Chapter 1736: Heaven Grade Sacred Pill
Chi Kunlun was drenched all over, only now realizing just how terrifying Zhang Ruochen’s cultivation was.
The last time, Zhang Ruochen had suppressed his cultivation to the same level as Chi Kunlun’s, which was why he hadn’t displayed that awe-inspiring, domineering might. Otherwise, if Zhang Ruochen had released his Saintly Might, it would have suppressed Chi Kunlun, drastically reducing his combat power.
What left Chi Kunlun speechless was that, despite being ostracized by so many cultivators, Zhang Ruochen hadn’t left. Instead, he had boldly sat down beside him.
What was he plotting?
Luo Xu sat in the highest seat on the right side of the hall and said, “Inviting Zhang Ruochen to assist us was a decision made by me, the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden, and Wan Zhaoyi after discussion. If any of you have objections, you can come and talk to me.”
The several Dragon Clan experts and rising stars of the imperial court who had previously targeted Zhang Ruochen all fell silent. The entire hall became deathly quiet.
Luo Xu was now the leader of the human faction in the Kunlun Realm. Having reached the Five-Step Saint King realm and wielding the “Ten Thousand Lamps Illumination Diagram,” his combat power was among the top. Few present dared to challenge him.
The reason Luo Xu’s cultivation had advanced so quickly was twofold. First, his talent was top-tier, hailed as the number one of his era. Second, he had accumulated centuries of experience in the Kunlun Realm, giving him a deeper foundation than Zhang Ruochen, Wan Zhaoyi, Xue Wuye, and others.
After arriving in the Heavenly Court Realm, Luo Xu’s cultivation naturally surged, advancing by leaps and bounds.
Of course, the main reason was that the Martial Market Bank of the Kunlun Realm was immensely wealthy, and with the full support of the imperial court, he was provided with a steady stream of cultivation resources. The goal was to train him into an Emperor-level powerhouse in a short time.
Chi Kunlun knew he was still far from being a match for Zhang Ruochen, so he suppressed the hatred in his heart and sat back down in his seat. However, his slightly immature eyes occasionally darted toward Zhang Ruochen.
Luo Xu’s gaze swept across the hall, and he said, “Since no one has any objections, let’s continue our discussion.”
Devouring Demon Dragon said, “The Heavenly Realm is extremely powerful. In the Truth Heaven Domain, there are over ten Seven-Step Saint Kings, all of them top-tier experts below the Great Saint level, possessing heaven-defying combat power. Our attack on Xumi’s Dojo is a secret operation. The Heavenly Realm doesn’t know about it, so we have a chance to take it.”
“If someone leaks the information, and the Heavenly Realm prepares, gathering a large number of experts at Xumi’s Dojo, then not just us—even if the Kunlun Realm’s cultivators were ten times more numerous, we probably couldn’t take it.”
One was a thriving dominant world, the other a declining and fallen major world. The gap in overall strength between the two worlds wasn’t just a few times or dozens of times—it was a hundredfold or even greater.
The dozen or so heaven-defying figures at the Seven-Step Saint King level in the Truth Heaven Domain—any one of them appearing at Xumi’s Dojo would be like an immovable mountain for the Kunlun Realm’s cultivators.
Because reaching the Seven-Step Saint King realm and still staying in the Truth Heaven Domain already proved their exceptional talent and terrifying combat power. Ji Fanxin and the Heavenly Beginning Celestial Maiden were existences at that level.
However, the Thousand Stamen Realm only had one Ji Fanxin, and the Heavenly Beginning Civilization only had one Heavenly Beginning Celestial Maiden. But the Heavenly Realm had over a dozen experts of this caliber, with Shang Zi and Xun Ya being two of them.
And this didn’t even include the experts from the Ruiya Realm, Soul Realm, Black Demon Realm, and other major worlds that followed the Heavenly Realm.
If the Heavenly Realm gathered just one-tenth of their forces at Xumi’s Dojo, the Kunlun Realm’s group attacking it would surely suffer a major defeat.
If the Heavenly Realm gathered one-fifth of their forces there, the Kunlun Realm’s group would likely be completely annihilated, without even a chance to escape.
Of course, the Heavenly Realm didn’t know that the Kunlun Realm planned to attack Xumi’s Dojo. Currently, with no heaven-defying Seven-Step Saint King stationed there, the chances of capturing it were still considerable.
“We’ll launch the attack in a few hours. Even if the news leaks, the Heavenly Realm won’t have time to deploy their forces.”
“The Divine Demon Rat and the Six-Winged Fly King have been keeping watch outside Xumi’s Dojo and haven’t detected any unusual activity. The Heavenly Realm definitely doesn’t know about our plan to attack.”
“The Heavenly Realm doesn’t know that Xumi’s Dojo holds the sacred treasures left by the Saint Monk, so they won’t pay it much attention.”
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Zhang Ruochen just listened without speaking.
However, he had a bad feeling that the Kunlun Realm’s group was too optimistic.
Every major world knew that the Kunlun Realm’s Heaven and Earth Altar was about to be breached, and a great battle between the Heavenly Court Realm and the Hell Realm was about to erupt there. Even Zhang Ruochen, who had already joined the Guanghan Realm, had been ambushed by the Heavenly Realm.
How could the Heavenly Realm let these elites of the Kunlun Realm return?
The fact that the Heavenly Realm hadn’t made a move against the Kunlun Realm yet was likely because they were waiting for an opportunity to wipe them all out in one fell swoop.
The Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden’s gaze had been observing Zhang Ruochen, and she said, “Zhang Ruochen, it seems you have something to say?”
Wan Zhaoyi said, “Since we’ve invited you, you’re one of us now. You can speak freely.”
Zhang Ruochen nodded and said, “Before this, have you entered Xumi’s Dojo to investigate?”
The Vermilion Bird Fairy, sitting beside Devouring Demon Dragon, let out a light laugh: “Do you think you’re the only smart one here, and the rest of us are fools? Since we’re planning to attack Xumi’s Dojo, of course, we already know everything about it inside and out.”
Luo Xu said, “The Divine Demon Rat has secretly infiltrated Xumi’s Dojo multiple times and brought back a lot of useful information. You should know its abilities better than we do.”
The Divine Demon Rat was a formidable existence even among ancient relics. Sneaking into a dojo unnoticed was naturally not a difficult task.
Zhang Ruochen asked again, “Does Xumi’s Dojo have a Space Teleportation Array? Once we start our attack, the Heavenly Realm could use it to quickly teleport a large number of experts over.”
Luo Xu said, “We’ve already considered that. Using the ‘Ten Thousand Lamps Illumination Diagram,’ we can seal off the space, rendering the Space Teleportation Array in Xumi’s Dojo useless.”
In the hall, some cultivators let out low, mocking laughs, feeling that Zhang Ruochen was asking childish questions.
With the resourceful Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden, the calm Luo Xu, and Wan Zhaoyi, who was well-versed in military strategy and often led armies, the Kunlun Realm’s preparations were thorough and comprehensive, ensuring nothing would go wrong.
“Zhang Ruochen, do you have any other questions? Ask them all. I can answer them one by one. Heh.” Devouring Demon Dragon laughed.
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and said, “No.”
In truth, Zhang Ruochen had another question that everyone present had overlooked.
Since the Kunlun Realm could send the Divine Demon Rat to infiltrate Xumi’s Dojo, couldn’t the Heavenly Realm send alien creatures to secretly infiltrate the Tianluo Dojo? Their so-called secret operation might already be known to the Heavenly Realm.
However, with the battle imminent, it wasn’t appropriate to bring this up publicly, as it could disrupt morale.
Besides, even if everyone realized this problem, what could they do? Would they give up attacking Xumi’s Dojo?
That was clearly impossible.
Zhang Ruochen decided to mention this privately to the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden and Luo Xu later.
The Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden walked gracefully to the center of the hall, her steps like those of a celestial maiden. She took out two three-legged alchemical cauldrons that shimmered with five-colored light and said, “The Empress knows that attacking Xumi’s Dojo will be extremely difficult. Many of you may be injured or even die in battle. So, on the eve of the great battle, she has bestowed two cauldrons of pills.”
“One cauldron contains the Great Dragon Marrow Divine Pill, with a total of two hundred and eight pills.”
As soon as she said this, joyful voices rang out in the hall.
“The Great Dragon Marrow Divine Pill is refined from the marrow and blood of a god, combined with dozens of ten-thousand-year sacred medicines. Only those who have made great contributions to the Kunlun Realm are qualified to take it.”
“Bringing out over two hundred Great Dragon Marrow Divine Pills at once—it seems everyone gets one.”
“I wonder how this Great Dragon Marrow Divine Pill compares to the Sub-Divine Rule Pill the Empress bestowed last time.”
“Who cares about that? As long as it can greatly boost our cultivation, just be happy about it.”
Then, the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden continued, “The other cauldron contains the Divine Rule Pill, with a total of thirty-seven pills. Every Saint King can receive one.”
“Boom!”
The cultivators in the hall erupted.
Last time, when the Empress bestowed the Sub-Divine Rule Pill, many cultivators had broken through to the Saint King realm in one go.
The Divine Rule Pill was clearly a grade higher than the Sub-Divine Rule Pill. How fierce would its medicinal effects be?
“Whoosh!”
The Great Dragon Marrow Divine Pills and the Divine Rule Pills flew out of the cauldrons simultaneously, emitting dazzling light.
Both types of pills had nurtured spirituality and pill souls, with extraordinary medicinal power.
The pill soul of the Great Dragon Marrow Divine Pill was a golden dragon, with a powerful aura and combat strength comparable to a Half-Saint King, unleashing earth-shaking dragon roars. Hundreds of golden dragons at the Half-Saint King level danced in the hall, an indescribably shocking sight.
However, these golden dragons had been tamed and were not aggressive.
Otherwise, the Saints present would have exploded from taking the Great Dragon Marrow Divine Pill.
The pill soul of the Divine Rule Pill was suppressed inside the pill, but the aura it emitted was even more terrifying, stronger than the Saintly Might Zhang Ruochen had released.
That aura was quite gentle, indicating that the pill soul of the Divine Rule Pill had also been tamed.
At this moment, Zhang Ruochen somewhat understood why the cultivators of the Kunlun Realm had advanced so quickly in cultivation. It wasn’t just because the Kunlun Realm possessed the Heaven Wheel Seal, a remarkable time-space treasure, but also because Chi Yao had slain a god.
The corpse of a freshly dead god was a massive treasure trove. Fully developed and utilized, it could rapidly transform a weak world into a strong one.
The Great Dragon Marrow Divine Pill and the Divine Rule Pill were both sacred pills refined using the divine substances from the god’s corpse as the main ingredient.
How many similar pills had the Kunlun Realm refined?
What puzzled Zhang Ruochen was that the Great Dragon Marrow Divine Pill was a top-tier Earth Grade Sacred Pill, while the Divine Rule Pill seemed to have reached the Heaven Grade level. When had the Kunlun Realm produced such a skilled alchemist capable of refining Heaven Grade Sacred Pills?
For an ordinary Sacred Alchemist Master, the failure rate for refining Heaven Grade Sacred Pills was extremely high, and even successfully refining one at a time was considered good. Only a Grandmaster-level Sacred Alchemist Master could refine dozens of Heaven Grade Sacred Pills at once.
Yet, among the over eight thousand subordinate mortal worlds of the Heavenly Court Realm, more than half of the major worlds didn’t have a Grandmaster-level Sacred Alchemist Master.
For a major world, the value of a Grandmaster-level Sacred Alchemist Master was no less than that of a god. Even Gu Songzi, whose alchemy had reached the pinnacle of mastery, was still a step away from becoming a Grandmaster-level Sacred Alchemist Master.