Reaching the pinnacle from Doupo

Chapter 553 All Efforts Failed at the Last Mind, I'll Take Over the Refining
Lin Yuan is not the only person in the world with a so-called "trump card".

The old master had made thorough preparations for this alchemy, and he had foreseen and prepared for the situation of insufficient soul power. Under the effect of the pills and secret techniques, his soul power was completely restored, even surpassing his usual peak state.

Without the slightest hesitation, he poured all his soul power into it, meticulously manipulating every wisp of flame and every strand of medicinal power, methodically controlling the medicinal power to completely merge into one.

Thanks to his desperate effort, the surge of medicinal power within the cauldron was successfully suppressed.

As time went by, and with the meticulous adjustments made by the old master, the medicinal power of the medicinal liquid gradually and completely merged, and began to condense into a nascent pill.

"It seems that the Core Formation stage... has been successfully completed?!"

Sensing the energy fluctuations within the cauldron gradually stabilizing, the old monster Qinghua, not far away, also breathed a sigh of relief, a hint of joy flashing in his eyes, and murmured.

Hearing this, Xiao Yan, who had also breathed a sigh of relief, was suddenly startled and felt a sense of foreboding.

As a transmigrator who had been assimilated to the world, there was one thing that Xiao Yan remembered very clearly: it was extremely bad to rashly "open the champagne" and "set a flag" before achieving complete success!

Sure enough, before Xiao Yan could say anything, the energy fluctuations inside the Black Demon Cauldron, which had been gradually stabilizing, suddenly surged violently again.

Just as the embryonic core was about to solidify, the most intense energy fluctuation since the start of this alchemy process erupted.

A fierce energy ripple suddenly spread out from the center.

The medicinal liquid contained the power of the soul, and this collision caused the old doctor to let out a muffled groan and his body to tremble violently a few times.

Even so, Yao Lao did not give up. The bloodlust in his eyes intensified as he endured the excruciating pain in his soul and struggled to push forward the final step of the fusion.

Just then, an unusual, crisp sound of metal clashing against metal suddenly rang in everyone's ears.

"boom--"

The seemingly indestructible Black Demon Cauldron, under the impact of the powerful energy ripples, actually cracked, revealing several tiny cracks visible to the naked eye.

The old doctor was taken aback when his "comrade-in-arms" from the long years was severely injured.

At the most crucial moment of the pill-fusion process, Yao Lao's involuntary pause and the resulting momentary mental lapse ultimately signaled the failure of the second round of pill refining... The final energy surge had begun!

Energy fluctuations surged within the Black Demon Cauldron, constantly impacting its inner walls, causing cracks to spread rapidly with a "crack" sound.

"Pfft-"

Already at his limit, Yao Lao's face turned deathly pale, and he coughed up a mouthful of blood!

"Still not working?" Yao Lao sighed inwardly, then gritted his teeth to suppress his surging blood and qi. At the same time, he changed his hand seals, opened the Black Demon Cauldron, and released the violent medicinal power within to prevent it from further damaging the Black Demon Cauldron.

"Even the eighth-ranked one can't withstand it?" Lin Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly. He then tore open a dark crack and unleashed a palm strike, sending the impending burst of medicinal power into the depths of the void.

Before long, a faint rumbling sound echoed from the depths of the void.

Lin Yuan carefully explored his surroundings and the depths of the void, and finding that no other powerful figures had noticed him, he then withdrew his attention and turned it back to the valley.

What one sees is an undeniable scene of desolation.

At the edge, Xiao Yan, Venerable Feng, and the other three who were watching the alchemy process were casting their worried glances over.

The old apothecary gently stroked the cracks in the Black Demon Cauldron, a hint of heartache flashing in his eyes. Thinking of the near miss, his face showed even more disappointment—he was just one step away from completing the fusion and passing the second hurdle in the entire refining process.

He never expected that the problem would be with the Black Demon Cauldron—his "comrade-in-arms" who had stood shoulder to shoulder with him for many years, a link he had subconsciously trusted implicitly!
Even the Black Demon Cauldron couldn't withstand refining ninth-grade pills, so it seems that the refining of the Profound Pill and Saint Essence Pill can't continue for the time being.

Thinking of this, he wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and looked up at Lin Yuan.

However, before Yao Lao could speak, Lin Yuan's calm and composed voice rang in everyone's ears.

"Senior Yao, take these pills and recover your strength!" He tossed several pills, including the "Purifying Pill," to Elder Yao. "We'll begin the next round in half a day, but this time... I'll be in charge of the refining!"

His unhurried tone conveyed a reassuring composure and an impressive confidence!

At the same time, he slowly raised his right hand and snapped his fingers in front of everyone's eyes, and a beautiful ball of icy blue flame rose up.

"As for the medicine cauldron, let's use this one!"

Lin Yuan chuckled, and the icy blue flames suddenly expanded, transforming into a fiery cloud that swirled around him, eventually coalescing into an icy blue fire cauldron.

Seeing this, the old apothecary narrowed his eyes: "Gathering fire and condensing the cauldron? You're quite skilled at it. It seems this isn't the first time!"

After taking a deep look at Lin Yuan, whose aura was as strong as ever and who did not seem to have gone through a difficult time refining medicine, Yao Lao felt a glimmer of hope. Without saying anything more, he put away the Black Demon Cauldron, took the pill that Lin Yuan threw to him, swallowed it, and sat down cross-legged to begin regulating his breathing.

Half a day later, the blue and white flames surged once more, engulfing the sea of ​​medicine into the cauldron and beginning the third refining process...
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The Cauldron of Different Flames is also more useful than Yao Lao had anticipated.

On the other hand, perhaps because of the experience of two failures, the third joint refining by the two—this time with Lin Yuan in charge of the refining—went more smoothly than Yao Lao had expected.

The refining process proceeded smoothly, and the sixth day quickly arrived.

As the first rays of sunlight fell from the sky, Lin Yuan perfectly executed the "merging of the pills" step that had caused Yao Lao's failure, without the slightest deviation.

"His soul realm has already broken through to the late stage of the Heavenly Realm?" The old man shifted his gaze from the uneven nascent core and looked at Lin Yuan, whose aura was not obviously disordered and was beginning to turn towards the final stage. An incredulous look appeared on his face.

On the other side, Lin Yuan's expression was solemn as he conjured a series of profound hand seals, causing the azure ice flames within the cauldron to converge towards the embryonic core.

"Lotus Heart Contains Elixir!"

The moment the seal was formed, Lin Yuan opened his eyes and let out a low shout in his heart.

In an instant, the flames flowing within the cauldron completely solidified, transforming into a nine-foot-nine-foot-long ice-blue fire lotus that enveloped the nascent elixir, preventing even a trace of energy or medicinal power from leaking out.

Nourished by the azure ice flames, an astonishing energy fluctuation gradually emanated from the fire lotus...

"Using fire to condense matter, and storing the elixir within it... this is the method of condensing matter to contain the elixir!" Sensing the elixir fluctuations emanating from the fire lotus, a hint of amazement flashed in the old medicine master's eyes: "Using it so skillfully, just how many high-grade elixirs has Lin Yuan refined?!"

To perform the technique of condensing matter and forming elixir requires extremely high levels of soul perception, and the requirements for fire control are even more demanding.

When the old master Yao was refining eighth-grade pills of eight or nine colors, he rarely used such a risky method. After all, every ingredient in a high-grade pill is extremely precious!
Although his mind was filled with countless thoughts, Yao Lao did not forget his responsibility of refining the energy together. With a thought, he activated his Heavenly Soul, continuously gathering the power of heaven and earth, refining vast spiritual energy and the energy of heaven and earth, and sending it to Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan absorbed these "nutrients" and gradually integrated them into the Fire Lotus, nurturing the uneven embryonic core within the lotus.

With their methodical cooperation, five days passed in the blink of an eye.

During this time, as time passed and the process of nurturing the core progressed, the surface of the purple embryonic core gradually became smooth, and the mysterious fluctuations it emitted became increasingly powerful...

The step of cultivating the core may be extremely difficult for others, but it is the step that Lin Yuan excels at the most!
"boom--"

On the morning of the eleventh day, a loud bang echoed across the sky, finally announcing the result of this round of joint training.

Awakened by the thunder, the crowd looked up and saw that in the distant sky, extremely deep dark clouds were rapidly gathering from all directions, plunging the entire world into darkness in an instant.

Dark clouds filled the sky, and there was no sound of thunder, but when people looked into them, even their souls trembled involuntarily.

"Black Demon Lightning...it's the legendary Black Demon Lightning! It's done!"

The gray-haired Venerable Qinghua raised his head, gazing at the eerie black clouds in the sky, and muttered to himself.

At this moment, his eyes were gleaming, clearly indicating that he had gained a lot from observing the alchemy process!
Xiao Yan swallowed hard, then turned his gaze away from the clouds and stared blankly at the two people on the stone platform. His dark eyes were filled with a mixture of emotions: joy, melancholy, and envy.

On the stone platform, Lin Yuan opened his eyes, slowly stood up, and a faint laugh came from his mouth.

"It's the final step, senior!"

Upon hearing this, Elder Yao nodded slightly, stood up, and looked up at the dark clouds in the sky, his powerful fighting spirit rising within him.

Minutes later, a dark hole slowly opened up in the center of the clouds.

Sensing the terrifying aura within the void, Yao Lao's hair stood on end, and an incomparably fierce aura surged forth from within him.

At the same time, a strange sound suddenly came from the dark void. The next instant, a black lightning bolt about half a foot thick shot out from the void and then shot towards the fire cauldron below.

Lin Yuan took a deep breath, stomped his foot hard on the ground, and his figure appeared directly above the fire cauldron.

As he watched the approaching black lightning, he slowly clenched his fist. The energy of the entire world seemed to be drawn to him, gathering overwhelmingly on his fist.

A Dou Sheng (Battle Saint) powerhouse can achieve oneness with heaven and earth, controlling the energy of a region.

A semi-saint already possesses the essence of a saint, so naturally he can do this to a certain extent. Lin Yuan, on the other hand, has gained extremely high levels of understanding of heaven and earth and creation through his long-term use of Bodhi seeds, and his attainment of the unity of heaven and man is also extremely high.

He then entered a state of oneness with nature, and terrifying energy gathered on Lin Yuan's fist, transforming into a crystal that was sparkling and dazzling.

"Break it for me!"

With a sharp shout, Lin Yuan stepped into the air and punched the black lightning bolt.

"boom--"

The two collided, and a deafening roar resounded. A terrifying storm of destruction swept outwards, centered on the man and the thunderbolt.

"Rumble--"

Under the ravages of this terrifying energy storm, the space within a radius of a thousand feet exploded with a crackling sound, turning into complete darkness in an instant.

In that terrifying collision, the entire space completely collapsed!
Looking at the pitch-black space in the sky, Xiao Yan, Venerable Feng, Old Monster Qinghua, and Mu Qingluan's expressions all changed abruptly.

This level of clash was something they had never witnessed since they began cultivating. With their current strength, if they were caught in that energy storm, they probably wouldn't last more than a few breaths before their bodies and souls were completely reduced to dust.

After exchanging a glance, Qinghua Old Monster and Feng Venerable, two Seven-Star Dou Zun, acted simultaneously, circulating their Dou Qi to create an energy shield.

On the stone platform, Yao Lao was not idle either. He clenched his fist, and the Bone Spirit Cold Flame condensed into an indestructible, snow-white flame crystal wall, resisting the energy storm sweeping towards the fire cauldron.

The pristine white crystal wall rippled, effectively blocking the energy ripples that were powerful enough to kill a peak Dou Zun...

"So powerful, is this the power of the Saint Realm?"

Inside the energy shield, Xiao Yan stared intently at Yao Lao and Lin Yuan, a mixture of longing and envy flashing in his eyes.

After several minutes, the raging energy storm finally dissipated, and the collapsed space gradually repaired itself. Warm sunlight once again poured down from the sky, illuminating the valley.

A young figure stood in mid-air, seemingly unharmed by the terrifying energy storm that had just struck him.

The physique of the semi-saint Lin Yuan is in no way inferior to that of an ordinary Dou Sheng powerhouse.

After the dark clouds completely dissipated, the fire cauldron below exploded with a roar, and a purple stream of light shot out, piercing through the pale white flame crystal wall and escaping into the distance.

Lin Yuan, who was prepared, had already blocked its escape route and slammed it towards Yao Lao with a palm strike.

Upon seeing this, the old doctor had a thought and instantly conjured a large fiery hand, which he used to pull the purple light back into his hand and take out the pill from it.

Lin Yuan moved swiftly, flashing back onto the stone platform, and looked in the direction of the old doctor with great interest.

A purple pill floated in the old doctor's palm, surrounded by layers of mist, making it look exceptionally magical.

"So this is the Profound Spirit Saint Essence Pill? It looks quite good!" After examining the pill closely for a moment, Lin Yuan nodded slightly, a thoughtful glint in his eyes, as he recalled the entire pill-refining process.

Before long, he came to a conclusion: "With the experience gained from this refining, my success rate in refining on my own should be around 60% in the future!"

On the other side, the old apothecary took out his best jade bottle and carefully put the pills inside.

This Grade 9 precious pill is crucial to his ability to quickly break through to the Dou Sheng realm!
After putting away the pills, the old medicine master breathed a sigh of relief and cupped his hands to Lin Yuan beside him: "Lin Yuan, thank you so much this time. I will give you the rest of the medicinal materials later."

Lin Yuan didn't stand on ceremony and nodded calmly.

Afterwards, the group eliminated any remaining traces or aura left behind, then opened the spatial passage through the Starfall Pavilion and entered one by one...

(End of this chapter)