Chapter 1982 : Peerless Heavenly Spiritual Root (Spiritual Root)
Eldrin finally murmured inwardly, then turned his gaze toward the Qiankun Yiqi Vessel (Magic Treasure).
This time, after completing its ascension, the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi Vessel had transformed into an embryonic form of an Innate Supreme Treasure, with its profound mysteries having been greatly enhanced.
After some calculations, Eldrin discovered that the current Primordial Chaos Qi Vase now produced an additional type of Innate Spirit Water beyond its original capacity.
The new innate spiritual water was named 'Primordial Chaos Water'. It contained the power of the Primordial Chaos-level cosmic laws, making it an exceptionally rare and supreme-grade innate spiritual water.
As a supreme-grade innate spiritual water, the power of Primordial Chaos Qiankun Water was truly extraordinary, possessing 3 miraculous functions.
First, this water could now accelerate the maturation of the finest Heavenly Spiritual Root (Spiritual Root), and a single drop could enhance its growth rate by 1 kalpa.
Second, this water can help spiritual roots break their shackles. When combined with innate spiritual light, it can elevate a spiritual root to the highest grade—the Heavenly Spiritual Root (Spiritual Root).
Third, the Primordial Chaos Water of Heaven and Earth contains immense power of the Heavenly Dao, making it suitable for use as an immortal-grade healing medicine or as a rare catalyst for cultivating divine abilities.
Of course, while the Primordial Chaos Waters were profoundly mysterious, their consumption rate was truly staggering.
To nurture the Primordial Chaos Qiankun Water, an immense quantity of Qiankun Qi at the Great Luo Marvelous Treasure level is required. Under conditions that do not deplete their foundational essence, the Chen Immortal Clan (Organization)'s 8 major immortal domains and 2 mid-grade chaos nests collectively produce only enough Qiankun Qi per kalpic eon to cultivate 3 portions of Primordial Chaos Qiankun Water.
Moreover, to nurture each portion of Primordial Chaos Aqua, 1 must also invest 3 portions of Innate Indestructible Radiance.
According to Eldrin's (Person Name) estimation, the cost of a single portion of Primordial Chaos Water would require approximately 5 strands of Innate Indestructible Spirit Light.
"The value of the Primordial Chaos Qiankun Water is roughly comparable to that of a top-grade innate spiritual treasure."
Eldrin murmured inwardly, then retrieved the accumulated Primordial Qi of Heaven and Earth and the Innate Indestructible Spirit Light he had gathered over the years, beginning to nurture the Chaos Primordial Water of Creation.
After the accumulated Qiankun Qi was fully depleted, Eldrin (Person Name) discovered he had obtained a total of 15 portions of Primordial Chaos Qiankun Water.
"15 portions of Primordial Chaos Water are sufficient to accelerate the maturation of a top-grade Heavenly Spiritual Root (Spiritual Root) 15 times over."
A faint smile unconsciously touched Eldrin's lips as he murmured inwardly.
The Supreme Heavenly Spiritual Root (Spiritual Root) matures once every 30-6 kalpas, while a portion of Primal Chaos Qiankun Water (Divine Substance) precisely contains 30-6 drops—enough to accelerate 1 maturation cycle of the Supreme Heavenly Spiritual Root (Spiritual Root).
At this thought, Eldrin couldn't help but smile faintly. "With the Primordial Chaos Qiankun Water, we should begin advancing to the supreme-grade Heavenly Spiritual Root."
Lyra (Person Name) pondered briefly before asking, "In that case, which plant should we prioritize for advancement first?"
Upon hearing this, Eldrin fell into deep contemplation. The supreme-grade Heavenly Spiritual Root possessed an exceptionally high rank, requiring the absorption of vast amounts of primordial energy to grow. Thus, it would never take root in an ordinary place.
Generally speaking, only a Chaos Nest of the Primordial Chaos level could allow a top-grade Heavenly Spiritual Root (Spiritual Root) to grow.
A top-grade immortal realm can barely give rise to an ultimate-grade Heavenly Spiritual Root (Spiritual Root), though with significant limitations. Generally speaking, a Great Perfection-level top-grade immortal realm can, at most, sustain only 1 ultimate-grade Heavenly Spiritual Root (Spiritual Root).
Currently, the Eldrin's Void Refuge stands as the sole superior immortal domain within the Void Immortal Alliance, likely capable of nurturing only 1 top-grade Heavenly Spiritual Root.
At this thought, Eldrin pondered slightly and said, "If we activate the grand formation and nourish it with the essence of the 8 Great Immortal Domains and the Chaos Nest, we should be able to cultivate 2 supreme-grade Heavenly Spiritual Roots."
Upon hearing this, Lyra (Person Name) also nodded in agreement.
Being able to cultivate 2 Supreme-Grade Heavenly Spiritual Roots (Spiritual Root) significantly expanded the range of available choices.
After a brief moment of contemplation, she advised, "The cultivation of the Great Dao consumes minimal resources. Moreover, after vanquishing the enemies of the Great Dao, your progress in this path advances with astonishing speed. Would it not be better to prioritize nurturing the Heaven-Soul Fruit Tree and the Indestructible Golden Fruit?"
"Well said."
Eldrin nodded and immediately began to manipulate the Chaos Formation, realigning the primordial essence of the 8 Great Immortal Domains and the 2 Chaos Nests. He channeled them respectively into the Li Fire Abyssal Immortal Domain and the Chaos Golden Bull Nest, transforming them into nourishment for the growth of the supreme-grade Heavenly Spiritual Root.
He then began to extract the Primordial Chaos Qiankun Water, commencing the process of assisting the Indestructible Golden Fruit Tree and the Celestial Soul Fruit Tree in their ascension to the supreme-grade Heavenly Spiritual Root.
During the process of advancement, Eldrin discovered that by merely integrating 3 drops of Primordial Chaos Water, supplemented with a single wisp of Innate Indestructible Spirit Light, he could elevate an ancient innate tree into a lower-grade Heavenly Spiritual Root.
To advance from a lower-grade Primordial Heavenly Spiritual Root (Spiritual Root) to a mid-grade 1 requires consuming 12 drops of Primordial Chaos Qiankun Water, while advancing from mid-grade to upper-grade demands an entire portion of Primordial Chaos Qiankun Water.
In the process of simultaneous maturation and advancement, Eldrin expended over 3 portions of Primordial Chaos Water and 16 strands of Innate Indestructible Spirit Light before successfully elevating 2 low-grade Heavenly Spiritual Roots into high-grade Heavenly Spiritual Roots.
However, after growing to the limit of a top-grade Heavenly Spiritual Root (Spiritual Root), the Primordial Chaos Qiankun Water only retained its function of accelerating maturation.
Next, Eldrin expended 6 strands of Primordial Undying Spiritual Light before successfully elevating the 2 Heavenly Spiritual Roots into supreme-grade Heavenly Spiritual Roots.
"Success."
After the 2 supreme-grade Heavenly Spiritual Roots (Spiritual Root) completed their ascension, they underwent a tremendous transformation, bearing extraordinarily rare supreme-grade Innate Spiritual Fruits.
Among them, the Heaven Soul Tree had borne 3 supreme-grade Heaven Soul Fruits, while the Indestructible Golden Fruit Tree had also yielded 3 supreme-grade Indestructible Golden Fruits.
Compared to the immortal fruits born of the Heavenly Spiritual Root, the medicinal potency of these fruits had been vastly enhanced, with each 1 nearly equivalent to the full efficacy of a superior-grade innate spiritual herb.
This celestial fruit possessed extraordinary medicinal efficacy. When Eldrin consumed a supreme-grade Soul Nourishment Fruit, he immediately felt his primordial spirit expand tremendously, growing by 10 percent beyond its original state.
"What astonishing medicinal potency."
A faint trace of delight stirred within Eldrin (Person Name)'s heart as he murmured to himself.
You must understand, his current cultivation had reached the late-stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm. Advancing beyond this level was dozens of times more difficult than breaking through from the mid-stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal.
A mere 10 percent increase in soul power—for an ordinary Seventh-Level Great Perfected Immortal lacking sufficient cultivation resources—would likely require at least dozens of cosmic kalpas of arduous cultivation to achieve.
Seeing this, Lyra (Person Name) couldn't help but ask with some delight, "How is it?"
"Not bad at all." Eldrin spoke, then said with a light laugh, "If I could consume 8 or 9 more of these supreme-grade Celestial Soul Fruits, I should be able to break through to the eighth level of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm."
"Alas, the Supreme Heaven Soul Fruit imposes severe limitations. 1 can only consume a single fruit per kalpa, lest it cause instability in 1's foundational cultivation."
At this point, Eldrin couldn't help but smile faintly.
After breaking through to the seventh level of the Great Luo Golden Immortal, cultivating to its peak perfection would strengthen 1's foundation and latent potential by approximately 50 percent compared to the initial breakthrough.
By that time, he could attempt to break through to the eighth level of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.
Therefore, for Eldrin to cultivate his Primordial Spirit to the Seventh Perfection Stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal, he would need to refine approximately 5 Heaven Soul Fruits to strengthen his foundation, followed by another 5 Heaven Soul Fruits to serve as latent reserves.
When 1's foundation is perfected and sufficient reserves have been accumulated, they may then attempt to break through to the Eighth Heaven of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.
This would require approximately 10 kalpas of time. To be able to reach the eighth level of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm in just 10 kalpas was already an astonishingly rapid pace.
It is well known that many top-tier Great Luo Immortals backed by a Primordial Chaos Emperor, despite having no shortage of cultivation resources, would remain at the seventh level of the Golden Immortal realm for a dozen or so kalpas to consolidate their foundations and enhance their future potential.
Eldrin was able to progress so swiftly because he possessed a foundational treasure to temper his roots, enabling him to refine 1 supreme-grade Soul Nectar Fruit per kalpic cycle.
An ordinary Great Luo Golden Immortal, even if expending fewer resources, would likely require at least several kalpas to refine it even once. Thus, they spend the majority of their time honing their foundations.
To return to our story, after refining the Heaven-Soul Fruit Tree, Eldrin took 1 of the supreme-grade Immortal Golden Fruits and began refining it.
After a round of refinement, Eldrin discovered that his physical foundation had grown by another 10 percent, and he slowly exhaled a breath.
"10 cosmic calamities to break through to the eighth level of the Great Luo Golden Immortal?"
Eldrin murmured inwardly, feeling that this speed was still a tad too slow.
After pondering for a moment, he retrieved the Primordial Chaos Water to nurture the Heavenly Spiritual Root (Spiritual Root), the ‘Great Luo Golden Bamboo Shoot’ and the ‘Soul-Nourishing Wood’.
Soon, at the cost of 1 portion of Primordial Chaos Water and 12 wisps of Innate Indestructible Spirit Light, Eldrin obtained 12 Supreme Golden Bamboo Shoots and Soul-Nourishing Woods of the Heavenly Spiritual Root grade.
He refined the Great Luo Golden Bamboo Shoot into a Great Luo Golden Elixir, then fused the Soul Nurturing Wood into his sea of consciousness, steadily enhancing his physical body and Great Luo Physique.
After a long while had passed, Eldrin opened his eyes from his secluded cultivation, his expression serene as he remarked, "Each kalpa consumes 3 Great Luo Golden Bamboos and a Soul-Nurturing Tree, yet my primordial spirit and Great Luo physique can nearly double in strength."
Seeing this, Lyra (Person Name) standing nearby couldn't help but feel somewhat helpless.
A Heavenly Spiritual Root (Spiritual Root) is of incomparable value, yet advancing beyond the late stage of the Golden Immortal Realm requires precisely such precious nourishment.
If not for Eldrin's Primordial Vial of Chaos, which reduced the cost of cultivating the Primordial Heavenly Spiritual Root by more than fivefold, he would never have been able to sustain such staggering expenditure.
"As long as it enhances my strength, no amount of resource depletion would be in vain."
Eldrin noticed the change in his expression and immediately spoke up.
As his words faded, he suddenly smiled and said, "Your cultivation progress is quite impressive. After refining these Soul-Nourishing Woods and the Great Luo Golden Pills, you should be able to glimpse the late stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm."
With that, Eldrin gathered Lyra, Seraphina Qu, Yan Zi Ji, Lila, and Qing Ji, distributing 5 Soul-Nurturing Trees and 5 Great Luo Golden Pills among them.
He even accelerated the ripening of the Soulfruit and Immortal Goldfruit trees twice more, retrieving 5 portions of each to distribute among the group.
Seraphina Qu and the others stored away their treasures, a faint smile finally gracing their lips.
After 9 kalpas of arduous cultivation, the members of the Chen Immortal Clan (Organization) had made considerable progress in their cultivation. Among the first 3 batches of Great Luo Golden Immortals who had emerged during the initial 3 kalpas, even the lowest-ranked had now reached the mid-stage of Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.
Among them, Lyra (Person Name), Qing Ji, Seraphina Qu (Person Name), Lila (Person Name), and Yan Zi Ji had achieved their cultivation breakthroughs earlier and received the most abundant resources. Their cultivation had now reached the sixth level of the Golden Immortal of the Great Luo.
This cultivation speed already placed him in the foremost echelon among the Great Luo Golden Immortals, rivaling even the personal disciples of the emperors within the Primordial Chaos Imperial Court.
Now, with the acquisition of these Soul-Nourishing Woods and supreme-grade Innate Spirit Fruits, they would likely soon break through to the late-stage of the Great Perfected Golden Immortal realm, surpassing the majority of disciples taught by the Celestial Sovereigns.
After all, a supreme-grade innate spiritual fruit held extraordinary value—it was a cultivation resource urgently needed by late-stage Great Luo Golden Immortals, and even provided some benefit to Chaos Origin Emperors. Using it on a mid-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal was nothing short of wasteful extravagance, and few Chaos Origin Imperial Courts would ever consider such a squander.
Eldrin distributed the treasures to the assembly and declared, "After this kalpic tribulation, the Celestial Emperor's Treasury left behind in the Immortal Realm shall reemerge into the mortal world."
"Combining the gains from the Sage Elder and our collections in recent years, we now possess 12 Celestial Heaven Tokens, granting us exactly 12 slots to enter the treasury."
"I hope all of you can break through to the late-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal realm before then, increasing our chances of obtaining the Heavenly Emperor's legacy within the Celestial Vault Treasury."
Hearing this, everyone nodded with a trace of solemnity gathering between their brows.
Seeing this, Eldrin had the women enter seclusion for cultivation. After pondering for a moment, he retrieved the Primordial Chaos Vial and expended the last few portions of Primordial Chaos Creation Water to accelerate the maturation of the Soul Heaven Fruit Tree, Golden Immortality Fruit Tree, and other rare treasures through several growth cycles.
In the end, he retained only enough cultivation resources for himself to last the next 2 kalpas, distributing all the remainder to the most promising Great Luo Golden Immortals of the immortal clan—Chen Qiyuan, Jiang Daoxu, Chen Ethan, and Chen Xianzhang.
After handling these matters, Eldrin noticed the roiling calamity qi between heaven and earth—another great tribulation was about to begin.
Chapter 1,000 "The tenth cosmic calamity has arrived."
Eldrin (Person Name) murmured softly, letting out a sigh tinged with profound emotion.
Unknowingly, his lifespan had already exceeded 900,000,000 years, leaving less than 90,000,000 years until his billion-year great longevity.
"This tribulation, our Chen Clan of the Returning Abyss shall still not enter."
With a faint sigh in his heart, Eldrin (Person Name) ultimately gave the order.
Within the Chen Immortal Clan (Organization) and the Immortal Alliance, there were still quite a few individuals with the potential to attain Great Perfection. Yet, in the end, Eldrin (Person Name) stopped the members of the Immortal Alliance from entering the tribulation.
The fundamental reason was that newly ascended Golden Immortals could no longer substantially enhance the strength of the Chen Immortal Clan (Organization).
Secondly, due to the existence of those great adversaries of Eldrin, the prodigies of the Chen Immortal Clan were far too susceptible to schemes when entering tribulation.
Rather than letting them be schemed against and meet untimely deaths at the hands of the Imperial Court's prodigies, it would be better to allow the clansmen to continue honing their foundations through the passage of time, ultimately cultivating a stronger Great Perfection Dao Foundation.
In truth, all great imperial courts followed this practice. True prodigies of heaven would remain in seclusion until the moment they emerged, destined to forge multiple indestructible foundations. They would sweep through all obstacles to prove their path to the Great Perfection, directly ascending as Primordial Chaos Imperial Monarchs.
After deciding that the celestial prodigies would not enter the tribulation, Eldrin immediately sealed off the 8 great immortal domains and began his deep seclusion.
Thus time flowed swiftly by, and 30 million years passed in the blink of an eye.
When Eldrin emerged from seclusion, he discovered that the Cosmic Tribulation had already ended tens of millions of years ago.
"The Celestial Treasury Vault is about to open."
That day, Eldrin sensed something during his secluded cultivation. After calculating with his fingers for a moment, he exclaimed with a hint of surprise,
He immediately summoned all the Great Luo Golden Immortals within the Immortal Alliance to convene a meeting at the Abyssal Return Immortal Palace.
At this moment, within the celestial hall, Eldrin gazed upon the Chen Clan's Great Luo Golden Immortals before him, an involuntary smile gracing his lips.
Now, the foundation of the Chen Immortal Clan (Organization) could be described as exceptionally glorious, with as many as 20 individuals having reached the Great Luo Golden Immortal (Cultivation Realm) level.
Among them, there were 6 cultivators at the late-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal realm: Eldrin, Lyra, Qing Ji, Seraphina Qu, Yan Zi Ji, and Lila.