Chapter 562: Bodhi Great Restoration Pill

Xiao Yan screamed for help from the pain—he had never used Blood Burning himself, because by the time he could refine it, Blood Burning had already become useless.

"Pain! Pain! Pain!!!"

As if having long anticipated Xiao Yan's reaction, the old man smiled faintly and took out another small jade token made of white jade from his ring, then slowly spread the red liquid across its surface, gradually expanding its coverage area.

As the red liquid's area expanded, Xiao Yan's back trembled even more violently, veins bulging grotesquely.

The red liquid clung to Xiao Yan's skin, emitting faint warmth, his body turning increasingly crimson—this state lasted over ten minutes before slowly receding.

Of course, the pain had its rewards: Xiao Yan could clearly feel his body had opened the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, accelerating his absorption of Heavenly Energy by countless times.

For a Dou Zhe, reaching the Fourth Grade Blood Burning was like activating a cheat code—his cultivation realm rose continuously.

"Damn it, if I'd had Blood Burning back then, I'd have been a Dou Wang by the time I reached Jia Ma Empire!" Xiao Yan mentally grumbled.

As Xiao Yan felt the searing heat of Blood Burning, he followed the old man's instructions, leaping onto the wooden post—then *Boom! *—unprepared, he was blasted by the waterfall and plunged into the water.

"Kuang! I'm about to become a Dou Sage—do you really think this thing can stop me?"

*Boom! *

"Damn it!" he snarled through gritted teeth, leaping again with agility onto a massive boulder, gripping the Xuan Heavy Ruler and lunging toward the first wooden post with a ferocious swing.

*Crash! * The moment his feet touched the post, he instantly channeled Dou Qi, locking his feet firmly onto it; Dou Qi formed a protective barrier as the torrent slammed into his body—but this time, Xiao Yan miraculously held his ground.

"Hmph, is that all?"

But as Xiao Yan prepared to swing the Xuan Heavy Ruler, the weapon's weight combined with the waterfall's force hurled him backward again.

He burst from the water, only to be blasted back again.

Seeing Xiao Yan thrown once more, the old man remarked coolly: "Have you not yet grasped it? Your posture is wrong from the very start—how can you ever unleash the Perfect Flame-Partitioning Wave Ruler if you only channel Dou Qi?"

"Posture?"

The old man slapped Xiao Yan's back, subtly adjusting his stance: "Try again like this."

As expected, this time Xiao Yan successfully swung the ruler once—but when he attempted the second swing, his posture slipped again, and he was blasted backward.

Seated on a giant rock by the lake, the old man gazed at the boy relentlessly battling the waterfall with stubborn grit, and smiled faintly, a flicker of pride in his aged eyes.

"After you've swung three hundred times, go outside and gather the medicinal materials listed on these pill formulas—I'll show you the basics of Pill Alchemy. Oh, and you're on your own for meals—I don't provide food."

Hearing this, Xiao Yan's spirits plummeted—*Thud! *—he was blasted backward again.

He doesn't even feed me!

The thunderous roar of the waterfall echoed day after day, year after year through the valley; the damp mist completely isolated the Small Valley from the scorching heat beyond.

Beneath the silver-dragon-like torrent, the bare-chested boy gripped his massive black heavy ruler, relentlessly chopping at the raging current—each swing sent spray flying into the sky.

Xiao Yan's feet clung to the wooden post like the roots of a bush, faint yellow Dou Qi shimmering across his skin; every time the water struck him, a wisp of mist rose.

To chop into the current required immense force; the boy, having held his position for some time, now felt sharp, numbing pain in his arm muscles with every swing.

With trembling legs, Xiao Yan silently counted: "Two hundred ninety-nine… three hundred!"

*Boom! * A faint red light shot out—the waterfall split cleanly in two, its flow halting; seizing the moment, Xiao Yan pushed off with his legs and floated away from the post.

Of the ten massive wooden posts on the waterfall, Xiao Yan had now perfectly mastered them all!

"Yes! Finally conquered it!" Xiao Yan's face glowed with excitement!

Seeing Xiao Yan dancing with joy, the old man smiled warmly: "Heh, Xiao Yan, come eat your fish."

A fragrantly roasted fish was held up before him.

Xiao Yan inhaled deeply—the scent made his stomach rumble—he sat on the boulder, grinning as he took the fish from the old man and devoured it greedily.

Watching Xiao Yan, the old man chuckled, his gaze sweeping over the ten wooden posts beneath the waterfall: "Good. From today on, you no longer need to train the Flame-Partitioning Wave Ruler—you've mastered it. Now focus on Pill Alchemy and your cultivation realm."

Hearing he no longer needed to train the Flame-Partitioning Wave Ruler, Xiao Yan paused mid-bite, then looked up and smiled: "Understood, Master."

Time passed swiftly. With the aid of Blood Burning, Xiao Yan's cultivation swiftly reached Nine Star Peak Dou Zhe—just one step away from Dou Shi. One could say, if he wished, he could break through to Dou Shi at any moment.

On the cliff, Xiao Yan listened to the waterfall's roar, gazing at the breathtaking beauty of the Mo Shou Shan Mai, the sunset too magnificent to describe in words.

"The setting sun is infinitely beautiful—but it draws near dusk."

Gazing at the sunset's beauty, Xiao Yan felt no joy whatsoever; his eyes carried a trace of sorrow. He was nearly a Dou Shi—he knew, a Dou Shi must leave.

The old man's Soul Body drifted gently beside Xiao Yan, watching the sunset, and asked softly: "Xiao Yan, am I already dead?"

Xiao Yan's body trembled slightly, then nodded, his voice tinged with grief: "This is the Spirit Space of the Bodhi Ancient Tree—I am undergoing Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation."

At this, the old man's eyes brightened with delight; he patted Xiao Yan's shoulder: "Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation of the Bodhi Ancient Tree—this is an immense fortune. It seems you've truly grown to an extraordinary height."

"Go now—let me see how far your Pill Alchemy has come."

Hearing the old man's words, Xiao Yan slowly closed his eyes, fell silent for a moment, then nodded. Instantly, his cultivation ceased suppression—he broke through from Nine Star Peak Dou Zhe to Dou Shi.

The moment Xiao Yan broke through to Dou Shi, an immensely terrifying power erupted from within him! At that instant, all his cultivation returned—his Heavenly Realm Intermediate Soul Force made the entire Mo Shou Shan Mai tremble, the waterfall reversing its flow.

Eleven Strange Fires reappeared within Xiao Yan's Spirit Core; Mao Wu had fully evolved into Heavenly Emperor Fire and been refined by the Burning Scripture; the Burning Scripture itself had evolved into a Heavenly Rank Advanced Grade Cultivation Method—one of the most supreme techniques on the Dou Qi Continent.

Sensing the Burning Scripture's evolution to Heavenly Rank Advanced Grade, the old man nodded, his eyes tinged with sorrow. Only someone who had endured countless life-and-death trials could refine such a technique to this level.

Xiao Yan's cultivation surged upward—Dou Shi, Great Dou Shi, Dou Ling, Dou Wang, Dou Huang, Dou Zong, Dou Zun—and under the old man's watchful gaze, he shattered the very barrier his own body had never breached in life.

Achieved Dou Sage!

Not some half-baked Semi-Sage—but a true, genuine Dou Sage!

The might of the Dou Sage warped the Spirit Space; Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation neared its end.

A pitch-black Alchemy Furnace floated into view before Xiao Yan; seeing his old companion still there, the old man smiled with relief.

Dozens of medicinal materials flew out—so many they were unimaginable; the entire space was blanketed in herbs, over a thousand in total, surrounding Xiao Yan completely. A single pale green-glowing Bodhi Seed floated forth.

But Xiao Yan did not intend to refine a Bodhi Pill—besides the Bodhi Seed, he still possessed the Earth Heart Pearl he had obtained from the Ye Family—a Nine Rank Energy Core, usable to refine a Nine-Treasure Pill!

Xiao Yan had previously stated he could not refine Nine Rank Dan Yao, because he lacked the medicinal materials listed in the Nine Rank Pill Formula.

But now it was different—he had once lacked the materials, but through the old man's teachings over this time, he had filled every gap; now, within his mind, he held a complete Nine Rank Pill Formula.

Bodhi Great Restoration Pill—a Nine-Treasure Pill that increases a Nine Turns Peak Dou Zun's chance of breakthrough to Dou Sage by fifty percent.

Xiao Yan, no doubt a Pill Alchemy prodigy, quickly stilled his emotions and returned to peak Pill Alchemy state!

Seeing that Xiao Yan did not let his own affairs disrupt the pill refining, the old man slowly nodded.

With a hum, the brand-new fused strange fire, formed from eleven strange fires, slowly appeared in Xiao Yan's palm; the Fire Absorption Scripture reaching Heavenly Rank Advanced Grade meant the power of this fire in his hand had reached an inconceivable level!

Even though Pure Lotus Phantom Fire and Void Swallowing Flame were the only two unique strange fires in the world, the fused strange fire now in Xiao Yan's palm was certainly no weaker than them, for Heavenly Rank Advanced Grade meant the strongest on the Dou Qi Continent.

Nothing born on the Dou Qi Continent could surpass the Sage Emperor, and the Emperor transcended the rules of the Dou Qi Continent—thus, something called Source Qi was required to reach the Emperor realm.

When Xiao Yan sent the strange fire into the Black Demon, the Black Demon instantly released a pitch-black energy, as if it had never truly acknowledged Xiao Yan as its master until this very moment—now it erupted with unprecedented power.

Xiao Yan's movements were neither hurried nor slow; his pill refining flowed like clouds and water, every action—from introducing medicinal materials to refining—completed in one seamless motion. At this moment, Xiao Yan seemed to have returned to simplicity and purity; his movements finally reached perfection, naturally harmonious, as if embodying the ultimate truth of heaven and earth.

Every motion—whether alchemy technique, fire control, or soul force—left one in awe. Even the old man nodded repeatedly, lost in Xiao Yan's flawless, fluid alchemy technique.

Under the old man's gaze, Xiao Yan remained calm and composed; every movement perfectly matched the nature and age of each medicinal material, every control confident and orderly.

The time required to refine a Nine-Treasure Pill was long—fully three months—but to Xiao Yan, those three months felt too swift.

At this moment, heaven and earth plunged into darkness; above the sky of the Mo Shou Shan Mai, clouds rapidly gathered from all directions.

The clouds that formed this time were an extremely profound darkness.

Black Clouds blanketed the sky, with no sound of thunder, yet when one gazed upon those deep clouds that seemed to swallow even vision, one's very Spiritual Soul trembled faintly.

Black Demon Thunder! The ultimate thunder summoned only by a Nine-Treasure Pill! Its power rivaled a single strike from a Sage Emperor!

Seeing the appearance of Black Demon Thunder, the old man behind him smiled with delight in his aged eyes—his disciple, whom he had taught and passed on his legacy, had indeed refined a Nine-Treasure Pill.

Pitch-black lightning churned within the Black Cloud, as if a black dragon flickered in and out of sight; the black dragon seemed to chase a dragon pearl, its eyes locked immovably on the pill within the Alchemy Furnace, as if devouring that pill would allow it to become a True Dragon.

Seeing the Black Demon Thunder, Xiao Yan hesitated.

Seeing Xiao Yan's hesitation, the old man smiled faintly and said, "Go. Let nothing disturb you. You will go farther."

Xiao Yan, with his back to the old man, felt his right hand tremble; with a hum, the Xuan Heavy Ruler appeared before him. For the first time, Xiao Yan's movement was now perfectly flawless.

The eleven strange fires fused onto the Xuan Heavy Ruler; at the moment Xiao Yan assumed his most perfect stance, all of heaven and earth fell utterly silent—not a Heavenly Rank Dou Technique, yet surpassing even Heavenly Rank!

With a boom, the Black Demon Thunder transformed into a colossal black dragon and lunged at Xiao Yan. In the next instant, Xiao Yan gripped the ruler's handle tightly, and the terrifying power of a Sage Emperor burst forth through his body, all Heaven and Earth Power converging.

"Flame Split. Swallowing Wave Ruler!!!" Xiao Yan roared, his eyes bloodshot, swinging violently at the Black Demon Thunder!

Shattered—a perfect flame blade split the Black Demon Thunder in two. But what was split was not only the Black Demon Thunder; the world itself, and the Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation, were cleaved apart.

One hundred reincarnations—but for Xiao Yan, there had truly been only one.

At this moment, Xiao Yan felt no joy, no elation from breaking through to the Sage Emperor realm, no triumph from refining the Nine-Treasure Pill; single drops of sorrowful tears fell from his eyes, landing upon the Xuan Heavy Ruler.

For he had sensed that, with the end of the Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation and the disappearance of this world, the old man's body was also fading away, slowly dissolving into specks of light.

Xiao Yan had transmigrated to the Dou Qi Continent thirty years! He had felt sorrow, he had wept before—but this time was the most heartbroken he had ever been.

Crackle, crackle, crackle—sounds came from all directions, revealing the tree spirit space of the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

He was now a Sage Emperor, a Nine Grade Alchemist; the Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation had ended, and it was time to say farewell. And this farewell would be forever—there would be no second chance. It was a final parting.

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