127: Chapter 127 The Twelfth-Grade Creation Lotus Appears in the World!

The void furnace hung above Lu Chen's head, and the light of the Nanming Li Fire cast his entire figure into a silhouette of light and shadow.

The entire venue held its breath.

Everyone's gaze was fixed on the Alchemy stage, and even their breathing had softened.

However, Lu Chen did not act immediately.

He stood in place, eyes half-closed, lips moving slightly, conversing with the System.

"System sister."

In his mind, that crisp loli voice sounded.

[What is it?]

"Look, the reward you gave is the twelve-grade creation azure lotus, right?"

[That is right.]

"But this thing is a quest reward, and I can only get it after I finish the Alchemy and complete the quest."

Lu Chen's speech speed increased.

"But the Materials for my Alchemy are this very thing. The Material is the reward, the reward is only given after completing the quest, and completing the quest requires finishing the Alchemy first, but finishing the Alchemy requires having the Materials first. Isn't this a dead loop?"

The System was silent for two breaths.

[...You seem to have a point.]

"So." Lu Chen's mouth curved slightly, his voice softening by three degrees.

"System sister, you are the best. Can you advance it to me? After I finish the Alchemy, I won't need this reward anymore; it will be like using it in advance."

[Don't try to sweet-talk me.]

"Just by hearing your voice, System sister, I know you must be a peerless little beauty loli with snow-white hair and a youthful face, a generous heart, petite and exquisite, with a round face, innocent and lively, and curious!"

"Occasionally a little willful, but essentially pure and kind, the best System in the whole world."

The mind was silent for three breaths.

Then the loli voice sounded, the tone clearly floating.

[Hmph, the host is still quite good at talking; you touched this palace's heart.]

[I will reward you with ice cream later.]

[This palace approves the advance of the reward!]

Lu Chen's right palm felt hot.

Radiance exploded.

A plant appeared out of thin air in his hand.

The lotus stem was transparent, with seven-colored liquid flowing through the veins.

Twelve lotus petals were layered on top of each other, each emitting light of different colors, flowing ceaselessly from the pale gold of the outermost layer to the pure white of the innermost layer.

At the heart of the lotus, a thumb-sized lotus seed floated, its surface covered with dense patterns.

Those were not patterns; they were Great Dao Laws—the twelve-grade creation azure lotus.

The moment Lu Chen grasped the lotus stem, the concentration of Spiritual Qi in the entire Holy Pill City soared tenfold.

No, not just Holy Pill City.

With Holy Pill City as the center, a terrifying amount of life essence swept out in all directions like a tsunami.

Golden clouds rose from the twelve-grade creation azure lotus, piercing through the Formation dome above Holy Pill City, heading straight into the high heavens.

In the square, hundreds of thousands of Cultivators felt that surge of life essence simultaneously.

It was like a desert that had been arid for a thousand years suddenly being irrigated by heavy rain; every pore was greedily absorbing it.

Some small Cultivators in the Blood-Moving Realm broke through their Bottleneck on the spot.

Even the judges at the quasi-Emperor level felt something reviving in their Bloodline.

"What is this?!"

"Heavens, my cultivation is rising on its own!"

Qin Cangsong was envious. As an old monster who had lived for so long, he had seen countless Heaven And Earth Treasure.

But he had never seen any spiritual object that, just by appearing in one's hand, could affect the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi for ten thousand miles around.

Yu Yao and Qin Cangsong stood up, the two speaking in unison.

"twelve-grade creation azure lotus!"

Their voices were not steady at all; this was the first time in their lives they had lost their composure.

"This kind of thing should not appear in the mortal world!"

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Beneath the Zhongtian Domain, deep within the earth.

The ancestral grounds of the Jiang Family, ten thousand zhang underground.

A jet-black coffin lay quietly within a Seal, the surface of the coffin carved with Emperor patterns, emitting an eternal chill.

The ancient Great Emperor, who had been sleeping for who knows how many thousands of years, had exhausted his Lifespan and was using the undying divine coffin to extend his life.

Just at the moment the twelve-grade creation azure lotus appeared.

On the coffin lid, a crack appeared silently.

Inside the coffin, a withered finger moved slightly.

Two turbid eyes opened in the darkness.

Divine Sense pierced through ten thousand zhang of rock, pierced through the earth, pierced through the Void Realm, reaching directly to Holy Pill City.

He saw the twelve-grade creation azure lotus in Lu Chen's hand.

In those turbid eyes, a scorching light erupted.

At the same time, the undying divine coffin in the ancestral grounds of the Ji Family trembled, and a Great Emperor-level Divine Sense shot into the sky.

In the Dao Yi Holy Land, in the secret room where the Wuwei Dao Lord slept, the Dao pattern Formation lit up suddenly.

Taichu Holy Land, the place where the Taichu Grandmaster was sealed.

Taixuan Immortal Sect, Taiyin Academy...

The entire Zhongtian Domain, and even the Eastern Wasteland Region, the Nanli Domain—any faction with a Great Emperor's foundation sleeping within felt that surge of life essence at the same time.

Several Great Emperor-level Divine Senses projected from all over the world, gathering above Holy Pill City.

They collided and intertwined, finally locking onto the twelve-grade creation azure lotus in Lu Chen's hand.

"twelve-grade creation azure lotus! Consuming it directly can extend one's life by several hundred years!"

A Divine Sense transmission, old to the extreme, exploded, the voice full of disbelief.

"A waste of heaven's gift! A waste of heaven's gift!"

The second Divine Sense followed closely, its tone nearing madness.

"To use such a fairy object for Alchemy! If the furnace explodes, that is the greatest blasphemy against heaven and earth! Death is not enough to atone for the crime!"

"Give it to me! This old man is willing to trade three Emperor weapons!"

"Kid, your Lifespan is abundant, this thing is useless to you, why not..."

Several Great Emperor Divine Senses, wrapped in greed and desire, moved crazily toward Lu Chen.

The Cultivators on the square were pressed to their knees by this Emperor might.

Ye Qingxian's face turned pale, Nangong Ziyi gritted her teeth and managed to stand, Ji Ziyue summoned the void mirror to protect the three of them, but cold sweat seeped from her own forehead.

Lu Chen lowered his head, looking at the twelve-grade creation azure lotus in his hand.

He did not look up.

"Scram."

One word.

Lu Chen's Divine Sense turned into a giant void sword, slashing out horizontally.

The sword light was formless and intangible, but those few prying Great Emperor Divine Senses shook simultaneously, as if they had been heavily struck by something.

Two Divine Senses immediately retreated.

But there were still a few, lingering greedily.

They were not afraid of Lu Chen.

Emperor against Emperor, neither could do anything to the other, and besides, there were many of them.

Just then.

From the direction of the Eastern Wasteland Region, an aura so terrifying that it changed the color of the world suddenly awakened.

That aura came from extremely far away, yet it instantly covered the sky of the entire Zhongtian Domain.

A woman's voice sounded.

The voice was not loud, but it overwhelmed the Divine Senses of all the Great Emperors present, carrying unquestionable Emperor might and a hint of lazy impatience.

"I am not dead yet."

As the Emperor voice fell, the Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth stopped completely.

Those Great Emperor Divine Senses that were still lingering disappeared completely at the same time.

Without even a hint of hesitation.

Ling Yuling.

The true foundation of the Yunxiao Holy Land, Lu Chen's Revered Master, the woman in the Emperor Realm who was clearly self-sealed in the undying divine coffin with her Lifespan running out, spoke up for her disciple at this moment.

Lu Chen stood on the Alchemy stage, his fingers holding the twelve-grade creation azure lotus tightening by a fraction.

Deep in his eyes, something surged.

Revered Master, she was backing him up again.

But every time she used her Emperor voice, she consumed the Origin Lifespan that even the undying divine coffin could not replenish.

Lu Chen closed his eyes. In the depths of his memory, a Pill Formula emerged.

It was a very, very long time ago. He had not yet become an Emperor, and before the check-in System had become this salted-fish disciple-raising version, the System had given him a Pill Formula.

The Pill Formula had a long name: [Nine-Turn Creation Life-Extending Pill].

It required the twelve-grade creation azure lotus as the main ingredient, using Great Emperor Origin True Fire as a guide, and refining the Alchemy in the Void Realm.

After consuming it, one could extend their Lifespan by ten thousand years.

He had always remembered this Pill Formula.

He had remembered it for hundreds of years because his Revered Master, Ling Yuling, was still lying in the undying divine coffin, her Lifespan drying up day by day.

Lu Chen opened his eyes.

No one saw the momentary emotion in the depths of his eyes; his expression returned to that devil-may-care look.

The twelve-grade creation azure lotus in his hand was thrown high by him.

The twelve lotus petals scattered in the air, each emitting life essence that would make a Great Emperor's eyes turn red.

Lu Chen formed complex Alchemy Seals with both hands, Emperor Fire flowing at his fingertips.

The twelve lotus petals were wrapped by the Nanming Li Fire, one after another, precisely sent into the void furnace above his head.

A sound rang out between heaven and earth.

It was not an explosion, not the sound of thunder.

It was the Great Dao Sanskrit, low, distant, and vast.

It was as if countless ancient mighty figures were chanting in unison.

In the void furnace, the moment the essence of the twelve-grade creation azure lotus merged with the Nanming Li Fire, the Void Realm above the furnace fire cracked open.

Nine true Dragon phantoms poked their heads out from the crack, golden all over, their roars shaking the heavens.

Immediately after, a divine Phoenix flowing with light spread its wings and emerged, circling and intertwining with the nine true Dragons above the furnace fire.

Dragons and Phoenixes bringing auspiciousness, a Great Dao vision.

The entire Holy Pill City, hundreds of thousands of Cultivators looked up, watching the scene in the sky that did not belong to the mortal world.

Her gaze passed through the vision of intertwined Dragons and Phoenixes, staring at the young man in the black robe illuminated by the Emperor Fire.

What kind of Medicinal Pill was he refining?

Using the twelve-grade creation azure lotus, using Great Emperor Origin True Fire, using the Alchemy technique of the Void Realm lost for ten thousand years.

What on earth was he refining?

Offstage, Ye Qingxian held the heavenly emperor cauldron, her mouth open in an 'O' shape, unable to close it for a long time.

Nangong Ziyi clutched the purple-gold token, her peach-blossom eyes reflecting the sky full of Dragon and Phoenix light.

She had just been proud of her sixth-grade top-quality Medicinal Pill.

Now she suddenly felt that her Nine Yang Profound Fire Pill, compared to what Emperor Yun was refining, was probably just a roadside foxtail grass.

Ji Ziyue put away the void mirror, her phoenix eyes full of shock.

She had lived for tens of thousands of years, and this was the first time she had seen such a scene.

Nine Dragons and a divine Phoenix circling, the Great Dao Sanskrit endless.

A man stood between heaven and earth, Emperor Fire as the furnace, lotus essence as the medicine.

Ji Ziyue's heart skipped a beat; she suddenly understood a little why those women were throwing themselves at him like crazy.