Chapter 450 Innate Primordial Embryo, Advancing to Mirror of Yin, Yang, and Void (Magic Treasure)

Over the years, the old clan leader had made it a practice to tour the 6 nations of Ji Zhou nearly every decade. He would settle disputes between the Chen Clan and other immortal families across the realms while overseeing ledgers for various market towns—a schedule that kept him thoroughly occupied.

"Fortunately, the various nations in Ji Continent now have teleportation arrays, which have saved me a great deal of time traveling back and forth, and prevented my cultivation from being completely disrupted."

After recounting the family's circumstances over these years, the Old Patriarch said with a gentle smile.

Seeing the expression on the old patriarch's face, Eldrin sighed. "This time, we've brought back 5 5 Elements Spirit Fruits. They should be distributed to the family's Zifu cultivators."

"If we can produce a few more Golden Cores, we'll transfer Uncle Lior (Person Name) back to take charge. It would be better for you to reach Golden Core Perfection as soon as possible."

Over the years, Eldrin had been exceptionally occupied with his cultivation. Unbeknownst to him, he had already approached 3 100 and 50 years of age.

After over 3 100 years of development, particularly since ascending to Golden Core Immortal Clan status nearly 2 100 years ago, the Chen Family now boasts over a 100 Purple Mansion cultivators.

This was primarily attributed to self-established foundations. Over the years, the Chen Clan had produced 152 self-established Foundation Building cultivators, among whom 89 had successfully broken through to the Purple Mansion realm—a ratio far exceeding what conventional Golden Core immortal families could ever fathom.

Among these Zifu cultivators, many possessed extraordinary aptitudes, including 5 cultivators with unique spiritual roots. Their cultivation advanced with astonishing speed, with several having already reached the Great Perfection of the Zifu Realm and standing at the threshold of breaking through to the Golden Core Realm.

At this thought, the old clan leader also said, "Let them make their own choice. If they wish to attempt Core Formation on their own, we shall not interfere. Should they desire to use the Golden Core Formation Pill (Spiritual Object) and 5 Elements Spirit Fruit (Spiritual Object), we shall respect their decision as well."

"Very well."

Eldrin nodded slightly. Achieving Core Formation on 1's own was an immensely difficult feat. Although the family had over a 100 cultivators,

However, people are as diverse as the faces they bear, each with unique experiences and temperaments. Some possess an unyielding pride, unwilling to settle for an inferior Golden Core, while others lack steadfastness in their Dao Heart, never truly pursuing the path to immortality.

After settling the matter, Eldrin said no more and instead smiled, "Since you're going into seclusion here to break through to the Golden Core, Late Stage, I'll stand guard for you."

"Good."

The old clan leader nodded and went straight into seclusion within the meditation chamber to break through to the Golden Core, Late Stage (Cultivation Realm).

Elder Uncle had been stuck at the sixth layer of the Golden Core for many years, having honed his spiritual energy for over a dozen years. This time, after consuming 2 Pills of Creation Return to Origin, his breakthrough to Golden Core, Late Stage (Cultivation Realm) could be considered a natural progression.

Half a year later, as he emerged from the seclusion chamber, Eldrin said with a smile, "Having broken through to the Golden Core, Late Stage this time, you can now be considered among the top figures within the Golden Core realm."

"You flatter me, I'm still far from matching your level."

The old clan leader chuckled, yet there was a trace of pride in his expression.

The power of a mid-level Golden Core far surpassed that of peers in the same realm. Once his Great White Star Pearls were fully refined and he deployed the Great White 7 Stars Array, coupled with the Golden Light Blazing Sword, he would likely be able to hold his own even against a False Infant cultivator.

After his breakthrough, the old grand-uncle did not linger long at Spirit Isle Lake. He had many important matters to attend to—foremost among them, gathering the 5 Elements' essence for Eldrin to advance his Natal Spirit Treasure.

After the old clan leader departed, Eldrin began the process of refining the Void Gem, fusing it into the Mirror of Yin, Yang, and Void.

The Void Gem (Spiritual Object) proved exceptionally difficult to refine. He spent a full 7 years meticulously tempering it before finally merging it into his Natal Treasure Mirror. The subsequent engraving of formation patterns consumed another year of devoted effort.

After completing this step, Eldrin had successfully forged the vessel embryo of his Lifebound Spiritual Treasure. All that remained was to fuse it with the essence of the 5 Elements to complete its refinement.

After successfully forging the Qi Embryo, Eldrin smiled and said to Lyra, "A fifth-tier treasure like the Mirror of Yin, Yang, and Void requires the 4 elemental energies of Geng Metal, Xin Metal, Ren Water, and Li Fire to achieve the state of yin-yang equilibrium."

"Now I only need to wait until the 5 Elements' essence is fully gathered, and I shall be able to elevate this innate spiritual treasure."

Lyra (Person Name) also wore a pleased expression, yet she sighed regretfully, "What a pity my spiritual artifact chapter for the innate avatar hasn't been fully deduced yet. If we could have successfully refined it, our strength would have increased tremendously."

"Once a Lifebound Avatar ascends to the rank of a spirit treasure, it transforms into a second primordial embryo. Such a thing is far from easily refined."

Eldrin shook his head and said helplessly.

Lyra's Innate Avatar Art was fundamentally the Second Primordial Spirit Art. Upon cultivating it to the 5th tier, it would transform into a Second Primordial Embryo—equivalent to a second Nascent Soul.

Legend has it that once this external incarnation is cultivated to the Ethereal Soul Realm, it will become her second primordial spirit.

That is the true and orthodox path to immortality. The Second Spirit is virtually indistinguishable from the original self, far surpassing even the refinement of a Life-Bound Magical Treasure.

However, cultivating a second primordial spirit would disperse the original body's spiritual power. Unwilling to excessively fragment his primary soul, Eldrin chose not to pursue this path of cultivation.

"It seems I can only complete the deduction of my Natal Origin Embryo after the beast tide has been quelled."

Lyra let out a soft sigh and could only reply thus.

After waiting another year, the old clan leader finally gathered all 5 elemental essences Eldrin (Person Name) required and delivered them to him.

After gathering the 5 elements' essence, Eldrin said, "The beast tide will arrive within 5 years. We must prepare a contingency plan—we cannot risk advancing this Lifebound Spiritual Treasure in Jizhou."

"Then let's head to the Blazing Inferno Abyss." Lyra's eyes flickered slightly as she spoke: "That place is covered in molten rock with almost no living creatures. Advancing our magic treasure there will certainly catch the demon race completely off guard."

"That's an excellent plan. After the breakthrough, we could also invite the Sun-Moon Twin Wheels to emerge from seclusion and lend us their aid."

Eldrin nodded, concurring with Lyra's assessment.

Having resolved to depart, they naturally prioritized speed and efficiency. To prevent any information leaks, they once again forsook the teleportation array and instead boarded the Soaring Crane Treasure Ark.

The Soaring Crane Treasure Junk was a small-scale treasure vessel, forged from the refined remains of the Sky Crane Demon King of The Vast Sea. After Eldrin fused it with a fourth-tier Void Gem, its grade had ascended to the quasi-fifth-tier level.

Although it possessed no offensive capabilities, it was engraved with an extremely high-grade flight array pattern, enabling it to traverse 600,000 li in a single day—a speed exceeding that of even supreme-grade immortal swords by more than half.

After flying for less than half a month, they arrived at the Blazing Prison Sea of Flames and entered the ancient ruins to begin advancing their Natal Spirit Treasures.

To advance the Mirror of Yin, Yang, and Void (Magic Treasure), 1 must consume 4,999 strands of 5 Elements essence, with each strand being refined from the fusion of 10,000 wisps of 5 Elements essence.

The Chen Clan cultivators had long since employed their alchemy furnaces to refine these 5 elemental essences into 4,999 strands of 5 Elements Essence Qi, saving Eldrin (Person Name) a tremendous amount of time.

Even so, it took Eldrin nearly 2 years to fully integrate all 5 elements' vital energies into his natal magic treasure.

"Finally, it's done."

On this day, as Eldrin infused the final wisp of 5 Elements essence into his life-bound spiritual treasure, the Mirror of Yin, Yang, and Void finally achieved its ascension. It transformed into a radiant treasure light that soared into the heavens.