Method to Advance to Peak Sixth-grade Alchemist Within Two Years

A Sixth-grade Alchemist was a renowned figure anywhere on the continent, a pinnacle that countless alchemists struggled their entire lives to reach.

Once one's Alchemy Skill reached the sixth grade—or even the fifth grade—that person could become a high-ranking member of an Alchemist Guild in some Northwest Region nation, or a respected retainer whom even a Family Head of a Dou Zong clan in the Central Plains would treat with deference.

As for Sixth-grade Alchemists, setting aside special cases like Gu He, any one of them could establish a faction approaching the level of a Dou Zong, or have Dou Emperor and even Dou Zong clans come knocking at their door.

Sixth-grade Alchemist was a massive threshold in the alchemy world. Aside from a few exceptionally special factions, reaching this level was enough to flourish even in the Central Plains and be eagerly courted by countless people.

A Peak Sixth-grade Alchemist was even more extraordinary. Even Dou Zun factions would treat such a person politely and would not lightly offend them. In the original work, Blazing Flame Valley had summoned so many high-grade alchemists. Although many could not help because the pills required were of too high a grade, Blazing Flame Valley did not offend a single one of them.

A level that had already stepped half a foot into the upper echelons of the Dou Qi Continent was not only a symbol of power and status, but also proof of its immense difficulty.

Fama, a Dou Emperor who had received guidance from Venerable Yao, had still failed to reach the sixth grade after all these years. That showed just how unattainable the sixth grade was.

Yet the alchemy grade that was beyond reach for others was not impossible for Su Luo.

In the original work, relying on his innately powerful Soul Power and Medicine Elder's guidance, Xiao Yan began learning alchemy only after turning sixteen. Yet in just over two years, his Alchemy Skill had reached the fifth grade. This showed that as long as one's Soul Power was strong enough, raising one's alchemy grade was not quite so difficult.

And, quite conveniently, Su Luo and Xiao Yan were both transmigrators. Their innate Soul Power was stronger than that of ordinary people. Moreover, unlike Xiao Yan, Su Luo came from the Douluo World and could break through more realms. Each breakthrough would increase Su Luo's Soul Power.

Although the Douluo World was regarded as the bottom rung of fantasy worlds, the fact that a Five-Ring Soul King had to endure the Soul Impact of a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast was already an established setting in Douluo Continent Season 1. If a Five-Ring Soul King could withstand that Soul Impact, it proved that the first four Soul Rings had already raised a Soul Master's Soul Power to a considerable level.

Breaking through on the Dou Qi Continent would strengthen Su Luo's Soul Power, while breaking through and fusing Soul Rings on the Douluo Continent would likewise increase it. Those extra realm advancements beyond what an ordinary Dou Zhe possessed were Su Luo's capital for challenging the realm of Peak Sixth-grade Alchemist within two years.

Of course, relying solely on ordinary realm advancements, Su Luo still could not reach Peak Sixth-grade within two years.

A Di-tier Low-grade cultivation method was indeed quite good. Combined with some pills Su Luo refined, reaching the Da Dou Shi realm within two years would absolutely not be a problem. Even reaching the Dou Ling realm was not entirely impossible, but going any higher would be difficult.

Fortunately, as someone who had read all of Battle Through the Heavens, Su Luo knew that there was a Seventh-grade Pill in this world: the Life Devouring Pill.

As long as he cultivated to the Da Dou Shi realm, Su Luo could directly reach the Dou Wang realm with a single Life Devouring Pill.

And once he became a Dou Wang expert, many things would become possible.

With the cultivation of a Dou Wang and the current point in the timeline, he could find a way to obtain the Green Lotus Core Flame. Although devouring the Green Lotus Core Flame was extremely risky, as long as he succeeded, he would have enough strength to visit the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye and search for the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew that could strengthen his Soul Power.

With Dou Wang cultivation, a Heavenly Flame, and the Soul Power enhancement from the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, he could, if necessary, find a Soul Bone from the Squinting Tyrant. Su Luo refused to believe that he could not reach Peak Sixth-grade Alchemist in a short time.

Of course, in theory, it seemed easy. It appeared that everything would be solved as long as he consumed a Life Devouring Pill and fused with a Heavenly Flame.

But in reality, the Life Devouring Pill was probably not so easy to find. The Black Corner Region was vast, and Xiao Li had never specified in the original work which mountain range he found the Life Devouring Pill in. Scouring mountains everywhere for it would be a huge challenge.

Furthermore, fusing with the Green Lotus Core Flame was also a problem—one even more serious than finding the Life Devouring Pill.

Xiao Yan had devoured the Green Lotus Core Flame while he was still a Dou Master in the original work. But the issue was that he was the protagonist, and Potato later added the setting of a Heavenly Flame Body.

Setting Xiao Yan aside, those who successfully fused with Heavenly Flames were basically Dou Zun experts or stronger.

Even Tang Huo'er, with the strength of a Dou Zong and a cultivation method highly compatible with the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire, not only failed to fuse with the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire, but nearly lost her life. She needed a Fire Bodhi Pill to save her.

Throughout all of Battle Through the Heavens, the only person below the Dou Zun realm besides Xiao Yan to successfully fuse with a Heavenly Flame was Han Feng. Yet considering Han Feng's identity as Medicine Elder's former disciple, it would not have been surprising if he had produced an Eight-grade Pill as material for devouring a Heavenly Flame.

It could be said that nearly all of Battle Through the Heavens spelled out one thing: if you were not the protagonist, do not touch Heavenly Flames below the Dou Zun realm—unless you had an Eight-grade Pill.

Of course, Su Luo had also considered the setting from Legend of Medicine Elder. There, even a Dou Master could use the Nine Nether Wind Flame. But a Fourth-tier Magical Beast could speak human language, making it hard to believe that it was the world of Battle Through the Heavens rather than a wildly written fanfiction.

Especially when a Third-grade Pill suggested by a Second-grade Pill could actually prompt Yao Wanhuo of the Yao Clan to investigate. And Yao Chen, who had only Dou Master cultivation, could escape from beneath the eyes of a Dou Saint during the Grand Medicine Ceremony. The setting had utterly collapsed.

By comparison, Biography of Yao Chen, in which Medicine Elder's teacher was named Yao Shuangzhong, was more reasonable. Yet precisely because it was more reasonable, Su Luo was even more worried about the terror of Heavenly Flames.

Because in Biography of Yao Chen, Medicine Elder relied on the Eight-grade Pill, the Saint Hand Body-Protecting Pill, to devour the Bone Spirit Cold Flame. This practically confirmed the unstated setting that one needed either the Dou Zun realm or an Eight-grade Pill to touch a Heavenly Flame.

Fortunately, neither Legend of Medicine Elder nor Biography of Yao Chen was part of Potato's body of work, so Su Luo only needed to consider the original settings of Battle Through the Heavens. Of course, even under the original settings, Heavenly Flames were still not easy to absorb.

But Su Luo could not consider Heavenly Flames yet. That was a little too early for him. The issue Su Luo needed to face now was...

"I need to leave time to search for the Life Devouring Pill, its formula, and the medicinal ingredients. If I only have two years, I must reach the Da Dou Shi realm within one year. At the same time, I can't fall behind in alchemy. But it isn't Jia Nan Academy's recruitment period now. This is going to be difficult."

Su Luo rubbed his forehead and pondered how to get into Jia Nan Academy.