This round of pill refining lasted a full ten days.In fact, on the very first day, Xia Li had already exhausted all the spiritual herbs stored in the Holy Son Palace.After that, Fifth Elder took charge directly and opened the Holy Land's own reserves so Xia Li could refine without restraint.After all, Xia Li was not going to waste anything. As ti passed, his pill success rate rose in a straight line. If the result was not supre-grade, then it was half-step ultimate-grade. Replacing him with anyone else would never have produced such a success rate.Fifth Elder even summoned the pill-refining disciples of Pill Peak to co observe at the Holy Son Palace, so that the area outside the earthfire chamber ended up packed solid.That afternoon, the sun blazed overhead.Throughout the entire refining process, Xia Li continued making one fine adjustnt after another according to the Heaven Chip's arrangents. But while adding ingredients, he suddenly felt a flash of inspiration.It was as if fortune had descended on him.A powerful premonition rose in his heart, making him urgently want to try sothing.So Xia Li imdiately took back part of the control from the Heaven Chip and began making changes it had never once arranged for.He threw in two full portions of ingredients.After so many days of refining, Xia Li had already determined that five Imitation Golden Core Pills per batch was the optimal number. More than that left the dicinal strength insufficient. Fewer than that wasted dicinal force.Two portions at once ant ten pills in a single batch."Gengjin Vine, now!""Profound Heavy Water!""Vermilion Jade Sand, Earth Abyss Soil, Spirit-Clearing Wood..."He called out material after material in rapid succession. So of them were not even dicinal herbs at all, but refining materials used in artifact forging."Seventh-grade fire. Hold it in the upper cauldron zone for thirteen breaths, then shift to fifth-grade fire for thirty-eight breaths, then third-grade fire for the ti of one incense stick..."Xia Li looked straight at Fifth Elder. There was even a commanding tone in his voice. Fifth Elder's brows twitched.Good heavens.Ordering him around?Fine.Who told Xia Li to be one of his own Holy Sons?And from the look of it, Xia Li had really seized hold of that thread of heavenly inspiration.Was it about to be born?The ultimate-grade spirit pill?"Good. I'll help you.""All disciples, listen well. If any of you possess materials the Holy Son requires, bring them out at once!"Fifth Elder stepped before the cauldron and directly took over the fire control. He had Profound Heavy Water on him, but not the other materials.Fortunately, there were many observers present, and Holy Land disciples were all rich as could be. The materials Xia Li demanded were gathered with great speed.After collecting them from the crowd, Wei Hongyin brought them over at once. Xia Li imdiately divided and processed the materials on the spot before throwing them into the ding."The rest is mine."Xia Li shot Fifth Elder a look, and the elder imdiately withdrew and returned control of the ding to him.Though this idea had co to Xia Li in a sudden burst, it was still supported by a detailed theoretical foundation.He had abruptly thought of the pre-fabricated golden-core path from Earth.And was not the Imitation Golden Core Pill itself a kind of herb-based pre-fabricated golden core?Xia Li had paid too much attention to dicinal properties and had neglected the core essence of the golden core itself.The new materials were thrown into the lower region of the ding, where they faced the brutal roasting of the fierce fire and dissolved at once. As they rged, they also began fusing with the dicinal force already gathered in the upper section.The ding shook violently.From inside it ca deep ringing sounds like great bronze bells, as if a cultivator were in the middle of forming a golden core.The sky, bright with sunlight only monts earlier, abruptly darkened under gathering storm clouds. Purple lightning flashed above the cloud layer."Good, good, good. A pill tribulation. It really is a pill tribulation!"Fifth Elder's face lit with excitent.That ant the ultimate-grade spirit pill was already half complete.This phenonon above the Ninth Holy Son Palace naturally drew countless gazes. The great powers of the Holy Land imdiately sent out divine sense to investigate. Once they learned what was happening, joy appeared on all their faces."In the Dao of pills, to produce the ultimate grade is enough to be called a master.""To produce a true heaven-born ultimate grade is enough to found a generation as grandmaster.""Such a young alchemical grandmaster... Even Source Spirit Holy Land, fad throughout the world for alchemy, has no alchemist of that age, does it?""Or perhaps it has so hidden prodigy kept in reserve? Thinking on it carefully, Xia Li truly did first make his na through alchemy.""One prodigy is born in ten thousand talents, and among a hundred prodigies one struggles to beco king. Could he be that king among prodigies?"Purple lightning cracked. Bell tones thundered from within the Ninth Holy Son Palace. As a bolt struck downward, Fifth Elder took one step into the sky and t the pill tribulation head-on. Reaching into the mass of tribulation clouds, he clenched his hand...and gathered a cloudy sphere of violet lightning into his palm.The Imitation Golden Core Pill was only a third-grade pill. Even if it reached the ultimate grade, its tribulation would not be too terrifying. It remained completely within Fifth Elder's control."Fifth Elder, send the tribulation into the ding!"Xia Li shouted from within the earthfire chamber, and Fifth Elder imdiately returned and hurled the cloudy violet thunder-sphere into the ding.The pill tribulation was both a trial and the key needed to forge an ultimate-grade spirit pill.But with so much tribulation lightning packed into it at once, could Xia Li's ultimate-grade pill truly endure?Normally, the tribulation lightning struck the ding itself, and only after being refined by the cauldron would it enter the pill.
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What Xia Li was doing now was equivalent to refining the lightning along with everything else."All disciples, get back!"Xia Li shouted again, then lifted the great ding with telekinesis and shot straight into the sky. After gathering montum for a brief mont...azure flas wrapped the ding and burned toward the heavens.Purple lightning leaked from the outside of the cauldron, roaring across the sky. As it combined with the azure flas, it erupted again and again into terrifying phenona.And then ca the final step of pill completion.The ding rang nine tis.Each peal louder than the last.Each more like true thunder rolling for a thousand li.Then, at the instant the tenth thunderclap sounded...the ding exploded apart.This was not a furnace explosion.It was a deliberate discharge, blowing away all the miscellaneous residual force coiling inside and around the ding.Xia Li opened the cauldron.From within flew a single purple-gold pill. Strange and intricate patterns had ford naturally over its surface. It even began spinning in the air on its own, giving off wondrous sounds like running water and rushing wind.The ultimate-grade spirit pill was complete.[Mutated pre-fabricated golden core detected. Refining process recorded. This item may be consud as a pill or implanted into the dantian as a pre-fabricated golden core. Due to insufficient usage data, based solely on energy intensity, post-implantation strength is estimated at approximately fifth to seventh grade.]Fifth to seventh grade.In other words, if a person with a rotten foundation implanted it, they could still reach the level of a fifth-grade golden core. If the foundation were good enough, it could fully reach seventh grade.And seventh-grade golden cores belonged to the upper three grades.Just as Xia Li was admiring the ultimate-grade pill he had refined...a huge golden-red gourd suddenly flew down from higher up on Holy Son Peak, streaking straight toward the spirit pill in an attempt to snatch it away.Before Xia Li even needed to move, Fifth Elder let out a cold snort and flicked his sleeve. Layer upon layer of ceaseless spiritual waves swept out and smashed the gourd away."Third Holy Son, mind your face. You are both Holy Sons. You have no right to steal his things.""Fifth Elder, I am the number one Golden Core in the Holy Land, with hope of forging an immortal-grade golden core. I must have this item. I ask the Holy Land to bestow the pill upon .""That belongs to Ninth Holy Son."Had this happened in earlier days, Fifth Elder might actually have agreed. The Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Holy Sons were all Nascent Soul cultivators already. Yet the Third Holy Son, while still in Golden Core, held the third-ranked seat. That alone showed the sheer extent of his potential and combat strength.But the Holy Land now wanted Xia Li's heartpared to pushing the Third Holy Son one step further, keeping Xia Li satisfied mattered more."Then Ninth Holy Son, I want that pill."The Third Holy Son did not show his face. He only sent his voice rumbling through the heavens. He did not even offer a price. Everything in his tone implied that Xia Li should simply hand it over."Get lost."Xia Li put away the pill and naturally saw no reason to remain polite.Just one word.Get lost.Xia Li was not afraid of offending people. In fact, he rather hoped the Third Holy Son would go a little further, so he could use the matter against him later whenever the need arose."I am in seclusion right now and cannot act in person. Do not ruin yourself. Give the pill. Now. Imdiately."The Third Holy Son's voice turned ice-cold. Xia Li was just about to respond when Fifth Elder flew to his side and casually flicked a restraining seal toward the lofty Third Holy Son Palace."If you're in seclusion, then stay in seclusion properly."The seal shot out, and the Third Holy Son Palace was imdiately isolated. No further voice transmission erged from it.That was the Holy Land's stance.In the past, the Third Holy Son had been one of those on whom the Holy Land had pinned great hopes, and as such, his requests were often granted. If he wanted sothing, the Holy Land would usually find a way to provide it.But he should never have set his sights on sothing that belonged to Xia Li.Now, if Xia Li wanted sothing from the Third Holy Son, the Holy Land would help him take it.What grade of golden core could produce a Golden Core cultivator capable of defeating Mo Ye, a Soul Transformation genius? The Holy Land knew full well. There was no need to do anything Xia Li would dislike, such as prying into it in detail."Fifth Elder, does the Third Holy Son hold grudges?"Xia Li glanced at the elder. At last, there seed to be a possible route to driving a wedge between himself and the Holy Land. He truly found it hard to deliberately do outrageous things on his own initiative, but if trouble ca to him first, then that was another matter."His talent is outstanding and rarely seen in the world, but by temperant he acknowledges only himself...""And if the two of us reach the point where only one side can live?""The Holy Land will try its best to stop it. If it truly cannot be stopped, it will lean toward the side that did not stir up trouble. The Holy Land does not need him at all costs."After saying that, Fifth Elder patted Xia Li on the shoulder with an almost grandfatherly kindness on his face."I only hope he does not force the Holy Land to choose. If he does..."Fifth Elder smiled and did not finish the sentence.If the Third Holy Son ever forced the Holy Land to choose between the two of them, then the Holy Land would let him know...what Taiyi truly ant.If it ca to that, then the more viciously the Third Holy Son had offended Xia Li, the less rcy the Holy Land would show. If you'd like to support the translation and read 10 chapters ahead,[/PoppingDino]
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