Chapter 163: Another Yi Ge

"Beep, beep, beep!"

"Warning, warning. The host's physical body has reached its limit. Radiation, pollution, alienation, and other indices have all exceeded the safety threshold by a hundredfold."

"Hongdou will now act on your orders to forcibly terminate the viewing of the Wanderer's Log."

"Please initiate self-purification immediately, or Hongdou will take the initiative to purge the pollution for you."

Inside the dilapidated-looking Immortal Castle, within a luxuriously appointed viewing room, this mechanical warning voice rang out abruptly.

Following the voice came the sounds of chainswords, electric blade guns, and other weapons being activated and drawn.

Clearly!

If Li Yu did not obediently stop watching those images carrying terrifying pollution and begin self-purification, Hongdou would take matters into her own hands in accordance with their master-servant contract.

Her methods usually involved physical cutting, electric blade surgery, or using cremation fire to clean the body.

It certainly wouldn't kill Li Yu, whose body was already inhumanly monstrous, but he would inevitably suffer excruciating pain.

Hearing this warning, Li Yu had no choice but to rise from the incredibly comfortable chair, waving his hand to stop the little thing that had been serving as a projector.

And at the very moment Li Yu stood up!

Terrifying, various forms of pollution erupted in the dim room like a "geyser."

For instance, Li Yu's body suddenly seemed to be splashed with sulfuric acid, becoming pitted and scarred by corrosion...

Or perhaps his entire person began to emit a scarlet color, like the radiance of a blood-star, his internal vitality becoming twisted and exuberant, manifesting on his body as various malformed growths...

There was also the sudden, intense fear of angles, and the wailing of some bizarre creature began to echo in his ears, making him afraid to look at the corners of the room...

Even more bizarrely, desires began to churn in the depths of his heart—desires related to reproduction—and his hands and feet began to transform into goat hooves and tentacles.

There was too much; it was as if, at this very moment, Li Yu was being polluted by a multitude of divine entities simultaneously.

His originally eerie and handsome body became ugly and twisted in the blink of an eye.

Could a mere "Alchemist" sequence handle all this?

If Li Yu were an ordinary Alchemist, he naturally could not.

Even if he were a true Daoist Physician, being bombarded by so much divine pollution all at once would leave no other possibility than alienation and sudden death.

But Li Yu was vastly different.

From the time he was a Pill Apprentice, he had already distinguished himself from ordinary practitioners of the Spirit Venerable path. After all, other practitioners of the same path could not obtain the extra skill of Medicinal Cuisine at the initial sequence, and later, he had gained the "Demon Body."

Furthermore, he had obtained the blessing and divinity shared by Yi Ge, daughter of the Vortex God.

These were still not enough; the divine artifacts he used to sublimate his Pill Fire and Consumption arts were all top-tier existences.

The Heavenly Flame Essence and the Food God's Blood Tongue!

Both were top-tier divine artifacts.

Even when the 【Spirit Venerable】 was still alive, the believers and followers under His command could not have used these two items to make their Pill Fire and Consumption arts undergo such a metamorphosis.

Not to mention the True Reason Soul Body he brought with him when he was reborn and transmigrated.

So many unique traits superimposed together created an anomaly.

Which is to say!

In this world, he was currently the only Alchemist like this.

He could both withstand pollution that exceeded the limit by a hundredfold and resolve it.

At this moment, as Li Yu stood up.

He directly formed a thought in his heart: "Pill Fire Furnace!"

As soon as the thought arose, a massive amount of incredibly eerie flames surged within Li Yu, so intense that they appeared multicolored, with blue, purple, and black flickering in alternation.

Greedily, "fire snakes" drilled out from within his body, sweeping up the erupting pollution one by one and wrapping it back into Li Yu's body.

Inside his body, which was burning to the point of transparency, there seemed to exist a furnace of flames.

Once all the pollution entered, it was refined and incinerated.

Seeing this scene!

That Heavenly Flame Essence immediately perked up, excitedly drilling into Li Yu's body.

With its addition, the furnace burned even more fiercely.

Even though almost all the pollution was intangible, it was still burned into nothingness by this terrifying Pill Fire imbued with divinity.

During this process, Li Yu also directly utilized the Consumption Art.

Although the concentration of this pollution was not enough to formulate 【Daoist Physician Secret Medicine】, it allowed Li Yu to clearly perceive the filth and divinity within, preparing him for his advancement.

In fact, he gained something very quickly.

When the Pill Fire Furnace extinguished, Li Yu, having returned to his normal form, seemed to still be savoring the taste of that pollution.

Smacking his lips, he muttered:

"The Burrowing Demon Worm race is very difficult to deal with. If one encounters a group, death is certain. If it's just a single larva, using Pill Fire or having Hongdou use sonic weapons might offer a chance of survival... The acid they spit can also be countered by Pill Fire and can be healed."

"The pollution of the Blood Age Star Lord can provide twisted and exuberant vitality, which can grant immense power, but the price is becoming inhuman and losing one's self. However, it seems this can be suppressed and slowly healed through bloodletting therapy."

"That pack of demon dogs is the most troublesome; it seems one can only avoid being hunted by living in a circular space. Or, if the little thing can inherit the 【Time Field】 of its creator, it might be able to deal with the demon dogs... Also, one of the criteria this bizarre race uses to choose prey is actually time-space travelers, like me?"

"Those goat-hoofed larvae seem to only be appeased; the concentration of their pollution is extremely high... Hmm?"

Clearly, while Li Yu was incinerating and expelling the pollution, he was also using the Consumption Art to gain insight into the characteristics of these pollutants, even deducing some weaknesses and ways to cope.

Finally, he thought of the Daoist Physician Secret Medicine he was about to create.

According to the requirements!

Li Yu needed to collect at least three types of divine pollutants with extremely high concentrations to serve as medicinal primers.

The greater the quantity and the higher the concentration, the more powerful he would be after advancing to a Daoist Physician.

According to the formula he exchanged for: past Alchemist predecessors would spend at least several years collecting pollutants blessed by True Gods, or extraordinary characteristics precipitated after the death of divine creatures.

The level would not be too high; most were obscure, not very powerful, and at the very least, were evil gods unable to derive path sequences.

They were manageable and easy to collect.

Because "divinity" that was too high would lead to indigestion, preventing them from advancing, or causing them to die on the spot.

Li Yu knew well that his situation was different; he did not have to strictly follow such unwritten rules.

After all, he was inhuman, and his appetite was huge.

Li Yu had a certain degree of confidence that he could digest divine pollutants of any concentration or level.

"Since I must refine! Since I must advance!"

"Then I will choose the best. After all, my Pill Fire and Consumption arts have both completed their metamorphosis and sublimation at the top level."

"Given my relationship with Sister Yi Ge, if I ask her to send me another piece of flesh or a token that the Vortex God doesn't want, which is heavily polluted, she should agree, right?"

"The Lord of Ten Thousand Changes and the Toad God both appreciate me. If I am willing to pay the price, I should be able to beg for them."

"There is also the Lord of the Furnace. If I pray through that little Heavenly Flame Essence, it should also work." "Finally, there is this 【Mother of All Ages】. As an extremely powerful evil god from beyond the heavens, somewhat similar to an 【Earth Mother】 who has developed three paths to godhood, the divine pollutants produced from Her are undoubtedly top-tier... As for how to get them?"

"It's not difficult. For example, with these goat-hoofed larvae, if I use the 'Deceiving Gods' art to pretend to be a believer of the Mother of All Ages and pray, calling for the Great Mother God to bestow a powerful larva for the purpose of gestating and breeding a new race, could the Mother God, who is still beyond the heavens and separated by layers of worlds, discover me?"

"She would surely bestow it gladly, and the medicinal primer would be directly in hand."

"If that really doesn't work, I can still go find that Yang Huan..."

"Counting them up, there are already five True Gods to choose from."

"And all of them are top-tier."

"The weakest among them might be the 【Vortex God】, but She is also a powerful evil god from beyond the heavens capable of bestowing a path to godhood."

"The other four are all at the level of Main Gods capable of bombarding and fighting each other."

"If I use these primers to advance to Daoist Physician... this pioneering mission, which is terrifying and life-threatening for others, will have its difficulty drop once again for me."

"If these primers don't work, then I can only turn to try the Blood God, Black Maitreya, Merciful Father, Evil God, Hanging King, Haotian, Earth Mother, Dangmo Heavenly Venerable... these True Gods who occupy the reality world. They are also at the level of Main Gods, only I have no connection with them."

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"To get their divine pollutants, I can only use the Deceiving Gods art to quietly trick or steal them. For example, through sacrifice, steal a high-level 【Plague God Spirit】 from the Merciful Father's divine domain, or steal a 【Child of Slaanesh】 from the divine domain of the Evil God of Lust..."

As these thoughts surged, Li Yu completed his plan for formulating the Daoist Physician Secret Medicine.

At this instant, he felt a certain blessing and benediction from the netherworld.

Without a doubt, it was the Lord of Ten Thousand Changes.

Li Yu might not have been the Chosen of Ten Thousand Changes before, but now, to a certain extent, he was almost there.

He had been targeted by Ten Thousand Changes.

His external calculations and conspiracies would receive praise and blessings.

Even if these calculations included the "Lord of Ten Thousand Changes" Himself, He would still gladly encourage them.

Once the plan was set!

Li Yu began to act directly; he couldn't afford to delay.

The Ancient God Train would be completed in a few days.

At that time, the God-Chosen pioneering team, having enjoyed nearly ten days of rest, would have to take over those dangerous tasks.

Furthermore, after Li Yu gained a deeper understanding of the "Spirit Realm," the sense of urgency in his heart became even more pressing.

This world was boundless and endless, filled with countless dangers.

Even a True God had the possibility of dying suddenly.

For example, the end point of the path to godhood he was on: the Spirit Venerable.

To this day, His status remained unknown—life or death.

Of course, there were various other pressures, such as the next conquest mission that could be matched and started at any time.

Because every single time, he was the top contributor.

According to the rules of the Demon Star Command: for the next mission, Li Yu would be matched to a world of extremely high difficulty and extreme danger. Perhaps his teammates and the opposing camp would start at Sequence 6, with quite a few Sequence 5s.

If he were still at Sequence 7 by then, even with quite a few trump cards, he might lose his life.

Moreover, there was a high probability he would face his life-and-death enemy once again.

The latest issue of the "Wanfu Daily" delivered yesterday mentioned: the Sacred Nest had already launched a rescue plan for the "Ancient Saint God-Chosen Brother Brother Shang Yang," preparing to sacrifice thousands of offerings to pray for the Ancient Saint to personally take action and go to the Spirit Realm to save Brother Brother Shang Yang back.

Although Brother Brother Shang Yang was Li Yu's "defeated opponent," as the only God-Chosen of the younger generation in the Sacred Nest, and a genius who had successfully achieved mechanical ascension.

It was reasonable for the Sacred Nest to invest a large amount of resources.

"In short, advance to 【Daoist Physician】 first."

"Sequence."

"If I advance at the top level, my combat power will be vastly different, at least not weaker than those eight God-Chosen on the Ancient God Train."

While forming these thoughts, Li Yu first began to communicate with the big sister who appreciated him the most, and put forward his request.

Although this thick-skinned person only called upon her when he had something to ask for.

But Yi Ge, daughter of the Vortex God, still gave a response very quickly:

"After I ascended to my mother's divine kingdom, my status has been constantly rising, and some residual pollution and divinity after distortion on my body have been excised."

"They fused into another 'Yi Ge,' which was originally meant to be destroyed."

"If you need it, I will give it to you."

"She possesses almost all the divine characteristics of my mother, the 【Vortex God】, but she is also very extreme, has no memory of you, and is somewhat filthy... If you cannot conquer and refine her, you will likely pay a heavy price."

When this response came, Li Yu was stunned.

He had originally thought that the divine pollutant Yi Ge would give him would be a lump of useless, filthy flesh that had fallen off the Vortex God.

Who could have imagined?

It was actually a person?

Another Yi Ge?

For a moment, Li Yu couldn't imagine what kind of scene or gift that would be.

But he also overlooked that in the state of calling, he and Yi Ge were connected in heart and mind.

After hearing it, he instinctively had a desire and thought of curiosity.

At "Yi Ge's" end, this was equivalent to receiving feedback of consent.

Thus, the next moment, the blessing and gift from the daughter of the Vortex God descended.

Li Yu didn't even have time to react!

Terrifying filth and pollution erupted directly within his body.

The world in Li Yu's eyes changed instantly.

Before his eyes were no longer the Heavenly Flame Essence, the little robot, and Hongdou, but an extremely terrifying and filthy bizarre world composed of scarlet flesh, twisted intestines, and organs.

Even though Li Yu had already experienced many horrifying things, he was still badly frightened at this moment.

Instinctive disgust and fear surged in the depths of his heart.

And just as he couldn't help but want to activate the Pill Fire Furnace to burn everything before him into nothingness.

Before him, an extremely beautiful young girl's figure suddenly appeared.

This girl was dressed in pure white robes, her skin was like snow, and even her hair was snow-white. Standing there, she radiated an extremely pure aura, forming a sharp contrast with the filthy and terrifying world around her.

The shocking visual impact made Li Yu immerse himself in it.

In his heart, an extremely intense and complex desire arose uncontrollably—he wanted to protect her, he wanted to possess her, and he even wanted to destroy this pure white girl.

And just as Li Yu was indulging, the mechanical prompt from Hongdou outside was ringing frantically.

(End of chapter)