Chapter 1650 : Ancestral Treasures and Divine Power

Between the two, Worthy Verdancy Chen had cultivated seven Mysterious Grade Divine Ability [profound and powerful supernatural techniques]. Furthermore, with the support of Eldrin Chen, he had refined three Primordial Unity Immortal Weapon [supreme immortal-grade weapons forged at the Primordial Unity realm] using Chaos Divine Material [primordial ores of immense power]: the Verdant Lotus Demon-Slaying Sword, the Chaos Vajra Ring, and the Tai E Spear.

His true combat prowess was at least comparable to a cultivator with a Dual Primordial Unity Foundation [a foundation established by merging two Primordial Unity realms], and before his magical power [the cultivated energy used to fuel spells and techniques] was exhausted, he was even mightier than such a foundation.

As for Worthy Longevity Chen, he possessed no other treasures. Over the years, he had focused solely on cultivating the Vast Sea Divine Pearl [a set of divine pearls embodying the power of the vast sea], having already refined twenty-six of the thirty-three pearls that were bound to his life essence.

With the aid of just these twenty-six life-bound divine pearls, Worthy Longevity Chen's strength could be described as peerless and unprecedented.

According to Eldrin Chen's estimation, if Worthy Longevity Chen were to face a cultivator with a Dual Primordial Unity Foundation, there was absolutely no possibility of his defeat.

However, although these two were powerful, they ultimately still fell short by more than a small margin when compared to the other senior family members who had broken through to the Dual Primordial Unity Foundation.

Among the other ten Immortal [beings who have ascended to immortality] of the Chen Clan, Verdant Seal Patriarch had refined the Innate Netherworld Crystal [a crystal of pure, innate Netherworld energy] and inherited the foundational essence of the Innate Filth Serpent [a primordial serpent born from the essence of filth and decay]. His cultivation had now also broken through to the Dual Primordial Unity Foundation.

As the sole recipient of the Chen Immortal Clan's incense Fortune [the metaphysical luck and blessings generated by worship] and having access to the Chen Clan's vast hoard of Netherworld [the underworld or realm of the dead] treasures, Verdant Seal Patriarch's combat power was also extraordinary.

By converging endless incense fortune and Netherworld power, he had forged the Six Netherworld Treasures [a set of six powerful artifacts imbued with Netherworld essence]. With the might of these Six Netherworld Treasures, his strength ranked among the powerful even within the Dual Primordial Unity Foundation, approximately equivalent to one and a half such foundations.

If one were to say that Verdant Seal Patriarch's power, though great, still fell within the normal range for a Dual Primordial Unity Foundation, then the others had already faintly transcended that level.

Violet Consort Yan [a powerful cultivator], as one who had established a Ninefold Heaven [a supreme cultivation foundation] with a Dual Primordial Unity Foundation [a rare and powerful dual cultivation base], possessed combat prowess that was already extraordinary. Now, wielding the Primordial Unity Immortal Weapon [a weapon of the highest grade] known as the 'Violet Cosmos Void Escape Mirror' [a mirror that allows escape through the void], her power was further elevated.

In recent years, she had consumed an Enlightenment Purple Lotus [a mystical lotus that grants profound insights] and successfully cultivated the Mysterious Grade Innate Divine Ability [a supreme innate technique] called 'Violet Cosmos Heaven-Slaying Sword' [a sword technique capable of slaying the heavens].

Coupled with the protective power of her Violet Jade Immortal Robe [an immortal-grade defensive robe], her offensive, defensive, and evasive capabilities had surpassed those of her peers at the Half-Step Celestial Immortal [a realm just below true Celestial Immortality] by an entire level.

With such formidable strength and profound foundation, Violet Consort Yan could now defeat a combined force of two or three cultivators with a Dual Primordial Unity Foundation, her combat power roughly equivalent to that of three such experts.

Even if she were to face opponents like the Golden Radiance Divine Scion [a divine heir] or the [a powerful cultivator with phoenix lineage] whom she had encountered within the Small Universe [a pocket dimension], all wielding Primordial Unity Immortal Weapon, they would likely no longer be a match for Violet Consort Yan.

Similar to Violet Consort Yan, Lila [a young cultivator] had also experienced a meteoric rise in her foundational strength and latent potential.

Having also established a Ninefold Heaven, her Frost Soul Coldlight Sword [a sword imbued with frost soul energy] had likewise ascended to become a Primordial Unity Immortal Sword. Her Innate Divine Ability [a power born with the cultivator], the 'Frost Soul Condensing Radiance Curse' [a curse that condenses frost soul radiance], had also reached a profound and mysterious level of mastery.

Protected by her World-Cleansing Immortal Robe [an immortal robe with purifying properties], Lila's techniques and combat strength were also exceptionally powerful and rare.

The difference lay in the fact that Lila had refined a portion of Innate Frost Soul Water [a primordial spiritual essence of frost], which greatly enhanced her foundational essence. Consequently, her strength was subtly, yet discernibly, greater than that of Violet Consort Yan by a hair's breadth.

Furthermore, the combat prowess of Ethan Chen, Energy Abyss Chen, and Kael Chen had also undergone tremendous advancement.

Among the three, Ethan Chen's Life and Death Twin Swords had both been elevated by Eldrin Chen's support to become Primordial Unity Immortal Sword [a supreme grade of immortal sword, representing the unity of primordial forces].

Furthermore, the profound divine ability 'Creation-Destruction Tribulation Light' [a devastating light embodying the cycles of creation and annihilation], which Ethan Chen had created himself, had also been mastered. On top of that, he had cultivated the Life-Death Immortal-Falling Curse [a terrifying curse that targets the very life and death essence of an immortal].

That Creation-Destruction Tribulation Light was a light of pure Slaughter [the concept of absolute destruction], its power could be described as immensely formidable. However, the Life-Death Immortal-Falling Curse was the most terrifying of all.

The conditions for activating this curse were extremely stringent, requiring the target's precise birth details [the eight characters representing year, month, day, and hour of birth] or physical traces like hair, flesh, or blood.

Once these treasures [the required ritual components] were obtained, a ritual lasting seven times seven, or forty-nine years, was necessary to enact it. Once unleashed, the Life-Death Immortal-Falling Curse would cling to the target like a shadow, erupting with power capable of slaying a foe across cultivation realms.

According to Ethan Chen's calculations, once this curse was activated, any cultivator below the Celestial Immortal [an immortal who has ascended to the celestial realm] realm would almost certainly perish without doubt. Even a Celestial Immortal Great Power [a mighty figure within the Celestial Immortal realm], if struck by the curse, would suffer grievous, near-incurable wounds, and their combat prowess would be drastically diminished.

Possessing a pair of Primordial Unity Immortal Sword and two Mysterious Grade Divine Ability [divine abilities of the highest, most profound grade], Ethan Chen's combat strength was already astonishing. Although his defensive capabilities might not match those of Lila or Violet Consort Yan, in terms of pure Slaughter power, he surpassed them.

Kael Chen, meanwhile, had already cultivated two Path Fruit [the condensed essence and achievement of a cultivator's chosen Dao or path]: one of a Buddha and one of a Demon Monarch [a ruler among demonic beings]. In his hands was the Three Demons Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation [a lethal sword formation], and he was protected by several Lifebound Immortal Treasure [immortal treasures bound to one's life force]. His combat power, even among those with a Dual Primordial Unity Foundation [a foundation art unifying two primordial forces], was exceptionally rare and potent.

Over the years, having obtained the Enlightenment Lotus Seeds, he had not used them to comprehend a Mysterious Grade Divine Ability. Instead, he seized the opportunity to gain insight into two unique physical cultivation methods.

These were the 'Enlightened One's Tribulation-Transcending Body' [a body cultivation art that allows one to transcend heavenly tribulations like an enlightened Buddha] and the 'Demon King World-Destroying Body' [a body cultivation art that embodies the world-sundering might of a demon king]. Of these two methods, the first could manifest a Vajra Buddha [a Buddha with a diamond-hard, indestructible body]. This form possessed a Vajra [diamond-hard, indestructible] body of Indestructibility [the quality of being unbreakable and eternal], as well as the ability to pluck a flower and resolve calamity [a metaphor for effortlessly dispelling misfortune].

To cultivate the divine ability known as the 'Enlightened One's Tribulation-Transcending Body', Kael Chen had refined an incalculable amount of Vajra [the indestructible, diamond-like energy] over the years. He had forged this divine ability into a state of Immortality and Indestructibility, making it no weaker than the Primordial Unity Golden Body [a legendary physique of perfect unity and resilience].

Once his Buddha Path Fruit [the condensed essence of his Buddhist cultivation path] took residence within it, his combat power would rival that of a Half-Step Celestial Immortal who had simultaneously cultivated both the Primordial Spirit [the foundational spiritual core] and Primordial Unity [the state of primordial oneness] realms to achieve a Primordial Unity Immortal Body [an immortal physique born from primordial unity].

The same principle applied to the Demon King World-Destroying Body. This form was saturated with the power of Oblivion [the concept of utter annihilation and erasure]. If it were to merge with Kael Chen's Demon Monarch Path Fruit [the condensed essence of his demonic cultivation path], it could once again unleash the god-slaying combat prowess of its namesake.

According to Kael Chen's calculations, he would later need to cultivate another physique known as the 'Path Lord Path Union Body' [the Physique of Path Union for a Path Lord]. Once perfected, it too would be comparable to a Primordial Unity Immortal Body.

When the day finally came to merge these three Primordial Unity Immortal Body-level physiques into one, they would give birth to a supreme and peerless Unparalleled Immortal Body—the 'Myriad Worlds Unification Body' [the Body of Myriad Worlds Unification].

Perhaps it would even surpass many of the top-tier Immortal Body [immortal-grade physical constitutions] by a significant margin.

With such an Immortal Body to bear his Three Blossoms Path Fruit [the cultivation realm where three 'blossoms' or aspects of power converge into a Path Fruit], the most difficult barrier for him to break—the Fleshly Body Pass [the Trial of the Mortal Flesh]—would seem as fragile as a bubble waiting to be popped.

Among Kael Chen's Three Blossoms Path Fruit, the Path Lord [the realm of a Path Master] Path Fruit [the condensed fruit of one's cultivation path] had not yet been fully formed. Of the three Path Body [physiques aligned with specific cultivation paths], the final one—the 'Path Lord Path Union Body'—remained unattained. Yet, even in this state, his combat power was astonishingly formidable, not lagging behind Ethan Chen in the slightest.

It was foreseeable that once Kael Chen crossed this final threshold, his potential would be enough to elevate him from among his peers, transforming him into a Peerless Prodigy whose latent power could rival even that of Eldrin Chen.

Among the three, however, Energy Abyss Chen currently possessed the highest level of cultivation.

Long ago, Energy Abyss Chen had already merged the Immortality Golden Body [a supreme body refinement technique that grants near-immortality] with the Solar Body Tempering Method. Through this, his physical strength alone had reached a level of combat power approaching that of the Second Heaven Celestial Immortal Realm [the second major stage of the Celestial Immortal cultivation realm].

Not long before, this Eastern Sovereign Patriarch had, with the aid of Enlightenment Lotus Seeds [rare seeds that can spark profound insights and enlightenment], created an exceptionally unique secret art named the Gold-Silver Body Forging Art.

What is the Gold-Silver Body Forging Art? It is a special method that refines Adamantine [a legendary metal of supreme physical resilience] and Mithril [a mystical silver-like metal that deflects magical energies] to enhance one's physical body.

It must be understood that within the cosmos, there exist two otherworldly metals renowned for their transcendent defensive properties: Mithril and Adamantine.

Among them, Mithril possesses an innate ability to ward off spells, drastically reducing the lethality of magical arts and supernatural abilities.

As for Adamantine, its durability is Immortality [possessing a quality of enduring, unyielding strength]. It is considered the metal with the highest physical defense in all creation. Many divine metals, such as Primordial Unity Adamantine and Western Pole Adamantine, bear the name 'Adamantine' within their titles, a testament to the extraordinary nature of true Adamantine.

Both Mithril and Adamantine are refined from silver and gold, respectively. The higher the grade of the Mithril or Adamantine, the more formidable its defensive power becomes.

Theoretically, if one could obtain a suit of armor forged from Innate Mithril and Adamantine, it could render one immune to ninety percent of both magical and physical attacks at the Celestial Immortal [a high-ranking immortal cultivation stage] level.

Across the vast expanse of the Immortal Domain [a realm or world inhabited by immortals], many Immortal [a being who has achieved immortality through cultivation] who walk the path of Fleshly Body Sanctification [the art of refining and empowering one's physical form] often possess a suit of Arcane Gold [a mystical gold with defensive properties] or Mithril armor, highlighting the potency of these metals.

The art created by Energy Abyss Chen is precisely this astonishing method: the continuous refinement and absorption of vast quantities of low-grade Adamantine and Mithril, thereby elevating the defensive capabilities of one's own fleshly body to incredible heights.