[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-king-of-all-manifestations":3,"chapter-king-of-all-manifestations-king-of-all-manifestations-chapter-216":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","King of All Manifestations",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2288052,4474,"Chapter 216: Hongni Spirit Liquid","king-of-all-manifestations-chapter-216",216,"\u003Cp>Li Luo’s words stirred up a commotion among the many Phase Crafters. Gaze after gaze fell upon him in astonishment; they felt that this Young Mansion Master’s improvement in Phase Crafting was as casual as drinking water...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a few days ago he was only at the Second Grade, and today he is already at the Third?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One must know that these people here had only reached the Third Grade after several years of cultivation, but Li Luo? It seemed like it had only been a little over half a year, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was his talent for cultivating Phase Crafting really this high?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Young Mansion Master is truly a genius at cultivating Phase Crafting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Tang Yun sighed, though he did not seem overly incredulous. After all, geniuses truly could not be judged by conventional standards; before the Third Grade, Phase Crafting was merely foundational, and if one’s talent was sufficient, improvement could indeed be very rapid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, the Young Mansion Master has only just advanced to the Third Grade. I fear you are not yet proficient in refining Third Grade Spirit Liquid and Wonder Light. Are you sure this assessment is still necessary?\" Tang Yun asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Yun was currently a Fourth Grade Phase Crafter, only a single step away from the Fifth Grade. Although Li Luo had now reached the Third Grade, there was still a gap between the two in terms of refining experience and ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, even though Li Luo had displayed an overwhelming advantage in the previous two assessments, Tang Yun was not overly worried about this third one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under identical material conditions, he held the advantage in both experience and ability; it would not be so easy for Li Luo to win.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing Tang Yun’s inquiry, Li Luo smiled and said, \"Since the assessment was already decided, how could I cancel it? You need not feel any pressure; just perform to the best of your ability.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Yun looked at the gently smiling Li Luo, his heart filled with complex emotions. The Young Mansion Master was truly an upright and honorable person; such magnanimity was enough to make one submit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The time is about right; let us prepare to begin,\" Li Luo scanned the surroundings and then smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following this, a large crowd surged toward the site of the previous assessments. Two refining rooms stood on either side of the spacious clearing, with identical materials stacked neatly inside each.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having gone through the previous two assessments, everyone was very familiar with this, so Li Luo and Tang Yun did not say much more, each entering a refining room covered by transparent crystal glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Qing’e, Cai Wei, and Yan Lingqing stood together; their distinct and exceptional appearances drew many gazes that were secretly sizing them up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Qing’e’s golden eyes swept over the surroundings almost imperceptibly. She had a feeling that the number of gazes fixed on the Xiyang House headquarters today seemed to be more than usual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lingqing, although the Young Mansion Master has reached the Third Grade of Phase Crafting, compared to that Tang Yun, he should still be a bit lacking, right?\" Cai Wei whispered, consulting Yan Lingqing, the professional.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Lingqing crossed her arms and said, \"Actually, under normal circumstances, even if Li Luo has talent in Phase Crafting, he shouldn't be able to compete with a veteran Fourth Grade Phase Crafter in the refining power of Spirit Liquid and Wonder Light...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In fact, never mind the refining power, I suspect that in a moment, when Li Luo refines the Third Grade Spirit Liquid and Wonder Light, he will likely fail quite a few times.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If the person on the field weren't Li Luo, I would almost feel that this assessment had no real necessity.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Lingqing spoke quite bluntly, because from her professional perspective, Li Luo’s current behavior was that of a newly advanced Third Grade Phase Crafter challenging a veteran Fourth Grade Phase Crafter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was not quite the same as the previous two assessments. After all, Li Luo was extremely familiar with the First and Second Grade Spirit Liquid and Wonder Light, but this Third Grade Spirit Liquid and Wonder Light not only had a complexity that had increased exponentially, but most crucially, Li Luo was not very familiar with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This would lead to some unavoidable mistakes during his refining process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Cai Wei’s willow brows furrowed, and she asked worriedly, \"Then in this assessment, doesn't that mean the Young Mansion Master has no chance of winning at all?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Lingqing tilted her head slightly, and a hint of a smile appeared on her cold, elegant face: \"I just said, the points I mentioned were all under the premise of... if the person on the field wasn't Li Luo.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This guy, I can't see through him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze flicked toward the slender, upright figure of Li Luo in the refining room, and a meaningful smile curled her lips. The refining between the two sides looked truly fair—the materials were identical, and neither could use secret source water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However... because Li Luo had once assisted Yan Lingqing in refining Spirit Liquid and Wonder Light, she was likely the only one who could vaguely guess the source of Li Luo’s secret source water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These branch Phase Crafters all thought their Young Mansion Master was as magnanimous as the sea, fair and just, but they could never imagine that beneath that handsome face lay a smile as cunning as a fox.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be truly played for a fool and yet still sigh with emotion at the Young Mansion Master’s magnanimity and uprightness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Yan Lingqing would not be so pedantic as to think there was anything wrong with Li Luo using such methods, because this was, after all, a battle of wits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Cai Wei and Yan Lingqing were talking, the refining on the field had already begun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Spirit Liquid and Wonder Light being refined by both sides was a Third Grade spirit liquid called \"Hongni Spirit Liquid.\" This was a two-star formula developed by Xiyang House; its grade was not particularly high, but it was perfectly suited for the two to use in a competition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the president of a Xiyang House branch, Tang Yun was naturally no stranger to this \"Hongni Spirit Liquid,\" so he was extremely skillful as he refined it. One could see the materials being wrapped in the power of his Water Phase, then rapidly crushed; the power of the Water Phase fused with the materials, refining them time and again to dissolve the impurities contained within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That fluid, effortless refining technique made many people nod secretly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being able to become a branch president, Tang Yun’s own ability was indeed not to be underestimated. It seemed it would not be long before he reached the threshold of a Fifth Grade Phase Crafter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And a Fifth Grade Phase Crafter, even anywhere in the Great Xia, could be considered high-level talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some gazes turned toward the opposite refining room, and then worry appeared in the eyes of the headquarters' Phase Crafters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because they saw that compared to Tang Yun, whose refining was as smooth as flowing water, Li Luo’s technique appeared much more unrefined. He even made mistakes from time to time while refining certain materials, which caused Li Luo’s progress to lag far behind Tang Yun’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regarding this point, everyone understood that it was because Li Luo had only just advanced to the Third Grade, so he was still somewhat unfamiliar with refining Third Grade Spirit Liquid and Wonder Light. This was unavoidable; after all, no matter how much of a genius one was, when first encountering Spirit Liquid and Wonder Light that one was not yet familiar with, mistakes would occur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Li Luo’s performance was already considered quite good; after all, although mistakes occasionally occurred during the refining of materials, he was ultimately completing them bit by bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time slipped away quietly amidst the nervous gaze of the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as the final assessment was being conducted in a tense atmosphere within the Xiyang House headquarters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a private room of a restaurant on the street outside the headquarters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Hao sat leisurely, with Pang Qianchi sitting opposite him. However, the latter’s expression was somewhat anxious, his gaze occasionally cast toward the distant Xiyang House headquarters, but due to the distance, he had no way of seeing the scene within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Manager Pei Hao, are you not worried?\" Pang Qianchi looked at Pei Hao, who appeared as steady as a fisherman on a pedestal, and could not help but ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Hao smiled slightly, picked up the teapot to pour himself a cup of tea, and then looked toward the distant Xiyang House headquarters, a cold, dark light flashing in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The good show is about to begin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wonder if Li Luo will be able to handle this big gift package of mine?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1483,"2026-06-20T03:27:23.471Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","f5643f8c6633cacbaa7720549017063f020c538338b6ea9e5e66fe9749421e8e","king-of-all-manifestations-chapter-217","king-of-all-manifestations-chapter-215",999,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fking-of-all-manifestations-cover.jpg"]