122: Chapter 122 Signing in at the Tushita Palace, Supreme Alchemy Technique!

The destruction of the Corpse Immortal Sect happened much faster than imagined.

After Li Xuan blew apart that half-step Taiyi Realm Corpse Emperor with a single punch, the remaining matters proceeded without any further twists.

The army of the Heavenly Court, led by Golden Immortal generals, charged into the territory of the Corpse Immortal Sect and began taking over this vast wasteland.

Rather than calling it an inventory of spoils, it was more of a large-scale purification and cleanup.

The Corpse Immortal Sect had occupied this place for many years, accumulating a wealth that could be described as massive, but almost every item was stained with blood and sin.

Magic Treasures refined from living souls, palaces built from the skeletons of Immortals, poisonous insects nourished by the resentment of billions of living beings... in the eyes of the Heavenly Court, all these things had to be destroyed.

On the deck of the zhou tian star boat, Li Xuan was accompanying several children at play.

A Golden Immortal general respectfully flew forward and knelt on one knee to report.

“Reporting to the Heavenly Emperor, the treasury of the Corpse Immortal Sect has been fully inventoried. The quantities of various Immortal metals, Immortal crystals, and Spiritual Vein resources are enormous; they have all been sealed and are ready to be transported back to the Southern Heaven Gate.”

“Mm.”

Li Xuan gave a brief response, showing little interest.

These things were not much to the current, wealthy Heavenly Court.

That general saw through Li Xuan's thoughts, hesitated for a moment, and then said:

“Your Majesty, in the deepest part of the treasury, your subordinate discovered a hidden compartment sealed by heavy Restrictions. After opening it, there were no treasures stored inside, only this.”

As he spoke, he held a jade box in both hands and respectfully raised it above his head.

“Oh?”

Li Xuan became interested.

Something kept so carefully by the Corpse Immortal Sect should not be an ordinary item.

With a wave of his hand, the jade box flew into his palm.

Upon opening it, what lay inside was not a divine weapon or a peerless Immortal Pill, but a rolled-up animal hide.

No, that wasn't right.

Li Xuan reached out to pinch it; the texture was warm and moist, feeling neither like metal nor jade. It was hard to say what kind of miraculous creature's skin it had been tanned from.

The hide displayed a deep dark-gold color, as if it contained a starry sky within.

He unfurled the scroll, and a vast star map expanded before his eyes.

The Star Domains marked on the map were not any place known to the Immortal Realm, but rather an unknown Void Realm filled with chaotic Qi currents and spatial rifts.

Countless stars moved according to profound trajectories. In the very center of the star map, a coordinate point shimmered with a faint light, marked with two words in an ancient, primordial divine script.

“Tushita”

Seeing these two characters, Li Xuan was stunned for a moment.

This name might just be an ancient term to others in the Immortal Realm.

But to him, a person from Earth, it represented a familiar piece of ancient mythology!

Tushita Palace!

Wasn't that the legendary Daoist temple of the Supreme Old Lord, one of the Three Pure Ones?

That place was famous throughout the heavens for refining countless nine-turn golden pills.

Why would the Corpse Immortal Sect—a Sect that specialized in the Dao of Corpses, which was completely opposite to the Great Dao of 'Life'—possess a star map pointing to the Tushita Palace Ruins?

Li Xuan immediately understood the reason behind it.

Even a broken ship has three thousand nails left in it.

Even if Tushita Palace had become a ruin, it was absolutely one of the top treasure lands in the Immortal Realm.

A casual piece of pill dross scattered there would likely be a supreme divine medicine to current Cultivators.

The Corpse Immortal Sect must have obtained this star map by chance, but their strength was insufficient or the timing was wrong, so they never dared to explore it.

Now, it had become a bargain for Li Xuan.

“Interesting...” Li Xuan smiled, “The legendary Tushita Palace. I want to see what good things are left there.”

“Pass down the order,” he put away the star map and stood up, his voice carrying through the entire fleet, “The army will remain stationed here to purify the resentment of this place. The Supreme Dao Body will guard the Southern Heaven Gate, and the Primordial Dao Body will travel with me.”

“Daddy, are we going on an adventure again?”

Li Qingyue ran over excitedly and hugged his leg.

“Yes, we're going to a place that might hide many, many jellybeans.”

Li Xuan smiled and rubbed his daughter's hair.

In the next moment, the flagship of the zhou tian star boat vanished silently into the Void Realm.

With clear star map coordinates, the navigation of the zhou tian star boat became very simple.

It traveled through the chaotic Void Realm like a giant deep-sea kun; those spatial turbulences that could tear a Golden Immortal to shreds were easily parted as soon as they hit the star boat's protective starlight.

Along the way, they also encountered some ancient remnant formations floating in the Void Realm.

Some of these Restrictions were very well-hidden and harbored killing intent; once triggered, even a Taiyi Golden Immortal would lose a layer of skin if they fell in.

However, these traps were nothing more than child's play in Li Xuan's eyes.

“Three thousand seven hundred miles to the front-left, there is an Inverted Five Elements Array. Change course by thirty degrees and bypass it.”

“Nine thousand miles off the starboard side, there is Ancient Heavenly Killing Thunder gathered. Ignore it and ram straight through.”

“Straight ahead, a dilapidated Illusory God Wandering Array...” Li Xuan looked at that distorted light and shadow, even too lazy to take a detour, simply pointing a finger.

A subtle thread of Sword Qi flashed past, crossing a vast distance.

In the distance, that illusory array capable of making Immortals lose their minds popped like a bubble.

The generals and Heavenly Soldiers following Li Xuan had long since grown accustomed to their Majesty's effortless and casual methods.

In their hearts, the Heavenly Emperor was omnipotent.

After sailing in the Void Realm for about half a day, the speed of the zhou tian star boat slowed down.

The scene ahead was extremely spectacular.

It was a magnificent expanse of ruins.

A fragment of a continent floating in the Void Realm, vast and boundless.

On the continent, Immortal Qi permeated the air and rosy light flowed; even after long ages had passed, the residual Dao Rhyme of this place was still dense.

Broken walls and debris were everywhere.

One could see a white jade divine pillar a thousand zhang in diameter snapped in the middle; the upper half was missing, but the lower half still emitted a warm luster.

One could see a palace complex spanning ten thousand miles with only its foundations left, but the Daoist patterns carved on the foundations were still operating on their own to this day, evolving various miraculous scenes.

Fragments of broken Immortal Artifacts could be seen everywhere; some even retained a wisp of inextinguishable spiritual light, shining like crushed diamonds on the ground.

The most eye-catching thing was the scent permeating the air.

It was a strange fragrance.

The scents of billions of types of Immortal Pills and Spirit Medicines had mixed here, settling over eternal ages to brew a heart-refreshing Dao fragrance.

Just taking a single breath made the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals on the ship feel their magic power surge, showing signs that their cultivation was loosening.

“This... this is simply a Holy Land for Alchemists!”

A general who knew a bit about the Dao of Alchemy was incredibly excited.

“All personnel on alert, follow me down.”

Li Xuan put away the star boat and led the way, stepping onto this ancient continent.

The people of the Heavenly Court followed closely behind.

Li Xuan paid no mind to those scattered Immortal Artifact fragments; his goal was clear: the core area of these ruins.

His Double Pupils were already active, and combined with his recently attained daluo dao fruit, all the Restrictions and illusions of this place were laid bare before his eyes.

He led everyone forward, always able to precisely avoid those killing arrays that were still operational.

Finally, in the center of a massive plaza, they saw a relatively intact building.

It was a simple, octagonal Pill Refining Room.

The massive doors of the Pill Refining Room had long since collapsed, but one could still feel the scorching Dao Rhyme rushing out from within, as if the flames inside had never been extinguished.

In the very center of the Pill Refining Room stood a massive eight trigrams furnace, a full nine stories high.

The Pill Furnace was dark red all over, covered in runes of Heaven, Earth, Wind, Thunder, Mountains, Marshes, Water, and Fire.

Although the furnace body was covered in fine cracks, as if it would shatter at any moment, its prestige had not diminished in the slightest.

“eight trigrams furnace...” Li Xuan softly uttered the name.

This place, without a doubt, was once the Pill Refining Room of the Supreme Old Lord!

It was also the place with the densest Dao Rhyme and the highest value in the entire Tushita Palace Ruins.

Li Xuan walked up to the massive eight trigrams furnace, and feeling the supreme Dao Rhyme remaining in this legendary supreme treasure, he no longer hesitated.

“System, sign in right here!”

A familiar mechanical voice rang out in his mind!

[Ding! Detected that the host has arrived at a Mythological Era-level sign-in location—Tushita Palace · eight trigrams furnace Core!]

[This sign-in can trigger the highest level 'Great Dao Source' critical hit reward! Confirm sign-in?]

“Confirm!”

[Ding! Sign-in successful! Triggered a hundred-thousand-fold Great Dao Source critical hit!]

[Congratulations to the host! Obtained the supreme-level Cultivation Technique Legacy—Supreme Alchemy Technique!]

Boom—!

As soon as the System notification finished, countless insights and information regarding the Great Dao of Alchemy instantly unfolded in his Sea of Consciousness, becoming his instinct.

It was not a simple Pill Formula or refining technique.

It was a Dao!

A supreme method that pointed directly to the Origin of the Alchemy Dao, explaining the creation from nothing, the transition from death to life, the transformation of Yin and Yang, and the generation and overcoming of the Five Elements!

What is a Pill?

Using Heaven and Earth as the furnace, one can refine the sun, moon, and stars!

Using oneself as the furnace, one can refine an indestructible vajra body!

Using divine intent as the furnace, one can even refine the false into the true and turn the illusory into reality!

This Supreme Alchemy Technique was not just a technique for refining medicine, but a supreme path leading to the Great Dao of Creation!

Its profoundness and depth exceeded any existing Alchemy method in the Immortal Realm by a thousand or ten thousand times!

All sorts of insights came thick and fast, making his understanding of the world and the Great Dao increasingly profound.

Just as Li Xuan was immersed in this unprecedentedly massive harvest, the Origin aura of the Alchemy Dao that he unintentionally emitted brushed across the entire ruins like a breeze.

Outside the Pill Refining Room, in a corner of the ruins buried by collapsed walls.

A small, pitch-black Pill Furnace of ancient design, only the height of a person, suddenly trembled slightly after being silent for long ages.

On the furnace body, a wisp of faint spiritual light that seemed as if it would go out at any moment slowly lit up.

An ancient and confused will was awakened from its slumber.

“Ugh... this scent... so familiar...”

“Is it... is it Master's scent...?”