chaos Source Liquid of the Primordial Chaos Spiritual Treasure grade, or vast quantities of supreme Primordial Divine Gold. Both can restore a damaged top-tier Primordial Chaos Spiritual Treasure.

Eldrin nodded. He had heard that the reason the Black Abyss Emperor was able to cultivate the Black Abyss Emperor Spear was because he obtained a vast quantity of top-grade Primordial Divine Gold, coupled with an astonishing stroke of fortune, allowing him to master it in a single attempt.

Beside them, Seraphina Qu (Person Name) spoke with a trace of solemnity, "If that's the case, then my 9 Severities Soul-Slaying Sword must also follow this path in the future."

Lyra nodded slightly before speaking. "Unless 1 attains the Ancient Immortal realm and summons a True Spirit Imprint to forge a True Spirit Treasure, this remains the only path to cultivate such a treasure at the Primordial Chaos Emperor level."

Eldrin’s eyes, however, flickered slightly upon hearing this, and he remarked thoughtfully, "Perhaps not necessarily."

Lyra was slightly taken aback and couldn't help but ask, "You mean...?"

"Hmm."

Eldrin nodded, a faint smile glimmering in his eyes.

His Primordial Chaos Qi possessed boundless and miraculous uses, having always allowed him to defy bottlenecks and forcibly shatter his limits. Once fused into 'Primordial Chaos Origin Qi,' its effects would likely grow even more formidable, undoubtedly surpassing anything the Innate Primordial Qi could ever hope to rival.

Lyra also thought of this point and could not help but say with a smile, "It seems that after Seraphina Qu breaks through to the late-stage Chaos Origin Emperor realm, forging a True Spirit Treasure will be well within her grasp."

Eldrin smiled faintly at the words but said nothing more.

Primordial Chaos Treasures are fundamentally manifestations of the Great Dao's authority, serving as more potent forms of Soulbound Divine Artifacts. The ability to cultivate a Soulbound Primordial Chaos Treasure determines the very foundation and profundity of a Chaos Emperor's cultivation.

It is known that unless 1 cultivates a foundation of at least 3 True Spiritual Roots, the vast majority of Primordial Chaos Emperors possess no potential to break through to the realm of Chaos Heavenly Emperor.

In such circumstances, whether they could cultivate an innate supreme treasure that enhances potential and foundational reserves would determine their qualification to challenge the realm of Primordial Chaos Emperor.

Throughout the 3,000 Immortal Domains, aside from a dozen or so Primordial Chaos Emperors like the Black Abyss Emperor, none of the other great perfection-stage Primordial Chaos Emperors had succeeded in cultivating an Innate Supreme Treasure.

Even an existence of this level, even if they obtained the Primordial Chaos Qi, would likely lack the qualifications to challenge the realm of the Chaos Heavenly Emperor.

You must understand, what kind of existence is the Chaos Celestial Emperor? If 1 cannot even cultivate a Primordial Chaos Treasure, what qualifications could they possibly have to challenge the realm of the Chaos Celestial Emperor?

At this thought, Eldrin withdrew his focus. He rolled up the intelligence scroll, his gaze deepening as he spoke, "A 7-mark Innate Chaos Treasure embryo is indeed enough to drive the Chaos Origin Emperors to madness, but it holds no relevance to us."

"Now, we should quickly assimilate our gains so we may soon break through to the seventh level of the Great Luo Golden Immortal."

Lyra nodded slightly and said, "I'll accompany you in alchemy."

"Very well."

Eldrin nodded and immediately summoned several dao companions to process the Great Luo golden bodies of the Great Luo golden immortals from the demon and god races.

They dismembered the bodies of over a dozen Great Luo Golden Immortals, ultimately obtaining vast quantities of materials: Great Luo divine bones, divine hearts, hides, flesh, and more.

Eldrin handed the leather to Lyra and immediately began refining the Great Luo Immortal Pill.

Even existences at the late-stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm began refining their flaws, turning back to cultivate their Great Luo Physique. The essence within their flesh and blood grew increasingly astonishing, yielding ever greater quantities of Great Luo Immortal Pills.

Eldrin tended the alchemical furnace for several 100 1000 years, refining over a dozen batches of Great Luo Immortal Pills. In total, he obtained 3 100 and 60 perfected elixirs.

According to Eldrin's estimation, even though the foundations of the Chen Immortal Clan members were extraordinary, these resources would be sufficient for Lyra and the others to achieve full mastery of the Sixth Perfection of the Great Luo Body.

After successfully refining the Great Luo Immortal Pill and processing resources such as the Heart of Divinity and Demons, Eldrin once again returned to his secluded cultivation chamber to contemplate the progress of his Great Dao.

After this thorough examination, a faint smile finally graced Eldrin's lips.

In this great battle, Eldrin slew 4 powerful foes at the Great Perfection stage of the Golden Immortal realm: the Ancient Azure Extremity, the Celestial Lord Golden Radiance, the Ancient Primordial Wasteland, and the Divine Purple Dawn. From these 4 formidable adversaries, he seized their Dao Authorities—the Pure Yang, Primordial Earth, Life, and Primordial Chaos Daos.

After obtaining the Dao Authority of these 4 individuals, Eldrin sensed a tremendous enhancement in the power of the 4 Great Dao authorities. Once fully integrated, the amount of Dao Power he could command would surge dramatically.

Moreover, with the empowerment of these Dao Authorities, Eldrin's cultivation of the Great Dao would advance by leaps and bounds. Reaching the Great Perfection of the Golden Immortal of the Great Luo would no longer present any bottleneck.

Beyond these 4 Great Daos, Eldrin had also slain 3 arch-enemies of the Dao—the Immortal Lord of the Mighty Halberd, the Ghost Ancestor of Profound Darkness, and the Demon Lord of the Golden Wings—thereby obtaining the authority over the Profound Darkness Dao at the Grand Luo 8th Layer.

Empowered by such authority, Eldrin's strength also saw a considerable advancement.

Of course, although the power of these Great Dao authorities was formidable, it still required a certain amount of time to fully integrate them.

What Eldrin valued most, in truth, was the enhancement these Daotic Authorities provided to his comprehension of the Great Dao.

With the empowerment of at least the eighth-level Great Luo Golden Immortal's Dao authority, Eldrin's comprehension of the Great Dao would be greatly accelerated. It was estimated that within 50,000,000 years, he would master the Great Perfection Chaos Primordial Dao of the seventh-level Great Luo Golden Immortal.

Eldrin remained steadfast in his conviction, determined to mend and perfect the 5 Great Daos through his own methods—a pursuit that would demand countless years of dedication.

If he were to abandon his own path and inherit the Dao of these individuals, Eldrin would likely break through to the seventh layer of the Great Luo Golden Immortal within 10 1000 years.

To return to our story, after gaining a complete understanding of his own path of cultivation, Eldrin did not rush to refine the Great Dao of Primordial Chaos and Non-Polarity.

He went directly into the Abyssal Sanctuary, then summoned the Great Luo True Seeds of the Abyssal Immortal Alliance.

Within the Ruins of the Abyssal Sanctuary, a faint smile graced Eldrin's eyes as he gazed upon the assembly of immortals under his command.

Within the grand hall stood several dozen ancient immortals and supreme elders, each possessing cultivation realms of at least Ancient Immortal level or the Xianzang realm of the Sacrificial Path.

Among these immortals were direct descendants of the Chen Immortal Clan (Organization), such as Chen Silas (Person Name), Chen Caleb (Person Name), Chen Fusu, Chen Bufan, Chen Sigu—the direct grandson of Eldrin (Person Name)—and the Turtle Immortal Chen Xinghong.

There were also old acquaintances and rising stars hailing from the Violet Realm, such as the Void-Refining Immortal, the Heavenly Mountain Goddess, the Endless Sky Ancestor, the Sigil-Sorrow Lord, Soren the Heart-Seer (Person Name), Lin Tianqi, the Master of the Dao Palace, Jiang Taibai, the Demon-Subduing Taoist, and so forth.

There were also friends he had made in the immortal realm, among them old acquaintances such as the Nether Lord of Ancient Ruins, the Daoist of Violet Mysteries, the Abyssal Daoist, the Flame-Severing Deity, the Master of the Ethereal Sword, the Divine Lord of Glazed Jade, the Primordial Ancestor of 10 1000 Spirits, the Ancient Immortal of Evergreen, the Emperor of Primordial Beginnings, and the Emperor of the Future.

Greetings, Immortal Lord.

At this moment, all the immortals bowed in unison, speaking with utmost reverence.

Eldrin gestured with an open hand, raising the assembled immortals to their feet as he remarked with an effortless smile, "We are all old acquaintances here—there's no need for such formalities."

The immortals then rose to their feet, turning their puzzled gazes toward Eldrin.

Eldrin did not speak immediately. After sweeping his gaze over the assembly, he remarked, "Honored colleagues, having cultivated to this stage, each of you must have experienced at least 6 great kalpas by now."

Upon hearing this, all the immortals nodded in agreement, a trace of wistful emotion flickering across their faces.

Unbeknownst to them, they had already lived through over 6 kalpas.

Perhaps for a Great Luo Golden Immortal, these 6 kalpas of time were not considered an overly lengthy period, but for Celestial Immortals and even Ancient Immortals, this counted as an immeasurably ancient epoch.

Across the 3 1000 Immortal Domains, without the protection of a Great Luo Golden Immortal, the vast majority of Celestial Immortal experts could not survive the span of a single kalpa.

Those capable of surviving 1 or 2 kalpas are generally top-tier Heavenly Immortals at the late Heavenly Immortal stage, while beings who endure 6 kalpas have essentially reached the realm of Ancient Immortals.

In truth, among the 5 Ancient Immortals of the former Qingcang Immortal Domain, only the Evergreen Ancient Immortal had lived through more than 10 kalpas, while the others had not yet surpassed 6 kalpas at that time.

As ancient immortals and old acquaintances of the Immortal Monarch of the Returning Abyss, they had all received varying degrees of his care. Though not all had been nurtured with his full support, they were granted unimpeded access to all manner of cultivation resources.

You must understand, Eldrin was no ordinary Great Perfected Golden Immortal. As 1 of the most supreme Great Perfected Golden Immortals, he had emerged victorious from numerous wars, and the resources he had seized could rival those of some Chaos Origin Imperial Courts.

The Celestial Courts have existed for over a 1000 kalpas at minimum, accumulating no fewer than tens of thousands of ancient immortal patriarchs. No matter how abundant the resources, they would never suffice for such multitudes.

In contrast, the Eldrin Immortal Alliance had only a handful of ancient immortals, yet the resources they obtained within were likely even more staggering than those of the Diting’s direct-line Da Luo disciples.

In such circumstances, all those present possessed exceptionally high cultivation, with most having reached the Ancient Immortal realm of 5 or 6 heavenly tribulations, and quite a few having attained the seventh tribulation Ancient Immortal stage.

At this thought, everyone was filled with a myriad of emotions.

The Amethyst Mystic sighed softly before speaking, "Had it not been for the Immortal Lord's illumination, we would have long turned to dust—how could we have attained our current cultivation and destiny?"

Eldrin gave a slight nod and spoke, "Esteemed ones, though you have attained the Ancient Immortal Realm, from my perspective, the hope of most among you achieving the Great Dao of Daluo remains slim."

Upon hearing this, all the immortals present exchanged bitter smiles.

Attaining the Great Luo Realm is notoriously difficult—this has been the consensus since time immemorial. Even with the full support of an ancient Great Luo sect, the probability of an 8-Tribulation Ancient Immortal achieving the Great Luo Dao Fruit remains staggeringly low, with only 1 in dozens, or even over a 100, succeeding.

Among them, aside from a select few like Seal-Sorrow Lord and Chen Silas (Person Name), the vast majority possessed merely ordinary aptitudes, with many yet to even forge their own Great Luo Path.

Under such circumstances, even if Eldrin were to spare no expense—using supreme treasures to enhance their foundation, even bestowing upon them innate spiritual treasures to break through the Spirit Treasure Heavenly Barrier—it would remain nearly impossible for them to ultimately prove their path to the Great Luo.

The immortals were well aware of this point, thus they never truly held hope for a breakthrough in the first place.

However, the Nether Lord of the Ancient Ruins seemed to grasp the underlying meaning in Eldrin’s words and could not help but ask, “Are you implying, Immortal Lord, that you can guide us in breaking through to the Great Luo realm?”

Excellent!

Eldrin nodded, then spoke calmly, "The Path of Self-Sacrifice I founded, though it has yet to reach the realm of the Primordial Chaos Emperor, has already become an exceedingly complete great dao."

"To tread the path of the Innate Primordial Great Dao, this way requires 3 1000 Great Luo Golden Immortals of the Sacrificial Self Dao to complete its foundation."

Among these 3,000 individuals, there existed 30-6 bearers of Ancient Sage status and 70-2 holders of Great Virtuous Ones' titles, all qualified to receive the innate providence blessings of our Sacrificial Path.

"If you were to convert to the Path of Sacrificial Devotion, you might qualify to obtain these 1 100 and 8 seats of destiny."

Upon hearing this, all the immortals present revealed expressions of pleasant surprise.

If the Path of Self Sacrifice could truly reach the realm of the Innate Limitless Great Dao, then as the first to participate in cultivating and perfecting this path, they would become its revered pioneers.

By that time, blessed by the unseen currents of fate, they might even attain the realm of the Primordial Chaos Emperor.

This was by no means impossible. 1 must understand that among the 3 1000 Immortal Domains, the 70-2 pioneering sages who first explored methods to establish immortal domains and participated in refining the immortal path techniques had now all broken through to the realm of Primordial Chaos Imperial Lords.

These 70-2 individuals were known as the 70-2 Sages, with the lowest cultivation base among them being at the third level of Chaos Origin Emperor. The Great Central Emperor, the Great Frost Emperor, and even the Great Abyss Emperor—all of whom Eldrin (Person Name) knew—were among the 70-2 Sages.

At this thought, all the immortals present were filled with delight.

Within the Eldrin Immortal Realm, many cultivate the Path of Self-Offering, and they naturally comprehend the profound power inherent in this path.

Without the slightest hesitation, they all immediately agreed to convert to the Sacrificial Ascension Path.

Zhuan Chou Jun was also quite tempted, but couldn't resist asking: "Switching to the Path of Self-Sacrifice requires sacrificing 1's former self. This process is nearly irreversible, and the more powerful your cultivation base, the greater the risk of failure."

"Could it be that the Immortal Lord has found a solution to this problem?"

Eldrin’s gaze remained tranquil as he said with a faint smile, “The stronger 1’s primordial spirit, the greater their chances of successfully cultivating the Path of Self-Offering.”

"Moreover, I possess a secret treasure capable of severing the very foundations of your cultivation. It shall take your lifelong cultivation achievements as nourishment to consecrate my Dao."

"In this way, failure is impossible, but the newly forged self will correspondingly possess half the potential."

Zhuan Choujun’s eyes lit up, and he couldn’t help but speak out: “If 1 cultivates a True Spirit Primordial Soul, does that guarantee success?”

"If you can truly cultivate the True Spirit Primordial Soul, your chances of success would be 8 or 9 out of 10. But without achieving the True Spirit Primordial Soul, the possibility of success would be less than 1 in 10 1000."

Eldrin nodded, his expression serene as he spoke.

Zhuan Choujun smiled faintly, then spoke: "I understand."

Witnessing this, Eldrin said, "Since none of you object, those who wish to use the secret treasure to sever their foundations and cultivate the Path of Self-Sacrifice shall follow me to the Abyssal Forbidden Grounds."

Without cultivating a True Spirit Primordial Soul, the chances of successfully switching to the Path of Self-Sacrifice in the Ancient Immortal Realm were virtually nonexistent.

The vast majority of immortals possessed keen self-awareness of their limitations. Thus, with the exception of a select few like Chen Silas and Master Inscriptive Melancholy, most had followed Eldrin to the forbidden depths of the Returning Abyss.

I promised my girlfriend a necklace for Christmas, and now I have to accompany her out. Let's make it 8,400 words for today.

(End of Chapter)