Ninth-Grade Origin Pill

Over the next seven days, Lin Ge spent every waking hour refining pills. He failed more than a dozen times and succeeded dozens of times, ultimately obtaining ten high-grade Gathering Origin Pills, thirteen mid-grade Gathering Origin Pills, and five low-grade ones.

After seven days and nights of nonstop pill refinement, Lin Ge had gained complete mastery over his Yuan Power, and his skill at refining pills had steadily improved.

"It's time to prepare to break through to the Origin Pill Realm."

After resting well for one night, Lin Ge was full of energy and had completely recovered to his peak condition. He could hardly wait to take the Gathering Origin Pills and break through to the Origin Pill Realm in one go.

The Origin Pill Realm was divided into the Lesser Origin Pill Realm, Origin Pill Small Perfection, and Origin Pill Grand Perfection. Origin Pills were also divided into nine grades according to their quality. First-grade Origin Pills were the lowest, and ninth-grade Origin Pills the highest. Lin Ge intended to condense a ninth-grade Origin Pill right from the start!

The highest-grade Origin Pill had one defining trait: compared to a first-grade Origin Pill, it could absorb the energy of heaven and earth much more swiftly and convert it into its owner's Yuan Power, while also increasing their strength.

To a certain extent, a ninth-grade Origin Pill expert was even more formidable than an expert at first-grade Origin Pill Grand Perfection. That alone showed how fearsome a ninth-grade Origin Pill was.

However, condensing a ninth-grade Origin Pill was incredibly difficult. In fact, no one like that had ever existed in Green Sun Town's history.

Green Sun Town had a history of a hundred years. In that time, who knew how many young talents had emerged? Yet the number of experts in the Origin Pill Realm could be counted on one hand, and only one had ever condensed a third-grade Origin Pill. The rest had only managed second-grade or even first-grade Origin Pills.

Even across the entire Great Yan Dynasty, only a few dozen people had managed to condense a fifth-grade Origin Pill, and fewer than ten had gone beyond that. It was said that even Lin Langtian, the genius of the Lin Clan Branch, had only condensed a seventh-grade Origin Pill back then, let alone anyone else.

Lin Ge possessed the Peerless Supreme Body and had been born with an advantage over most cultivators. Now, with dozens of Gathering Origin Pills, along with a little Pure Origin Stone and spirit medicine left in his hands, he believed he could certainly condense a ninth-grade Origin Pill.

Powerful energy fluctuations rippled through the quiet room. Lin Ge sat cross-legged on the bed, wisps of visible Yuan Power curling around him like smoke.

Lin Ge looked calm, but inside his body, the exact opposite was happening.

After swallowing ten high-grade Gathering Origin Pills, the Yuan Power in his body surged wildly at a visible rate. In an instant, he rose from the early stage of the Heaven Origin Realm to the late stage, just one step away from the Origin Pill Realm!

At that moment, the Yuan Power in Lin Ge's dantian occupied nearly all the available space. Within the mass were two entirely different attributes. Yet the Yin and Yang energies, which had always repelled each other, no longer resisted upon contact. Instead, entwined by wisps of Yuan Power, they continually fused.

"Rumble..."

As the mass of Yuan Power began to spin, the abundant energy within it gave off a crisp, flowing sound, like running water. Wisps of moist energy mist drifted out of it.

The mass spun faster and faster. Before long, it was even humming, and under that rapid rotation, his entire dantian began to tremble.

As the spinning mass of Yuan Power gradually neared its limit, the Yin and Yang energies within it fused faster and faster.

Yin and Yang joined in harmony; the Origin Pill took form!

This was the most crucial step in condensing an Origin Pill!

Lin Ge dared not be careless. He focused his entire mind on his dantian.

As the mass of Yuan Power spun wildly, the abundant, swelling Yuan Power inside it began to dwindle at a visible rate. As it diminished, more and more moist energy mist billowed out.

This energy mist was different from ordinary Yuan Power. It perfectly contained both Yin and Yang energies. The two forces, which had once violently repelled each other at the slightest touch, had now fused perfectly into a new and even more powerful substance.

His Yuan Power absolutely could not run dry now. Lin Ge steeled himself and swallowed all the remaining Gathering Origin Pills in one gulp. In an instant, an unimaginably vast surge of Yuan Power gathered in his dantian.

"Yin and Yang join in harmony—form, Origin Pill!"

Lin Ge roared inwardly and furiously compressed the energy mist within his body. At last, he forcibly condensed it into a single mass, slowly forming a pill about half the size of his finger.

The pill was only half a finger long, and its shape was uneven. Yet the Yuan Power radiating from it was enough to make one's heart tremble.

The embryonic Origin Pill!

Seeing the embryonic Origin Pill take shape, Lin Ge let out a small breath of relief, then poured all the Yuan Power in his body into it.

To ensure he could condense a ninth-grade Origin Pill, Lin Ge forcibly drew the Pure Origin Stones around him into his body, then merged them into the pill.

Hiss, hiss, hiss!

With such an enormous supply of Yuan Power, the Origin Pill began to tremble faintly. An indescribably powerful feeling spread out from his dantian.

That power was nothing like the late stage of the Heaven Origin Realm he had once possessed. This was a transformation in quality, not merely an increase in quantity!

The Lesser Yuan Dan Realm—achieved!

In the room, Lin Ge's tightly shut eyes snapped open. Sharp rays filled his eyes and darted about like lightning. Only after a moment did they fade away.

"Phew."

Lin Dong exhaled a long breath of white air. His mouth opened slightly, and a pill slowly floated out.

This was the Origin Pill Lin Ge had condensed through untold hardship.

The Origin Pill was now about the size of a thumb, and its color was no longer milky white. Instead, it had a faint golden hue.

Nine tiny star patterns marked its smooth surface—the unmistakable proof that it was a ninth-grade Origin Pill!

"Hahaha..."

Looking at the ninth-grade Origin Pill, Lin Ge laughed wildly. Then, unable to wait any longer, he placed it in his dantian and circulated the Yuan Power in his body.

A ninth-grade Origin Pill was the strongest kind of Origin Pill. The energy it contained was far beyond what an ordinary person could imagine.

Outside the bamboo grove, a group of guards stood watch, expressionless as they surveyed their surroundings. None of the Lin family members who passed by dared approach.

Condensing an Origin Pill required absolute quiet. No one could be allowed to disturb the process, or all one's efforts could easily come to nothing. In the worst case, the meridians could be ruined, leaving the person a cripple who could never cultivate again.

For a martial artist, being unable to cultivate was the most terrible punishment in the world—millions of times worse than death.

That was precisely why Lin Zhentian had stationed dozens of guards outside the bamboo grove, to keep anyone from the Lin family from disturbing Lin Ge's cultivation.

"Whoosh..."

A strange gust of wind swept past, making the guards outside the bamboo grove shift uneasily. Their gazes fixed on the depths of the grove, their eyes growing solemn.