Chapter 728. Heaven's Golden Wing Slash (Cultivation Art)

Eldrin and Lyra exchanged a glance, a flicker of delight rising in their hearts. For Ethan Chen to personally seek out a treasure for them, it was almost certainly something extraordinary.

Chen Ethan offered no further explanation, merely leading them into the Golden Essence Vein.

At the heart of the underground wood vein, Eldrin discovered several rather precious treasures. Among them were 2 strands of Earth Mother Qi (Spiritual Root), 1 piece of Golden Source Divine Jade, along with multiple 5 Veins Spirit Jades and 5 pieces of Fifth Rank Treasure Gold.

Yet these were secondary; what truly brought a pleasant surprise to Eldrin was a piece of radiant treasure metal, shimmering with a brilliant white-gold light.

Great Luo Immortal Gold!

Lyra's gaze froze for a moment before she couldn't help exclaiming with pleasant surprise.

Great Luo Immortal Gold, like Taiyi Essence Gold, is 1 of the 9 mythical immortal metals. In ages past, Magnus the Virtuous Lord used Taiyi Essence Gold to elevate his Pure Yang Immortal Sword. This Great Luo Immortal Gold is surely no ordinary object either.

Xia Huaixu observed for a moment longer, then shook his head and remarked, "This piece of Great Luo Immortal Gold is still merely an embryo, having only developed to its initial stage. Its grade has just reached the quasi-sixth rank."

"Even with the nourishment of a fifth-grade, superior-quality earth vein, it would likely take tens of thousands of years for it to gestate into a sixth-grade vein."

Hearing this, everyone felt a tinge of regret. While Quasi-Sixth-Level Great Luo Immortal Gold and true Sixth-Level Great Luo Immortal Gold seemed almost identical, the gap between them was as vast as an unbridgeable chasm. Their values differed by more than tenfold—they simply could not be mentioned in the same breath.

However, upon careful reflection, this outcome was to be expected. After all, there were only a few dozen Sixth Rank treasures in the entire realm. Even many Nascent Soul Dao Lords possessed merely 1 or 2 of them—how could such treasures be encountered so easily?

The Golden-Winged Great Peng Demon Emperor (Demon Beast) refrained from forging this object into a Quasi-Pure Yang Spiritual Treasure (Magic Treasure), revealing a lingering sliver of hope for its ascension to the sixth rank.

Eldrin did not speak further, instead carefully observing for a long moment before finally remarking, "If we were to set up a Nurturing Treasure Grand Formation within this earth vein, harnessing the entire ley line's power for nourishment, it might accelerate the formation of the Great Luo Immortal Gold."

"Is that truly the case?"

Upon hearing this, Xia Huai Xu could not help but reveal a trace of delight.

Eldrin nodded, his expression grave as he said, "In that case, the ascension should be completed within 3 to 5 1000 years."

"However, with this development, the fifth-rank superior gold vein of the Divine Bird Peak will likely be unable to nurture any high-grade treasures for quite some time."

"Let it be done this way." Lyra (Person Name) decided without hesitation, declaring resolutely: "Compared to the value of a single sixth-grade immortal gold, what does sacrificing several 1000 years' worth of revenue from a fifth-grade, superior-grade earth vein amount to?"

Eldrin nodded slightly and instructed Chen Ethan and the others directly, "This Great Luo Immortal Gold is exceedingly precious. We must deploy a fifth-grade teleportation array within this earth vein to ensure its absolute security."

"Return to the clan and make preparations. I shall remain here for now to set up the formation."

"Yes."

Chen Ethan and the others cupped their hands in salute before returning to Ji Zhou to prepare for this matter.

After Chen Ethan and the others had departed, leaving only Eldrin and his few companions in the hall, Lyra finally asked, “Well, are you confident?”

"It should be worth a try."

Eldrin nodded slightly. In truth, he had sensed earlier that the Primordial Purple Qi might accelerate the evolution of the Great Luo Immortal Gold. However, the Primordial Purple Qi was far too significant a matter, and with so many prying eyes around earlier, he dared not recklessly reveal it.

Eldrin opened his mouth and exhaled a stream of Primordial Purple Qi, merging it into the Great Luo Immortal Gold.

After absorbing the Primordial Purple Qi, the Great Luo Immortal Gold unexpectedly gained a faint violet luminescence amidst its hazy radiance, making it appear increasingly divine and extraordinary.

After completing this step, Eldrin performed another quick calculation with his fingers before smiling and saying, "This Great Luo Immortal Gold is essentially the embryonic form of immortal gold. Had it been born in the Immortal Realm, it might have matured into true immortal gold."

"Now that I am aiding its acceleration with the Primordial Purple Qi, coupled with the nourishment of the Fine Gold Qi from the entire earth vein, the time required for its advancement should be shortened to around 6 100 years."

"6 100 years?"

Hearing this, everyone felt a flicker of delight. Xia Huaixu couldn’t help remarking, “It seems that before the next Cataclysm of the Demonic Abyss, your Celestial Ruins Sword of Immortal-Slaying, Lyra (Person Name), will advance into a Pure Yang Immortal Sword renowned throughout the world.”

Lyra smiled faintly and said, "This Great Luo Immortal Gold truly complements my Heaven's Ruin Immortal-Slaying Sword."

Not long after, the Chen Clan mobilized vast quantities of resources. First, they constructed a top-grade, fifth-tier teleportation array atop Divine Avian Peak, then laid down a Treasure-Nurturing Grand Formation within the earth's ley lines.

After completing all these tasks, Eldrin entrusted the preparatory work for Li Zhou to the other True Monarchs of the clan.

The task of guarding the spirit vein at Divine Bird Peak was entrusted to Lyra's second primordial embryo, before she accompanied Lyra to the Flaming Prison of Blazing Fire.

This time, their gains were immense. If they could fully absorb these benefits, it might significantly increase their confidence in establishing a continent.

Within the earth vein seclusion chamber of the Flaming Prison's Sea of Fire, Eldrin took out several captured treasures, then revealed a contemplative expression.

Among the treasures they seized this time, only 4 could be considered truly significant.

They were the Mystic Crystal Unbreakable Armor, a great halberd forged of arcane gold, the plume of a Half-Step Primordial Spirit (Cultivation Realm) expert, and the skeletal remains of a Half-Step Primordial Spirit (Cultivation Realm)-level demon emperor.

Among these treasures, the first 2 were high-grade materials of immense weight. If refined with suitable high-grade materials, they could potentially forge 2 Quasi-Pure Yang Spiritual Treasures (Magic Treasure).

The Half-Step Primordial Spirit (Cultivation Realm) plume feathers and the Demon Emperor's remains are, for the most part, capable of being refined into high-tier treasures.

"Let's start with the feather and see if we can forge a Quasi-Pure Yang Spiritual Treasure (Magic Treasure)."

Eldrin spoke as he produced the feather of Half-Step Primordial Spirit and began attempting to refine a Quasi-Pure Yang Spiritual Treasure.

With Eldrin's current cultivation and artifact forging skills, further enhanced by his communion with the heavens, he now possessed a considerable success rate in crafting spiritual treasures of the Half-Step Primordial Spirit level.

Most crucially, he had previously succeeded in refining the 2 Polarities Treasure Lotus, and now possessed full confidence in crafting spiritual treasures of this caliber.

Moreover, to further enhance the power of this spiritual treasure, Eldrin even integrated the Celestial Cloud he had unexpectedly obtained long ago in the 9 Heavens Above.

After spending approximately 1 year, he finally succeeded in refining the wings of the Golden-Winged Great Peng Demon Emperor (Demon Beast).

The forged spirit treasure manifested as a pair of wings shimmering with primordial golden light. Each feather appeared to be cast from chaos-forged divine metal, radiating a startlingly sharp aura of ancient slaughter.

"This treasure was forged from the Great Peng's golden wings and the primal heaven's clouds—let it be named Heaven's Golden Wing Slash (Cultivation Art)."

Eldrin couldn't help but smile faintly as he gazed upon the Heaven's Golden Wing Slash before him.

After Eldrin's painstaking refinement, this 'Heaven's Golden Wing Slash' could be considered extraordinarily divine and miraculous, containing within it 2 quasi-Pure Yang grade divine abilities.

His first divine ability was the innate power contained within the Great Peng Golden Wings—the Golden Wings Divine Light Slash.

Once this divine ability was activated, it would transform into countless golden celestial blades that descended in an endless torrent. Even quasi-Pure Yang grade defensive spirit treasures would struggle to withstand them.