by Shian Jeen
“Which means that my Exalted Divinity Pellet was really a rank one tribulation divine pellet?” Although he attracted a bolt of pill tribulation lightning at that time, it was merely the lowest level lightning.
“That’s right,” the old man nodded, “But a rank one tribulation grade divine pellet is difficult to refine even for most of the Alchemist Grandmaster Union’s Eminent Elders, and this rank nine tribulation divine pellet is a legend among legends. Every single pellet is a priceless item; one hundred of them are enough to make the participants go crazy. It is said a rank nine tribulation divine pellet can help temper a Highgod Realm cultivator’s God Body and further purify their godforce.
A gleam of surprise flickered in Huwang Xiao’s eyes, he did not expect something like a rank nine tribulation divine pellet to exist, especially in the lower realm.
Another thing was, it had been a long time since he refined any pills, this also made Huwang Xiao wonder what rank of tribulation divine pellets he could create with his current strength.
“Is rank nine tribulation the highest grade?” Huwang Xiao asked.
The Ascending Moon Old Man shook his head, “No, I heard there should also be a rank ten. But, in billion of years, despite the huge number of galaxies, no one has ever succeeded. Maybe there are people who succeeded in the ancient primordial times, but in the last millions of years, there is no such person. No one knows the reason why.”
Huwang Xiao was inwardly shocked by the fact that a rank ten tribulation grade actually existed!
“And what’s with that Dan River?” A brief moment later, Huwang Xiao changed the subject.
The Ascending Moon Old Man continued to explain, “The Dan River is the Alchemist Grandmaster Union’s utmost sacred land, even I can’t begin to fathom how it came about. Some say that all the failure and wasted pills that the Union’s Eminent Elders refined through the years were thrown into a big river. As time passed, through millions of years of accumulation, it turned into a Dan River.”
There was a tinge of envy in the old man’s voice as he went on, “This Dan River contains the energy of countless medicinal pellets, the purest medicinal energy, who knows how many of these pellets sunk into the river. You cannot imagine the benefits of cultivating in the Dan River, but not even the Union’s Eminent Elders are allowed to enter and cultivate within unless they made a great meritorious contribution and have the approval of ten other Eminent Elders.”
It was unexpected to Huwang Xiao that the Dan River was formed in this way.
“Then how many Eminent Elders does the Alchemist Grandmaster Union currently have? Who’s the Union Head?” Huwang Xiao pondered slightly then asked.
“A total of twelve Eminent Elders, but the Union Head position has been vacant for over a million years.”
The current Alchemist Grandmaster Union actually had no one presiding over it? Was this even possible? Huwang Xiao asked the old man.
According to the Alchemist Grandmaster Union’s founding rules, only a person who successfully passed through the Sacred Dan Temple could take up the Union Head position. However, in the recent million years, no one succeeded.”
This was the reason!
Huwang Xiao’s eyes lit up, “Anyone can attempt to pass through the Dan Temple?”
Just one looked at Huwang Xiao’s expression, the Ascending Moon Old Man already knew what Huwang Xiao was thinking, shaking his head, there was a faint smile on his face, “Yes, as long as that person is a member of the Alchemist Grandmaster Union. But, it is easier said than done. Even people like Sun Yi failed to pass through it in so many years, so I advise you to nip whatever thoughts you have about it. I too have tried passing through the Sacred Dan Temple in the past, nearly dying inside.”
Nearly dying inside? This Sacred Dan Temple had hidden dangers?
His curiosity stoked, Huwang Xiao inquired more about the Sacred Dan Temple from the old man, and the Ascending Moon Old Man told Huwang Xiao all he knew.
There was a total of five sections to the Sacred Dan Temple. Unfortunately, he didn’t even pass the first section.
The first section of this Sacred Dan Temple was a pill formation filled with murderous aura. In order to pass through it, not only was one’s skill required to reach a certain high degree, it also required the person to have a high level of strength.
According to the Ascending Moon Old Man’s estimations, one needed to have a Seventh Order Highgod Realm strength to successfully pass through this first section.
‘The strength of a Seventh Order Highgod Realm cultivator!’
Huwang Xiao was astounded. If just the first section’s requirement was a Seventh Order Highgod Realm strength, one could imagine the difficulty of the latter four sections.
Hence it was not unreasonable that a Seventh Order Highgod Realm master like Sun Yi failed to pass through the Sacred Dan Temple.
Still, Huwang Xiao secretly decided to attempt passing through it when he broke through to Seventh Order Highgod Realm.
If he succeeded and inherited the position of Alchemist Grandmaster Union Head, would he need to be wary of a mere Fortune Gate?
Of course, the prerequisite to this was him breaking through to Seventh Order Highgod Realm first.
More urgently before that was dealing with the Yelu and Beitang Families’ vengeance on his upcoming wedding day in about two and a half months.
A while after Huwang Xiao and the Ascending Moon Old Man finished talking and separated, Huwang Xiao took a stroll around the Huwang Clan Manor before returning to his own yard. He then entered the Heavenly God’s manor and took out the godhead that was part of his first place rewards.
The grade of this Heavenly God’s godhead was slightly lower than Xiang Mingzhi’s godhead, only a high rank ten. However, the heavenly godforce and God’s Law power contained within it was a million times higher!
Perhaps even more than that!
The three supreme godheads in Huwang Xiao’s soul sea began to rotate at the same time.
Devouring power, purifying power, and water element godforce surged out from his body. In an instant, the heavenly godforce and God’s Law contained inside the godhead flooded out, rushing into Huwang Xiao.
The sudden amount of vast energy made him shudder, and three pools of bright light shone increasingly brighter in his soul sea.
The energies contained inside that Heavenly God godhead flooded into Huwang Xiao’s three supreme godheads, merging with his godforce and God’s Law.
One hour, one day, two days…
In the blink of an eye, eight days passed.
All of a sudden, the three supreme godheads released bright lights, emitting a long hum.
Huwang Xiao broke through to late-Third Order Highgod Realm!
Still, the heavenly godforce and God’s Law continued to rush into his three supreme godheads until fifteen days had gone by. The godhead that was several meters in diameter cracked loudly and shattered, finally scattering into nothing.
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Huwang Xiao’s eyelids quivered lightly, then his eyes opened. At the same time, he sunk a strand of divine sense into his body and immediately discovered that his physical body was tempered once again by the heavenly godforce, enhancing his toughness and explosive power.
The shimmering gray fire that resulted from the merging of the four divine fires also doubled in size, and the purity of his different kinds of godforce had significantly increased.
However, the only thing that depressed Huwang Xiao was his breakthrough. After refining the Heavenly God’s godhead he only advanced to late-Third Order Highgod Realm, there was still a long distance to peak late-Third Order.
If it was any other Third Order Highgod Realm, after refining the same godhead, not to mention breaking through to Fourth Order Highgod Realm, there was a chance they could advance all the way to late-Fourth Order Highgod Realm.
Just breaking into the Fourth Order was already this difficult, one could imagine how arduous the breakthroug
h to Seventh Order Highgod Realm would be.
The amount of energy that his three supreme godheads needed was really too terrifying.
Huwang Xiao did not continue with the refinement of the Lightning God corpse and Lightning God’s godhead, and instead exited the Heavenly Mountain. A moment later, he stepped into Shi Xiaofei’s yard to give her some cultivation advice.
In the last few years, Shi Xiaofei’s cultivation had advanced to peak late-Sixth Order God Realm, just a step away from breaking through to Seventh Order God Realm.
After he finished guiding Shi Xiaofei in her cultivation, they sat for a while talking about miscellaneous things. After a period of sweet idleness, Huwang Xiao left for the main hall where his parents, younger sister, and brother were at. He sat with them for a while, taking out various precious divine pellets, herbs, and sacred grade immortal spirit stones.
Inevitably, there was a dramatic expression on Huwang Peng, Su Yan, Huwang Min, and Huwang Xiaohai’s faces staring at that pile of sacred grade immortal spirit stones.
After a while, the conversation shifted to the wedding arrangements, after which Huwang Xiao returned to his yard to continue his cultivation.
Back inside the Heavenly Mountain space, Huwang Xiao sat cross-legged in the hall and took out the Lightning God’s corpse, which remained in the previous meditative posture, floating in the air before Huwang Xiao.
The mysterious divine symbols on the Lightning God’s arms flickered with tiny electric sparks.
Although Huwang Xiao didn't know how long ago this Lightning God had died, the corpse still brimmed with vitality as if the he revive in the next second.
‘Revive?’ The thought suddenly stuck in Huwang Xiao’s mind.
His Linglong Treasure Pagoda contained the Ancient Puppetry Art. Wasn’t this Lightning God’s corpse the best material to refine a Lightning God puppet?
A puppet refined from a Heavenly God master’s body, one couldn't begin to imagine how powerful it could be. If he really succeeded in refining it, at the very least, it probably wouldn't lose to the Fortune Gate’s Ancestor or those masters from their Ancestral Uncle’s generation.
At that time, would he need to be wary of measly forces like the Yelu and Beitang Families?
Just as Huwang Xiao’s heart began to race with excitement imagining this, a waterfall of icy water doused the fire in his heart when he thought about the cultivation realm of this Lightning God before his death.
Before this Lightning God died, his cultivation realm and strength were certainly many times stronger than what Huwang Xiao currently possessed. Even if he could wouldn't the corpse into a puppet, it doesn’t mean he would be able to fully control it.
At that time, he himself would suffer a rebound.
If that rebound resulted in a heavy soul injury, he could instead be killed by the Lightning God puppet.
Huwang Xiao couldn’t decide for a moment; should he or should he not refine this Lightning God corpse into a puppet?
A while later, he took a deep, slow breath, giving up on his idea of turning it into a puppet. After all, the strength difference between them was too big, which increased the risk of a rebound to a full two hundred percent. There would be no chance of lady luck smiling to him then.
Huwang Xiao quickly calmed himself down, throwing away all messy thoughts. His three supreme godheads began rotating, dutifully refining the Lightning God corpse and the godhead inside of it.
Immediately, a large amount of blood essence and lightning element heavenly godforce rushed out from the Lightning God corpse, flooding into Huwang Xiao’s body.
He felt his skin being stretched taut as his body expanded, feeling as if his flesh was going to burst into pieces. This side effect shocked Huwang Xiao.
The blood essence and heavenly godforce inside this Lightning God corpse were greater than the Heavenly Godhead he received as a reward! And it wasn't a mere one or two levels of difference.
Perhaps three godheads on the same level as the one he received still wouldn't be able to compare to the amount of energy coming from the Lightning God’s corpse.
Huwang Xiao quickly pulled himself together, focusing on exerting his Archdevil Supreme Godhead’s devouring power, swallowing and refining the vast amount of energy entering his body.
An overwhelming lightning element godforce and blood essence were converted into his own godforce.
In the blink of an eye, half a month went by.
Huwang Xiao’s cultivation advanced to peak late-Third Order Highgod Realm, close to breaking through to Fourth Order Highgod Realm at any moment.
As his strength rose, Huwang Xiao’s body was continuously tempered by the heavenly godforce, becoming firmer than ever before. For a second, tiny dragons of lightning flickered on the surface of Huwang Xiao’s skin.
From afar, he looked like the primal ancestor of all lightning.
Another ten days passed.
Sitting at the center of the hall, Huwang Xiao’s body quivered all of a sudden, his three supreme godheads emitting a low but clear hum. Three different lights spread out from the three supreme godheads, lighting up his entire soul sea.
The tiny dragons of lightning around his body roared, moving faster.
Delight rose to Huwang Xiao’s face as he finally stepped into Fourth Order Highgod Realm!
However, he did not stop, persistently refining blood essence and heavenly godforce.
Several days later, his newly advanced early Fourth Order Highgod Realm foundation consolidated.
Ten more days passed before the Lightning God corpse’s blood essence and heavenly godforce were fully refined and absorbed by Huwang Xiao, which caused the corpse to turn into ash, scattering in the wind.
The instant he opened his eyes, lightning flashed in their depths. Breathing out through his mouth, sounds akin to rumbling thunder echoed as his breath traveled outside, shattering one hundred thousand li of space.
Even though his cultivation had just entered the early Fourth Order Highgod Realm, multiplying the power of his three supreme godheads with the Godly Xumi Art and physically transforming into a primordial blue divine dragon, Huwang Xiao believed he could defeat Yelu Chufei.
In a flash, he exited the Heavenly Mountain.
At this time, the Huwang Clan Manor was bustling like a beehive from top to bottom.
Every corner of the manor was decorated festively with bright red colors.
Considering the number of guests that would arrive, Huwang Peng and Su Yan even had the main hall expanded by several times.
Although there was still more than a month to the wedding day, his parents had everything ready, more or less.
Huwang Xiao called for Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi, Green Dragon Beast King, Ancestor Bifang, and the others, asking them about the current situation in the four galaxies.
Green Dragon Beast King and the others quickly brought Huwang Xiao up to date with the current situation.
Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi hesitated for a moment, “I heard the Azure Dragon Institute Principal Qin Yi had his disciple Ceng Chu order one hundred coffins made from giant redwood as a congratulatory gift for your wedding.”
A sharp light glinted in Huwang Xiao’s eyes hearing this, coldly sneering, “Is that so? That’s good, but one hundred coffins are not enough, I hope you can arrange for a few hundred more.”
Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi was stunned, adding, “Also, that Saint Lord Galaxy’s Yelu Family, as well as the North Hall Galaxy’s Beitang Family have gathered both families’ masters and will come on the day of your wedding. Little Huwang brat, shouldn’t we try to avoid them or something?”
Huwang Xiao shook his head, “No need.”
The old dragon was silent for a moment then tried to dissuade, “That Yelu Chufei is a Seventh Order Highgod Realm master.”
“I know.” Huwang Xiao nonchalantly waved his hand.
Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi sighed in his heart. Knowing that it would be useless to exhort further, he c
hanged the subject, “There’s one more matter. The several Ancestors who signed a blood contract with you in the past want to see you, they want to terminate the blood contract. They even said they’re willing to return those divine grade spirit stones. What do you want to do?”
Huwang Xiao’s gaze turned cold, “Are they so certain I’m bound to lose in the hands of Yelu Chufei and the Beitang Family’s Patriarch? They don’t want to be dragged in and die with me, hence they’d rather suffer the recoil from terminating the blood contract, is that right?”
Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi acquiesced to Huwang Xiao words in silence. No doubt, this was their intention. In fact, not only those several Ancestors, even some of the four galaxies’ Patriarchs and Ancestors who initially planned to attend Huwang Xiao’s wedding decided not to come when they found out that the Yelu and Beitang Families would come to Martial Spirit World on that day.
Although they acknowledged Huwang Xiao’s strength after he won the first place in the Highgod Advancement Tournament, becoming the center of attention, most people thought it was impossible for him to escape from the Yelu and Beitang Families’ Patriarchs.
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Even the cultivators who came to reside in Martial Spirit World, attracted by its astonishingly rich spiritual energy, were now selling off their residences at rock bottom prices just so they could leave one second faster.
All of this was happening because the Yelu and Beitang Families had released word that they were coming for blood, to dye the soil of Martial Spirit World red.
“Since those Ancestors want to terminate their blood contract, tell them to come see me now.” Huwang Xiao turned to Green Beast Dragon King and ordered.
Green Dragon Beast King respectfully complied and left the hall.
Shortly, he returned with more than a dozen people behind him.
There was hesitation on those Ancestors’ faces as they walked into the hall. Even though they still greeted Huwang Xiao as they previously did, the respect was no longer there.
