Chapter 4060: The Origin of the 4041 Dao Artifact Embryos

"There's only a single step from a Peak True Spirit to a Pinnacle True Spirit, but countless Peak True Spirits fail to cross that threshold. The difficulty of a Peak True Spirit cultivating into a Pinnacle True Spirit is no less than that of a Golden Immortal advancing to a Grand Unity Golden Immortal."

Ye Guangting said gravely.

He had taken the Seven-Star Golden Bright Elixir and other aids, yet he still hadn't managed to cultivate into a Pinnacle True Spirit.

"Indeed! Fellow Daoist Cang, Senior Jin of your Mayfly Clan must have advanced to Grand Unity Golden Immortal tens of millions of years ago, right? Has he cultivated into a Pinnacle True Spirit?"

Cao Yuanxing asked curiously.

"No. Taking more immortal elixirs and wondrous medicines, or using immortal talismans, immortal wine, and immortal arrays as aids, it's still possible to cultivate into a Peak True Spirit. My clan uncle advanced to the Golden Immortal stage three million years ago and, with the help of various external resources, cultivated into a Peak True Spirit. However, even when his lifespan was exhausted, he couldn't cultivate into a Pinnacle True Spirit."

Cang Feng said, "This is no secret; many Golden Immortal cultivators are aware of it."

"If only we had a Golden Lotus Immortal Fruit, that would be wonderful," Ye Guangting said with a smile.

The Golden Lotus Immortal Fruit is one of the Ten Great Immortal Fruits of the Immortal Realm. After an immortal consumes it, their chance of cultivating into a Pinnacle True Spirit significantly increases.

"Golden Lotus Immortal Fruits require irrigation with special immortal water, their growth environment requirements are very strict, and they are exceptionally difficult to cultivate. Perhaps only the Cao family possesses them!"

Cang Feng's face was filled with envy.

"If we truly had Golden Lotus Immortal Fruits, that would be wonderful. Our Cao family would have a few more Pinnacle True Spirits. Unfortunately, we don't."

Cao Yuanxing sighed.

"Fellow Daoist Cao, I recall three Dao artifacts appearing in the Blazing Sun Sea Region last time, didn't they? You could purchase Golden Lotus Immortal Fruits from One-Word Hall!"

Luo Yilei asked curiously.

"Of course, we'd like to, but the artifact spirit of One-Word Hall demands too high a price. It requires the crystal cores of Grand Unity Golden Immortal-stage Seven-Colored Chaos Beasts, and a small quantity isn't enough. We simply can't produce that."

Cao Yuanxing sighed.

"Crystal cores of Grand Unity Golden Immortal-stage Seven-Colored Chaos Beasts! If one were to purchase Enlightenment Fruits from One-Word Hall, wouldn't the price be even higher?"

Luo Yilei exclaimed in surprise.

"I actually asked, and she demands the crystal cores of Grand Unity Golden Immortal-stage Eight-Colored Mutant Chaos Beasts!"

Cao Yuanxing said.

At these words, all the cultivators present were stunned.

"Fellow Daoist Cao, does One-Word Hall have Dao artifact embryos for sale?" Ye Guangting asked curiously.

"I asked Yan Yinuo, and she demands the crystal cores of Great Luo Golden Immortal-stage Nine-Colored Chaos Beasts."

Cao Yuanxing said.

"Even a Great Luo Golden Immortal wouldn't find it easy to kill a Great Luo Golden Immortal-stage Nine-Colored Chaos Beast, would they? Isn't she just making things difficult for people!"

Cang Feng said with a frown.

"You get what you pay for; after all, it's a Dao artifact embryo! Cultivators of the same stage would find it very difficult to withstand a single blow from a Dao artifact embryo!"

By the end of Cao Yuanxing's words, his face showed a look of longing.

"Let alone us, even Grand Unity Golden Immortals cannot wield true Dao artifacts. However, Dao artifact embryos are not an issue. If we could acquire a Grandmist Spirit Treasure and refine it into a Dao artifact embryo, it could greatly enhance our strength."

Ye Guangting said.

Strictly speaking, a Grandmist Spirit Treasure is a type of natural treasure, not an innate immortal artifact. Instead, it is an extremely precious material, somewhat similar to Xuantian items. The difference is that Grandmist Spirit Treasures inherently possess spirituality, and mutated ones can even give birth to artifact spirits. Grandmist Spirit Treasures can be used to refine Dao artifact embryos. A further step from a Dao artifact embryo is a true Dao artifact, but even a Dao artifact embryo's power is incomparable to that of ordinary immortal artifacts.

Wang Changsheng consulted the texts introducing Dao artifacts in the Hao Yue Alliance and Li family's scripture repositories. Combining this information with Qing Xuan's situation, he formed a bold hypothesis.

Qing Xuan's true form is a stone, or more precisely, a Grandmist Spirit Treasure. Through various fortuitous encounters, it developed consciousness. After Qing Xuan was born and mutated, it absorbed rare refining materials and advanced to become an innate Dao artifact.

Of course, this was merely his hypothesis; he wasn't sure of the truth. Qing Xuan temporarily couldn't recall many things and thus couldn't answer Wang Changsheng's questions.

"A Dao artifact embryo! I recall someone obtaining a Dao artifact embryo in the Immortal Spirit Mound."

Cao Yuanxing said.

"Fellow Daoist Cao is referring to Immortal Fairy Liuli, right? She obtained a flying-type Dao artifact embryo. Even though she was only at the early Grand Unity Golden Immortal stage, when facing the encirclement of over a dozen Grand Unity Golden Immortals, she managed to retreat unharmed. That Dao artifact embryo played a crucial role."

Luo Yilei said, "This matter caused quite a stir back then. Even the Grand Unity Golden Immortals of the Ten Thousand Treasures Sect rushed to the Immortal Spirit Mound to investigate."

"A flying-type Dao artifact embryo, tsk-tsk. If it had been an offensive-type Dao artifact embryo, it wouldn't have been Immortal Fairy Liuli who fled, but those dozen-plus Grand Unity Golden Immortals who ran away."

Ye Xuanji said with an envious tone.

"Obtaining a Dao artifact embryo is a very difficult feat, but if one obtains a Grandmist Spirit Treasure, there's hope of refining it into a Dao artifact embryo."

Luo Yilei said.

"Fellow Daoist Luo, you jest. Grandmist Spirit Treasures are extremely rare; they only appear under various fortuitous circumstances and are things one might stumble upon but cannot actively seek," Ye Guangting said with a sigh.

"That's right! Even if we were to obtain a Grandmist Spirit Treasure, we wouldn't be able to refine it into a Dao artifact embryo. Only immortal artifact refiners with superb skill might accomplish it. I recall Immortal Fairy Ye is an immortal artifact refiner; perhaps in the future, she could refine a Dao artifact embryo."

Cao Yuanxing said with a smile.

"Speaking of artifact refining, I heard Fellow Daoist Wang once said that his success rate for refining mid-grade Chaos Armor is thirty percent?"

Luo Yilei's gaze turned towards Wang Changsheng.

At these words, several Golden Immortal cultivators collectively looked towards Wang Changsheng.

Wang Changsheng gave an awkward smile and said, "Sometimes I can refine it, sometimes I can't. It's a matter of probability."

This was merely Wang Changsheng blowing his own horn, like an old woman praising her own melons. Outsiders didn't particularly care if he was boasting; the materials for refining mid-grade Chaos Armor were extremely precious, and no one was currently willing to provide three sets for him to attempt. Besides, there were also immortal alchemists who claimed they could refine Dao Elixirs. Everyone had a mouth to speak with.

Luo Yilei nodded and didn't press further.

"Let's take out our items for exchange!"

Ye Guangting suggested.

Wang Changsheng and the others readily agreed, and Ye Guangting was the first to present his exchange materials.

There were dozens of types of materials, varied and plentiful: immortal herbs, immortal wood, ores, immortal water, beast hides from Golden Immortal-stage Five-Colored Chaos Beasts, and more. Ye Guangting sought to exchange for lightning-attribute immortal herbs and spiritual plants; lightning-attribute refining materials were also acceptable.

Some Golden Immortal cultivators communicated with Ye Guangting via spiritual voice transmission and took out items for him to inspect.

Most of the items Ye Guangting offered were successfully exchanged. The entire exchange process was conducted through spiritual voice transmission, so only the owners of the goods knew precisely what was traded.

The cultivators successively stood up and presented their items for exchange. Wang Changsheng exchanged a six-colored crystal core for two Golden Bright Grasses, each over five million years old, and two pieces of Golden Soul Stone. Wang Qingshan had obtained the formula for the Seven-Star Golden Bright Elixir in Tianji City, so the Golden Bright Grass could be given to Liu Wang Qingbai to refine the Seven-Star Golden Bright Elixir, allowing more immortal members of the Wang family to cultivate into True Spirits.

Wang Qingbai exchanged for some immortal herbs over a million years old, intending to refine some second-tier immortal elixirs to enhance his magic power.

After more than an hour, the exchange concluded.

After chatting for the time it takes to steep a cup of tea, Wang Changsheng and the others returned to their respective residences to await the commencement of the Golden Immortal Grand Ceremony.