Chapter 308 : Auction of Legendary Pills

At this moment, he took out five Five Elements Spirit Fruit [spiritual fruits containing the essence of the five fundamental elements] at once, demonstrating his immense wealth and extravagance.

Aside from the five Five Elements Spirit Fruit, the other two treasures were not only not inferior but were in fact even more precious.

The second treasure was a Fifth Rank 'Nirvana Pill' [a legendary pill capable of reconstructing a cultivator's physical body]. This Nirvana Pill could help a cultivator rebuild their fleshly form and was an extremely valuable treasure for both Golden Core and Infant Soul Cultivator cultivators.

It was said that a Golden Core Perfection cultivator with a Lower-Tier Golden Core whose spiritual power was insufficiently potent when attempting to break through to the Infant Soul realm, might have to abandon their physical body, converting their Vitality [the foundational life force of a living being] into spiritual power to have any chance of reaching the Infant Soul Realm.

Even a Golden Core Cultivator with a Middle-Tier Golden Core could increase their chances of a breakthrough to Infant Soul by one or two tenths if they abandoned their body to convert their Vitality.

A cultivator who abandoned their fleshly form and succeeded in breaking through to Infant Soul would then need to expend tremendous resources to reconstruct a new body. The Nirvana Pill was the key item for this fleshly reconstruction.

Its value was no less than that of a Demon-Subduing Supreme Treasure [a top-tier enchanted artifact of immense power], enough to stir the interest of many an Infant Soul True Lord.

The final treasure was even more renowned; it was the legendary Nascent Soul Formation Pill [a supreme pill that dramatically increases the chance of forming an Infant Soul]. Its worth needed no elaboration.

When used in conjunction, the Nascent Soul Formation Pill and the Nirvana Pill could give a cultivator with a Middle-Tier Golden Core a success rate of over six tenths in breaking through to the Infant Soul Realm.

Eldrin Chen's eyes narrowed slightly. He couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Treasures of such caliber... why would they offer them for sale?" Find this and other novels at audio_novel.com.

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

Eldrin Chen pondered for a moment before nodding. Indeed, Freya Ji of the Ji Clan was also a cultivator at the Golden Core Perfection stage.

However, Freya Ji had forged a Superior-Tier Golden Core [a Golden Core of exceptional quality], granting her the potential to achieve a Heavenly Path Infant Soul [the highest grade of Infant Soul cultivation]. Using this item would only ruin her future prospects.

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

In this world, the Infant Soul [the spiritual infant formed after the Golden Core stage] is divided into three grades: Heavenly, Earthly, and Mortal. The Heavenly Path Infant Soul is the strongest, the Earthly Path Infant Soul [Earthly Path Infant Soul] is next, and the Mortal Path Infant Soul [Mortal Path Infant Soul] is the most common type of Infant Soul.

Among them, cultivators who abandon their physical body, using its Vitality [life force] to nourish their Golden Core [the condensed core of spiritual power] for the breakthrough, all attain the weakest Mortal Path Infant Soul.

The Mortal Path Infant Soul is the easiest to forge, which is why seventy to eighty percent of all Infant Soul True Lord [cultivators who have reached the Infant Soul realm] in the world belong to this category.

Most of them can only cultivate to the early or middle stages of Infant Soul. Only a very few, relying on sheer longevity, can painstakingly reach the Infant Soul Late Stage. However, they have absolutely no possibility of breaking through to the Primordial Spirit Realm [the realm of the primordial spiritual essence].

After a cultivator breaks through to Infant Soul, they can choose to fuse a Divine Ability [a supernatural power or technique] into their Infant Soul, transforming it into an Innate Great God Ability [an innate divine power of great potency].

Because the quality of their Infant Soul is insufficient, cultivators with a Mortal Path Infant Soul can only fuse a single Innate Divine Ability [innate divine power]. Consequently, their combat prowess is considered the most ordinary among all Infant Soul cultivators.

To achieve a breakthrough into the Earthly Path Infant Soul [a method of forming the Infant Soul by harmonizing with the earth's essence], one must maintain a body in flawless condition and also fuse with a strand of 'Earth Mother Energy' [a primordial essence born from the world's foundational earth energy] to successfully forge it.

As the name implies, that Earth Mother Energy is derived from the earth's origin within the Purple Seal Realm [a specific cultivation world], a wondrous Creation [a primordial, world-shaping force] substance nurtured by heaven and earth. It can only be born within the veins of a Fifth Rank [a high-grade classification] or higher Earth Vein [a ley line of concentrated terrestrial energy].

Fifth Rank Earth Vein are generally found in rare, famed mountains and great rivers. An entire continent may not possess more than a few such veins, making them treasures coveted even by Infant Soul True Lord [cultivators who have formed their Infant Soul core]. In truth, even a Fifth Rank Earth Vein seldom gives birth to this essence.

The Earth Mother Energy possesses myriad wondrous uses. It can refine breakthrough elixirs for the Infant Soul Realm [the cultivation stage of the Infant Soul] and craft Mid-Grade Demon-Subduing Supreme Treasure [powerful enchanted artifacts], making it a treasure that Infant Soul True Lord desperately seek yet rarely obtain.

An Infant Soul Early Stage True Lord [a title for an Infant Soul cultivator], if they could obtain a single strand of Earth Mother Energy, might even rely on it to break through to the Infant Soul Mid Stage, demonstrating the immense value of this substance.

Although exceedingly difficult to find, its effects are extraordinary. It is said that cultivators of the Earthly Path Infant Soul can fuse with two Innate Great God Ability [powerful innate supernatural talents], making them at least thirty to forty percent stronger than Mortal Path Infant Soul [the standard method of forming the Infant Soul] cultivators of the same stage.

The Heavenly Path Infant Soul [the pinnacle method of forming the Infant Soul, harmonizing with heaven's essence] is even rarer. Such Infant Soul True Lord possess formidable power, capable of fusing with three Innate Divine Ability, and their spiritual energy is exceptionally pure. They are generally considered seeds destined for the Primordial Spirit Path Lord [the next major cultivation realm].

If an Earthly Path Infant Soul cultivator has only a one-in-ten chance of breaking through to Primordial Spirit [the realm of the Primordial Spirit], then an Heavenly Path Infant Soul cultivator possesses at least a three-in-ten certainty.

Across the world, such prodigies are either the Clan Patriarch of top-tier Infant Soul Immortal Clan [powerful clans with Infant Soul cultivators] or are designated Path Lord seeds within the sacred grounds of a Path Lord Sacred Land [a holy land ruled by a Path Lord cultivator].

Of course, to forge a Heavenly Path Infant Soul, besides requiring Earth Mother Energy, one must also fuse with a strand of the legendary Heavenly Path Energy [a celestial essence born from the heavens' origin].

Within this world, Heavenly Path Energy [a primordial energy embodying the essence of the Heavenly Path] has become exceedingly rare. It is said that only at the furthest reaches of the boundless Heavenly Vault [the cosmic firmament] might there exist the faintest possibility of finding Heavenly Path Energy.

This substance can be used to refine a Realm-Breaking Pill [a legendary elixir capable of aiding a breakthrough to the late stage of the Infant Soul realm]. Consequently, even True Lord [a title for cultivators at the mid to late stages of the Infant Soul realm] would covet it intensely. Its value transcends measurement by mere Spirit Stone [a mineral that stores and radiates spiritual energy].

Generally speaking, unless one possesses significant backing or extraordinary fortune, an ordinary cultivator would find it nearly impossible to obtain such a treasure.

Of course, not just any cultivator can easily fuse with Heavenly Path Energy. It is said that to withstand its integration, one must possess at least a Superior-Tier Golden Core [the highest grade of foundation within the Golden Core realm].

That Freya Ji, blessed with a Path Body [a rare innate constitution attuned to the Heavenly Path], having forged a superior Golden Core [the solidified spiritual core formed after the Foundation Establishment stage], and backed by an extraordinary top-tier Immortal Clan like the Ji Clan, naturally pursues the legendary Heavenly Path Infant Soul [a supreme variant of the Infant Soul realm, achieved by fusing with Heavenly Path Energy].

Seeing Eldrin Chen lost in thought, Exquisite Jiang continued, "For the Ji Clan, the most pressing matter is aiding their Clan Patriarch in breaking through to the Primordial Spirit [the realm beyond Infant Soul, where one's spiritual essence undergoes a fundamental transformation]." Continue your cultivation journey at audio-novel dot com.

"Selling a precious treasure like the Nascent Soul Formation Pill [an elixir that significantly aids in forming the Infant Soul] at this moment is precisely to gather the resources needed for his breakthrough to Primordial Spirit."

Eldrin Chen nodded, his understanding of the reasons behind the sale of this item now much clearer.

At that very moment, the Golden Core True Person [a cultivator at 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 esteemed guests present."

"To speak frankly, our Ji Clan is offering this item for sale precisely to gather Origin Heavenly Crystal [a crystal formed from the condensed essence of a world's origin, a high-level currency and cultivation resource]."

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

Eldrin Chen furrowed his brow. The Origin Heavenly Crystal was a form of currency even more advanced than Spirit Stone [a mineral that stores and radiates spiritual energy].

It contained the power of a world's origin essence, a resource for which no veins existed within the Purple Seal Realm.

It was said that a cultivator at the Infant Soul 1st Tier [the first stage of the Infant Soul realm, where the nascent soul is formed], by refining the essence of creation over the span of a century, could only condense a single Origin Heavenly Crystal.

Even a cultivator who had reached the Great Perfection of Infant Soul [the peak stage of the Infant Soul realm] could refine no more than nine such crystals in a hundred years.

The Origin Heavenly Crystal contained an exceedingly profound Creation [the primordial force of genesis and formation] energy, capable of nourishing and expanding a cultivator's Infant Soul [the nascent spiritual core formed after the Golden Core stage]. In sufficient quantity, it held significant value for those seeking to break through to the Primordial Spirit [the spiritual core of a cultivator, a higher realm of existence].

In exchange for Spirit Stone, a single Origin Heavenly Crystal could command a price of one million stones, making it the hard currency of choice for transactions between Infant Soul Cultivator.

In truth, when a cultivator refines the world's origin essence for their cultivation, they incur a profound debt of Karma [the cosmic law of cause and effect, action and consequence] to the Purple Seal Realm.

Should they later perish, their Primordial Spirit dissolving back into the Great Dao, that borrowed essence would naturally return to heaven and earth, and the debt would be settled.

However, if you attain the Dao [the ultimate truth and path of cultivation] and ascend to become an Immortal [a being who has transcended mortality through cultivation], you must first settle your Karma [the spiritual debt accrued from one's actions and the use of the world's resources] before you can ascend to the Immortal Realm [the higher plane of existence where Immortals reside]. Otherwise, you will inevitably be shunned by all realms in the future, and even the Immortal Realm will bar its gates to you.

This is an unavoidable necessity. If every individual refused to settle their Karma, and generation after generation of Immortal ascended away, the world's spiritual energy and foundational essence would eventually be utterly depleted.

Only by mutually supporting one another and refusing to become parasites despised by heaven and earth can the arrival of an Age of Dharma Decline [an era where spiritual energy and cultivation become nearly impossible] be prevented.

Aside from the Heavenly Crystal [a crystal formed from the condensed essence of the world itself], it is said that transactions among Immortal themselves use the legendary Immortal Crystal [a purified, high-density form of spiritual crystal nearly extinct in this world], a treasure of even greater rarity.

Generally speaking, the entire net worth of a Golden Core Cultivator [a cultivator at the Golden Core stage] might not even compare to a few precious Heavenly Crystal.

Many cultivators at the Golden Core Late Stage [the late stage of the Golden Core realm] will purchase Origin Heavenly Crystal [a primordial Heavenly Crystal of exceptional purity] at a premium using spirit stones or other treasures. This is because to entice an Infant Soul True Lord [a True Lord at the Infant Soul stage] into a transaction, this item is often the only thing that can capture their interest.

Upon hearing that the transaction required Origin Heavenly Crystal, many Golden Core Cultivator who lacked them could only sigh with regret.

Only a few families with truly profound heritage and resources remained, capable of producing Origin Heavenly Crystal to purchase these treasures. This chapter is part of a larger work available at site: audio-novel.com.