Battle Through the Heavens: Xiao Yan, I am your second master.

"Oh dear, this little guy found out. Sure enough, this little guy's soul power has reached the Spirit Realm. I won this bet with Tian Lei Zi. Don't forget your promise."

Xuan Kongzi said with a smile that he had just made a bet with Tian Leizi about whether Xiao Li could break through to the Spirit Realm in the Pill Realm.

Tian Leizi initially didn't gamble, but after being slightly provoked by Xuan Kongzi, he got carried away and lost this round.

"Damn it, Xuan Kongzi, I know, I'll give it to you!" Tian Leizi said angrily.

The woman in black, standing to the side, covered her mouth and chuckled. She had seen from the beginning that Xuan Kongzi was setting a trap for Tian Leizi, but she just hadn't pointed it out.

In the square, the spatial gate lasted for nearly half an hour. More and more participants joined in. Those who made it to the final round were almost all the most outstanding alchemists from all over the Dou Qi Continent. If they wanted to get a good ranking, they had to step on other people's heads and climb up!

As the portal closed, the bustling plaza gradually quieted down, because the real highlight was about to begin.

Xuan Kongzi stood up, his gaze sweeping across the entire room, and then he said in a loud voice:

"First of all, congratulations on passing the second round of selection and qualifying to stand here to participate in the final competition!"

As you all know, the next round of alchemy is the most important event in the Alchemy Competition. The one who stands at the end of this round will be the champion of this year's Alchemy Competition!

The stone platform in the sky is your stage for performance. I hope you can shine with the most brilliant moments of your lives there!

Glory will be born from among you!

These few words brought the conference to a climax! The grandest conference for alchemists is about to begin!

Chapter 94 Refining the Primordial Chaos Breakthrough Pill

"All contestants, step forward! This is the final competition. There are no rules or restrictions. Give it your all and refine the pills you are best at!"

Xuan Kongzi's words were like gunpowder, making the blood of all the contestants and even the audience boil and their spirits extremely excited!

One by one, the contestants leaped up the stone platform in mid-air, where they began to display their unique skills.

There are many stone platforms in mid-air, which can accommodate the remaining contestants without any problem. However, even though nearly nine-tenths of the contestants have been eliminated in the first two rounds of selection, the remaining number is still quite large. The sight of thousands of people ascending the cauldron at the same time is quite spectacular.

Xiao Li, relying on the Earth Demon Puppet, seized a well-positioned stone platform. He crossed his arms, took a deep breath, and was now refining pills under the watchful eyes of everyone! It would be a lie to say he wasn't nervous at all.

"Oh, young friend, it seems we're quite close." An aged voice came from nearby. Xiao Li turned his head and saw that it was Venerable Tianhe! He was standing on the stone platform next to Xiao Li.

"Elder Jiang!" Xiao Li clasped his hands in a fist salute.

"Haha, let's settle this with alchemy this time. I won't hold back just because you're a junior," Venerable Tianhe said with a smile.

"Alright! Let Elder Jiang see this kid's alchemy skills!" Xiao Li said excitedly.

The chaos in mid-air gradually subsided, and all the contestants began arranging medicinal herbs on their respective stone platforms, preparing to begin alchemy.

"Boom!"

Xuan Kongzi's gaze slowly swept over the stone platforms in mid-air. After a moment, he looked up at the sky, and with a gentle wave of his sleeve, a long, clear bell-like sound resounded throughout the world.

"The time has come, everyone, please raise the cauldron and make the elixir!"

Boom!Boom!Boom!

As Xuan Kongzi finished speaking, various medicine cauldrons were placed heavily on the stone platform, and the deep metallic sounds echoed continuously in the sky.

Looking at the densely packed medicine cauldrons, a low murmur arose in the square. This was probably the first time they had ever seen so many high-quality medicine cauldrons appear at the same time.

Xiao Li took out a dark purple medicine cauldron with eight fire holes. It was an eighth-grade medicine cauldron that Su Wanyin had taken out of the valley to help Xiao Li.

As the medicine cauldron was summoned, all sorts of flames began to appear. The flames in the contestants' hands were of different colors, forming a strange and beautiful sight in mid-air!

At this moment, a middle-aged man's flame attracted a lot of attention. It was a ball of red flame that stung the eyes, slowly rising from his palm.

The flames were an extremely conspicuous bright red, even appearing to be a shade darker than blood. As the flames rose, a small figure could be vaguely seen, tumbling and flying like a fire sprite.

"Blood Demon Flame! He's from the Cao family!"

Many people have already recognized the middle-aged man's identity. The Blood Demon Flame can be said to be the symbol of the Cao family, one of the five major families of the Pill Tower. In any case, most of those who use the Blood Demon Flame are members of the Cao family.

This Blood Demon Flame is an artificial flame with considerable power. It is not formed by condensing fire, but by collecting the blood of nearly a thousand fire-attribute magical beasts, fusing these bloods filled with various auras together, and finally using the fire-attribute energy in the blood to condense the flame into its shape.

This is not only a powerful flame, but also a symbol of magnanimity and grandeur. After all, collecting the blood of so many fire-attribute magical beasts and then nurturing them requires a lot of time and money.

Violence—

A clear crane's cry resounded throughout the entire arena, and a giant white crane with flames appeared. The crane then gradually shrank and appeared in the hands of the Heavenly Crane Venerable.

"It has appeared! The Heavenly Crane Venerable's signature flame, the ninth-tier beast fire, the Heavenly Crane Flame!"

After summoning the flame, Venerable Tianhe looked at Xiao Li, eager to see what kind of flame Xiao Li would summon. He imagined it would be an eighth-order beast fire.

Xiao Li waved his hand, and black and white flames appeared. Then the black and white flames split into two parts, transforming into a black dragon and a white dragon. The two dragons, one black and one white, circled in the sky and let out a roar!

Roar!

As soon as the black and white flames appeared, the expressions of the alchemists closest to Xiao Li changed drastically, because they discovered that the flames inside the cauldron were violently agitated at that moment.

It was only thanks to Xiao Li suppressing the power of the Yin-Yang Heart Flame that these alchemists were able to avoid their cauldrons exploding.

"A strange fire!!!"

Upon seeing this, countless gazes immediately turned towards the scene, and exclamations of surprise echoed throughout the square. This was the first time they had ever witnessed a strange fire at the Pill Gathering.

The Yin-Yang Heart Flame swirled around Xiao Li's body, like an emperor among the flames, receiving the worship of countless fires.

"One fire, two flames, one black and one white, this is the Yin-Yang Twin Flames, ranked twenty-first on the Strange Flame Ranking!"

Those who knew about it immediately recognized the strange fire in Xiao Li's hand.

On the high platform, the three giants of the Dan Tower were all shocked.

"A strange fire! I never expected to see a strange fire again after so many years. A twin fire, one black and one white, yin and yang flames. This little guy's luck is truly heaven-defying. He was able to find such a rare strange fire!"

Xuan Kongzi sighed. In all his years of life, he had only seen three different flames: the Bone Spirit Cold Flame of the Medicine Venerable, the Nine Dragons Thunder Flame of the Burning Flame Valley, and one that was kept secret. He never expected to see another different flame after so many years.

Tian Leizi: "I didn't expect this little guy to be so lucky. Strange fire! That's the lifelong pursuit of us alchemists. This year's Pill Gathering is getting more and more interesting."

Xuan Yi didn't speak. She stared at the strange fire in Xiao Li's hand, looking at the white flame, and recalled the dark white flame in her mind.

. . . . . .

The Heavenly Crane Venerable's mouth was wide open, and even the Heavenly Crane Flame in his hand was slightly weakened.

"You brat, you actually have a strange flame on your body. How come you're so lucky?" Venerable Tianhe said irritably.

"Hehe, the kid just got it by luck," Xiao Li said with a smile.

"Lucky, lucky? There are no such lucky things in the world. It's just a strange fire. Alchemy still depends on technique. Come on, kid, let's have a fight!"

The Heavenly Crane Venerable's fighting spirit was ignited. He had previously regarded Xiao Li as a talented junior, but now that Xiao Li could produce a strange fire, coupled with his own soul realm reaching the Spirit Realm, he was in awe.

All of this is enough to make Venerable Tianhe take this opponent seriously; he is an interesting one!

Venerable Tianhe focused on his medicine cauldron, took out the medicinal herbs, and began to refine the medicine.

Xiao Li did the same, putting away his playful mood and focusing on alchemy. With a wave of his hand, medicinal herbs flew out of his storage ring and hovered around the stone platform.

At a glance, Xiao Li's side has more than a hundred kinds of medicinal herbs!

The pill that Xiao Li is going to refine this time is a peak seventh-grade pill, the Primordial Chaos Breakthrough Pill!

This time, the main ingredients for the Xuanpu Foundation Building Pill have been collected, but several auxiliary ingredients are missing.

All the medicinal materials for the Hunyuan Breakthrough Pill were ready, so Xiao Li planned to refine the Hunyuan Breakthrough Pill.

Xiao Li closed his eyes and went through the refining method of the Hunyuan Breakthrough Pill in his mind once again.

Xiao Li took a deep breath, adjusting his energy and spirit to the extreme. Then, with a wave of his hand, he threw the medicinal herbs into the cauldron. The black Yin Fire began to burn the herbs, and in just a few minutes, it refined several herbs into medicinal powder.

Chapter 95 The Successive Appearances of Dan Lei

All eyes are now on Xiao Li, because he is the only alchemist with a different kind of fire, and most of the people present are curious about what it is like to use a different kind of fire to refine medicine.

On the high platform,

Xuan Kongzi frowned: "Why is this little guy using the black Yin Fire of the Yin-Yang Twin Flames to refine pills? Doesn't he know that Yin Fire is full of destructive power, and medicinal herbs will turn to ashes if they come into contact with it?"

Based on the characteristics of Yin-Yang dual flames, alchemists in ancient books who possessed Yin-Yang dual flames all used white Yang fire to refine pills. Yang fire contains vitality, which can reduce the conflict of medicinal properties when refining pills.

Xiao Li, on the other hand, directly used black Yin Fire to refine pills.

Tian Leizi and Xuan Yi both stared at Xiao Li. Xuan Yi frowned, then examined him carefully.

“Xuan Kongzi, look at that Yin Fire. Although the Yin Fire is incredibly powerful, it seems to be deliberately controlled. It refines the medicinal herbs, but their essence has not been destroyed.”

Women should be more meticulous.

Xuan Kongzi observed carefully again, fully utilizing his late-stage Spirit Realm soul power. He discovered that deep within the black fire in Xiao Li's medicine cauldron, there was white fire. The medicinal powder refined by the black fire would be directly sent into the white fire for nurturing.

"So that's how it is. It seems his fire control technique is extremely high. He generates yang from yin and exchanges it back and forth. This requires a very high level of soul control and a very high level of mastery over the flames."

It seems his compatibility with the Yin-Yang Twin Flames is extremely high! He's probably like Yao Chen, his soul bound to a different flame.

Xuan Kongzi stroked his beard and said that he had actually met a second person with such a high degree of compatibility with the strange fire.

"That's not all. Xuan Kongzi, look at that kid's strange fire." Tian Leizi said at this moment, "We have all seen the Nine Dragons Thunderfire of Burning Flame Valley. The Yin-Yang Twin Flames in his hand feel to me no less than the Nine Dragons Thunderfire."

"This shouldn't be happening. One is ranked twelfth on the Strange Flame Ranking, and the other is twenty-first—such a huge difference! Yet, the Yin-Yang Twin Flames in his hands possess such power."

Upon hearing Tian Leizi's words, Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi also focused their attention on the strange fire in Xiao Li's hand.

Xuan Kongzi sighed: "It's a pity that he's the only one with a strange fire in this year's Pill Gathering, so we can't compare him with the other strange fires. If Yao Chen were here, he could probably give us a clear assessment."

"Hey~"

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On the stone platform,

Xiao Li immersed himself in alchemy. After reaching the Spirit Realm in his soul realm, this was Xiao Li's first time refining pills. He found that his control over refining medicinal materials and controlling the heat had significantly improved.

Furthermore, Xiao Li discovered that after refining the medicinal herbs into powder, the powder would contain a trace of spiritual energy. Although the spiritual energy was very thin, it significantly improved the quality of the powder.

'So this is the direct difference between an eighth-grade alchemist and a seventh-grade alchemist—it lies in their spirituality!'

Xiao Li's lips curled slightly as he continued to refine the medicinal herbs, turning them into powder and liquid.

After more than an hour, Xiao Li finished refining all the auxiliary medicines, and then turned his attention to the five main ingredients of the Hunyuan Breakthrough Pill!

Mysterious Azure Spirit Fruit, Demon Blood Spirit Fruit Juice, Ascension Grass, Seventh-Order Wind Attribute Demon Core, Seventh-Order Lightning Attribute Demon Core.

Following the order of the pill formula, Xiao Li first refined two demon cores, stimulating the energy within them. However, the energy of these two demon cores was extremely violent and difficult to refine, so what followed was a protracted battle.

Xiao Li began refining the energy of the demon core. After refining for a while, Xiao Li took a Qi-inducing pill to restore his own fighting spirit.

At this moment, Xiao Li's fighting spirit was not severely depleted, but this time he was going to gamble on an eighth-grade pill! Therefore, he had to keep his fighting spirit at its best. If he were to run out of fighting spirit and faint, it would be very embarrassing.

As time went by, the two demonic cores were gradually refined by the Yin-Yang Heart Flame. Just as the liquid formed from the two demonic cores was about to merge, Xiao Li threw the Xuan Tian Qing Ling Fruit into it.

"Transform the demon core and use the Xuan Tian Qing Ling Fruit to harmonize it."

The energy from both magic cores was transferred to the Xuan Tian Qing Ling Fruit. Wind and lightning attributes would easily clash if they came into contact, but the Xuan Tian Qing Ling Fruit could perfectly reconcile the conflict between wind and lightning attributes.

Next comes the moment to refine the Profound Heaven Azure Spirit Fruit. Such spiritual objects have a certain ability to protect themselves, so refining the Profound Heaven Azure Spirit Fruit is a tug-of-war.

However, Xiao Li could afford to wait it out. He loved protracted battles because he could replenish his Qi with Instant Qi Pills at any time to restore his fighting spirit and prepare for the later core condensation.

As time went by, the Xuan Tian Qing Ling Fruit was finally refined. Xiao Li waved his hand and put the other refined medicinal powders, liquids, and Demon Blood Spirit Fruit into the medicine cauldron to begin the refining process!

At this moment, the medicine cauldron contained a pool of liquid with various colors mixed together, including cyan, blue, silver, and dark red.

The preliminary steps for refining the Primordial Chaos Breakthrough Pill have been completed. The next step is the most important one: pill fusion.

At this moment, on the stone platform in mid-air, all the contestants were solemnly controlling the heat and refining the pills in their respective cauldrons. Even the spectators in the square were quite quiet, waiting for the moment when the pills were successfully made!

Alchemy is extremely time-consuming; high-quality pills often require several days, ten days, or even dozens of days to produce.

As time goes by, there will naturally be some incidents, such as some alchemists' cauldrons exploding or pills being ruined. However, there is still enough time to prepare for the second round of pill refining.

Everything went smoothly for Xiao Li. He had already refined all the medicinal herbs into medicinal liquid. Now, inside his medicine cauldron, there was a pool of colorful medicinal liquid, which emitted considerable energy fluctuations, but all of them were contained within this eighth-order medicine cauldron.

Xiao Li had already changed his flame. During the fusion process, he preferred to use white yang fire to warm the medicinal liquid for a period of time before fusing the pill.

As time passed, many contestants had already refined their own pills. This world was filled with the phenomena of fifth-grade and sixth-grade pills, and all sorts of sixth-grade pills appeared in mid-air. The world was also filled with a rich medicinal fragrance.

Although many participants have completed the refining of their pills, none of them have triggered pill lightning, indicating that these pills are not grade seven pills.

boom!

Half a day later, a clap of thunder resounded across the sky, and a dark cloud appeared in the sky.

"Dan Lei! A seventh-grade pill has been created!"