Chapter 527 : The Heaven and Earth Spirit Peach

Eldrin Chen's gaze swept across the landscape, and he saw that the Ten-Mile Peach Blossom Grove had transformed into a Spirit Peach Grove. Not a single mundane peach tree remained.

The advancement of these three thousand peach trees was within Eldrin Chen's expectations. After all, this was a Fifth Rank Spirit Vein. Nourished by such vast and potent spiritual energy, it was only natural for several thousand First Rank Spirit Tree and even three Fourth Rank Spirit Tree to emerge.

Furthermore, these Spirit Tree had been growing for over four hundred years; their progression was, in truth, a normal occurrence.

Regardless, these Spirit Peach Tree were genuine, precious Spirit Tree. The Spirit Peach they bore, while far less potent than those from a Heaven and Earth Spiritual Root, still constituted a superior cultivation resource.

"With these Spirit Peach Tree, the cultivation resources for our clan's disciples will increase significantly," Eldrin Chen mused. "The gap between our Chen Clan and those ancient Nascent Soul Immortal Clan can be narrowed considerably."

With this thought, Eldrin Chen turned his gaze to the most ancient and vigorous Spirit Peach Tree standing before him.

"The Heaven and Earth Spirit Peach Tree," he whispered.

The tree before him stood only one Zhang-length tall, yet every leaf and branch was etched with innate Dao runes, naturally embodying the laws of heaven and earth.

Such a Heaven and Earth Spiritual Root was truly astonishing. Each part of it was imbued with Spiritual Treasure Grade Dao Runes. Plucking a single twig would yield a material of Supreme Grade Magical Treasure grade, a veritable Heaven and Earth Treasures.

To cut a section of its trunk would provide enough material to forge an entire Spiritual Treasure, a Magical Treasure of Spiritual Treasure caliber. Read the full novel exclusively on audio-novel dot com.

However, Eldrin Chen dared not simply break off a branch. While plucking a twig might be acceptable, allowing it to regrow slowly over time,

this Heaven and Earth Spirit Peach Tree possessed only nine main boughs. To sever one was to lose it forever, for they could not regenerate, and such a loss would inevitably diminish the future yield of Spirit Peachs.

Upon the tree's nine boughs now hung merely nine Heaven and Earth Spirit Peachs. Yet each fruit brimmed with astonishingly rich spiritual energy and even contained a wisp of the exceedingly precious Primordial Essence Power [the fundamental creative force of the cosmos].

Eldrin Chen plucked one of the Spirit Peachs and, after some calculation, turned to Lyra Jiang with delighted surprise. "This Fifth-Rank World Spirit Peach Tree takes thirty-three years to blossom, another thirty-three to bear fruit, and a final thirty-three for the fruit to ripen," he declared.

"Upon ripening, it yields nine Heaven and Earth Spirit Peachs. If consumed by a Nascent Soul True Lord..."

He paused, his expression shifting to one of profound astonishment. "...even an ordinary True Lord would gain a full century's worth of cultivation from a single fruit!"

"Is that truly so?"

Upon hearing this, Lyra Jiang's face also lit up with joy.

The foundation of their cultivation was that of the Great Luo Nascent Soul [the pinnacle foundation for the Nascent Soul realm], and they both simultaneously nurtured five Life-Bound Magical Treasures [magical treasures fused with one's life force]. Their consumption of spiritual energy far surpassed that of ordinary Nascent Soul Cultivators.

While a typical Nascent Soul True Lord might advance one layer of cultivation every three centuries without consuming precious Fifth Rank Spiritual Objects, the couple required a full six hundred years for the same progress.

Yet, with this Heaven and Earth Spirit Peach Tree [a legendary tree that bears fruit containing immense spiritual power], would it not mean that they could advance their cultivation by one layer simply by consuming six of these Heaven and Earth Spirit Peach [the miraculous fruit of the Heaven and Earth Spirit Peach Tree]?

Eldrin Chen nodded, then shook his head. "Although this Heaven and Earth Spiritual Root [a supreme-grade spiritual root of heaven and earth origin] is indeed a supreme treasure, it comes with its own limitations. It takes us thirty-three years to fully refine and absorb the power of a single fruit."

"Thirty years."

Upon hearing this, Lyra Jiang's eyes flickered thoughtfully. After a long moment, she nodded. "Even so, if we refine one every century, we could still accumulate three hundred years' worth of cultivation power."

"Viewed that way, you and I could advance by one layer in less than two hundred years—more than tripling our previous pace."

Hearing her words, a smile of delight spread across Eldrin Chen's face.

He plucked the nine Heaven and Earth Spirit Peach. Handing three of them to Lyra Jiang, he said, "Within a century, we can only refine six. The remaining three we can use for experimentation, to aid our research into Fifth Rank Pill Formula [a recipe for creating pills of the Fifth Rank, a very high level of alchemical craft]."

"That is an excellent idea."

Pill formulas of the Fifth Rank [the fifth major tier of cultivation power] and above were exceedingly rare in the world. For Fifth Rank Alchemist [alchemists capable of crafting Fifth Rank pills] like them, to advance further in the art of Alchemy [the art of refining spiritual ingredients into pills and elixirs], they needed to innovate and forge their own path.

The Heaven and Earth Spirit Peach before them was the Fifth Rank Spiritual Object [a spiritual material of the Fifth Rank] most readily available to them, making it perfectly suited for attempting to refine a new Spirit Pill [a pill infused with concentrated spiritual energy].

Since Spirit Isle Lake had now ascended in rank, the couple moved back from Azure Lotus Continent to Spirit Isle Lake.

Using the captured Spiritual Treasure 'Star-Moon Vase' as the Formation Tool, they laid down a Fifth Rank Formation over Spirit Isle Lake and began their secluded cultivation there.

In the following period, aside from refining the Spirit Peach, the primary focus of Eldrin Chen and his wife was on elevating their Lifebound Spiritual Treasure.

Lyra Jiang began the work of advancing her fourth Lifebound Spiritual Treasure, the Earth-Fortress Earth Origin Disk. In his spare time, Eldrin Chen dedicated his efforts to deducing the Spiritual Treasure Chapter within the Earth-Fortress Sovereign Art.

He had been contemplating the Earth-Fortress Sovereign Bell for many years. Aided by the state of Heaven and Man Resonance [a profound state of unity between the cultivator and the natural world], he successfully deduced its Spiritual Treasure Chapter in merely three years.

After completing this step, Eldrin Chen immediately set about advancing the Earth-Fortress Sovereign Bell. This content originates from audio—novel.com. Please respect copyright.

The key material for advancing the Earth-Fortress Sovereign Bell was the Bixia Turtle Shell. This treasure, possessing dual Metal and Earth attributes, was the most suitable treasure for forging a Defensive Magical Treasure.

Eldrin Chen spent three years refining it with his Solar True Flame [a pure and potent flame born of solar essence], fusing it into the Earth-Fortress Sovereign Bell. He further integrated Five Elements Essence [a refined spiritual essence containing the power of the five elements] worth ten million Spirit Stone [a mineral that stores and radiates spiritual energy] before finally succeeding in the treasure's advancement.

After advancing the Earth-Fortress Sovereign Bell, he spent another three years elevating both it and the Yin-Yang Void Realm to the level of Middle-Grade Spiritual Treasure before he was satisfied.

With the Earth-Fortress Sovereign Bell now a Spiritual Treasure, he possessed four Lifebound Spiritual Treasure, leaving only the Flood Water Azure Lotus Platform yet to be advanced.

The Flood Water Azure Lotus Platform [a magical platform formed from a lotus] was originally forged from a Third Rank Treasure Lotus [a rare spiritual plant of the third rank]. Although it has since been infused with numerous precious treasures, the lotus body itself has now become its greatest limiting factor.

To advance it to the Fifth Rank [the fifth major realm of cultivation], one would need to obtain an exceedingly rare Fifth Rank Treasure Lotus [a spiritual lotus plant of the fifth rank].

The Chen Clan currently possesses no Fifth Rank Treasure Lotus. However, within the Azure Lotus Continent, there is a Heaven and Earth Spiritual Root [a spiritual root born from the essence of heaven and earth] known as the Creation Azure Jade Lotus [a legendary lotus of creation and jade-like purity] that is on the verge of its own ascension.

Once that Creation Azure Jade Lotus ascends, it will shed its Lotus Seedpod [the pod containing lotus seeds] to begin anew, potentially yielding a single Fifth Rank Azure Lotus.

Unfortunately, that would only be one plant. Both Eldrin Chen and Lyra Jiang wish to advance their own treasures, so in the future, they will still need to find a way to acquire another precious treasure lotus.

Returning to the main thread, after advancing his Spiritual Treasure [a treasure imbued with spiritual consciousness], he began the work of deducing and refining his cultivation arts.

His foundational understanding of cultivation arts was more than sufficient. Now that he had reached the Nascent Soul [the realm where one forms a spiritual infant from their cultivated essence] realm, deducing the Nascent Soul stage techniques was a matter of course, like water flowing downhill.

In merely seven or eight years, he had deduced all five of his cultivation arts to the level of the Nascent Soul, 3rd Tier [the third layer within the Nascent Soul realm].

Then, he temporarily halted his deductions. His accumulated insights from centuries of cultivation were now exhausted. To proceed further would require dedicating vast stretches of time to pure contemplation and deduction—a long and patient endeavor.

He feared that, even with his prodigious talent, deducing all five arts to the level of Nascent Soul Great Perfection [the pinnacle stage of the Nascent Soul realm] would likely take him no less than a century to begin with.

At present, with Ji Clan Patriarch's breakthrough to the Nascent Soul [the stage of cultivation where one forms a spiritual infant within the dantian] imminent, this is not the time to expend vast amounts of time refining cultivation arts.

However, creating five distinct Nascent Soul, 3rd Tier [the third major stage of cultivation, following Foundation Establishment and Purple Mansion] cultivation arts in a mere seven or eight years is still utterly astonishing. Many a True Lord [an honorific title for a Nascent Soul realm cultivator] would likely be left speechless with shock if they knew. Visit https://audio-novel.com to enjoy the complete series.