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

"It should be a bit difficult. For each additional color of the pill lightning in an eighth-grade pill, the difficulty of refining it increases exponentially. I can still refine an eighth-grade five-colored pill quite easily now, but refining an eighth-grade six-colored pill is much more difficult. The success rate is about 50/50."

However, if the two of us join forces, perhaps we can give it a try. After all, we both possess different kinds of fire and the Yin-Yang Cauldron, a treasure trove. It all depends on how effective our alchemy skills are!

Wang Ming stroked his chin as he spoke.

"Then let's give it a try and help Uncle Jinyi recover as soon as possible. With his talent, he should be able to reach the level of a half-saint within a few years. At that time, it will be much safer to have two half-saints in charge of the Sound Valley!"

Xiao Li focused on alchemy, prioritizing healing Tian Yinzi Su Jinyi. The Yin-Yang Reversal Pill was of paramount importance, as it was crucial for Tian Yinzi's recovery and the resurrection of Ancestor Xiao Kong!

"Well, now that you've broken through, return to the Sound Realm."

"it is good."

Xiao Li and Wang Ming then vanished into the void and left, while two timid old men emerged from the stone pavilion.

"Phew~ The two lords have finally left. We didn't even dare to breathe loudly under their noses. Clan Chief Jinshi, do you recognize which faction these two powerful figures belong to?" asked Jin Gu, an old man in gray.

Jin Shi pondered, "Both of them have a strong medicinal fragrance about them, so they must be alchemists. I don't recognize the Venerable Protector, but that young man in seclusion... I feel he's the same young man who shone brightly at the Alchemy Conference a few years ago!"

Jin Gu exclaimed in surprise, "You mean that Master Wang Li, who ranked second in the Pill Refining Competition and refined an eighth-grade pill with only the cultivation of a Dou Huang? It's only been a few years! How did he become a Dou Zun powerhouse? We only managed to advance one star in a few years after entering the Dou Zong realm, and we still have to rely on the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool."

Jin Shi shook his head: "I only said it looks like it, and it's just a guess. Let's not worry about them. They have a Dou Zun-level teacher, so nothing is impossible. Besides, that Venerable easily solved the fire poison in my body, which is already a great favor. So let's not say anything more."

"Our Gold-Eating Rat clan can't afford to offend a Dou Zun level expert."

Jin Gu nodded: "Understood. By the way, clan leader, have you heard? Sword Venerable was defeated recently by a female Dou Zun who was also a sword cultivator."

"Oh? Is that so? Tell me about it?" Jin Shi never expected that the Sword Venerable, the Pavilion Master of the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion, one of the Four Directions Pavilions, would actually be defeated!

In the Tianmu Mountains, the Gold-Eating Rat clan has the most contact with the Sifang Pavilion. Every once in a while, the Sifang Pavilion will send a group of young people to the Tianmu Mountains for training.

Sword Venerable is quite powerful. Among the Four Directions Pavilion Masters, Wind Venerable is the strongest, Thunder Venerable and Sword Venerable are about the same strength and cannot be determined, and Yellow Spring Venerable is the weakest.

She was able to defeat the Sword Master, and she was a female sword cultivator at that!

Jin Gu: "I also heard the information from my subordinates. The location is Wanjian Mountain. The Sword Venerable was defeated."

The Gold-Eating Rat Clan is quite well-known in the Warcraft world. With a large number of members, they are well-informed about various matters and can be considered the all-knowing experts of the Warcraft world.

"It seems that another storm is about to break out in Zhongzhou."

Chapter 139 Wanting to Take a Gamble

Tianyin Mountains, the Realm of Sound

Xiao Li and Wang Ming successfully entered the Sound Realm. At this time, the Sound Realm was not much different from when Xiao Li first entered, except that there were fewer people.

The Grand Elder, Yin Wuzi, led a group of people from Yin Valley to establish Yin Pavilion in the Northwest Continent. It is worth mentioning that although the Northwest Continent is barren, it has found many promising talents suitable to become disciples of Yin Valley.

Originally, the Sound Valley was a place of Buddhist-like indifference, where people did not compete or fight. But things are different now. Xiao Li has a great grudge against the ancient imperial clan, so the Heavenly Sound Elder has ordered the secret enhancement of the Sound Valley's overall strength.

After all, the Sound Valley will inevitably clash with other major powers, with the Soul Palace being the first to bear the brunt. Elder Tianyin is also preparing for the worst.

“Holy Son, Elder Wang.”

Xiao Li and Wang Ming walked through the Sound Realm. There were many disciples and stewards from the Sound Valley who bowed to them, and Xiao Li responded with a smile.

Main Hall

"Oh? So you two plan to work together to refine the Yin-Yang Reversal Pill?" Tianyinzi said, taking a sip of tea.

Su Wanyin, standing to the side, looked overjoyed. Her elder brother was finally able to recover from his injuries. Su Wanyin was still as beautiful as ever, except that she was now heavily pregnant.

Xiao Li squinted at Wang Ming with a mocking look, 'Teacher, you're really quick. But wait, I've been in seclusion for two years. Before I went into seclusion, you and your wife were already married, so that shouldn't be considered quick.'

Wang Ming nodded: "That's right. With the combined efforts of the two of us, there shouldn't be any problem refining the Yin-Yang Reversal Pill, or rather, there shouldn't be any problem with refining the medicinal materials. The only problem is the final pill condensation process."

Tianyinzi nodded as if he understood, since he was not an alchemist and did not understand the details of alchemists' pill-making process.

"Most of the medicinal herbs have been prepared, but the soul crystals have not yet been collected. In essence, the soul crystals are the solidified essence of the soul. To refine the Yin-Yang Reversal Pill, a considerable amount of the soul essence is required."

"Alright, I'll go check out the Earthly Fiend Hall of the Soul Palace; perhaps I can retrieve some soul essence."

Just as Tianyinzi stood up, a powerful aura suddenly emanated from him.

"Yi'er, let your father handle this."

An aged voice rang out, and the white-robed, white-bearded Elder Tianyin walked in. At this moment, Elder Tianyin's face was ruddy, and Xiao Li could now sense that Elder Tianyin seemed even more terrifying.

"Father, you've broken through?" Tianyinzi stood up and looked at her father.

"Yes, after receiving some guidance from the senior, I suddenly understood and broke through. I am now a high-level half-saint, but I am still some distance from becoming a Dou Sheng."

"Let me handle this matter. With my current cultivation level, I can retrieve the item from the Earthly Fiend Hall without anyone noticing."

The old man Tianyin left as soon as he finished speaking, leaving the group of people staring at each other in disbelief.

"Ahem, since Father has gone in person, let's begin preparations," Tianyinzi said with a cough.

Xiao Li and Wang Ming then headed towards the location where the medicine was being prepared.

"Teacher, how many months pregnant is your wife? Have you prepared the elixir?" Xiao Li asked in a low voice with a grin.

"It's been six months already, and the elixirs are naturally ready. My child naturally needs the best. I've prepared the eighth-grade elixirs needed during pregnancy, as well as the Foundation Establishment Elixir for the child."

"Since you have the ability and resources now, Master, you naturally want to give your child the best, much better than when you were at Foundation Establishment stage," Wang Ming said with a hint of pride.

"Yes, yes, by the way, teacher, are you interested in playing with big breasts?" Xiao Li asked.

"Big? What's big?" Wang Ming looked at Xiao Li, and from the slightly crazed look in Xiao Li's eyes, Wang Ming had a bad feeling.

"Naturally, it's two pills in one furnace. We have two portions of medicinal herbs. Shall we try something big?" Xiao Li planned to take this opportunity to refine the two Yin-Yang Reversal Life Pills he needed.

He didn't have time to wait. Only by reviving Elder Xiao Kong could Xiao Li feel safe, at least with a Dou Sheng expert protecting him. This would make the Xiao family much safer.

"Two pills in one furnace? You really dare to play around! But I would like to give your Yin-Yang Cauldron a try. I have been using this Yin-Yang Cauldron for a while, and I can only say that it is indeed worthy of being called a Heavenly Cauldron."

Yin-Yang Reversal Pill, Yin-Yang Twin Flames, Yin-Yang Cauldron—tsk tsk tsk, they're all related to Yin and Yang. I wonder if this is fate or something else?

Wang Ming stroked his chin thoughtfully.

"Perhaps it's just a coincidence. Maybe this pill formula was created by a powerful figure from ancient times who possessed both Yin and Yang Flames? And maybe that Yin-Yang Cauldron just happened to belong to that powerful figure?"

Xiao Li shrugged.

Soon, everyone gathered in an open area within the Sound Realm. The environment there was charred, clearly indicating that it had been struck by lightning.

Wang Ming placed the Yin-Yang Cauldron in the center first, then began to count the medicinal herbs, while Xiao Li looked at the pill formula and then took out two Spirit Ascension Fruits.

“There’s still some Spirit Pregnancy Powder!” Xiao Li took out the two remaining Spirit Pregnancy Powder particles.

"Are you trying to ascend to a higher spiritual level?" Wang Ming asked, watching Xiao Li's actions.

"Well, at this level, the pills should naturally focus on spirituality. If they can enhance the spirituality, then they should. Eighth grade and seven colors are the minimum requirements for the Yin-Yang Reversal Pill, which requires two Spirit Enhancement Fruits and two Spirit Nourishing Powder."

I refuse to believe that it's impossible to refine it into eight-colored pill lightning! Why don't other alchemists put in their best effort to refine pills? Isn't it all because of the pill lightning?

Now that we have puppets capable of withstanding the Dan Lei (a type of magical attack), and with Uncle Jin Yi and Elder Su watching over us, we can go all out without worrying about the Dan Lei's potential dangers. Therefore, I've decided to take a gamble!

Xiao Li had his own perspective. Ordinary alchemists feared pill lightning like a tiger, but he wasn't worried about it, which allowed him to focus all his energy on refining higher-grade pills.

"Alright! Then I'll go for it with you. Since we're going to work together to refine pills this time, we need to have a clear division of labor. You probably want to condense the pills and ascend the spirit yourself, right?"

"Then I will help you refine the medicinal herbs, so you can focus on condensing the elixir and won't have to spend too much effort on refining the herbs."

Wang Ming patted Xiao Li on the shoulder and said.

About an hour later,

whoosh-

The Heavenly Sound Elder appeared in this open space.

"Phew, all done. We've caught a big fish this time. This Earthly Fiend Palace has quite a bit of soul essence. If I absorb it, my soul power will not only reach the Heavenly Realm directly, but may even reach the late Heavenly Realm!"

In the hands of the Heavenly Sound Elder appeared a ball of light about two feet in size. Within the ball of light was an extremely terrifying soul fluctuation, and this fluctuation was extremely pure, without the slightest impurity.

"My God, so many soul essences, at least hundreds of thousands of souls condensed together. Everyone knows that the Soul Palace likes to collect souls, but I didn't expect them to be this crazy? And this is the Earthly Fiend Palace, what about the Heavenly Gang Palace?"

"Isn't that even more outrageous?" Tianyinzi said in shock.

The soul crystals required for the Yin-Yang Reversal Pill are also a form of the soul origin. It can be said that the soul crystals are the soul origin. The soul origin required for the Yin-Yang Reversal Pill is probably the soul origin of two Dou Zun powerhouses.

Compared to this mass of soul essence, the soul essence required for the Yin-Yang Reversal Pill is roughly the size of two fists.

The Heavenly Sound Elder looked at the clump of soul essence in his hand, then divided it into six parts, five of which were equal and one slightly smaller.

The slightly smaller portion of the soul essence rapidly crystallized under the control of the Heavenly Sound Elder, and the ball of light became a crystalline object.

"Let's share this soul essence among the four of us. This is a great opportunity, enough to advance our soul power to a higher level. I have already processed this soul essence, so you can absorb it without worry."

Upon hearing Elder Tianyin's words, everyone absorbed the essence of the soul.

Chapter 140 Eight-Grade Eight-Colored Yin-Yang Reversal Pill

As everyone absorbed the essence of their souls, an exceptionally pure power of that essence spread out, eventually coiling around their souls and continuously merging into them.

After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Li woke up again. At this moment, he felt that his soul was particularly clear, and the spiritual energy in his soul had reached a perfect level. His soul realm should have reached the perfection of the Spirit Realm, and the next step was the Heaven Realm.

However, Xiao Li has not yet reached the threshold of the Heavenly Realm.

When Xiao Li opened his eyes, he found that Elder Tianyin and Tianyinzi had already woken up.

"Elder Su, Uncle Jinyi, have you finished absorbing it?" Xiao Li asked.

"Well, we're lucky. Both my soul power and Yi'er's have successfully broken through to the Heavenly Realm. Heavenly Realm souls, apart from a few old guys in the Pill Tower, there's also Yao Chen who had an accident a few years ago."

"I doubt there are many in the Central Plains who have reached this level, excluding the imperial families, of course. Li'er, I observe that your soul is quite complete; you must have reached the pinnacle of the Spirit Realm."

The old man Tianyin said with a smile, "I never expected that the soul that caused me the most trouble in my cultivation would be broken through so easily. A Heavenly Realm Soul! That means a ninth-grade alchemist!"

Although Elder Tianyin is not an alchemist, how noble is the soul of the Heavenly Realm!

"I didn't expect Elder Su and Uncle Jin Yi to have both reached the Heavenly Realm. Breaking through to the Dou Sheng realm in the future must be much easier for them, right?" Xiao Li congratulated them with a smile.

"Indeed, as my soul entered the Heavenly Realm, the injuries on my body could be healed with my soul power. Although the efficiency was very slow, it really could heal, even without the Yin-Yang Reversal Pill."

"I am confident that I can completely heal my injuries within ten years," Tianyinzi said, sensing her own soul power.

"Then you should take the Yin-Yang Reversal Pill. Ten years is still too long. The Yin-Yang Reversal Pill can not only eradicate your injuries, but also allow you to undergo a transformation."

This transformation might elevate your aptitude to a higher level, allowing you to break through to the Dou Sheng realm more quickly in the future.

Xiao Li still hoped that Tian Yinzi could take the Yin-Yang Reversal Pill, which would not only heal his injuries but also allow him to undergo a transformation. Since entering the Yin Valley, Xiao Li had come to understand how powerful this seemingly sickly middle-aged man had been in his youth.

Becoming a Dou Zun at thirty and reaching the peak of Dou Zun at forty-five—what incredible talent! If he hadn't been ambushed, Tian Yinzi would at least be a Half-Saint now, instead of being stuck at the Eighth-Rank Dou Zun level for so many years.

As time passed, Wang Ming and Su Wanyin awoke one after another, and their souls underwent a qualitative leap, both reaching the pinnacle of the spiritual realm.

"Teacher, our soul power should be sufficient to refine the Yin-Yang Reversal Pill now, right? Shall we give it a try?" Xiao Li asked.

Wang Ming's gaze was firm: "Okay!"

After the two reached a consensus, they began to refine pills. Xiao Li and Wang Ming sucked all the medicinal herbs on the stone platform into the air, and a ball of pitch-black flame with a hint of white and a ball of dark red flame appeared one after another.

The extraction of medicinal materials has officially begun.

Tianyin Elder, Tianyinzi, and Su Wanyin watched as the master and disciple began refining pills, but soon Tianyin Elder and Tianyinzi noticed something was wrong.

"Father, Xiaoming and Xiaoli should be refining medicinal herbs right now, right? But something seems off. Does one Yin-Yang Reversal Pill really need that many medicinal herbs?"

"I remember preparing two sets of medicinal herbs. Did they extract all of them? Did they each refine one?" Tianyinzi asked, somewhat shocked.

"One pill per person? Doesn't seem like it. Their movements complement each other. Wait! Could they be planning to produce two pills in one batch?" Elder Tianyin said in shock, stroking his beard.

"One furnace, two pills?"

Elder Tianyin took a deep breath: "Naturally, it refers to producing two pills in one refining session. That's a huge undertaking. Even the old guys at the Pill Tower wouldn't dare to do something like that. These two lads..."

As time went by, the two had refined the auxiliary medicines into powders and liquids of various colors.

"Next up are the Extreme Yang Essence Fire, the Extreme Yin Profound Ice, and the Yin-Yang Spirit Mushroom!"

Xiao Li held out two balls of crimson, brick-like Extreme Yang Essence Fire, two pieces of pitch-black Extreme Yin Profound Ice, and two large black and white Lingzhi mushrooms. They collided together and were then thrown into the Yin-Yang Cauldron by Xiao Li.

Xiao Li and Wang Ming simultaneously increased the power of the strange fire. These materials were extremely rare and possessed extremely high spirituality, so it would take some time to completely refine them.

As time goes by,

Inside the Yin-Yang Cauldron, several strange objects had been refined into a black and white liquid about half the size of a human head, emanating an aura of life and death.

"Next, the Reversal Blood Ginseng King will also have the Soul Crystal!"

With a flick of his wrist, Wang Ming threw two blood-red ginseng roots and the soul crystal, each the size of two fists, into the Yin-Yang Cauldron.