Chapter 257 : Nirvana's Second Chance
Once this Divine Ability [a supreme supernatural power] is successfully mastered, one can activate it at the end of one's natural lifespan to undergo Rebirth [a form of reincarnation] within this world, avoiding the peril of Confusion Within the Womb [the state of oblivion and peril experienced during the transition between death and rebirth], and live a new life.
Furthermore, after this tribulation-transmigration, one will still possess a Spiritual Root [the innate foundation for cultivating spiritual energy]. With the cultivation level of an Infant Soul True Lord [a master cultivator at the Infant Soul stage] and the accumulated insights from a past life, the path of immortal cultivation in the new life is bound to be far smoother than the previous one.
However, although this Divine Ability defies the heavens, it cannot escape the constraints of the Heavenly Path [the natural laws of the cosmos]. After reincarnation, one can no longer employ any lifespan-extending techniques.
"Truly worthy of being called a Great God Ability [a legendary, world-shaking supernatural power]," he murmured in awe.
Eldrin Chen was thrilled, carefully storing away these two Great God Abilities.
Either of these two Great God Abilities would be enough to send any Infant Soul Cultivator [a cultivator at the Infant Soul stage] into raptures. Especially the Nirvana Tribulation Transmigration Art [the Art of Transmigrating Through the Nirvana Tribulation], for an Infant Soul True Lord, it was a priceless treasure beyond measure.
As his cultivation grew ever more profound, he felt his own insignificance with increasing intensity.
The ancients could create a Great God Ability like 'Nirvana Rebirth' [Nirvana Rebirth] to live a second life. This was a testament to the unfathomable depths of the Immortal Realm [the world of immortal cultivation] in this era.
Exquisite Jiang's Void Five Tribulations Divine Light [Divine Light of the Void's Five Tribulations], Yan Old Demon's Blood Demon Grand Art [Grand Art of the Blood Demon]—were these Great God Abilities that shook the world in their fame and terror ever simple?
No wonder those Primordial Spirit Path Lords [masters at the Primordial Spirit stage, also known as Path Lords] casually lived for tens of thousands of years, their longevity rivaling even the Immortals [celestial beings] from the myths of his previous life. This novel is serialized on audio~novel.com. Visit for updates.
Beings of the Primordial Spirit Path Lord realm or wielders of Primordial Solar Supreme Treasure [the highest grade of magical artifacts]—their true, unfathomable majesty was likely beyond his ability to even estimate.
In this world, the more profound one's cultivation and the longer one lived, the more inscrutable and abyssal their methods became, akin to a bottomless sea of unfathomable depth.
"No wonder Senior Lin, on his deathbed, demanded such a severe blood oath from his inheritor,"
"Compared to these treasures, what is a mere Fourth Rank Superior Grade Magical Treasure [a powerful enchanted artifact]? It is worth incurring this Karma [the metaphysical cause and effect of actions]."
Eldrin Chen shook his head, the thoughts echoing silently within his mind.
In truth, Path Sun Lin had been left with little choice. The primary reason for demanding five hundred years was simply a lack of time.
Three centuries ago, his nemesis, Celestial Star Child, was already over four hundred and fifty years old. Now, three hundred years later, Celestial Star Child was approaching eight hundred years of age.
If Celestial Star Child failed to break through to the Infant Soul Realm [the stage where a cultivator's nascent soul forms], his natural lifespan should, by all accounts, be nearly exhausted.
It was only after Eldrin Chen bargained with the Golden Radiance Glazed Lamp [a sentient magical artifact] and secured a term of five hundred years that the lamp, with no other recourse, reluctantly agreed to his demand.
The situation was truly desperate. That Celestial Star Child, a cultivator at the Golden Core Perfection stage [the pinnacle of the Golden Core realm], had even half a foot already within the Infant Soul Realm.
He was the foremost rogue cultivator of the Tianlu Continent, and even if he failed to break through to the Infant Soul Realm, with the combined application of various life-extending methods, he should be able to live to around one thousand three hundred years of age.
Even if he did break through to Infant Soul, it would be impossible for him to reach the Infant Soul Mid Stage within five hundred years. By that time, Eldrin Chen would have a reasonable degree of confidence in his ability to slay the Celestial Star Child.
These five hundred years represented a mutually agreeable outcome from their negotiations.
In truth, the Golden Radiance Glazed Lamp had agreed to these terms precisely because it recognized Eldrin Chen's exceptional talent and his formidable cultivation and combat prowess. Had it been some minor Foundation Establishment cultivator who approached, it would not have deigned to acknowledge them, let alone entrust them with its legacy.
After all, the Golden Radiance Glazed Lamp possessed extraordinary sentience. Although it had not yet reached the level of a Demon-Subduing Supreme Treasure, its status as a high-grade magical treasure was still profoundly noble. It was not an artifact that would bestow its favor upon just anyone.
After selecting several treasures, Eldrin Chen turned his gaze towards the collection of precious ancient texts.
These were not cultivation arts or Divine Ability manuals, yet they had been deliberately brought here, a testament to their immense value.
Eldrin Chen casually picked up two of the tomes. A single glance at their titles nearly caused him to drop the ancient books in shock.
"Method for Refining a Basic Teleportation Formation"
"Method for Refining a Long-Distance Teleportation Formation"
Clutching the books tightly, Eldrin Chen cast a glance around to confirm no one was watching before picking up the two volumes to examine them.
The crafting methods for these two Teleportation Formation [a magical array that allows instantaneous travel over vast distances] were among the treasured foundational legacies hoarded by the Verdant Void Sect.
The Basic Teleportation Formation could span distances of several million Li-length [one Li-length equals five hundred meters], while the Long-Distance Teleportation Formation could traverse tens of millions of Li-length.
The former of these treasures required a Fourth-Rank Spiritual Vein [a geological formation that concentrates and emits spiritual energy of the fourth rank] to function, and the latter needed a Fifth Rank Spiritual Vein to activate, highlighting their immense value.
"A pity they require Void Gem [a rare spatial-aligned mineral essential for crafting teleportation arrays]," he murmured.
After studying them for a moment, Eldrin Chen shook his head. Your portal to cultivation novels: site: audio-novel.com.
A single low-grade Void Gem needed to craft a Basic Teleportation Formation was worth over two million Spirit Stone [a mineral that stores and radiates spiritual energy, used as currency and for cultivation]. Furthermore, the Chen Clan and Exquisite Jiang currently possessed only one Fourth-Rank Spiritual Vein.
Though they lacked the resources for now, Eldrin Chen still carefully stored the manuals away. He would wait for the day when they secured Heavenly Python Lake and Earth Lion Ridge.
With three Fourth-Rank Spiritual Vein at their command, they could rely on the Teleportation Formation to forge an unbreakable strategic triangle, expanding the territory of the Heavenly Ruins Alliance severalfold.
After putting away the Teleportation Formation crafting methods, Eldrin Chen continued to sift through the remaining treasures. With each new discovery, his excitement grew, a fire kindling in his eyes.
《Verdant Void Formation Compendium》 [a comprehensive manual detailing the formation arts of the Verdant Void lineage]
《Verdant Void Alchemy Compendium》 [a comprehensive manual detailing the alchemical arts of the Verdant Void lineage]
One was a Formation manual, the other an alchemy compendium.
The Formation manual contained over eight hundred formation patterns, ranging from the first to the fourth rank, including nine distinct Fourth-Rank Formation.
The Verdant Void Alchemy Compendium was equally Extraordinary, compiling seven fourth-rank pill formulas and even the method for refining the Nascent Soul Formation Pill.
These two ancient tomes alone, if Eldrin Chen could master them, would ensure his supremacy in the Hundred Crafts of Cultivation within the Chu Nation for a very long Future.
And this was merely a portion of the Verdant Void Sect's legacy. To prevent too many treasures from falling into enemy hands, the Verdant Void Sect had divided its inheritance into several parts.
The alchemy compendium and Formation Manual were incomplete; what Eldrin Chen had obtained was only the first half. The second half, containing methods at the Infant Soul level, required finding the sect's legacy treasure within the Verdant Void Sect.
After storing the two thick volumes, Eldrin Chen continued to examine the other ancient texts, discovering they were all exceptionally precious treasures.
Among the several sets of manuals, they almost encompassed all aspects of Alchemy, Formations, Artifacts, Talismans, each sufficient for cultivation up to the Golden Core 9th Tier.
"Hmm—" [an expression of surprise or curiosity]
Eldrin Chen opened an ancient tome and discovered within it the method for forging a special type of Immortal Sword [a flying sword used by powerful cultivators].
"The Thousand Demons Demon-Slaying Sword, and the Hundred Spirits Immortal-Slaying Sword."
These two Immortal Sword were exceptionally unique, forming a pair of Peerless Immortal Sword [an unmatched flying sword of supreme quality] capable of growth.
Or perhaps it would be more accurate to call them a pair of demonic swords, of wicked blades…
For the method of their forging was somewhat sinister. The material requirements for the 'Thousand Demons Demon-Slaying Sword' were not excessively high; its blade needed only to be forged from a high-grade Precious Metal [a rare metal imbued with spiritual properties, used for crafting artifacts].
However, once the blade's physical form was complete, the true forging began: the sword must slay a Demon Race [a race of malevolent spiritual beings] creature of noble lineage, using its soul as the sword's spirit. Only then would the sword's nascent form be considered complete.
Then, with this demonic soul as its core, the blade must be bathed in the blood of over a thousand demons and monsters, their essence sacrificed to temper the sword's spirit. Upon its final completion, legions of fiends would bow in terror, and mountains of demonic corpses would lie in its wake. Wielding such a weapon, one could truly dominate the world.
The Thousand Demons Demon-Slaying Sword was a blade born of demon-slaying. Once forged, it was destined to become a peerless treasure of slaughter, inevitably drawing the hatred of every demon and monster under heaven.
Born from a baptism of blood, it was nevertheless a Demon-Slaying Immortal Sword dedicated to eradicating evil. It was called a demonic sword solely because of the cruel and bloody path required for its creation.
The Hundred Spirits Immortal-Slaying Sword is a sinister blade, bearing a striking resemblance to the Thousand Demons Demon-Slaying Sword. However, the sword spirit [the sentient consciousness within a magical weapon] of this particular sword is of the Human Race.
Legends speak of the creator of the Thousand Demons Demon-Slaying Sword, who once fought across heaven and earth for the Human Race, vanquishing demons and purging evil to bring order to the world.
He stood alone, suppressing the depths of the Ink Abyss for three thousand years. Upon his eventual return to the Purple Seal Realm, he discovered his entire clan had been annihilated—a deed perpetrated by old enemies and scum from within the Human Race itself.
Consumed by wrath, he forged this Hundred Spirits Immortal-Slaying Sword and waged a solitary war across the lands for forty-nine days.
He slew forty-nine Infant Soul True Lord [powerful cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage], using their essence to complete the creation of the world-shaking Hundred Spirits Immortal-Slaying Sword.
It is said that upon the sword's completion, the heavens wept blood, summoning a cataclysmic Heavenly Tribulation [a divine punishment or trial sent by the heavens]. An endless Sea of Thunder [a manifestation of heavenly punishment as a vast ocean of lightning] drowned a million Li-length [one Li-length equals five hundred meters] of land and sky.
When dawn broke and the world cleared, that vast territory had been reduced to ashes. The sword master who had forged these two peerless Immortal Sword vanished from the world without a trace.
All that remained were the methods for crafting this demonic sword and its sinister counterpart. Immerse yourself in the complete world at (audio-novel.com).