Chapter 593 : A True Lord's Ascension Feast

As the couple, Eldrin Chen and his wife, first set foot upon the Heavenly Ridge Mountain Range, Verdant Spirit True Lord courteously stepped forward to greet them. "Honored Fellow Daoists, your esteemed presence graces this humble peak. I failed to welcome you from afar; this is truly my fault," he said with a respectful bow.

"Elder Brother, there is no need for such formalities," Eldrin Chen replied with a gentle smile, returning the gesture with a cupped-fist salute. "Your breakthrough to the True Lord [a high-ranking cultivator title] realm is a joyous occasion for the entire Three Veins Ancient Domain."

"My own heart is filled with happiness for you, and thus I have prepared a modest gift to celebrate."

Eldrin Chen stated calmly. Beside him, Ye Verdant Peak stepped forward and presented a Treasure Box.

Upon seeing Ye Verdant Peak, Verdant Spirit True Lord's eyes lit up. "Could this be your disciple, Worthy Brother? Truly, he is a rare and outstanding young talent."

"Indeed, this is my eldest disciple, Verdant Edge Ye. I fear he may disappoint you, Elder Brother," Eldrin Chen said with a smile.

Eldrin Chen then spoke again, "Verdant Edge, pay your respects to your Martial Uncle."

"Verdant Edge pays his respects to Martial Uncle," the youth said promptly.

Ye Verdant Peak immediately bowed deeply, performing the gesture with utmost reverence.

Verdant Spirit Path Master smiled warmly. He retrieved a Fourth-Rank Magical Treasure [a powerful enchanted artifact] and handed it to Ye Verdant Peak. "I cannot compare to your master, Nephew," he said kindly. "This Verdant Spirit Shield is a magical treasure [an enchanted artifact used by cultivators] I used in my younger years. Please accept it as a token of our meeting." For more chapters, visit audio-novel dot com for the complete novel.

After bestowing the gifts of meeting, the divine sense of Verdant Spirit True Lord swept over the Treasure Box. His expression could not help but tremble, his face filled with pleasant surprise as he said, "Such generous gifts from you, Worthy Brother, truly break the bank."

"A mere trifling gift, not worth mentioning."

The several other True Lord present, seeing this, hurriedly spoke up: "Brother Verdant Spirit, don't just focus on catching up; you should introduce him to us as well."

"Yes, yes, you're right. My mistake."

Verdant Spirit True Lord offered a slight smile and began introducing Eldrin Chen to the origins of these individuals.

The people before them were all Infant Soul True Lord from several nearby great continents. Among them were Infant Soul Clan Patriarch from the Celestial Barrens Province, as well as immortal sect Elder from the Heavenly Star Continent—each one a figure of extraordinary status.

After the exchange of pleasantries, Verdant Spirit True Lord led Eldrin Chen and Exquisite Jiang to the summit of Vast Righteousness Peak.

Atop Vast Righteousness Peak at this moment, several dozen Infant Soul True Lord had gathered. They clustered in twos and threes, each holding forth with lofty discussions, narrating the great affairs of the world.

Some spoke of events transpiring within the Three Veins Ancient Domain, while others idly chatted about the shifting tides and grand situation in the Eastern Region Great Wasteland.

Beings at the Infant Soul level possessed vast and extended lifespans. Sometimes, cultivating a single Divine Ability could require over a hundred years. Therefore, they typically seldom ventured far from home for many years. This rare gathering was indeed a relatively uncommon sight.

Among the gathered crowd, Vast Righteousness True Lord stood conversing with several Infant Soul Cultivator. These individuals possessed an aura of profound cultivation; some bore the transcendent grace of immortals, while others radiated an ethereal, peerless beauty. Each was a figure of truly Extraordinary bearing.

Upon seeing Eldrin Chen and Exquisite Jiang arrive, Vast Righteousness True Lord smiled warmly and beckoned. "Come, young friends. Allow me to introduce you to some esteemed companions."

Eldrin Chen's eyes flickered with subtle recognition before he and Exquisite Jiang stepped forward to join the group.

Only two cultivators stood beside Vast Righteousness True Lord. One was an elderly Daoist priest whose very presence seemed plucked from myth, and the other was a woman of breathtaking beauty clad in robes of pale azure.

The elder resembled an Immortal from legend. He wore a robe adorned with the Eight Trigrams [the eight fundamental symbols representing all phenomena], and a faint, mystical mark graced the center of his brow, lending him an air of profound detachment from worldly concerns.

The other was a woman of stunning, peerless loveliness. In terms of sheer physical beauty, she was likely second only to Exquisite Jiang herself, a rare jewel even in this world of cultivators.

Righteous Path cultivators, through the pure spiritual energy [the vital energy that flows through all living things and the world] they refine, gradually temper and perfect their physical forms. The deeper one's cultivation, the more flawless and elegant one's appearance tends to become.

However, the specific type of spiritual energy and cultivation art [a mystical technique for refining energy and advancing one's cultivation] practiced also subtly influences both physique and temperament. For instance, those who primarily cultivate a Fire Spiritual Root [an innate affinity for fire-attribute spiritual energy] often develop more fiery dispositions and more voluptuous figures.

With a single glance at this woman's graceful demeanor and features, Eldrin Chen understood she was likely a mighty cultivator whose foundation lay in the harmonious energies of water and wood.

"Allow me to make the introductions," Vast Righteousness True Lord said.

Vast Righteousness True Lord said, introducing them to Eldrin Chen: "This is Ivy Chen [the Mistress of the Ivy Palace], and this is [a Daoist master who follows the Earth trigram of the Eight Trigrams], who hails from the Central Ancestral Domain and serves as the Grand Elder of the Eight Trigrams Palace."

Through Vast Righteousness True Lord's introductions, Eldrin Chen quickly understood the identities of the two individuals.

Of the two, possessed cultivation at the [the absolute pinnacle of the Infant Soul stage], a true cultivator who had practiced for over six thousand years, yet had unfortunately found it difficult to advance any further.

As for Ivy Chen, Eldrin Chen had actually seen her at the previous Barter Convention. However, at that time, Eldrin Chen was merely one among two hundred True Lords [a title for cultivators at the Infant Soul stage], and it was likely Ivy Chen hadn't paid him any notice.

This Ivy Chen was not only the foremost beauty of the Three Veins Ancient Domain, but also one of the Ten Great Immortal Maidens of the Eastern Region Great Wasteland. Legend had it that even several [cultivators who have touched the threshold of the Primordial Spirit realm] had pursued her in vain, so she probably wouldn't have paid attention to an unremarkable Infant Soul True Lord.

To his surprise, Ivy Chen spoke with a serene expression, her beautiful eyes holding a quiet grace: "This must be Eldrin Chen and Exquisite Jiang. I saw you both at the last Barter Convention." Immerse yourself in the complete world at site: audio-novel.com.

"I had thought of making your acquaintance then. To be able to connect today is a delightful turn of events."

Exquisite Jiang smiled and took up the conversation: "We are honored to be remembered by the Immortal Maiden."

As the two peerless Immortal Maidens began to converse, the three male cultivators stepped aside with smiles and began their own casual discussion.

Eldrin Chen pondered for a moment, then looked at and said, "I never imagined I would meet a fellow Daoist from the Central Ancestral Domain. I have long held great admiration for that land. Might you enlighten me about it?"

"Now that you have broken through to the True Lord realm, it is indeed time you learned of the affairs of the Central Ancestral Domain [the legendary heartland of human cultivation]." Vast Righteousness True Lord smiled and continued, "It is just that your breakthrough was recent, and I had not yet found the opportunity to inform you."

"It is fortuitous that Brother Earth Earth is here today. As a native of that land, his account will be far better than mine."

The Earth Earth Path Master stroked his beard and said with a calm smile, "There is nothing particularly wondrous about the Central Ancestral Domain. It is merely that for tens of thousands of years, it has not suffered a major Tribulation [a cataclysmic heavenly calamity], so the number of cultivators there is somewhat greater than in the Eastern Region Great Wasteland."

As the Earth Earth Path Master elaborated, Eldrin Chen's expression grew increasingly solemn. He gradually came to understand the true might of the Central Ancestral Domain.

According to the Earth Earth Path Master's description, the total number of Primordial Spirit Path Lord [cultivators who have ascended to the Primordial Spirit realm and founded their own Path] among the human, demon, and fiend races within the Purple Seal Realm numbered only slightly over one hundred. Of these, the Human Race accounted for seven-tenths.

And of these Primordial Spirit Path Lord, fully half hailed from the Central Ancestral Domain. This alone revealed the staggering strength of the human forces concentrated there.

Within the Central Ancestral Domain, there were no fewer than seven Path Lord Sacred Land [sanctified sites founded by Path Lords] that had produced an Immortal [a being who has ascended to true immortality]. Each possessed a complete Immortal Path Lineage [an unbroken tradition of immortal cultivation], their profound heritage and accumulated power rivaled only by the divine needle of the Sea-Calmer within the Purple Seal Human Race.

Speaking of the glory of the Central Ancestral Domain, the Earth Earth Path Master sighed. After a long pause, he added with feeling, "The Central Ancestral Domain is indeed prosperous, but every Spirit Mountain [a mountain peak rich with spiritual energy] there has long had an owner. Establishing a new clan there is no easy feat."

"Even if one wished to nurture a Spiritual Vein [a subterranean conduit of concentrated spiritual energy], the process itself draws upon the ambient spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Yet in the Central Ancestral Domain, that ambient energy has long been partitioned and claimed by the various Spirit Mountain."

"The desolate and remote corners are so barren that not even Demon Beasts [beasts that have cultivated demonic power] can be born there. Any place with a trace of spiritual energy is already claimed, let alone one suitable for nurturing a Spiritual Vein."

"Therefore, unless one uses a Worldly Spiritual Root [a rare spiritual root capable of absorbing and transforming the earth's vital energies] to convert the earth's vital essence, it is exceedingly difficult, even in the present-day Central Ancestral Domain [the primordial and most spiritually rich continent], to cultivate new Spiritual Vein [a subterranean channel that concentrates and emits spiritual energy]." Continue your cultivation journey at *audio-novel.com*.