Heavenly Tribulation, Hard to Survive
First, the billions of Human Race; second, the Chen Immortal Clan; and third, his own cultivation and fortuitous opportunity.
With these three reasons, everyone naturally understood the importance of this battle and was determined to participate.
Seeing everyone nodding in agreement, Chen Nianzhi took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, and then spoke.
"Since we are fully committed to this battle, we must give it our all."
"I think that apart from leaving three Purple Mansion to guard Spirit Isle Lake, Peaceful Sun City, and Qingyuan Mountain respectively, the other places can be entrusted to Foundation Establishment cultivators."
Everyone nodded in agreement. Chen Qinghao couldn't help but ask, "If that's the arrangement, then who will go and who will stay behind?"
The Old Clan Leader stroked his long beard, pondered for a moment, and said, "Peaceful Sun City is crucial to the foundation of our Lineage. Qing Hao recently broke through to the Mid-Purple Mansion realm. With him guarding it for me, even ordinary False Core realm cultivators wouldn't be able to take it."
Peaceful Sun City has Tier 3 High-grade formation, and its Spirit Vein are also of the Tier 3 High-grade.
With the combination of these two factors, plus the presence of Mid-Purple Mansion realm cultivator, even Golden Core realm cultivator could be temporarily held off, so the level of safety is naturally beyond question.
Everyone nodded, showing little objection and agreeing to the decision.
After considering for a moment, Chen Nianzhi finally spoke up, saying, "Let Xian Yan guard Spirit Isle Lake. She has been in charge of the Spirit Isle Lake formation for me for many years, which is enough to ensure the safety of Spirit Isle Lake."
"Qingyuan Mountain can also be left to Xian Ling."
Among the group, Xian Ling and Xian Yan had not been in the Purple Mansion realm for very long, and their cultivation levels were only at the first or second level of the Purple Mansion.
In fact, there are only three cultivators in the Lineage at the Mid-Purple Mansion realm: Ya Ya, Qing Hao, and Nianchuan.
Within the Lineage, besides Chen Nianzhi and the Old Clan Leader, Chen Nianchuan was the first cultivator to break through to the Purple Mansion.
He was just over a hundred years old when he broke through to the Purple Mansion, and now he is not yet one hundred and sixty years old, having been in the Purple Mansion realm for more than fifty years.
However, after reaching the Purple Mansion, he refined three Life-bound Magical Treasure, which slowed down his cultivation speed considerably. Fortunately, he received a large amount of resource rewards for breaking through to the Purple Mansion level without relying on external objects, and not long ago he broke through to the Fourth-Layer Purple Mansion realm level with the help of the Violet-Qi Cloud-Pattern Pill.
Chen Qinghao was the second person in the Lineage to break through. He had been in the Purple Mansion for over forty years. The reason he broke through to the Mid-Purple Mansion realm so quickly was because of the Lineage's cultivation, which wanted him to break through to the Mid-Purple Mansion realm before the Beast Turmoil.
In fact, he still owed his Lineage over 100,000 Spirit Stone, but Chen Nianzhi made the decision to let him cultivate to the Great Perfection of Purple Mansion first, and then repay the debt with his salary when his cultivation stagnated and he no longer needed Spirit Stone.
The benefit of doing this is that it will prevent his cultivation progress from being slowed down in the coming decades due to a lack of resources.
The downside is that the treasury of an ordinary Purple Mansion Lineage might not be able to support this loan. It is only because the Chen Clan has many industries and a considerable surplus of Spirit Stone every year that they dare to lend money to Lineage cultivators like this.
Another downside is that Chen Qinghao owes his Lineage a large sum of money, and if he were to suddenly die, the Lineage would face a significant financial mess.
However, in Chen Nianzhi's view, Chen Qinghao was generous when the Lineage was in dire straits, and now that the Lineage is wealthy, it is natural that they should take care of the elderly members of the family to a certain extent.
With him making the decision personally, no one else had any objections.
Ya Ya possessed Variant Spirit Root and broke through to the Purple Mansion realm at a very young age. Furthermore, she only needed to refine one Life-bound Magical Treasure, so her speed in breaking through to the Mid-Purple Mansion realm was naturally quite fast.
However, Variant Spirit Root are only useful before reaching the Golden Core realm; after Golden Core realm, they may not necessarily be superior to those with multiple Spirit Root.
Because those with Variant Spirit Root can only refine one Life-bound Magical Treasure, their Law Power is far less refined and their chances of surviving the Lightning Tribulation are far inferior to those with multiple Spirit Root.
It's called a "Golden Core realm Seed" simply because Variant Spirit Root can increase the chances of breaking through to the Golden Core realm stage by 20%. However, once you reach the Golden Core realm stage, the situation changes completely.
Their ability to break through to the Nascent Soul stage is no different from that of ordinary Spirit Root; on the contrary, those with Variant Spirit Root find it difficult to overcome tribulations.
Given the difficulty of the Nascent Soul tribulation, without sufficient foundation and without a powerful expert willing to lend Demon-Refining Supreme Treasure to help with the tribulation, the chances of Variant Spirit Root successfully passing the Nascent Soul tribulation are extremely slim.
On the contrary, Golden Core realm cultivators with Two Element Spiritual Root or Three Element Spiritual Root, if they can find multiple Tier 4 High-Grade Law Treasure to block the Lightning Tribulation, and then at the cost of severely injuring or even destroying their own Life-bound Magical Treasure, have a better chance of passing the Nascent Soul tribulation.
The legendary Primordial Spirit Tribulation is so powerful that it can destroy the Heaven Annihilation and the earth. Unless one borrows Pure Yang Supreme Treasure to help overcome the tribulation, going to overcome the tribulation with Heavenly Spirit Root or Variant Spirit Root is just suicide.
In fact, even if you borrow Pure Yang Supreme Treasure and have the foundation of Heavenly Spirit Root, unless you forge the legendary Heavenly Dao Nascent Soul, you will most likely not survive the last one or two Lightning Tribulation.
That is why almost all the Primordial Spirit Dao Lord in this world are cultivators with multiple Spirit Root.
One very cruel thing is that throughout history, it seems that none of those who have become immortals have been known to have Heavenly Spirit Root or Variant Spirit Root. On the contrary, almost all of them are exceptionally talented individuals with dual or more Spirit Root.
After all, you can borrow Demon-Refining Supreme Treasure to overcome the Nascent Soul Tribulation, and you even have an extraordinary background to borrow Pure Yang Supreme Treasure to overcome the Primordial Spirit Tribulation.
But Immortal have vanished from this realm; where can you find the legendary supreme Immortal Treasure to help you overcome the Immortal Ascension Tribulation to become an immortal?
The power of Dao Body also has its limits. The vast majority of Dao Body cannot use the feedback mechanism to allow their Life-bound Spirit Treasure to cross the chasm of Pure Yang Supreme Treasure, let alone feed back into a natal immortal Immortal Treasure.
Although Chen Nianzhi's Life-bound Magical Treasure was enhanced by the Hongmeng Purple Qi, according to his calculations, it would still be stuck before the Tier 5.
Later, when he reaches the late Golden Core stage, if he wants to use the Blazing Fire Return-to-Ruins Sword and other Law Treasure to break through the natural barrier of the Demon-Refining Supreme Treasure, he will need more Hongmeng Purple Qi to enhance their foundation.
This is why the Great Luo Golden Core is the foundation for achieving immortality. If Great Luo Golden Core with Five Element Spiritual Root were to sacrifice all five of its natal Pure Yang Supreme Treasure, the chance of surviving the Immortal Ascension Tribulation would be at least 30%.
Of course, high-level cultivators have endless methods, and there are always exceptionally talented individuals who constantly create new methods for transcending tribulations.
Especially after a cultivator breaks through to the Nascent Soul, as Nascent Soul True Lord, one may obtain various invaluable Great Divine Ability, including methods to replenish Spirit Root.
However, it is extremely difficult to replenish Spirit Root. Before reaching the Purple Mansion, it is easier because one only needs to replenish Spirit Root.
However, things become difficult after reaching the Golden Core realm. Golden Core realm forged with a single Spirit Root is destined to be of a single attribute. At this point, not only must the Spirit Root be replenished, but an immense price must also be paid to replenish the Golden Core realm. After Nascent Soul, it is even more necessary to replenish the Nascent Soul.
The higher one's cultivation level, the greater the cost of repairing Spirit Root.
Once one reaches the Primordial Spirit realm, it becomes incredibly difficult to replenish Spirit Root. Unless one encounters an extraordinary fortuitous opportunity, even a Nascent Primordial Spirit Dao Lord might not be able to replenish a single Spirit Root even after spending tens of thousands of years.
These are information that ordinary people would never have access to; Chen Nianzhi obtained them after organizing the Azure Void Sect's heritage.