Chapter 505. Ancestral Land Destroyed

"The Qins have joined forces with Hanchuan Daoren, perfect for taking them down together."

At this thought, Eldrin spoke with a chilling determination in his voice.

Lyra's gaze remained sharp, yet after a moment of contemplation, she responded, "By my calculations, the celestial convergence shall occur in 30 years."

When the time comes and we break through to the Nascent Soul realm, it will not be too late to deal with them.

"I understand that much."

Eldrin nodded slightly. "Revenge is a dish best served cold."

Now that they were on the verge of breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm, their enemies would naturally grow extremely wary, determined to eliminate them at all costs before they could succeed.

The Qin clan, wary of the power of the Green Abyss Sword (Magic Treasure), dared not confront them directly in Jizhou. Yet they had most likely long since cast an inescapable net across The Vast Sea (Location).

Eldrin (Person Name) was utterly clear-minded at this moment. With a placid expression, he remarked, "Legends say that those ancient cultivators with the potential to attain immortality would inevitably attract a Mortal Tribulation upon breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm."

"Today it seems this Elder Hanchuan and the Qin clan may well be 1 of our tribulations in breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm."

Understanding this, Eldrin knew exactly what he must do.

That very day, he returned to the Chen Clan and convened a meeting with all the upper echelons of the family.

His expression was grave as he began without preamble, "The once-in-a-millennium Communion of Heaven and Earth approaches. The day Lyra and I form our Nascent Souls likely draws near."

"To avoid unnecessary complications, you must refrain from venturing beyond the borders of Ji Zhou during this period."

Upon hearing this, everyone’s faces lit up with joy, yet they fully grasped the gravity of the situation and nodded in unanimous agreement.

After the Golden Core cultivators had withdrawn, the old clan leader remained alone. He began to recount to Eldrin the circumstances of the Chen Clan over the years.

Eldrin had been away from the Eastern Wastelands for decades. As the Chen Family gradually developed the Eastern Wastelands, the resources at his disposal grew increasingly vast.

Over the years, the Chen Clan had truly flourished with talents emerging 1 after another, witnessing the continuous birth of new Violet Mansion Golden Cores. The most pivotal moment came when Chen Ethan (Person Name) unraveled the mystery of life and death, ultimately forging a supreme Golden Core.

To put it in perspective, Chen Ethan had been stuck at the 9th level of the Purple Mansion for 2 entire sexagenary cycles—a full 1 100 and 20 years. It was only at the venerable age of over 380 years that he finally condensed a superior-grade Golden Core, a feat that could truly be described as exceptionally arduous.

Fortunately, Ethan had now unraveled the mystery of life and death and created his own cultivation method. From this point onward, his cultivation speed would increase dramatically.

"With our full support, the road ahead holds great promise."

Chen Changxuan smiled faintly as he stroked his beard, a flicker of exhilaration gleaming in his eyes and heart.

Seeing that Chen Ethan had finally weathered the storm, a trace of relief also surfaced on Eldrin's face.

He looked at the old clan leader, then smiled faintly and said, "Elder Uncle, your cultivation progress is astonishingly rapid. I never expected you would reach the Great Perfection of the Golden Core Realm even earlier than I did."

"Some days ago, I sensed my cultivation had reached completion, with spiritual power flowing flawlessly throughout. Only then did I realize I had attained the Great Perfection of the Golden Core realm."

Eldrin nodded and asked, "Since you’ve already reached the Great Perfection of the Golden Core realm, breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage should not be delayed. I still have 2 Nascent Soul Formation Pills on hand—please take 1 for your use, Granduncle."

He then produced a Nascent Soul Formation Pill (Spiritual Object) and handed it to the old clan leader.

Chen Changxuan shook his head repeatedly in refusal. "Even if you gave this elixir to me, I wouldn't have much confidence in breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm in 1 attempt. Since you and Lyra (Person Name) are on the verge of your own breakthroughs, you should keep it for yourselves."

Eldrin smiled with unwavering confidence and declared, "Given the profound foundations that Lyra and I possess, how could we possibly require such external aids to break through to the Nascent Soul stage?"

"Please take it, Elder Uncle. May it aid you in swiftly breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm."

Hearing this, the old clan leader finally took the Nascent Soul Formation Pill (Spiritual Object).

Seeing the old man had taken the Nascent Soul Formation Pill (Spiritual Object), Eldrin (Person Name) let out a slight sigh of relief.

However, after a moment of consideration, he still advised, "Since Granduncle has already forged a Mid-grade Golden Core, you should strive to pursue an Earth-grade Nascent Soul."

"For this breakthrough, you only need to reach the Pseudo-Infant Realm. Once Lyra and I achieve our Nascent Soul breakthrough, we shall procure the Earth Mother Qi for you in due course."

After seeing off the old clan leader, Eldrin returned to Spirit Isle Lake with Lyra.

In the days that followed, they prepared to station themselves at Spirit Isle Lake (Location) to guard against any further treacherous moves from the Qin Clan.

Yet in the days that followed, an undercurrent began surging toward the Chen Immortal Clan. Several years later, black-clad experts intercepted the clan's treasure ships traveling between various nations of Ji Continent.

This time, the Chen Clan suffered heavy losses—a shipment of 5 Elements Essence worth 2,000,000 spirit stones was plundered.

This was the largest robbery case to occur in Jizhou in hundreds of years. When the news spread, it shook the entire Jizhou.

Eldrin (Person Name) flew into a rage on the spot and pursued the foe for 3,000,000 li, only to discover they had long since departed from Ji Province.

After this incident, Eldrin suspended all of the Chen Family's treasure ship operations within the Ji Province. Though the Chen Family's shops in various nations continued their business, from then on, they could only transport goods via teleportation formations using spatial treasures such as storage pouches.

The space within this storage equipment was ultimately limited, making it unsuitable for large-scale trade of goods or the transportation of living creatures like spirit geese and spirit fish. This resulted in significant annual losses for the Chen family's business.

However, after halting the treasure ship, the situation faced by Chen Immortal Clan (Organization) finally stabilized considerably in the following period.

Hidden enemies could find no opening to strike, forced to watch helplessly as the day of Heaven-Man Resonance drew ever closer.

In the blink of an eye, over 20 years had passed.

Early that morning, Eldrin and Lyra let out a sigh of relief inside the alchemy chamber.

Lyra gazed at the 2 crystalline elixirs flying out of the alchemical furnace, her face radiant with joy. "We've successfully refined 2 fifth-grade Recovery Pills this time," she exclaimed, "finally breaking through to the rank of fifth-grade alchemist."

Hmm.

Eldrin nodded slightly. Back on the Great Roc Island, they had purchased 2 Revival Spirit Fruits and were preparing to refine them into 2 cauldrons of Recovery Pills.

After returning to the clan, they had continuously instructed the clan to procure the supplementary herbs for the Recovery Pill (Spiritual Object). Now, they had finally gathered all the spiritual herbs required for the Recovery Pill (Spiritual Object).

With the day of breaking through to Heaven and Earth Resonance now imminent, to avoid being caught powerless when the time came, they decided to first refine a cauldron of Recovery Pill (Spiritual Object).

Now that the precious elixir was successfully refined and both of them had advanced to become Tier-5 Alchemists, their spirits soared with immense satisfaction.

Eldrin chuckled, "The Recovery Pill isn't particularly difficult to refine, but producing 2 pills in a single batch proves that both our alchemical mastery and control over spiritual flames have long reached the Fifth Order."

"So it is."

Without another word, the 2 stepped out of the seclusion chamber.

No sooner had they stepped out of the seclusion chamber than they found the Old Patriarch had been waiting for them for quite some time.

The moment they met, the old clan leader spoke, "3 days ago, our ancestral lands were struck by calamity. The Dark Ink Mountain was... completely obliterated."

"What?"

Qi Kingdom, Xuanmo Mountain.

The Dark Ink Mountain was the ancestral land of the Chen Clan. Though it merely housed a Grade-4 spirit vein, its prestige had grown increasingly revered over the years as the Chen Immortal Clan (Organization) grew ever more powerful.