125: Chapter 125 Refining the Golden Elixir!
His eighth son was in his arms, warm and soft.
Inside Li Xuan's body, the power of the Middle Stage Taiyi Golden Immortal was surging.
His own Dao had progressed even further.
With a lift of his hand, the Laws of the Great Dao lingered at his fingertips, significantly stronger than before.
The little guy in his arms wasn't asleep.
His bright eyes rolled around, fixed entirely on his cheap old man.
Outside, the phenomenon of heaven and earth celebrating together was still making a commotion.
A rain of pills and auspicious clouds fell, while golden lotuses surged from the ground.
In the little guy's eyes, these were all ordinary sights, far less attractive than the aura of the Alchemy Dao originating from the same source on Li Xuan.
"Little guy, come on, Daddy will take you to see something fun."
Li Xuan smiled and tapped his son's forehead with a finger.
In the next second, holding the infant, his figure vanished from the Heavenly Court's bedchamber.
When he reappeared, he was standing atop the Tushita Palace Ruins floating in the Chaos.
"Dad... oh no, Ancestor! Lord Pill Ancestor! You're back!"
As soon as Li Xuan appeared, the tattered black Pill Furnace in the corner shook.
A fawning Divine Thought emerged.
Dan Lingzi had been cowering in the furnace for ages, his mind filled with ten thousand ways he might die.
When that deadly Alchemy Dao aura descended again, his soul nearly took flight in terror; his phantom projection scrambled out, ready to continue their 'father-son' bond.
His words stopped abruptly.
His spiritual body froze in place.
Dan Lingzi, the illusory white-bearded old man, had eyes that nearly popped out as he stared fixedly at the infant in Li Xuan's arms.
What was that?
Dan Lingzi's Divine Soul was screaming.
Primal.
Ancient.
The Origin from before the Chaos opened, before the very word 'Alchemy' was even born.
That infant was 'Alchemy' itself.
The living Great Dao of Alchemy.
"This... this... this..."
Dan Lingzi's lips trembled, his Dao Heart shattered to pieces.
Thud.
His illusory knees knelt in the Void Realm, performing a full prostration toward Li Dansheng, an infant who had been born less than half an hour ago.
He forgot to curry favor with Li Xuan beside him; his spiritual body shook as if it were about to fall apart, and old tears flowed down his face.
"A Natural Pill God... it's a Natural Pill God!"
"Ancestral Master above! The Alchemy Dao... the Alchemy Dao is not extinct! It is not extinct!"
Dan Lingzi wailed, his words incoherent.
"No wonder! No wonder you have such pure Alchemy techniques! So... so you are actually the father of the Pill God! This lowly one was blind, I deserve ten thousand deaths!"
Li Xuan looked at the crazed Dan Lingzi and gave a small smile.
At least he knew his stuff.
It saved him some breath.
"Alright, stop howling."
Li Xuan spoke.
"Since you recognized him, I will give you an Opportunity."
He waved his hand casually.
Rumble.
In the center of the main Alchemy room in the distance, that nine-story high, dark-red eight trigrams furnace was lifted by a massive force and flew before them.
It hovered in mid-air.
"This furnace is broken. I want to use it to refine a batch of nine-turn golden pills. I'll give you the time it takes for an incense stick to burn to fix it."
Li Xuan spoke nonchalantly.
Dan Lingzi, however, was stunned.
nine-turn golden pills?
You must be joking.
Those were legendary Immortal Pills that even Grand Unity Golden Immortals would fight over desperately.
Never mind using this half-ruined furnace; even in the peak of the past, when the old master did it himself, it still depended on luck.
You're holding a baby and you want to refine nine-turn golden pills?
Ridiculous.
Wait...
Dan Lingzi's gaze fell back onto Li Dansheng.
That's right.
With this Natural Pill God here, nothing was impossible.
"Dad! Just you watch! I guarantee the task will be completed!"
Dan Lingzi wiped his tears and leaped up excitedly.
This wasn't a test.
This was a massive Opportunity.
It was the glory of witnessing the Pill Ancestor and Pill God join forces to refine pills with his own eyes.
Hum!
He held nothing back, burning all of his remaining Divine Soul power.
Illusory runes flew out of his body one after another, imprinting themselves onto the massive eight trigrams furnace.
Ancient and obscure incantations rang out.
His already illusory body became even more transparent.
The effect was obvious.
The tiny cracks covering the eight trigrams furnace began to heal.
Although the large fissures remained, the entire furnace was forcibly stabilized by a power, ensuring it wouldn't fall apart in the short term.
"Huff... huff... Dad... it's ready!"
Dan Lingzi panted heavily, his spiritual body so faint it was about to disappear.
"Mm, not bad."
Li Xuan expressed his approval.
Immediately after, he took action.
"All things as Materials, heed my command!"
Crash.
The Heaven And Earth Treasures he had previously scavenged from the Corpse Immortal Sect's treasury appeared out of thin air in this void.
A hundred-thousand-year-old Immortal Marrow Dragon Ganoderma.
Stellar Iron Mother containing Innate Geng-Metal Qi.
Undying Divine Phoenix Wood condensed from the essence of life.
Every single item was enough to make a Golden Immortal green with envy.
In Li Xuan's hands right now, they were no different from common sundries.
He held his fingers like a sword and made a slash toward the pile of Materials in the air.
Ssh! Ssh! Ssh!
Immortal light flashed by,
And the Heaven And Earth Treasures were instantly dismantled and purified, turning into clusters of the purest Origin spiritual liquid.
"Enter!"
Li Xuan flicked his finger.
The essences of over a hundred types of top-tier medicinal Materials wove into a net of light and were cast into the eight trigrams furnace in sequence.
"Fire, come!"
He pointed another finger toward the bottom of the furnace.
Boom!
The Samadhi True Fire, which had been dormant for ages, reignited, illuminating the interior of the Pill Furnace with brilliant clarity.
A thick pill fragrance wafted out from the gaps in the furnace.
Li Dansheng, who had been very quiet in his arms, twitched his little nose upon smelling this scent.
His eyes lit up.
That was the instinct of his Alchemy Divine Fetus; he had smelled the scent of 'food'.
"Ya... ya..."
The little guy began to wave his hands and feet, babbling away.
He reached out his small hands, grabbing at the air.
Li Dansheng had only moved his hands randomly.
But the entire Tushita Palace Ruins and the hundreds of millions of miles of chaotic void shook in unison.
They responded to the command.
Golden chains of Law emerged from the nothingness, actively gathering around Li Dansheng's small hands.
They intertwined, rubbed against him, and fawned over him.
The little guy was tickled and giggled out loud.
He waved his little hand.
"Whoosh!"
Having received their orders, those golden chains of Law immediately turned around.
A golden torrent charged entirely into the violently vibrating eight trigrams furnace.
"Hum!"
The furnace's light exploded.
Inside the furnace, over a hundred types of conflicting medicinal liquids received the blessing of the Origin Laws of the Alchemy Dao, merging perfectly within a few breaths.
Steps that would originally have taken several days or even decades were completed in an instant.
Dan Lingzi knelt on the ground, dumbfounded.
What was he seeing?
A newborn baby, with a wave of his hand, mobilized the Alchemy Dao Laws of heaven and earth to refine pills?
What kind of god-tier operation was this?
He had refined pills his whole life and was still researching how to draw a sliver of Law into the medicine.
This person was born, and the Laws came running on their own, begging to be used.
The gap between man and god was larger than the gap between man and dog.
His Dao Heart was shattered so thoroughly it could never be put back together.
Looking at the infant giggling in his father's arms because he had caught some 'light', only one thought remained in his mind.
"From today on, don't call me Dan Lingzi, call me Dan Grandson..."
Rumble!
The eight trigrams furnace shook even more violently; something was about to burst out from within.
Colorful clouds rose from the top of the furnace, transforming into phantoms of dragons, phoenixes, and Qilins circling above.
The furnace lid clattered and jumped, threatening to be flipped over at any moment.
A singular pill fragrance permeated the air.
The first nine-turn golden pill was about to take shape.
The sky turned dark.
Patches of pitch-black tribulation clouds appeared out of nowhere, pressing down on the head of the eight trigrams furnace.
Thick purple-green electric snakes darted around in the clouds.
The sizzling sound made Dan Lingzi's soul fly away and spirit scatter.
The Pill Tribulation had arrived.