Chapter 308 : Treasures of Ascension

To produce five Five Elements Spirit Fruit [a rare fruit containing the balanced essence of the five elements] at once demonstrated a truly staggering level of wealth and resources.

Not only were the five Five Elements Spirit Fruit not lacking, but the other two treasures were, if anything, even more precious and rare.

The second treasure was a single fifth-rank Nirvana Pill [a legendary pill capable of completely reforming a cultivator's physical body]. This Nirvana Pill was an exceedingly precious treasure for both Golden Core [the third major realm of cultivation, where one's spiritual energy condenses into a solid golden core] and Nascent Soul [the fourth major realm, where one's spiritual essence forms an infant soul] cultivators.

It was said that a Golden Core Great Perfection [the peak stage of the Golden Core realm] cultivator who had formed an Inferior Golden Core [a Golden Core of the lowest grade and potential] might find their spiritual power insufficient when attempting to break through to Nascent Soul. Their only chance might be to abandon their physical body, converting its vital essence and blood into spiritual power to fuel the breakthrough.

Even a Golden Core Cultivator with a Middle Golden Core [a Golden Core of middling grade and potential] could increase their chances of a Nascent Soul breakthrough by one or two tenths if they were willing to sacrifice their flesh and blood in such a manner.

However, a cultivator who succeeded in breaking through to Nascent Soul after discarding their body would then face the monumental task of reconstructing a new physical form. The Nirvana Pill was the key item required for this rebirth of the flesh.

Its value was no less than that of a Demon-Subduing Supreme Treasure [a top-tier magical artifact specifically designed to suppress demonic forces], enough to stir desire in the hearts of many a Nascent Soul True Lord [an honorific title for a cultivator who has reached the Nascent Soul realm].

The final treasure was the most renowned of all: the legendary Nascent Soul Formation Pill [a divine pill that significantly aids in the formation of a Nascent Soul]. Its priceless nature needed no elaboration.

If a Nascent Soul Formation Pill and a Nirvana Pill were used in tandem and given to a cultivator with a Middle Golden Core, they would have a success rate exceeding six tenths for breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm.

Eldrin Chen's eyes narrowed slightly. He could not help but ask in a low voice, "Treasures of such caliber... why would they ever offer them for sale?" Find this and other novels at audio-novel`com.

"The Ji Clan lacks a suitable candidate," Lyra Jiang shook her head from the side.

Eldrin Chen pondered for a moment before nodding. In truth, Freya Ji of the Ji Clan was also a cultivator at the Golden Core Great Perfection realm.

However, Freya Ji had forged a Superior Golden Core and possessed the potential to achieve a Heavenly Dao Nascent Soul. Using this item would instead ruin her future prospects.

From the inherited knowledge of the Ethereal Void Sect, Eldrin Chen had learned some of the secrets regarding high-level cultivators in this world.

In this world, the Nascent Soul [the spiritual core formed after the Golden Core stage] is divided into three grades: Heavenly, Earthly, and Mortal. The Heavenly Dao Nascent Soul is the most powerful, followed by the Earthly Dao Nascent Soul, while the Mortal Dao Nascent Soul is the most common type of Nascent Soul.

Among them, cultivators who abandon their physical bodies, using their flesh and blood's vital energy to nourish their Golden Core [the condensed core of a cultivator's power] to break through to Nascent Soul, all achieve the weakest form: the Mortal Dao Nascent Soul.

The Mortal Dao Nascent Soul is the easiest to forge, which is why seventy to eighty percent of all Nascent Soul True Lord [a title for powerful Nascent Soul cultivators] in the world are of this kind.

Most of them can only cultivate to the early or middle stages of Nascent Soul. Only a very few can stubbornly endure, relying on their extended lifespan to reach the Nascent Soul Late Stage, but they have no possibility whatsoever of breaking through to the Primordial Spirit [Yuan Shen] realm.

After a cultivator breaks through to Nascent Soul, they can choose to fuse a divine ability into their Nascent Soul, transforming it into a Lifebound Grand Divine Ability [a supreme technique intrinsically linked to the cultivator's soul].

Because the quality of their Nascent Soul is insufficient, cultivators with a Mortal Dao Nascent Soul can only fuse a single lifebound divine ability. Consequently, their combat prowess is considered the most ordinary among all Nascent Soul cultivators.

To achieve a breakthrough into the Earthly Dao Nascent Soul [a type of Nascent Soul formed by fusing with the power of the Earthly Dao], one must maintain a body that is completely intact and also fuse with a strand of 'Earth Mother Qi' [the primordial essence of the earth mother, a wondrous creation of heaven and earth] to forge it.

As the name implies, that Earth Mother Qi is derived from the earth's origin within the Purple Realm [a specific realm or world in the cosmology], a mystical creation born of heaven and earth. It can only possibly be nurtured within the veins of a great Earth Vein [a spiritual energy vein of the earth element] of the fifth rank or higher.

A fifth-rank Earth Vein is generally a rare, famous mountain or great river; an entire continent may not possess more than a few. Such places are often coveted treasures even for Nascent Soul True Lord [a cultivator who has reached the Nascent Soul realm]. In truth, even a fifth-rank Earth Vein seldom gives birth to it.

The Earth Mother Qi has myriad wondrous uses. It can refine breakthrough Pill [a medicinal pellet for cultivation] for the Nascent Soul [a high cultivation realm] realm, and can also forge middle-grade Demon-Subduing Supreme Treasure [a supreme-grade magical artifact for subduing demons]. It is a treasure that even Nascent Soul True Lord desperately seek but rarely obtain.

If a True Lord [a title for a Nascent Soul realm cultivator] in the Nascent Soul, Early Stage [the initial stage of the Nascent Soul realm] could obtain a strand of Earth Mother Qi, they might even rely on it to break through to the Nascent Soul, Mid Stage [the middle stage of the Nascent Soul realm]. This illustrates the preciousness of this substance.

Although this treasure is difficult to find, its effects are extraordinary. It is said that cultivators who form an Earthly Dao Nascent Soul can fuse with two Lifebound Grand Divine Ability [a powerful innate divine ability bound to one's life and cultivation]. Their strength is at least thirty to forty percent greater than that of a Mortal Dao Nascent Soul [a Nascent Soul formed through the Mortal Dao path] of the same rank.

The Heavenly Dao Nascent Soul [a Nascent Soul formed by fusing with the power of the Heavenly Dao] is even more exceedingly rare. Such Nascent Soul True Lord possess formidable and extraordinary power. Not only can they fuse with three lifebound divine abilities, but their spiritual energy is also exceptionally pure. Generally, they are considered seeds for future Nascent Soul Dao Lord [a title for a supreme expert within the Nascent Soul realm].

If an Earthly Dao Nascent Soul has only a one-in-ten chance of breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm, then a Heavenly Dao Nascent Soul has at least a three-in-ten certainty.

Looking across the world, such heaven-defying talents are either the Clan Lord [the leader of a clan] of a top-tier Nascent Soul Immortal Clan [an immortal clan with Nascent Soul realm power], or they are seeds for a future Dao Lord [a lord of the Dao] within a Dao Lord Sacred Land [a sacred land ruled by a Dao Lord].

Of course, to forge a Heavenly Dao Nascent Soul, besides needing Earth Mother Qi, one must also fuse with a strand of the legendary Heavenly Dao Qi [the primordial essence of the Heavenly Dao, an even rarer treasure than Earth Mother Qi].

In this realm, Heavenly Dao Qi [the primordial energy of the Heavenly Dao, essential for achieving the highest forms of cultivation] has become exceedingly rare. It is said that only at the very edge of the boundless Firmament [the vast, starry expanse of the heavens] might there exist the faintest possibility of finding Heavenly Dao Qi.

This substance can be used to refine the Nascent Soul Formation Pill [a legendary pill that aids in breaking through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm], making even True Lord [a title for powerful cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage] in the mid to late Nascent Soul [the cultivation realm where one forms a spiritual infant from their soul] stage covet it intensely. Its value is beyond measure by mere Spirit Stone [a mineral that stores and radiates spiritual energy, used as currency and for cultivation].

Generally speaking, unless one possesses significant backing or extraordinary fortune, it is exceedingly difficult for an ordinary cultivator to obtain such a treasure.

Of course, not just any cultivator can easily fuse with Heavenly Dao Qi. It is said that to withstand its power, one must at least possess a Superior Golden Core [the highest grade of Golden Core formation, offering immense potential and stability].

That Freya Ji, blessed with a Dao Body [a rare and powerful innate constitution aligned with the Dao], having forged a superior Golden Core [the condensed core of a cultivator's power, formed in the dantian], and backed by an extraordinary top-tier Immortal Clan like the Ji Clan, naturally pursues the legendary Heavenly Dao Nascent Soul [the pinnacle form of Nascent Soul, formed with the aid of Heavenly Dao Qi].

Seeing Eldrin Chen lost in thought, Lyra Jiang continued, "For the Ji Clan, the most pressing matter is aiding their Clan Lord [the leader of a clan] in breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm." Find this and other novels at audio-novel[dot]com.

"Selling a precious treasure like the Nascent Soul Formation Pill now is essentially to gather resources for his breakthrough attempt."

He nodded, gaining a clearer understanding of the reasoning behind the sale of this item.

At that moment, the Golden Core True Person [a cultivator who has reached the Golden Core realm] from the Ji Clan finished introducing the three treasures and spoke calmly.

"The precious nature of these three treasures is, I trust, evident to all present."

"To speak truthfully, our Ji Clan offers this item precisely to gather Origin Heaven Crystal [a crystalline substance condensed from the world's primordial essence, used as a high-level currency among powerful cultivators]."

"If you possess any, you may exchange them for Origin Heaven Crystal."

Eldrin Chen furrowed his brow. The Origin Heaven Crystal was a currency of a higher order than even the Spirit Stone [a mineral that stores and radiates spiritual energy, used as currency and for cultivation].

Origin Heaven Crystal contained the power of a world's foundational essence, a resource utterly absent from the veins of the Purple Realm [a specific cultivation world or dimension].

It was said that a cultivator at the first layer of the Nascent Soul [the spiritual core of a cultivator that forms after the Golden Core stage], refining the essence of the world, could only condense a single Origin Heaven Crystal once every hundred years.

Even a cultivator who had reached the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul could refine no more than nine such crystals in a century.

The Origin Heaven Crystal harbored an exceedingly profound Creation Power [the power to generate or enhance life and spiritual essence], capable of nourishing and expanding a cultivator's Nascent Soul. In sufficient quantity, it offered significant aid in breaking through to the Primordial Spirit [the spiritual core of a cultivator] realm.

If one were to exchange Origin Heaven Crystal for Spirit Stone, a single crystal could command a price of one million Spirit Stone, making it the hard currency for transactions among Nascent Soul cultivators.

In truth, when a cultivator refines the world's foundational essence for their cultivation, they incur a profound karmic debt to the Purple Realm.

Should they later perish, their Dao extinguished, and their Nascent Soul return to the Dao [the fundamental principle or path in Chinese philosophy], that foundational power would naturally revert to heaven and earth, settling the debt.

However, if you attain the Dao and ascend to immortality, you must settle all karmic debts before you can ascend to the Immortal Realm. Otherwise, you will inevitably be shunned by all realms in the future, and even the Immortal Realm will bar your entry.

This is an unavoidable necessity. If every individual were unwilling to repay their karmic debts, and generations of immortals ascended away, the world's spiritual energy and foundational essence would ultimately be utterly depleted.

Only through mutual fulfillment, refusing to become parasites despised by heaven and earth, can the arrival of an Age of Dharma Decline be prevented.

Aside from the Heavenly Crystal [a crystal formed from the world's foundational essence], it is said that transactions among true immortals employ the legendary Immortal Crystal [a purified, high-density form of spiritual energy crystal, nearly extinct in this realm], a treasure almost unheard of in this world.

Generally speaking, the entire wealth of a Golden Core Cultivator might not compare to a few precious Heavenly Crystal.

Many cultivators at the Golden Core, Late Stage will offer Spirit Stone [a mineral that stores and radiates spiritual energy] or other treasures at a premium to acquire Origin Heaven Crystal [a crystal containing primal heavenly essence], for transactions with a Nascent Soul True Lord often require such items to pique their interest.

Upon hearing that Origin Heaven Crystal were required for the transaction, many Golden Core Cultivator who lacked them sighed with regret.

Only a few families with exceptionally Deep-Seated Foundation [profound and stable cultivation bases] remained, capable of producing Origin Heaven Crystal to purchase these treasures. Find this and other novels at audi novel.com.