Chapter 3366: Seven-Colored Dan Qi
The most important characteristic of the Wuji Divine Dao lies in the two words "balance."
Yin and Yang balanced, time and space stable. Light and darkness alternate, manifesting in the form of the Taiji Diagram Seal, cycling endlessly, operating without cease.
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Zhang Ruochen's palm pressed against Xiao Hei's belly, using the Wuji Divine Dao to balance the chaotic dan qi surging within him.
Three days later, the violent energy contained in the Tai Zhen Tong Tian Divine Pill gradually stabilized.
But Xiao Hei's physical body was still burning, his body convulsing, turning a large area around him into a domain of fire.
Ji Fanxin said, "You wanted to use the Tai Zhen Tong Tian Divine Pill to help him break through, but the medicinal power of this pill—even an ordinary Tai Yi realm Great God might not be able to withstand it, let alone a Supreme God at Great Perfection?"
"There isn't much time left for him. I had no choice but to do this. From now on, the dangers he will face won't be any less than mine."
Zhang Ruochen thought for a moment, then added, "I picked a less complete one, thinking he could handle it. Sigh! It seems I'll have to refine a weaker Bu Tian Tong Tian Divine Pill, one more suitable for Supreme Gods to take."
"With the help of the Tai Zhen Tong Tian Divine Pill and the Wuji Divine Dao, he will definitely break into the Great God realm within a few decades." Ji Fanxin understood the friendship between Zhang Ruochen and Xiao Hei. The two seemed to constantly mock each other, but in reality, this bond was irreplaceable.
Given Zhang Ruochen's current cultivation level and his widely known killing reputation, he was already not far from being alone.
Friendship was too precious!
Zhang Ruochen took out a Tai Zhen Tong Tian Divine Pill and handed it to Ji Fanxin.
Ji Fanxin's spiritual power had already reached the level of "one thought determines the universe," but in truth, her martial path had not fallen behind; she had been advancing rapidly.
Ji Fanxin did not take the divine pill. She gently shook her head, looking down at Chi Yao, Bai Qinger, and Luo Ji who were cultivating at the foot of the divine mountain, and said, "From now on, my cultivation will focus primarily on spiritual power. The Tong Tian Divine Pill should be more useful for them."
Zhang Ruochen gazed at her and smiled slightly.
Ji Fanxin said, "I know what you're thinking, but I'm not that selfish. As you saw before, I did intentionally or unintentionally suppress Chi Yao and Bai Qinger. But doing so—isn't it also a way to reduce conflict? Shifting all contradictions and competition to the realm of cultivation instead makes things purer. It's far better than everyone secretly competing with each other."
"The world is in turmoil, dangers are everywhere. The chaotic ancient demons, the Thunder Clan, the evil anomalies of the Sword God Temple—there are too many ancient powerhouses hidden in the shadows, all likely to emerge one after another. Everything we have now could turn to ashes in the blink of an eye."
"For you, for me, for any of them—Chi Yao or the others—the most important thing right now is cultivation."
"Leave Luo Ji's Tai Zhen Tong Tian Divine Pill to me. I'll help her refine and absorb it."
The three Tai Zhen Tong Tian Divine Pills were all allocated.
Although Chi Yao and Bai Qinger were at the Tai Yi realm, neither could be judged by common standards. Both had the combat power to defeat opponents across realms and could withstand the Tai Zhen Tong Tian Divine Pill.
The four Tai Zhen Tong Tian Divine Pills refined in the first batch all had flaws. Although they emitted five-colored light, almost all had four colors clearly visible while the fifth was very dim.
The dan formula recorded: Three colors for the Bu Tian level, five colors for the Tai Zhen level, and seven colors for the Wu Liang level.
From Xiao Hei's condition, Zhang Ruochen could estimate the approximate medicinal power of this batch of Tong Tian Divine Pills.
For the physical bodies of Tai Yi realm and Tai Bai realm Great Gods, there would definitely be a leapfrog improvement.
For the physical bodies of Tai Xu realm Great Gods, the improvement would be very slight. It was impossible for them to achieve what Chi Xingtian did—swallowing one pill and having his physical body become the number one below the Infinite realm.
Admittedly, Chi Xingtian cultivated the "Heavenly Demon Stone Inscription" and already had a powerful physical body. But the Tong Tian Divine Pill he swallowed was definitely not of this level.
The first batch was just an experiment, using only small amounts of leftover materials.
For example, from the Phoenix-Headed Dragon-Shaped Euonymus Fortunei, only some scales from the vine were used.
From the Long-Life Blood Tree, only part of the blood within the tree was used.
With experience gained, for the second batch, Zhang Ruochen directly threw a section of the Phoenix-Headed Dragon-Shaped Euonymus Fortunei vine and a branch of the Long-Life Blood Tree into the Earth Cauldron.
Calling it a "section of vine," it actually weighed hundreds of thousands of jin, thick and long.
That branch of the Long-Life Blood Tree was a full hundred meters long, as heavy as a mountain.
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The main ingredients of various other materials were successively added to the cauldron.
In terms of material quantity alone, it was hundreds of times that of the first batch.
Moreover, the quality was higher.
Zhang Ruochen had great ambition. His goal was not just to refine the Tai Zhen Tong Tian Divine Pill, but to hope to refine the Wu Liang Tong Tian Divine Pill.
With a peerless alchemy cauldron like the Earth Cauldron, and various divine-grade treasures, he felt he could hope for it.
This time, just carving the alchemy dao inscriptions took nearly twenty years.
The time spent nurturing the pill far exceeded the first time.
After waiting thirty years, no dan qi emerged from the cauldron.
Fifty years passed, and Xiao Hei had already refined most of the medicinal power within his body. His physical strength had skyrocketed, his entire body emitting five-colored light, his skin as hard as five-colored stone.
This was the side effect of taking a high-grade divine pill while having too low a cultivation level. It would be difficult to return to normal in a short time.
Xiao Hei's body was stiff as he circled the ten-thousand-meter-high Earth Cauldron, coming to Zhang Ruochen's side. "Are you refining a batch of mute pills here?"
Zhang Ruochen sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, his divine thought forming words: "Are you very idle? Have you broken through?"
Xiao Hei said confidently, "Don't worry, I'll break through in a few years. My dao comprehension is already at the final stage. Even if I don't break through, with this emperor's physical body, I can rival a Tai Yi Great God."
"What are your plans for the future?" Zhang Ruochen asked.
Xiao Hei said cautiously, "Are you trying to kick me out? Is there no place for me in the Sword Realm?"
"Of course there's a place for you in the Sword Realm! In the future, no matter where you encounter danger in the universe, or cause trouble, no matter how formidable the enemy, you can come to the Sword Realm. I will take care of everything for you. Whether I can handle it or not!" Zhang Ruochen said.
Xiao Hei's eyes were deep, his inner emotions unknown. After a long silence, he laughed and said, "You make it sound like this emperor was born to like causing trouble and making mischief. That time with Fengdu Dadi, it was Zhuque Huowu making a mountain out of a molehill. If a Heavenly Venerable's magnanimity can't even accept reasonable criticism, then that's truly disappointing. Don't worry, when it comes to big matters, this emperor knows what he's doing."
"Hehe, actually, this emperor knows what you're worried about."
"Since Father has left Ice King Star, he will never go back. When he returns from the North Marsh Great Wall, he will definitely go back to the Undying Blood Clan. Whether he avenges the blood feud of a hundred thousand years or seizes the position of Hall Master, the Undying Blood Clan will inevitably face a bloody storm. Because those people from a hundred thousand years ago, and the current Undying Divine Temple Hall Master, they will never sit idly by."
"This emperor is too close to you, and that will become an excuse for them to attack Father."
"If this emperor goes to the Sword Realm but doesn't reveal the spatial coordinates of the Sword Realm, Father will become the target of the entire Hell Realm."
"The best way is to leave and not go to the Sword Realm. If one doesn't know, one is naturally innocent."
Zhang Ruochen opened his eyes, looking at Xiao Hei with interest and a hint of strangeness.
He was too serious right now!
"Is it that surprising? This emperor isn't stupid. Having cultivated for so many years, what can't I see through? It's just that I don't care about many things." Xiao Hei touched the feathers on his head with his hands, neat and smooth.
He said, "Once I break through to the Great God realm, this emperor will leave."
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After nurturing the pill for forty years, dan qi finally drifted out of the cauldron, its fragrance subtle and elegant, appearing in seven colors.
Zhang Ruochen's spirit was greatly invigorated, and there was some joy in his heart.
Seven-colored dan qi meant that a Wu Liang Tong Tian Divine Pill had taken shape.
Two years later, the seven-colored clouds formed by the dan qi covered the entire Kong Yan Divine Mountain.
Within the divine mountain, life energy flourished, and various spiritual medicines and sacred medicines grew wildly.
Fortunately, they were inside the Sword God Temple, and there were formations covering them. If they were outside, the strange phenomena would have been astonishing, with dan clouds spreading for hundreds of thousands of miles.
Taiqing Patriarch, who was cultivating, sensed the dan qi and woke from his cultivation.
He looked toward Kong Yan Divine Mountain, feeling gratified, but also feeling the pressure of the rising tide of the younger generation.
Even he might not be able to refine such a batch of divine pills.
As the pill was about to take shape, Zhang Ruochen and Ji Fanxin once again left the Sword God Temple, rushing out of the Dark Star Gate.
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Blood Mud City.
Blood mist was thick, shrouding an area hundreds of miles around. Faintly visible were broken halls, shattered stone pillars, and overturned bronze furnaces.
"Clatter!"
A blood-colored stream flowed through the air, passing through a layer of chaotic space wall, converging into a blood sea.
By the blood sea, a celestial ladder hung step by step in the void, seemingly connecting to the sky.
It emitted a deep, rumbling voice: "Those two have left again. If we don't make a move this time, we'll lose our chance."
In the blood sea, waves surged.
A voice emerged from the waves: "Has your injury recovered?"
"This injury is nothing." The celestial ladder said.
The voice in the blood sea said, "After they finish cultivating, they should leave. I think there's no need to provoke them. Our great enemy is at Sword Soul Pond!"
The celestial ladder said, "This time is different! Before, only the two of them came, but this time, many strong ones have arrived. Especially that young human boy, who has a scroll in his hand containing terrifying divine power. I was injured by that scroll!"
"Did you see? The formation they set up under the divine tree this time is completely different from before. Sword formations, time, space, and various other formations combined—are they preparing to leave?"
"And those two sword cultivators, their cultivation is advancing too quickly. They are on the verge of a breakthrough. Once they break through, we may not be their match."
"They are well-prepared, their goal is definitely to seize the Sword God Temple. Since that's the case, why don't we strike before those two sword cultivators break through and crush them?"
The blood sea fell silent, leaving only the sound of waves.