[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-cultivating-for-a-hundred-lifetimes-to-ascension":3,"chapter-cultivating-for-a-hundred-lifetimes-to-ascension-cultivating-for-a-hundred-lifetimes-to-ascension-chapter-210":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},193471,411,"Chapter 210 Recruitment Failure","cultivating-for-a-hundred-lifetimes-to-ascension-chapter-210",210,"\u003Cp>Name: Zhao Dingtian (Zhao Sheng)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Life Span: 33\u002F149\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realm: Third Level of Foundation Establishment\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Profession: Second Order Talisman Master, First-rank Alchemist\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Constitution: Three Spirit Roots - Water, Metal, Fire, Half Spirit Clan\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Talent: Bullet Time, Danger Perception, Absolute Rationality\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivation Technique: Mystic Primordial Heavy Water Technique (Master), Stacking Talisman Technique (Great Success), Fire Control Technique (Great Success), Blood Soul Scripture (incomplete, skilled)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spell: Refraction Technique, God-slaying Sword, Water Bomb Technique, Thousand Waterfalls Flowing Cloud…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Talisman Making: …Concentrating God Talisman, Water Dragon Talisman, Life Hundred Thoughts Talisman, Hundred Veil Ice Cloud, Illusion Shadow Escape Talisman and 176 other kinds\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alchemy: Fish Marrow Pill, Water Spirit Pill, Jade Yellow Pill, Essence Gathering Pill… Soul Condensing Pills, Water Repelling Pill, totaling 25 types.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the A-D Earth Fire Room, the air was dry and hot with waves of heat rolling in; the indoor temperature was extremely high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Sheng was completely focused, under the precise control of his Divine Sense, eight clam-like mouths spewed azure-colored earth fire from thick to thin, becoming as thin as fingers, and the Nine Dragon Tripod also slowly ascended, shrinking from the size of a water jar to that of a wine jar and slowly rotating under the roasting of the earth fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As time slowly passed, Zhao Sheng carefully added various types of Spiritual Medicine one by one, including tree-root-like dead wood, processed green jade powder, and transparent liquids, among others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The melting step was the most likely to lose control in alchemy since the Elixir Transformation Reaction was the most intense, tolerating no negligence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was his fourth time refining the Second Order Spirit Pill, Cold Dove Marrow Spirit Pill. The previous three attempts had failed, but this time seemed hopeful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half an hour later, the Nine Dragon Tripod began to emit wisps of medicinal fragrance, invigorating anyone who smelled it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Zhao Sheng knew that it was too early to expect the pills without adding the main medicine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after the main medicine successfully merged with the Elixir Liquid and reached the Solidifying Pill step was there hope for success.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Refining a Second Order Spirit Pill was ten times more difficult than refining a First Stage Spirit Pill, except for a few special ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even for a genius with exceptional perceptiveness and talent like Zhao Sheng, multiple failures occurred while attempting to refine Second Order Spirit Pills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this might have been due to his self-directed experiments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Refining Second Order Spirit Pills was indeed difficult, but was it harder than achieving Foundation Establishment?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this thought, Zhao Sheng enlivened his spirit, and under the control of Divine Sense, the Nine Dragon Tripod flickered with spirit light, appearing somewhat dazzling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gradually, the earth fire grew from fine to coarse, and finally as thick as the mouth of a bowl, enveloping the entire Nine Dragon Tripod in flames,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At a glance, the Nine Dragon Tripod seemed to have become a fireball, with the scent of the medicine growing richer as it was roasted in the fierce flame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nearly an hour later, the rich scent of the medicine gathered at the top of the stone room and lingered for a long time, eventually forming a small cluster of grey-white Elixir Clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Zhao Sheng's eyes flashed with divine light, and with a wave of his right hand, a fist-sized, blue crystalline dehydrated Cold Dove Brain Marrow flew out and dropped into the Nine Dragon Tripod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Nine Dragon Tripod trembled violently, and a large plume of blue smoke spurted from the edge of the lid, the scent in the stone room growing richer, but a piercing chill suddenly surged through the hot air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Sheng's Divine Sense burst forth fully, and with Shadowy traces of his hand movements, a series of brilliant flashes of spiritual light disappeared into the Nine Dragon Tripod. He controlled the Elixir Liquid to complete the final Elixir Transformation,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By now, even a fool would know that this moment of alchemy had reached its most critical point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"God damn it, solidify!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, Zhao Sheng suddenly roared, and a brilliant flash of divine light surged in his eyes as his hands rapidly became a blur of shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thump, thump, thump!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a burst of exploding sounds, as the smell of char emerged, Zhao Sheng's face suddenly broke into a jubilant smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Find your next read at My Virtual Library Empire\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint blue Spirit Pill suddenly leaped from the furnace and under the control of Divine Sense, it spiraled towards Zhao Sheng, dinging softly as it landed in a pill bottle that had been prepared beforehand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Second Order Cold Dove Marrow Spirit Pill was a success!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At a thought from Zhao Sheng, the eight fire-spouting mouths simultaneously snapped shut and the Earth Fire dispersed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He beckoned with his hand, and the Nine Dragon Tripod flew from the Alchemy Platform to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking down into the tripod, he saw a layer of charred residues at the bottom, among which were two black and blue burnt pills, clearly failed pills that hadn't formed properly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alas, it was still just a bit short!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Sheng shook his head, lamenting silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thinking it over, he removed the two wasted pills from the tripod and carefully preserved them in a Jade Box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if they were failures, they held significant research value, and Zhao Sheng was loath to discard them heedlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having done all this, Zhao Sheng settled down on the cushion to meditate, slowly recuperating his spirit while silently summarizing his alchemy experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only an hour later did he open his eyes, ready to attempt alchemy once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same steps, the same ingredients powder, the same control of fire, but unfortunately, this time, the problem occurred at the second step - the formulation of the Elixir Base failed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason for failure was the improper handling of the Spiritual Medicine, which still contained some impurities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Zhao Sheng's face was expressionless. After adjusting his spirit and Spiritual Power, he silently began his sixth batch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seven days passed in the blink of an eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Sheng walked out from the passageway beneath Dusk Peak with a calm demeanor. If anyone with keen observation saw him now, they would notice a mix of slight joy and pain beneath his calm exterior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The joy came from the fact that the success rate of the Second Order Cold Dove Marrow Spirit Pills had surpassed forty percent, averaging more than three pills per batch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nearly fifty batches of alchemy ingredients he had prepared were all consumed, costing over ten thousand Spirit Stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, they had yielded merely twenty-five Dove Marrow Pills, worth roughly three thousand Spirit Stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the armor-clad Great Han guarding the passage saw Zhao Sheng emerging and initially looked startled, but his expression quickly turned to excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Congratulations, Senior, on your further advancement in the Alchemy Dao!\" the Great Han congratulated, mustering his courage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Sheng halted, flicked a Spirit Stone with his finger, and it accurately landed in the Great Han's hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Li Sanchong, the Alchemy Association assigning you to guard here really underestimates your talent! How about you come with me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two years was neither short nor long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was enough for Zhao Sheng to recognize the extraordinary nature of the armored Great Han.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Han's real name was Li Sanchong. Despite his large, fierce-looking physique and seemingly dim-witted brain, he possessed an extremely keen perception, enough to be considered a master of micro-expressions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Sheng even knew he was capable of reaching Divinity in Martial Arts and that he was probably at the Half-step to God, much like his third life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such an outstanding Martial Arts Grandmaster, even if he wasn't a Cultivator, shouldn't have been reduced to guarding a gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cherishing talents as he did, Zhao Sheng thus made the offer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a fist-palm salute, Li Sanchong earnestly said, \"I am deeply honored that Senior holds me in such high regard, and I am very grateful. However, I can only follow you if my master allows it. I was raised by my master from a young age. Wherever he goes, I go. Whatever he asks me to do, I do. I always listen to my master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Sheng, looking at his sincere expression, shook his head and dropped the idea of recruiting him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Sanchong's master was a relative of a Second Order Alchemist from the Alchemy Association.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, Li Sanchong was likely sent here on purpose, and his mission was probably not simple, likely charged with some important task.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>",1437,"2026-05-29T05:56:28.242Z","2026-06-01T04:29:22.731Z",1,"novelbin.me","f55df02bae7419e291b385d130264150fea7a00e7a83ac183c23396fdb07b592","cultivating-for-a-hundred-lifetimes-to-ascension-chapter-211","cultivating-for-a-hundred-lifetimes-to-ascension-chapter-209",1751,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcultivating-for-a-hundred-lifetimes-to-ascension-cover.jpg"]