557: Chapter 557

After the Light of the Epoch descended, the battlefield fell silent.

That True God had more than half of his body erased on the spot, and what little aura remained was almost completely dissipated.

As soon as the Yangchen Technique stopped, the side effects immediately struck back.

His blood and Qi were mostly depleted in an instant, his Meridians were filled with searing pain, and even his Origin was trembling slightly.

The old man in the ring remained quiet for a long time.

Light of the Epoch.

Those four words kept spinning in his mind.

Combined with Qin Yun's style throughout this journey—this calmness and the air of someone who had seen great scenes—it once again reminded him of a person who should no longer exist.

But he quickly suppressed the thought.

The Realm Sea was gone.

Logically, that person should have been buried in the old era long ago.

Moreover, he was currently just a remnant soul; if he really thought too deeply into it, he didn't even have the right to do so.

First, nourish the soul.

Wait until he could truly recasting his Physical Body before talking about anything else.

After Qin Yun landed back on the ground, he didn't even exchange pleasantries; he simply turned and left.

The most urgent thing for him now was to recover.

On the way, the feeling of weakness grew heavier and heavier.

Even the circulation of spiritual power began to feel sluggish.

There weren't many injuries on the outside of his Physical Body, but the inside felt as if it had been roasted by a great sun, with even the gaps in his bones feeling parched.

The old man performed an inspection, his tone very grave.

"Don't mess around again for a short while."

"If you do it again, you'll truly damage your roots."

Qin Yun nodded.

The downsides were great.

But there were benefits too.

By forcibly bearing a massive amount of Yangchen power, the prototype of his Taihuang Holy Venerable Sun Body had actually been nourished once.

The previous Yangchen Technique was about borrowing the sun.

Now it was different.

Because of his special Taihuang Holy Venerable Sun Body.

The Yangchen Technique had changed from borrowing to absorbing.

After returning to the women's Sect, the attitude of the upper management changed completely.

The Sect Master personally came out to receive him, several Elders also arrived, and his Immortal Cave was directly upgraded to the best tier in the Sect; the medicine storehouse, fire veins, and secret lands were all opened to him.

Qin Yun was in no hurry to enter the Immortal Cave.

"I will not use the Sect's resources for no reason."

"I will make you understand that your investment is worth it."

"I am slightly proficient in the Dao of Alchemy."

The Sect Master was stunned, assuming Qin Yun was merely interested in the Dao of Alchemy; he immediately stated that he could let Qin Yun learn Alchemy from the Sect's Pill King.

"They cannot teach my Dao of Alchemy."

Qin Yun spoke calmly.

A Pill King Elder sneered on the spot.

"A young brat, what do you know about Alchemy?"

"Having some talent doesn't mean you can touch everything."

The Sect Master only thought Qin Yun was young and arrogant, so he wanted to let Qin Yun witness the prowess of the Sect's Alchemists' Dao of Alchemy.

A pill verification began just like that.

The Pill Formula was the Sect's long-held Chiyang Guiyuan Pill.

This thing wasn't the top-tier, but it was exceptionally difficult to refine.

If the heat was too high, the Pill Furnace would explode.

If the heat was too low, the medicinal properties would dissipate.

The Sect had struggled for years, and the success rate was embarrassingly low.

In the Pill Hall, a group of Alchemists gathered around the Pill Furnace.

The first few who went up all failed.

In the end, the Pill Emperor Elder, who was strongest in the Sect's Dao of Alchemy, personally took action and barely managed to refine one, and its quality could only be considered passable.

That Pill King Elder stood to the side, his confidence returning to his face.

"See that? This is called Alchemy."

"Alchemy isn't something that can be done just by talking."

Qin Yun walked over.

"Too much Fire Sun Flower by one qian."

"Too little Cold Jade Root by half an inch."

"Also, you opened the furnace too quickly, causing the medicinal properties to dissipate first."

The Pill King Elder's face darkened.

"Nonsense."

Qin Yun didn't bother to argue.

He directly moved into action.

Changing the fire.

Adjusting the sequence.

First suppressing, then lifting.

Several auxiliary medicines that were supposed to enter the furnace at the same time, he instead divided into three batches.

Many Alchemists around frowned as they watched.

The Pill King Elder gave a cold snort.

"Reckless."

Qin Yun didn't even raise his head.

His movements were extremely smooth, without the slightest pause.

When the heat was at its most stable, he raised his hand and slapped the furnace body.

The furnace mouth vibrated.

A pill fragrance rushed straight out.

The entire hall went silent.

The next moment, the furnace opened.

Three pills from one furnace.

Three Chiyang Guiyuan Pills rolled out, their color lustrous and their pill patterns clear, more than a level stronger than the previous one.

The Pill Emperor Elder walked closer to look, and his hand trembled.

The Pill King Elder's face froze on the spot.

His previous sneer, along with that word 'reckless', were both stuck in his throat.

Qin Yun placed the pills on a tray, his tone very flat.

"This batch of pills isn't hard."

"Your method was wrong."

The Pill Hall remained silent for a long time.

At this moment, the Sect Master also realized the terrifying nature of the Qin Yun before him; this was not just a cultivation genius, but a young Pill God, or even a Pill Venerable!

He must be befriended.

...In the following days, he went into complete seclusion, Cultivating frantically.

He himself wasn't idle either, occasionally refining a few batches of high-grade Medicinal Pills to throw to the Sect in exchange for more resource allocation.

For a whole year, almost no one had seen him.

They only knew that the firelight on Sky Yang Peak was becoming more stable, and the Yang power at the summit was growing heavier by the day.

A year later, the Immortal Cave door opened.

When Qin Yun walked out, his aura was completely different from before.

Guiyi Realm Peak.

It was time to settle the accounts.

Lu Cheng's lineage had caused no small amount of trouble during this year.

Both sides had long since developed a fierce animosity.

Since Qin Yun had come out of seclusion, they would no longer stay on the defensive.

The Sect Master's attitude was very decisive.

"In this battle, we will cut off the future troubles."

Qin Yun nodded.

His actions were also decisive.

After the war began, the front line was pushed through almost all the way.

Lu Cheng's lineage's mountain gates, defensive lines, and subordinate forces were pierced through layer by layer.

All the previous hunting and oppression were repaid after this year.

The women's Sect side fought more and more smoothly.

The opponent retreated again and its again.

Mountain gates were blasted to pieces.

Core Elders fell one after another.

Even those last few defensive lines were about to be unable to hold.

The situation had reached the brink of Sect extermination.

Many people on the women's Sect side had bloodshot eyes.

The anger suppressed for a year was all released today.

Just as Lu Cheng's Orthodoxy was about to be wiped out, the sky suddenly went quiet.

A higher-level pressure descended, and the entire battlefield stopped.

Everyone felt as if they were being pressed down by a hand.

The women's Sect's upper management stopped.

Lu Cheng's lineage also stopped.

A figure appeared in mid-air.

He had a middle-aged appearance, ordinary clothing, and a faint expression.

But as he stood there, no one dared to move again.

A Venerable.

And not the kind who came to reason.

He merely glanced at the battlefield and spoke.

"Fighting to this point is enough."

No one refuted him.

He continued:

"Within our Great Heavenly Province, there will be a great struggle next."

"At such a time, it is not suitable for the Tianlan Region to fight until its Origin Qi is heavily damaged."

To put it bluntly.

Lu Cheng's Orthodoxy should be defeated, fine.

To what extent they should be destroyed was for him to decide.

With one sentence, he suppressed the year-long blood feud between the two sides right there.

He also conveniently placed this local area into a larger framework.

The Tianlan Region was just a corner of the Heavenly Province.

The real great struggle was still to come.

Having finished speaking, a treasure pearl appeared in his palm.

The pearl wasn't large, its color was old, looking like a worn-down stone.

He looked down at it, and his gaze suddenly turned toward Qin Yun.

"Interesting."

This treasure pearl was something left behind by his late Revered Master.

His Revered Master was a Heavenly Venerable.

Before passing, he had only left one sentence.

This pearl is extremely sensitive to Luck.

It can sense those with great Luck.

He had originally just been carrying it along with him.

He hadn't expected it to truly have a reaction today.

And the one it reacted to the most was precisely Qin Yun.

The Venerable stared at Qin Yun; his gaze wasn't heavy, yet it made everyone present tense up.

"You, come with me."