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Alchemist Tower
Battle Through the Heavens: Lies Become Reality, Starting with the Woeful Poison Body
Biodata
| Feature | Information |
|---|---|
| Name | Alchemist Tower (丹塔) |
| Alias(es) | Pill Tower |
| Affiliation | Zhongzhou Alliance |
| Occupation/Role | Neutral continent-wide organization that protects alchemists, administers alchemist ranks, and safeguards the Pill Region |
| Location | Pill Region, at the heart of the Central Region in the Central Plains 110 133 |
| Status | Active |
| First Appearance | Chapter 23 |
| Age | Established for approximately one thousand years 118 |
Background
The Alchemist Tower was founded after its founder suffered oppression from the Yao Clan in his youth. He established it to protect alchemists throughout the continent, creating an enduring rivalry between the Tower and the Yao Clan. 118
It is a gathering place and mutual-support force for alchemists. Although it publicly maintains neutrality and avoids ordinary factional disputes, it refuses to compromise on the dignity, rights, and safety of alchemists. Its protection is credited with supporting alchemists’ high standing across the continent over the past millennium. 110 118
The Pill Region was named after the Alchemist Tower and serves as its territory. The organization possesses sufficient wealth, influence, and military strength to contend with weaker Imperial Clans. 110 131
Organization
Leadership
| Position | Holder | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Pill Tower's Old Ancestor | Pill Tower's Old Ancestor | A sentient Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill born when a pill-refining senior’s residual consciousness merged into the completed pill; leads the Zhongzhou Alliance. 161 |
| Three Giants | Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, Tian Lei Zi | The Tower’s foremost public leaders and defenders of the Pill Region. 116 172 |
| Little Pill Tower Great Elder | Old Monster Lin | A Two-star Dou Sheng and one of the Tower’s most senior figures. 165 |
| Little Pill Tower Elders | Various | Reclusive senior experts who serve as a core part of the Tower’s foundation and participate in major decisions. 116 165 |
Alchemist Rank Certification
The Alchemist Tower recognizes and examines alchemists. Obtaining its certification grants an alchemist standing as one of its own, making the Tower a recommended refuge for alchemists entering the Central Plains. 110
When Su Yun applied for the Eighth-grade Alchemist examination, all three Giants personally appeared to administer it—an exceptional response prompted by the rarity of Eighth-grade Alchemists. 116
Intelligence Network
As the continent’s largest alchemist organization and a major Central Plains power, the Tower maintains an intelligence network spread across the continent. Xuan Kongzi identified likely links between the unusually effective Spirit Nurturing Dust and Nether Valley by connecting scattered information. 179
Assets and Defenses
| Asset / Defense | Function and Capabilities |
|---|---|
| Flame Evolution Three Talents Array | A millennia-old legacy array operated by the Three Giants. It requires three Nine-Revolutions Dou Zuns acting in unity and can contend with a Half-Saint. 171 |
| Pill Region barrier | A layered defensive barrier protecting the Pill Region from external pressure and attacks. 336 337 |
| Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Treasure Pagoda | A Half-Emperor Artifact acquired by the Tower’s founder. It suppressed the Flame Mountain Range’s active volcano for a thousand years and accumulated vast Earthly Fire Power. 225 |
| Pagoda self-destruction contingency | The Old Ancestor bound himself to the pagoda’s control core and can detonate both the artifact and its stored Earthly Fire Power, producing an attack comparable to a Half-Emperor at the cost of his own life. 225 |
| Nine-story Alchemist Tower | The physical Tower can shrink from a cloud-piercing structure to palm size under the Old Ancestor’s control, allowing it to be transported during major operations. 216 |
Policies and Stance
- The Alchemist Tower is not subordinate to any Imperial Clan and rejects Imperial Clan attempts to dictate its actions. 176
- It defends alchemists’ secrets, including ownership of Heavenly Flames, from coercion and covetousness. 119
- It aided Nether Valley by keeping the source of Spirit Nurturing Dust concealed after Su Yun sold the product to the Tower at a favorable price. 180
- It formed and led the Zhongzhou Alliance to unite human factions against the Son of the Dragon Phoenix, the Beast Race, and the Ancient Emperor Clans’ excesses. 161 216
- During the continental crisis, it advocated relocating civilians from the four regions into the Central Region, admitting it could not guarantee protection for all regions simultaneously. 367
Story Role / Major Arcs
| Arc / Event | Role |
|---|---|
| Nether Venerable's certification | The Three Giants personally tested Su Yun and recognized him as an Eighth-grade Alchemist. Their public farewell signaled that Nether Valley was a friend of the Alchemist Tower. 116 118 |
| Yao Xingji's challenge | Xuan Kongzi publicly rebuked Yao Xingji for insulting the Tower and refused to yield its dignity to the Yao Clan despite the disparity in their inheritances. 118 |
| Spirit Nurturing Dust conflict | The Tower defended the Pill Region when Yao Tian attempted to seize the Spirit Nurturing Dust formula, with the Three Giants activating their legacy array against him. 171 |
| Zhongzhou Alliance | The Pill Tower's Old Ancestor recruited reclusive Saints and organized the Zhongzhou Alliance as a human coalition against the continent’s escalating threats. 165 161 |
| Gu Clan Coming-of-Age Ceremony | The Tower assembled nearly thirty Saints, transported its physical headquarters, and intervened in the Gu Realm to protect Xiao Yan from the Ancient Emperor Clans. 216 221 |
| Standoff with Gu Yuan | The Old Ancestor used the Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Treasure Pagoda to neutralize Gu Yuan’s attack and threatened to destroy the Gu Realm rather than abandon Xiao Yan. 225 |
| Defense against Gu Yuan | Divine Farmer and the Three Giants defended the Tower’s barrier when Gu Yuan sought Divine Farmer’s Life Spirit Flame. 336 |
| Old Ancestor's breakthrough attempt | The Pill Tower's Old Ancestor attempted to enter the Ninth-grade Golden Pill realm but failed the lightning tribulation, remaining constrained by the limitations of his Mysterious Pill form. 344 346 |
Relationships
- Zhongzhou Alliance — The Alchemist Tower founded and leads the alliance, gathering human factions and Saints for collective defense. 161 216
- Nether Valley — Friendly allied force; the Tower endorsed Nether Valley publicly, concealed its connection to Spirit Nurturing Dust, and accepted it into the Zhongzhou Alliance. 118 180
- Yao Clan — Longstanding adversary; the Tower’s founder was oppressed by the clan, and the Tower repeatedly resisted its attempts to dominate the Pill Region and seize alchemical secrets. 118 171 176
- Xiao Yan — Protected by the Tower during the Gu Realm conflict; the Old Ancestor regarded him as a talented junior connected to the Sword Emperor’s Successor. 221
- Divine Farmer — A Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill alchemist recruited by the Old Ancestor; his entry greatly strengthened the Tower and Zhongzhou Alliance. 165 176
- Ancient Emperor Clans — Political and military opponents during the continental crisis, particularly when they targeted Xiao Yan and sought to suppress the Zhongzhou Alliance. 216 221
- Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan survivors — Provided refuge to Zi Yan and Qingshan after Dragon Island’s catastrophe. 300
Notable Quotes
“The Alchemist Tower has never been a vassal of any Imperial Clan! The Yao Clan has no right to dictate terms to the Alchemist Tower!” — Xuan Yi 176
“Alchemist Tower stands upon this land and has always taken protecting the continent's alchemists as its duty.” — Xuan Kongzi 118
“Everyone, follow me to the Gu Realm!” — Pill Tower's Old Ancestor 216