202: Chapter 202 Half-Step Emperor Realm Soul, Preparations for Alchemy

Boom!

The distant cave exploded violently, and a figure, appearing almost substantial, hovered in mid-air.

Elder Dan stood proudly in mid-air, his eyes slightly closed, while soul power as vast as the sea rippled around his body like water waves.

It caused the surrounding space to appear distorted.

Elder Dan's current soul power was countless times stronger than before; the flowing, vast soul power gave one a sense of vitality, possessing more spirituality and vigor than his previous soul power.

"Teacher, has your lost Origin Qi of the soul been replenished?"

Hun Tiandi looked at Elder Dan in mid-air, a smile playing on the corners of his lips, and spoke softly.

Beside him, Liu Ling gazed at that figure, his eyes filled with shock, for he sensed an absolute pressure emanating from that person that surpassed a Heaven Realm Soul.

As a high-level grade 7 Alchemist, Liu Ling's own soul power had already broken through to the early Heaven Realm level, but in the presence of that figure, he felt his soul trembling.

So this is the person behind the Master...

Seeing the changes in Elder Dan's soul power, he was naturally pleasantly surprised. Elder Dan slowly opened his eyes, looked at the Hun Tiandi before him, and nodded with a smile.

With a flicker, his figure vanished into thin air without the slightest spatial fluctuation.

In the blink of an eye, he appeared before Hun Tiandi and the other. Elder Dan spoke slowly, "The efficacy of the ten-thousand year spirit dragon heavenly ganoderma exceeded expectations; not only has the Origin Qi of the soul returned to its peak..."

"It has even improved, and the Heaven Realm perfection level of the soul has been broken."

"Now, it can be called: a Half-Step Emperor Realm Soul!"

Upon hearing this, Hun Tiandi's eyes erupted with brilliant light. The level of a Half-Step Emperor Realm Soul—anything associated with the word 'Emperor' was absolutely beyond the peak, entering a brand new level.

Liu Ling was astonished to hear that the old man before him had actually cultivated his soul power to the Half-Step Emperor Realm level.

"Liu Ling, this is my teacher, who is also an Alchemist. Are you willing to learn from him carefully?"

"Since Teacher and Liu Ling have come out of seclusion, let us begin the preparations!"

Hun Tiandi spoke slowly. Elder Dan remained as calm as usual, while only Liu Ling, not understanding the intent, looked at him.

"Liu Ling, previously, I asked you if you dared to undertake a matter that would increase your strength but carried a nine-in-ten chance of death!"

"Master, Liu Ling is willing to go through fire and water!" Liu Ling immediately replied.

Hun Tiandi nodded with satisfaction and flipped his hand to produce a golden ball of fire. It was sealed with countless dense runes, but one could still feel the scorching high temperature radiating from the ball.

"Liu Ling, this is an Innate Divine Fire that is even more terrifying than a Heavenly Flame. If you successfully subdue this Innate Divine Fire, your strength will definitely increase significantly."

"Succeed, and you shall transform into a dragon and soar to the skies; fail, and you shall be utterly destroyed, body and soul. I am giving you another chance to choose now."

"Tell me your choice?" Hun Tiandi asked solemnly.

Upon hearing this, Liu Ling's eyes flashed with a deep red light. An Innate Divine Fire? Even more terrifying than a Heavenly Flame?

As an Alchemist, he naturally longed to possess a formidable Heavenly Flame, which would not only increase alchemy efficiency but also boost combat power.

Not to mention an Innate Divine Fire that was even more terrifying than a Heavenly Flame.

Elder Dan possessed an Innate Divine Fire named Ziwei Heavenly Fire, formed by the gathering of stellar power from the Big Dipper. It was a purple flame that shimmered with starlight and possessed destructive lethality, especially on nights when the astrological phenomena were at their peak, where its power reached its zenith, capable of destroying heaven and earth.

"Master, Liu Ling is willing to try!" After pondering for a long time, Liu Ling finally made his choice.

"Good!" Hun Tiandi smiled slightly.

"Teacher, you have experience in devouring Innate Divine Fire, please begin the preparations!" Hun Tiandi spoke slowly.

Elder Dan nodded slowly and left with Liu Ling to prepare the means for devouring the Innate Divine Fire.

In front of the bamboo house of the Time Tower was a herb field with good-quality medicinal herbs. They immediately began harvesting them to prepare for pill refinement, as one must make full preparations to refine such a terrifying Innate Divine Fire.

If there were even the slightest slack, the consequence awaiting Liu Ling would be death.

The reason Hun Tiandi chose to bestow the Innate Divine Fire upon Liu Ling was that Liu Ling himself was a high-level grade 7 Alchemist; if he could subdue the Innate Divine Fire, the benefits would be immeasurable.

Furthermore, with the Blood Spirit Seal upon him, there was no possibility of rebellion, and in the future, when creating a faction, high-grade Alchemists would be needed as a foundation.

It was not that he couldn't refine the Innate Divine Fire himself, but he had to consider things more comprehensively.

First, the danger coefficient of devouring the Innate Divine Fire while his strength was low was very high; second, he was not an Alchemist, so even if he succeeded in refining it, it would only increase his combat power slightly.

By comparison, no matter how one looked at it, it would not maximize the benefits.

After harvesting the medicinal herbs, Liu Ling and Elder Dan took the purple ring from Hun Tiandi and prepared to find a secluded place to begin pill refinement.

Hun Tiandi could not help with this, but with a master Alchemist like Elder Dan present, there would be no problems.

Hun Tiandi flashed and vanished from the spot, heading towards the main hall.

Since he was preparing to open up a small world, he needed to make preparations. He sat cross-legged, took out the purple heart barrier-breaking wine, and gulped it down.

He began to refine the power of the spirit wine, and the Dou Qi whistling through his meridians grew stronger; it was also time to improve his strength.

Just like that, under the reinforcement of the spirit wine and the energy of heaven and earth, time passed.

In the outside Beast Region, the giant snake of the Nine Serene Earth Nether Python was hiding in the Beast Sea, waiting for the vanished Hun Tiandi, but half a month had passed, and it had discovered nothing.

The originally vigilant giant snake had also relaxed, hiding in the forest in boredom.

"Sigh, I blame my loose tongue. Why did I have to tell the elder that I had seen him while tracking him, only to be arranged to wait here..."

The giant snake complained crazily, coiled into a ball, and closed its eyes to rest.

At the same time, the magical beasts and human experts of the Beast Region had not given up the search. The group led by Hun Tiandi had inexplicably vanished in the Beast Sea; they must have found something.

It was highly likely to be the ruins of an ancient expert, and any random item would be enough to make oneself strong.

Hun Tiandi did not know about this scene, and even if he did, he would not take it to heart.

Once Elder Dan was fully revived, they would just be a bunch of scum.

Inside the ruins secret realm, Liu Ling and Elder Dan stood in the cave. With a wave of his large sleeve, the mieyuan furnace appeared. With a flick of his finger, a purple fire dragon flashed down and finally drilled directly into the mieyuan furnace.

The raging flames caused the cold pill furnace to begin heating up.

At the moment the Ziwei Heavenly Fire appeared, the Golden Sun Fire within Liu Ling's body seemed to see some superior, and it actually trembled.

"This..."

Liu Ling's Golden Sun Fire belonged to a type of Earth Fire; although its power was not that of a Heavenly Flame, it was still much stronger than Beast Fire and self-condensed Dou Qi flames.

"My flame is also an Innate Divine Fire. You must be prepared; refining an Innate Divine Fire does not allow for a single mistake..."

Elder Dan spoke slowly, and Liu Ling nodded solemnly upon hearing this.

Once the temperature of the pill furnace had risen, Elder Dan flicked his fingers, and stalks of fresh medicinal herbs flew out from the storage ring, hovering in mid-air.

There were as many as several hundred of them, looking very spectacular.

"The pill being refined this time is the grade 8 ice spirit cold pill, which belongs to the yin-cold attribute. When refining the Innate Divine Fire, it can freeze the internal organs and vital organs; otherwise, a flesh-and-blood body would be unable to withstand it."

Elder Dan spoke slowly, his expression serious.

Upon hearing this, Liu Ling took a deep breath. A pill of the grade of the ice spirit cold pill was extremely complicated to refine.