Chapter 528 : Forging Nascent Soul Arts

After Eldrin Chen perfected his cultivation art to the Nascent Soul Realm [the stage where a cultivator's spiritual core forms into a nascent, infant-like spirit], Exquisite Jiang requested copies of his five Nascent Soul Cultivation Arts [esoteric methods for cultivation at the Nascent Soul stage].

Her Cultivable Earth Kun Origin Disk [an enchanted artifact for divination and cultivation guidance] was finally fully refined, allowing her to finally begin the task of deducing her own cultivation art.

Eldrin Chen harbored no worry that she would encounter difficulties in this endeavor. Exquisite Jiang possessed a talent rarely seen in the world, coupled with over six centuries of accumulated cultivation experience.

Furthermore, with his own Five Elements Cultivation Art [a mystical technique based on the harmony of the five fundamental elements] serving as a reference, she was certain to refine her art to the Nascent Soul Realm.

For Eldrin Chen, having perfected his art, the most crucial objective now was to cultivate his Divine Ability [a supreme supernatural power derived from profound cultivation and enlightenment].

The mastery of a Divine Ability is also graded, generally divided into three stages: Initial Entry, Lesser Mastery, and Greater Mastery.

Even the same Great Divine Ability [a supreme-grade Divine Ability of immense power], when first mastered, possesses power less than a tenth of that same ability cultivated to the Great Perfection Realm [the pinnacle stage of mastery for a technique or ability].

A Great Divine Ability at the Initial Entry stage merely scratches the surface; generally, any Golden Core Cultivator [a cultivator whose spiritual energy has condensed into a solid golden core] can grasp it, and even a rare few exceptionally gifted Violet Palace Cultivator [a cultivator who has opened the Violet Palace spiritual center] might control it.

Exquisite Jiang had successfully cultivated the Void Five Tribulations Divine Light [a Divine Ability that harnesses the power of five heavenly tribulations within the void] while still in the Violet Palace Realm, achieving initial mastery of a Great Divine Ability at that time.

A Great Divine Ability at the Lesser Mastery Realm is considered extraordinarily formidable. Once a Golden Core Cultivator cultivates their ability to this realm, they become a genuine threat to a Nascent Soul True Lord [an honorary title for a powerful cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage]. Experience the full epic at audi novel.com.

The couple, Eldrin Chen and Exquisite Jiang, possessed transcendent comprehension. Even while at the Golden Core Late Stage, they had already cultivated their Great God Ability [a supreme cultivation technique] to a level of mastery. For most Infant Soul True Lord [cultivators who have formed their Primordial Spirit], their understanding of Divine Ability [profound supernatural arts] was roughly equivalent to this stage.

However, achieving the Great Perfection Realm [the pinnacle of mastery] for a Great God Ability was an exceedingly rare feat. Cultivating a Great God Ability to this zenith often came with numerous stringent requirements.

Some Divine Ability required incredibly precious treasures as a catalyst. Others demanded astonishing innate talent and insight. Still others necessitated comprehending the grand momentum of heaven, earth, mountains, and rivers. The most common requirement was the consumption of a vast, oceanic quantity of Five Elements Essence [refined spiritual essence containing the power of the five elements].

Therefore, generally speaking, only cultivators at the Infant Soul Late Stage [the advanced stage of Primordial Spirit cultivation] could succeed in such an endeavor.

In truth, cultivating a Great God Ability to the Great Perfection Realm rendered it nearly equivalent in power to a Superior Demon-Subduing Supreme Treasure [a top-tier enchanted artifact for vanquishing demons]. Many great cultivators at the Infant Soul Late Stage could only bring one or two of their Innate Great God Ability [innate supreme techniques] to such a lofty pinnacle.

It was precisely due to such formidable methods that the combat prowess of an Infant Soul Late Stage cultivator far surpassed that of an ordinary True Lord.

A cultivator at the Infant Soul Late Stage was, at minimum, an Earthly Path True Lord [a True Lord who follows the Earthly Path of cultivation]. They would possess two or three Superior Spiritual Treasure [high-grade enchanted artifacts] and be aided by one or two Great God Ability mastered to the Great Perfection Realm. Their battle strength was thus incomparable to that of ordinary True Lords.

According to Eldrin Chen's knowledge, any powerful True Lord at the Infant Soul Late Stage possessed the capability to contend against ten Mortal Path True Lord [True Lords who follow the Mortal Path] of the Infant Soul Early Stage.

Yet, even with Eldrin Chen's arsenal of Medium-Grade Spiritual Treasure [mid-grade enchanted artifacts] and techniques, he was only confident in simultaneously suppressing three or four Mortal Path True Lord at most.

Perhaps when united, the Celestial Abyss Twin Swords [a pair of divine swords] possessed power not inferior to a single Immortal Sword [a sword of immortal grade] among the Superior Spiritual Treasure. However, they could ultimately only serve as a final trump card, still falling short of a genuine Great Infant Soul Cultivator [a master of the advanced Primordial Spirit stage].

According to Eldrin Chen, some exceptionally brilliant Late Stage Infant Soul Great Cultivator had even managed to deduce their Innate Great God Ability [a supreme divine power born from one's innate constitution] to the Half-Step Primordial Solar Realm [a quasi-realm just below the Primordial Solar Realm]. Furthermore, existences like the Ji Clan Patriarch had even succeeded in forging a genuine Supreme Primordial Solar Divine Ability [the ultimate divine ability attainable at the Primordial Solar Realm].

Such beings, with one foot already in the Path Lord [a realm where one masters a fundamental cosmic principle], could treat a dozen or twenty ordinary Mortal Path True Lord [a title for a True Lord who has not yet transcended the mortal path] as mere fodder. Only Infant Soul Late Stage [the final stage of the Infant Soul Realm] powerhouses could pose a credible threat to them.

It was precisely due to the formidable might of the Infant Soul Late Stage that Vast Righteousness True Lord's status underwent an immediate and profound transformation upon his breakthrough to the Infant Soul 7th Tier [the seventh tier, marking the late stage, of the Infant Soul Realm].

For such existences possessed world-shaking spiritual power. Even among the many True Lord [a title for cultivators at the True Lord Realm] across the Boundless Hundred Provinces, they would rank within the top twenty.

"A Great God Ability [a supreme divine technique] cultivated to the Great Perfection stage,"

Eldrin Chen murmured to himself. Once he cultivated his Innate Great God Ability to the Great Perfection Realm [the pinnacle of mastery for a technique or realm], he would gain another trump card capable of threatening even Infant Soul Late Stage experts, even if his own cultivation did not yet match that of a Great Infant Soul Cultivator [a title for a peak expert at the Infant Soul Realm].

However, cultivating an Innate Great God Ability demanded immense resources. Taking his Water-Fire Divine Thunder [a divine thunder technique born from the opposing forces of water and fire] as an example, mastering it would require consuming Positive Water [the pure, active essence of water] and Solar Fire [the essence of the sun's flame] energies worth over one hundred million Spirit Stone [a mineral that stores and radiates spiritual energy, used as currency and for cultivation].

Even with their continuous procurement of [a refined spiritual essence containing the power of the five elements] in both the Vast Sea and Ji Continent, it would still take a full century to gather enough to supply his cultivation to completion.

"Fortunately, once the [a divine thunder technique harmonizing two opposing polar energies] is mastered, cultivating the subsequent [a divine thunder technique unifying three primal energies] will be far less troublesome."

"After establishing the Water-Fire Divine Thunder, one only needs to cultivate one additional divine thunder, complementing it with a third to complete and forge the ."

Suppressing the thoughts in his heart, Eldrin Chen began cultivating the Two Polarities Divine Thunder [a divine thunder technique harnessing the opposing forces of Yin and Yang].

This cultivation session consumed several years. Only after Eldrin Chen successfully mastered the Two Polarities Divine Thunder did he finally emerge from his secluded retreat.

Upon exiting seclusion, Eldrin Chen immediately tested the technique. He discovered that a Great God Ability [a supreme-level divine technique] at the Great Completion Realm was indeed astonishingly powerful. The Two Polarities Divine Thunder transformed into endless Thunderclap [deafening peals of thunder] that descended, tearing open the void for thousands of Li-lengths [one Li-length equals five hundred meters].

Exquisite Jiang was startled by the commotion and asked with surprise, "A Great God Ability at the Great Completion Realm?"

"Mm," Eldrin Chen nodded. After a long moment, he added, "My spiritual energy reserves are insufficient. Its power is likely only equivalent to seventy or eighty percent of what an Infant Soul Late Stage [the late stage of the Infant Soul cultivation realm] cultivator could unleash with a Great God Ability."

"That is more than sufficient already." Find this and other novels at AUDIO-NOVEL.COM.

A smile graced Exquisite Jiang's lips. "With this technique in hand," she said, "combined with the combined might of the Celestial Abyss Twin Swords [a pair of legendary swords] and your several Lifebound Spiritual Treasure [magical artifacts bound to one's life force], your combat prowess should rival that of a cultivator who is more than halfway to the Infant Soul 7th Tier [the seventh tier of the Infant Soul realm]."

Eldrin Chen smiled at her words, then chuckled wryly. "My rapid success in cultivating the Two Polarities Divine Thunder is mainly due to centuries of accumulated insights and the enhanced comprehension granted by the Celestial-Mortal Symbiosis [a profound state of unity between the celestial and mortal aspects of one's being]."

"The Trinity Divine Thunder [a divine thunder technique of three combined forces] is even more difficult to master. To cultivate it to the Great Perfection Realm [the pinnacle of mastery for a technique], I'm afraid it will require at least two or three more Sixty-Year Cycle [a cycle of sixty years]."

Exquisite Jiang merely smiled, her eyes glinting. "Once transformed into an Innate Divine Ability [a divine ability that becomes an innate part of one's nature]," she said, "the Trinity Divine Thunder, when cultivated to Great Completion, will undoubtedly possess power that touches the threshold of the Half-Step Primordial Solar Divine Ability [a divine ability of near-Primordial Solar grade]."

"A Divine Ability of this caliber is typically only mastered to its Great Perfection Realm by cultivators who have reached the Great Perfection of Infant Soul. If you succeed in cultivating it, there will be few places in the world you cannot go."

Eldrin Chen also smiled wryly. The power of such a Half-Step Primordial Solar Divine Ability was formidable indeed, but the path to cultivating it to the Great Perfection Realm was fraught with immense difficulty.

He suppressed his thoughts and descended from the Heavenly Vault. Only then did he realize that the reserves of Five Elements Essence [a refined spiritual essence containing the power of the five elements] within the Clan Treasury were nearly depleted.

The successive advancements of his Lifebound Spiritual Treasure [a magical treasure bound to a cultivator's life force], coupled with cultivating the Two Polarities Divine Thunder, had consumed a staggering amount of Five Elements Essence.

Not only had the Five Elements Essence accumulated by the clan over many years been exhausted, but even the supply purchased from the Heavenly Reed Sect—worth two hundred million Spirit Stone [a mineral that stores and radiates spiritual energy]—was now completely gone.

Seeing this, Eldrin Chen said with a bitter laugh, "I had long heard that high-level cultivators require vast quantities of Five Elements Essence to cultivate their Divine Ability and Lifebound Spiritual Treasure."

"I was somewhat skeptical before, but today I understand the truth of those words."

"I fear the accumulated resources of the entire Chu Nation Cultivation World over several centuries would still be insufficient for me to cultivate a single Great God Ability to its Great Perfection Realm."

"Indeed," Exquisite Jiang nodded, then added pointedly, "For a Primordial Spirit Path Lord to cultivate a single Primordial Solar Divine Ability to completion, it requires the tribute and resources gathered from the cultivators of hundreds of great continents." Join our community of readers at audio-novel.com (official site).