Xuanyuan Che cast a secret art, perfectly merging himself with the earth. He moved at blinding speed, silent and soundless.
The deeper he went, the purer the Spiritual Energy became, and wisps of Chaos mist began to appear.
The call from deep within his bloodline grew ever clearer.
At last, he passed through an extraordinarily resilient seven-colored membrane of light, and the world before him suddenly opened up.
A Green Lotus stood quietly rooted there.
Its jade-like leaves numbered twelve grades. As they slowly unfurled, they drew upon the spirit veins and laws of the entire legacy manor. Within its seedpod were not lotus seeds, but three clusters of Chaos halos that endlessly formed and vanished!
"A branch spirit root of the Chaos Green Lotus?" Dazzling divine light erupted from Xuanyuan Che's eyes.
The Innate Chaos Dao Body within him rumbled of its own accord. Behind him, a vision of primordial chaos splitting open faintly emerged, reflecting the Green Lotus from afar!
This was not the main body of the twenty-four-grade Chaos Green Lotus bound to him at birth, but a branch spirit root that had separated from it. Having absorbed the Chaos Spirit Liquid here and been nourished by the Medicine Saint Great Array through countless years, it had actually grown to the twelve-grade realm! Its value even far surpassed that of an ordinary Supreme artifact!
To him, this could be considered a decent supplement.
The instant Xuanyuan Che approached the Chaos Spirit Spring, the twelve-grade Chaos Green Lotus trembled faintly. Its leaves swayed gently, scattering endless Chaos radiance that condensed into a hazy figure.
This figure was countless times more solid than the Medicine Saint phantom outside. Its face remained indistinct, but its eyes were unfathomably deep.
It was not a lingering remnant thought, but a wisp of guardian spirit born from the Chaos Green Lotus combined with the laws left behind by the Medicine Saint!
"Chaos... Dao Body..." The guardian spirit uttered broken, obscure syllables, carrying surprise and even more scrutiny. "...qualification... trial..."
Clearly, Xuanyuan Che's bloodline had earned its preliminary recognition, but if he wished to take this branch spirit root, he still had to undergo a trial.
"What trial?" Xuanyuan Che asked calmly.
"Refine... Chaos Pill..." With a wave of the guardian spirit's hand, Chaos Qi gathered and formed an ancient pill formula that floated in the air. There were no words upon it, only Great Dao runes flowing and evolving into all manner of Chaos phenomena.
The pill was named—the Chaos Unification Pill!
This pill was not for cultivators to consume. Rather, it was a heaven-defying medicinal pill used to nourish the main body of the Chaos Green Lotus and spur its transformation and advancement. Every material needed for its refinement was a peerless Divine Medicine that had to be cultivated with Chaos Qi. Its refining method was also cumbersome and complex to the extreme, with perverse demands on Divine Soul, Spiritual Power, and control over one's Dao realm.
Even if the Medicine Saint were reborn, the chance of successfully refining this pill would be less than thirty percent!
This trial was exceedingly difficult.
Yet Xuanyuan Che merely swept his gaze over the Great Dao pill formula, and his Chaos Divine Soul had already analyzed and imprinted it. The corner of his mouth curved upward. "That's it?"
He stepped forward and sat cross-legged directly beside the Chaos Spirit Spring, ignoring its terrifying pressure.
With a thought, the Profound Yellow Mother Qi Cauldron flew from between his brows. It rapidly expanded in the wind and landed before him. The mother qi of all things flowed across the cauldron, bearing heaven and earth and suppressing eternity.
"Chaos as flame, Dao laws as ingredients."
Xuanyuan Che held two fingers together like a blade and directly drew the Chaos Spirit Liquid from the spring eye into the cauldron. At the same time, his hands formed seals. Three thousand Chaos Runes lit up around him, drawing upon the endless Chaos Qi here and transforming it into Chaos Dao flame that enveloped the Profound Yellow Mother Qi Cauldron.
He did not follow the pill formula step by step, nor did he need to. Instead, with his supreme understanding of the Chaos Great Dao, he began refining directly! The various Chaos Divine Medicines that required cumbersome processing were forcibly tempered and fused by him using Chaos Qi. His methods were brutal, yet precise down to the finest hair!
The entire Chaos space trembled as boundless Chaos Qi continuously surged into the Profound Yellow Mother Qi Cauldron.
For the first time, an almost human-like look of shock appeared on the guardian spirit's hazy face! It had never seen anyone refine pills in such a manner. This youth's control over Chaos was simply like that of Chaos's master!
The pill-refining process lasted roughly half an hour.
When the medicinal liquid in the cauldron condensed to its limit, at the very instant it was about to form a pill, Xuanyuan Che suddenly opened his eyes and shouted, "Chaos returns to one, the Dao Pill forms of itself!"
He forced out a drop of pale golden Essence Blood and fused it into the cauldron.
Rumble!!!
The Profound Yellow Mother Qi Cauldron shook violently. Its lid shot into the sky, and nine pill dragons wreathed in Chaos Qi soared upward. Each pill dragon held in its mouth a pill the size of a dragon's eye, as though it contained an entire Chaos universe!
Ninefold pill formation, Chaos phenomenon!
And the pills had formed in the most perfect manner!
The guardian spirit fell silent. Its hazy figure slowly bowed toward Xuanyuan Che, then gradually dispersed and merged back into the Chaos Green Lotus.
The trial had been passed perfectly!
Xuanyuan Che beckoned, and the nine Chaos Unification Pills landed in his hand. He nodded in satisfaction and put them away. These pills would still be of great benefit to his future cultivation.
Then, his gaze turned fervent as he looked at the twelve-grade Chaos Green Lotus branch spirit root.
"Come. Become one with me."
He walked forward and gently grasped the Green Lotus's roots with both hands. The phantom of the twenty-four-grade Chaos Green Lotus appeared behind him once more, radiating a summoning force.
The twelve-grade Chaos Green Lotus trembled violently, bursting with joyful excitement. It transformed into a dazzling azure streak of light, entered Xuanyuan Che directly through his arm, and ultimately took root within his Chaos Dao Foundation, where it began slowly yet resolutely merging with the phantom of the Green Lotus bound to him at birth!
Rumble!!!
Xuanyuan Che's entire body shook violently as vast, endless Chaos Origin power washed through his limbs and bones! His cultivation instantly broke through the disguise of the Xing Yuan Realm and soared without restraint!
Early Tai Xu Realm...
Middle Tai Xu Realm...
Late Great Void Realm...
Peak Tai Xu Realm!
In the end, just before stepping across the threshold into the Saint Realm, he forcibly suppressed it and brought it to a halt.
"Not enough. This should not be my limit yet," Xuanyuan Che murmured softly.
Though his realm had been suppressed, his Dao Foundation, physical body, and even Divine Soul had already undergone an earth-shaking transformation, reaching an unprecedented and terrifying level! The Chaos aura around him could either surge forth in sweeping grandeur or withdraw to the utmost extreme. When his eyes opened and closed, eternal azure heavens seemed to flow within them.
At this moment, he felt that one punch could blast an ordinary Saint King apart!
There was no need to feel it!
He really could blast one apart with a single punch!
The fusion process seemed long, but in the outside world, only an instant had passed.
Xuanyuan Che slowly opened his eyes. Feeling the surging power within him, he smiled in satisfaction. With a wave of his hand, he collected most of the remaining Chaos Spirit Liquid here, leaving only enough of its foundation to sustain the operation of the legacy manor.
After doing all this, he sensed that among the three Chaos Jade Talismans, the one belonging to Thunder Roar Ravine was fluctuating the most intensely. Clearly, it had encountered a formidable enemy.
"Looks like Third Senior Brother has run into a little trouble." His figure flickered as he merged into the void and headed straight toward the Saint Dao Hall.
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