Chapter 828

Seeing that exquisitely crafted orb radiating divine light, Zhu Kun felt a bitter pang in his heart—why hadn't he ever been so lucky?

Cai Lin's blood essence was not only of extremely high quality, but Xiao Yan had carefully extracted the violent components, leaving only the purest portions, ensuring no rejection reaction occurred during condensation and no pain.

Such a separation technique made Qiao Shihong, who was not skilled in pill alchemy, tremble in awe—this was undoubtedly a Grandmaster-level method, a divine technique!

"Cai Lin, there's no time to waste—enter the Spirit Gathering Array, use its power combined with this blood essence, and breaking through your bottleneck should be no problem." Xiao Yan gently pushed forward, and the golden-glowing amber liquid slowly drifted toward Cai Lin.

Cai Lin took a deep breath, her expression turning solemn as she looked at Xun Er, who was maintaining the Spirit Array, and said, "Thank you, Xun Er."

"It's nothing," Xun Er whispered softly.

Entering the deep spiritual energy space of the Spirit Gathering Array, the entire space was filled with dense spiritual energy—whirr! A brilliant Nine-Colored Light flashed, and in that instant, a Nine-Colored Sea Giant Python swallowed the blood essence whole, absorbing its medicinal power at an unbelievable speed.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Three Infernal Flames—Ten Thousand Beasts Spiritual Flame, Fallen Heart Flame, and Green Lotus Earth Core Fire—surged from Cai Lin's brow, instantly filling the space with intertwining infernal flames—whirr! At that moment, divine light flowed over Cai Lin's body, weaving ancient Spiritual Energy Sealing Array Runes across her massive scales.

The Sea Giant Python bore the heavens—now, Cai Lin's spiritual pressure surged like a boundless titan capable of lifting the Nine Heavens.

Cai Lin slowly closed her eyes, coiling her body, her scales gradually withering as all energy and light retreated inward, as if molting, awaiting reincarnation.

Sensing Cai Lin's transformation, the terrifying power surging within her, Xiao Yan finally relaxed and sat cross-legged to restore his Spiritual Power and spiritual energy; now only Xun Er remained unbroken through to Earth Supreme, and the Ancient Earth Mother Divine Pill was naturally reserved for her.

Meanwhile, atop a peak beyond the villa, Wu Ling Tian Zun stood at its summit, gazing far off at the villa where Xiao Yan and the others were.

He did not forcibly sense the interior using his Tian Zun power, but he had witnessed the moment when cosmic spiritual energy was summoned—he understood Xiao Yan was currently refining a pill.

"He's giving me time to decide, showing me part of his pill refining method," Wu Ling Tian Zun, who had lived ten thousand years and once was a Xianpin Zhenzun Zhenzun Zhenzun Zhenzun Zhenzun Zhenzun Zhenzun Zhenzun Zhenzun Zhenzun Zhenzun Zhenzun Zhenzun Tian Zun, could not possibly miss Xiao Yan's intent.

Xiao Yan had already purchased everything yet remained on Shang Zhi Da Lu—he was clearly signaling the transaction was still ongoing, both sides were negotiating. Wu Ling Tian Zun even knew Xiao Yan was bluffing—he currently lacked the ability to cure him.

Yet Xiao Yan truly possessed a unique method and had accurately diagnosed Wu Ling Tian Zun's illness—he was confident he could cure him in the future.

Xiao Yan wanted Wu Ling Tian Zun to hand over the Divine Stone first, then he would refine the pill to heal him; Wu Ling Tian Zun demanded Xiao Yan prove he could cure him before receiving the Divine Stone.

Logically, Wu Ling Tian Zun was reasonable—Xiao Yan was forcing the deal.

You're right—but this is an Alchemist!

An Alchemist can enhance power, heal wounds, break seals, detoxify, strengthen the body, accomplish the impossible—a single Elixir can reverse fate.

Alchemists are this ruthless and unreasonable!

And Xiao Yan is the only Alchemist who, upon one glance, accurately named his illness and claimed he could cure it. Wu Ling Tian Zun has run out of options—Xiao Yan is nearly his only hope.

But this hope might be a fraud!

If not for Nu Shan Medicine Saint standing beside Xiao Yan, Wu Ling Tian Zun would never have paid him any attention—he would have deemed Xiao Yan a fraud and crushed him with a single palm.

"I'll see what you're truly capable of."

Three more days passed before Nu Shan Medicine Saint hurriedly crafted the Pill Formula for the Ancient Earth Mother Divine Pill.

"Here, we've only gathered enough medicinal materials for one batch—you've never refined this before, yet you're so confident you'll succeed on the first try?" Nu Shan Medicine Saint stared at the dense array of medicinal materials laid out before Xiao Yan.

Aside from the main ingredient—the ten-thousand-year Earth Mother Spirit Liquid—all other medicinal materials had been paid for by Nu Shan Medicine Saint himself.

Xiao Yan's teaching fee was undoubtedly exorbitant.

"No," Xiao Yan spread his hands calmly. "Though I've refined Divine-Star Pills, this is my first time refining a high-grade Divine Pill."

Nu Shan Medicine Saint froze in place—so his medicinal materials were doomed to be wasted?!

"Watch my Pill Refining Method carefully. There's only one set of materials—I can only demonstrate once. This isn't just the unique Pill Refining Method of my Lower Plane—it's fused with the foundational techniques of the Ancient Ten Thousand Grasslands."

"Whether you succeed or not, if you can comprehend even a fraction of this and combine it with your own methods and experience, your chance of becoming a Grandmaster Alchemist will be substantial." Xiao Yan stared at the Alchemy Furnace before him and spoke slowly.

Hearing this, Nu Shan Medicine Saint's eyes flickered with unusual light—he couldn't recall when he'd last received instruction from another.

Beside him, Xiao Yixian even slowly activated her Supreme Law Body to guard Xiao Yan.

The atmosphere grew heavy, the entire villa falling silent—huh! Suddenly, an Infernal Flame erupted from the Alchemy Furnace.

Xiao Yan moved like lightning, instantly plucking a silver-white horn shaped like a deer's antler from the sea of medicinal materials—it was the horn of a Dragon Clan Spiritual Beast—and tossed it into the furnace, where the Infernal Flame ground it into powder like a millstone.

The next instant, Xiao Yan reached out, seized a vial from the dense array of herbs, and pulled out a living creature as thick as an arm—its entire body gleamed golden, as if forged from pure gold, especially the blood-red eye on its forehead, which flashed crimson the moment Xiao Yan gripped it, the bloodlight as sharp as a divine blade.

This creature's Rank was certainly not weak—Xiao Yan seized it, condensed a needle of Infernal Flame at his fingertip, pierced its blood sea, extracted a single drop of blood, and sent it flying into the furnace to merge with the powdered dragon horn.

Xiao Yan's expression grew grim—this was his first true full-power pill refinement in the Great Thousand World, and he had only one chance.

The Pill Formula for the Ancient Earth Mother Divine Pill differed greatly from those of the Great Thousand World—evident from the ingredients: not only were various herbs required, but also special anomalous bones and blood from living creatures.

One by one, herbs and anomalous bones were hurled into the furnace by Xiao Yan, their medicinal substances instantly attracting each other like magnets.

The aura within the villa grew increasingly tense—Xiao Yan's Soul Force surged like a storm, his "eyes" fixed on the changes within the Medicinal Essence, not a single variation escaping his Soul Force Perception.

His Fire Control Power was unimaginably precise, manipulating temperature without damaging a single herb.

"This is the Soul Force he spoke of—his Pill Refining Method is truly unlike any I've seen," Nu Shan Medicine Saint stared intently at Xiao Yan, who made no effort to conceal his technique.

"Such exquisite Fire Control Power—his command of flame surpasses mine! What Divine Technique is this?" Nu Shan Medicine Saint was an expert in flame control—once a master reveals his hand, another master instantly understands the depth.

Even now, the Burning Scripture remained Xiao Yan's strongest trump card.

When the timing was ripe, Xiao Yan moved like lightning, acting without hesitation—his timing and dosage for each ingredient were flawless.

Xiao Yan observed the Medicinal Essence's changes with his Soul Power, grasped the precise moment, and recalled the names and properties of each herb, subtly adjusting the Pill Formula's proportions based on real-time conditions and differing materials.

Days passed—more and more herbs were added, more and more medicinal substances refined and fused, the Medicinal Essence undergoing countless transformations. Even with his sky-piercing Soul Force, calculating every change from each herb's fusion made Xiao Yan's expression grow heavier, his breathing increasingly rapid.

High-grade Divine Pills required nearly a million ingredients—fewer, Xiao Yan could manage easily; but with so many, the medicinal properties risked unpredictable reactions. He now clenched his fists, visibly tense, beads of sweat the size of soybeans trickling from his forehead.

"Xiao Yan," Xiao Yixian beside him clenched her fists, equally tense.

"Brother Xiao Yan, Xun Er believes in you."

Xun Er and Xiao Yixian were both infected by the tension—they couldn't help but grow anxious, their hearts suspended high, nearly lodged in their throats, their delicate fists tightly clenched.

A month passed swiftly—just extracting the herbs had taken a full month, and this was only possible because Xiao Yan possessed Tian Zun-level Infernal Flames; an ordinary Alchemist would need a year and a half to extract all these herbs.

As more herbs were added, the energy within the Medicinal Essence grew increasingly violent—now, even before becoming a Pill, it resembled a living entity, as if nurturing a world.

As more herbs were thrown in, the football-sized Medicinal Essence seemed to sense its impending explosion, growing frenzied—terrible energies slammed against the Alchemy Furnace, yet no matter how wild it became, it could not escape, held fast by Xiao Yan's Soul Power and Infernal Flames.

To prevent the energy from running wild and causing refinement failure.

This exquisite method and pinpoint control left Nu Shan Medicine Saint spellbound—Xiao Yan's Pill Refining Method was utterly unlike his own, something he had never seen.

"Ten-thousand-year Earth Mother Spirit Liquid." Xiao Yan's gaze sharpened as he placed the final main ingredient—the most vital Ten-thousand-year Earth Mother Spirit Liquid—into the Alchemy Furnace.

Seeing the final ingredient of the Ancient Earth Mother Divine Pill placed into the Alchemy Furnace, Nu Shan the Medicine Saint's heart rose high in suspense—he too had once refined the Ancient Earth Mother Divine Pill, but never as swiftly as Xiao Yan.

With a thunderous boom, as the ten-thousand-year Earth Mother Spirit Liquid was poured into the Alchemy Furnace, it wrapped the medicinal essence inside like a mother's arms, tightly embracing it.

The medicinal essence within the Alchemy Furnace seemed to make its final resistance, striking with an unparalleled posture, trying to break free.

"Hmph." Xiao Yan let out a cold snort in his heart, his gaze sharpening—he instantly activated the Demon Asura Spirit Body, and a colossal three-headed six-armed demon god statue appeared within the courtyard's pocket realm.

The moment the Demon Asura Spirit Body manifested, a terrifying Soul Power crushed down; no matter how violently the Pill's energy surged, it could not shatter the Alchemy Furnace, nor escape Xiao Yan's control.

Finally, the medicinal essence lay still within the Alchemy Furnace, the ten-thousand-year Earth Mother Spirit Liquid fully merged into it; the mass of essence underwent a tremendous transformation—once dark and murky, it gradually cleared, slowly turning into the primordial hues of heaven and earth.

At last, the medicinal essence within the Alchemy Furnace slowly solidified, shrinking under the burn of the Strange Fire into the shape of a Primitive Pill; now, the Primitive Pill was smooth as fat, tender as butter, emitting waves of fragrant aroma. The scent drifted into the nose, instantly filling one with bliss, making the body feel weightless, as if one were sprouting wings and ready to soar into the heavens.

"My god, he actually succeeded in fusing the ingredients—on the first try!" Even Nu Shan the Medicine Saint, a figure of such stature, cried out; though the Pill was not yet fully complete, the most difficult part of the Ancient Earth Mother Divine Pill was refining and merging a million ingredients.

Because these million ingredients were all extraordinarily unique—some alive, some medicinal, some mineral—their transformations were unimaginably complex; succeeding on the first attempt was nothing short of a miracle—even if the Medicine Saint were to reincarnate, he would not believe it.

Three more days passed, and the Primitive Pill within the Alchemy Furnace had condensed from the size of a football to that of an infant's fist, leaving only the final step.

Xiao Yan changed his hand seals and roared: "Spirit Pupil Opens Heaven, Soul Gathered in the Cosmos!"

As Xiao Yan's cry echoed, a violent wind erupted across the heavens; his right eye turned golden, and a beam of golden Sage light pierced straight through the Sky of Shang Zhi Da Lu, as if punching a hole through the universe—boundless energy poured from the depths of the cosmos, flooding toward the Alchemy Furnace.

Finally, controlled by Xiao Yan's Soul Force, it formed a mottled Energy Storm, howling furiously across the sky, then entirely swallowed into the Alchemy Furnace.

Boom—boom—boom! At that moment, the earth shook and the heavens trembled; all of Shang Zhi Da Lu quaked, its Sky transforming into a colossal hourglass as cosmic energy surged toward Xiao Yan's location.

"This, this, this—what's happening?"

Countless cultivators on Shang Zhi Da Lu collapsed onto the ground in terror—this was the most terrifying thing they had ever witnessed; the entire continent plunged into darkness, with no trace of sky or sun.

"Someone is refining a Pill!"

"This is… a high-tier Divine Pill!"

"In the direction of Shang Cheng, someone is refining a Supreme Divine Pill!!"

(End of Chapter)