Chapter 322

Good. When the time comes, if you become a Heavenly Tier Alchemist, you will surely gain the approval of the Ye family's patriarch. Then you and your mother will be able to recognize each other.

Hearing this, Ye Chen clenched his fists, and the image of an extraordinarily beautiful woman appeared in his mind.

That was a portrait of his mother that his father later showed him.

She was an extraordinarily beautiful woman, yet she had been imprisoned in the Ye family's Sin Valley for seventeen years!

Thinking of this.

Ye Chen's thought moved, and the Bone-chilling Netherfire appeared, beginning to nurture the Heaven‑Swallowing Crucible.

Alchemy!

A Heavenly Tier Alchemist must infuse Dao Resonance into the medicinal pills.

Now he has stepped into the Emperor Realm and also possesses his own Dao Resonance; to become a Heavenly Tier Alchemist he only needs to practice a bit more.

This time he is going to refine the Heavenly Tier Overlord Blood Pill!

This pill requires hundreds of high‑grade spiritual herbs, the technique is extremely complex, and one must constantly monitor the herbs' reactions and the temperature of the spiritual fire.

Once refined, if swallowed, it can greatly increase one's qi and blood strength within the time it takes to burn an incense stick, directly multiplying combat power several times!

If he integrates his martial dao resonance into it, the potency of this Overlord Blood Pill would likely become even more fierce!

Soon.

The cauldron was already warm; Ye Chen's hand seals shifted, endless brilliant Divine Light struck the alchemy furnace, and he tossed in various spiritual herbs.

His alchemy technique is a fusion of three traditions: the Ye family's, the Five‑Star Dao of the Pill Emperor, and the Cloud Pill Sect's inheritance!

Extract their essence!

Medicine Dust was meanwhile giving pointers from the side.

Several days later.

The cauldron opened, and a wisp of pill fragrance floated up.

Ye Chen opened the furnace lid and saw three blood‑red pills lying still inside, each condensed with three halos of pill, emanating 'Dao' and 'Resonance'.

Medicine Dust's face was filled with shock.

Ye Chen's alchemy talent is too heaven‑defying!

This is actually his first time refining a Heavenly Tier pill!

From the Earthly Tier to the Heavenly Tier there is a gulf that ordinary people cannot cross, yet Ye Chen crossed it in a single step.

Back then, refining a Heavenly Tier pill took him dozens of years before he finally succeeded!

But at this moment, Ye Chen kept shaking his head, 'My alchemy level… still needs practice!'

He was very dissatisfied.

Medicine Dust wanted to speak but held back.

Ye Chen began to continue alchemy; he deeply knew that to enter the Ye family and gain its approval, he must astonish everyone.

His alchemy isn't measured against Ye Huanhuan and them; he wants to compete with the veteran Heavenly Tier Alchemists!

From now on, there will be three kinds of pills in Nan Huang: the Ye family's, those refined by Ye Chen, and others.

Ye Chen's refining is very conscientious; he constantly summarizes and constantly refines pills.

If he feels a bit fatigued, he simply sits cross‑legged on the ground and begins to cultivate the Wilderness Heaven Secret and the Plucking Stars Hand.

Dual cultivation of alchemy and martial arts!

Ye Yan couldn't help but feel moved in his heart, 'Liuli, you have borne a fine son!'

……

The Thousand Illusion Sect.

In an ancient heavenly pool, steam rose and mists layered; only a single extraordinarily beautiful figure bathed there—it was Liu Xuan.

Liu Xuan seemed to step out of a scroll; her well‑proportioned figure was captivating, her perfect curves faintly visible through the mist. She wore no clothing, only her flowing black hair casually covering her vital parts, yet still tantalizingly hinted at, making one want to explore further.

Her slender jade hand moved, the dark liquid in the heavenly pool clear and bright, slowly dripping onto her snow‑white neck, then sliding down to her fragrant shoulders, and finally landing on her two perfect curves.

A bewitching smile curled at the corner of her mouth; these past few days they had already obtained the ultimate legacy of the Thousand Illusion Sect.

The Thousand Illusion Sect lives up to its name—with myriad transformations, a single thought can evolve all things in heaven and earth.

This ancient heavenly pool is precisely what she evolved using illusionary arts!

Now, she has stepped into the Quasi‑Emperor Realm.

Not long after.

Liu Xuan's jade feet moved gracefully; wearing no clothing, she walked out of the heavenly pool, beneath her feet gathering brilliant petals, a faint fragrance rising from her body, and she murmured, 'When the false is taken as true, the true also becomes false; when the true is taken as false, the false also becomes true.'

As long as she comprehends this, she can step into the Emperor Realm.

She sat cross‑legged, a light long robe drifting down casually, and she fell into a state of sudden enlightenment.

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The Stone Firm Sect.

Here the mountains are linked and rolling, the terrain uneven, huge stones everywhere; countless caves and stone halls endure eternally, built among the chaotic rocks, and Fang Yan is in seclusion here.

As soon as he stepped into this place, he felt a fateful connection with it!

Fang Yan looked around and saw the shattered 'Dao' and 'Resonance' constantly intertwining, magnificent and vast, as solid as something indestructible.

Half a day later, Fang Yan stepped into an area of stone steles; this is the cemetery of the Stone Firm Sect.

It buried countless powerhouses!

Fang Yan gazed at the first tombstone.

"Just as the Stone Mother said, I am merely a stone, I understand nothing. I have done it, guarding the sect."

Fang Yan frowned, 'Stone Mother?'

During this half day, as he walked along, he saw many markings of the Stone Mother; it is said that the entire Stone Firm Sect's cultivation methods were comprehended from the Stone Mother.

On the second stone tablet, a sentence was inscribed.

The Firm Rock Sect exists from birth to protect! But if enemies invade, we will perish together, jade and stone alike!

Fang Yan's expression turned solemn as he kept walking deeper, and finally he saw a stone enshrined by the branch of the Firm Rock Sect.

This is the Stone Mother, bearing ancient text describing it; the Stone Mother comes from an unknown place in the fallen star sea, indestructible, an innate object, perhaps originating from chaos.

The inheritance of the Firm Rock Sect comes from the Stone Mother!

After another half day, Fang Yan passed the examination of the Firm Rock Sect and received the inheritance of its branch.

Fang Yan fell into a stone hall, his upper body bare, his whole body radiating golden light, mysterious patterns flowing across his skin as he began cultivating the Firm Rock Scripture.

With each breath, he circulated his qi and blood, causing the ground to tremble; moreover, his inner world emitted waves of sound.

The Firm Rock Scripture contains many attack methods.

Fang Yan began to examine them one by one.

"Petrifying Starfall! Transform the flesh into rock and directly blast the enemy!"

Fang Yan muttered, "This is a move that kills a thousand enemies while damaging oneself eight hundred."

He looked at the next one.

"Earth Splitting Strike! With a thought, the flesh merges with the earth, and fragments of earth fly forth to bombard the enemy!"

Fang Yan began to activate it, and with a boom, a huge stone condensed from the stone forest and rolled off into the distance!

"Not bad, not bad." Fang Yan muttered.

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Heaven Sword Sect branch.

This expanse of heaven and earth is vast; on a mountain peak stands a giant Spirit Sword plunged into the Spirit Peak, condensing a terrifying sword aura!

Luo Lingkong rose into the air in a long robe, the Spirit Sword at his waist flying up on its own, drawn by that terrifying sword aura, and shot straight toward the giant Spirit Sword.

"Huh?"

Luo Lingkong frowned and flew straight to the location of the giant sword.

The next instant.

He stepped into an illusory giant pagoda.

"The examination of the Heaven Sword Sect branch begins!"

A voice sounded.

Countless illusory sword blades slashed toward Luo Lingkong, who sacrificed his Spirit Sword and unleashed a single strike.

"Instant Void Sword!"

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