Supreme Pill Forged

Returning to the small courtyard of the Xiao Clan, Yao Chen was carefully guiding Xiao Yixian in identifying several medicinal herbs with conflicting properties, while Xiao Yan practiced diligently to the side, the Dou Qi around his body noticeably thicker than before.

Seeing Lin Hai return, the three of them immediately turned their gazes toward him.

Lin Hai said nothing, walking straight up to Yao Chen and handing over the spatial ring containing the medicinal herbs.

Yao Chen took the ring with a hint of confusion, his soul power probing inside.

The next moment, his ethereal body jolted violently. His face was instantly overcome with extreme shock and ecstasy, to the point that his soul form began to flicker unsteadily!

"This... this is... Dragon Blood Ganoderma! Bodhi Heart! Ten-Thousand-Year Rehmannia Essence! And... Nether Flower, Seven-Colored Moon Orchid... This, this is a complete set of ingredients for refining the 'Supreme Pill'?! And the age and quality are all of the highest grade!" Yao Chen's voice was sharp with excitement, his hands trembling as he held the ring.

Supreme Pill! An eighth-tier medicinal pill! It was a top-tier pill he had rarely refined even when he was alive; the birth of every single one could cause the Central Plains to tremble!

He knew better than anyone how rare these ingredients were and how difficult it was to collect a full set!

How long had it been? This Excellency had gone out once and actually brought back a complete set?!

Although Xiao Yan and Xiao Yixian did not fully grasp how formidable a "Supreme Pill" was, seeing Yao Chen's loss of composure told them it was something extraordinary, and their gazes toward Lin Hai became even more reverent.

"Excellency... you... where did you..." Yao Chen was so excited he was incoherent.

"Traded for them." Lin Hai's tone was flat, as if he had merely bought a bunch of vegetables. "Since the ingredients are gathered, when can you start the furnace?"

Yao Chen took several deep breaths, barely suppressing the raging waves in his heart. His eyes instantly became sharp and focused, the formidable confidence of an eighth-tier alchemy grandmaster returning to him. "With such perfect ingredients, and my own state restored to its peak, I can prepare now! Tomorrow morning, at sunrise, when the Yang energy is at its strongest, it will be the optimal time to ignite the furnace!"

He looked at Lin Hai, his tone solemn. "However... the birth of an eighth-tier pill will inevitably trigger pill lightning, and it will be at least five-colored lightning or higher. The commotion will be immense; I fear it will alarm the entire Gama Empire and even the surrounding regions..."

"It is of no concern." Lin Hai interrupted him, his tone devoid of any ripples. "You just focus on the alchemy; leave everything else to me."

With those words, Yao Chen was completely reassured. He nodded heavily. "Very well! I shall go to clear my mind and adjust my state!" Having said that, he immediately drifted to the corner of the room, sat cross-legged in his soul form, and closed his eyes. The powerful soul power around him began to surge rhythmically like a tide, and he entered a profound, mysterious state of preparation.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yixian also felt the solemn atmosphere and, not daring to disturb him, consciously retreated to the side.

The next day, early morning.

Before the first rays of dawn had fully pierced the darkness, Yao Chen's soul form was already hovering in mid-air above an open, flat area in the back mountains of the Xiao Clan that Lin Hai had cleared.

In front of him, a pitch-black medicine cauldron with a primitive and imposing design stood silently. The surface of the cauldron was carved with intricate flame patterns and radiated astonishing energy fluctuations, clearly indicating it was of a very high grade.

Yao Chen's expression was solemn, his focus absolute. He took a deep breath and swung his ethereal palm sharply.

"Boom!"

A bone-chilling white flame suddenly erupted from his palm, transforming into a giant flame dragon that instantly dove beneath the medicine cauldron. The terrifying high temperature caused the surrounding space to distort! It was none other than the Bone Chilling Flame!

Preheating the cauldron, tossing in the herbs, refining the essence, fusing the medicinal properties... Yao Chen's movements were fluid and natural, filled with the poise of a grandmaster. Every step was incredibly precise, and his control over the flames was nothing short of perfection.

Various rare herbs that would have sparked fierce competition in the outside world were tossed into the cauldron without hesitation, rapidly transforming into the purest medicinal liquid essence under the scorching heat of the Bone Chilling Flame.

Throughout the process, energy surged within the cauldron, rays of light filled the air, and a strange, intoxicating fragrance permeated the surroundings as all manner of miraculous phenomena appeared.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yixian stood in the distance, mesmerized, not daring to even breathe loudly for fear of disturbing this sacred scene.

They could clearly feel the terrifying energy currently condensing within that medicine cauldron!

Lin Hai stood with his hands behind his back further away, his expression remaining indifferent, as if he were merely watching a common display of fireworks.

Time slipped away, from dawn to mid-morning, and then to the sun hanging high in the sky.

The energy fluctuations within the medicine cauldron grew increasingly violent. The cauldron lid rattled incessantly, emitting a humming roar as if some peerless, ferocious beast were about to break out!

Brilliant seven-colored rays of light shone through the gaps in the cauldron, illuminating the entire back mountain as if it were a fairyland!

Yao Chen's soul form had become somewhat translucent, clearly indicating a massive expenditure of energy, but his eyes were growing brighter and brighter!

Finally, at a certain moment!

"Hum--!!!"

A hum that seemed to originate from the primordial era suddenly erupted from within the cauldron! The lid blasted into the sky!

A thick pillar of seven-colored light, condensed from unimaginably pure medicinal power, shot out from the cauldron and pierced straight into the clouds!

Within the pillar of light, a pill the size of a dragon's eye, glowing with seven-colored auspicious light and surrounded by natural pill patterns, rotated slowly, emitting a majestic energy that made one's soul tremble!

The Supreme Pill, complete!

The moment the pill took form, the previously clear sky was instantly covered in dark clouds!

Thick thunderclouds gathered at a terrifying speed, shrouding the entire sky above Wutan City!

Within the thunderclouds, silver snakes danced wildly, and destructive thunderous power condensed frantically, its color shifting from silver to cyan, red, gold, and finally, seven colors!

Six-colored pill lightning! It was even trending toward seven-colored pill lightning!

A terrifying pressure from heaven and earth descended. Everyone in Wutan City felt a fear originating from their very souls, looking up at the sky in terror, unaware of what world-ending disaster was unfolding!

"Pill lightning! It's approaching seven-colored pill lightning!" Yao Chen's expression changed. Although he had anticipated this, the power of the lightning still exceeded his expectations.

However, at the very instant the destructive seven-colored pill lightning—capable of leveling the entire Xiao Clan—was about to strike down—

Lin Hai, who had been standing with his hands behind his back the entire time, finally moved.

He did not even look up at the world-destroying thunderclouds; he simply raised his right hand casually and pressed it gently downward toward the sky.

There was no explosion of energy, no tearing of space.

There was only an intangible, formless will of supreme order, seemingly transcending nature itself, that spread out with his press.

Words become laws, rules rewritten!

The originally roaring, tumbling seven-colored thunderclouds, which had been accumulating destructive power, seemed to have been hit with a pause button, suddenly halting!

All the flashing lightning and booming thunder vanished without a trace in an instant!

The terrifying pill lightning, enough to make even Spirit Sovereign experts brace themselves, seemed to have never appeared, as if it were silently... erased!

The dark clouds in the sky dispersed like docile sheep, and the warm sunlight once again shone down, as if the world-ending scene just moments ago had been nothing but an illusion.

The oppressive aura over Wutan City vanished instantly, leaving behind countless citizens with lingering fear, exchanging bewildered glances.

On the flat ground behind the mountain, Yao Chen stared blankly at the sky, which had instantly become clear of clouds, then looked at Lin Hai, who still stood with his hands behind his back as if he had done nothing, and swallowed with difficulty a saliva that wasn't there.

With a wave of his hand, he erased the heavenly pill lightning?!

What kind of heaven-shattering, earth-shattering technique was this?! This was completely beyond his current comprehension!

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yixian were even more dumbfounded, their minds a complete blank.

While they knew Lin Hai was strong, being strong to this extent was already close to... a god!

Lin Hai, however, acted as if he had done a trivial little thing, his gaze turning to the Supreme Pill still suspended in mid-air, emitting a seven-colored glow, and he said calmly:

"The pill is done, put it away."

Yao Chen suddenly snapped back to reality and quickly and carefully placed the perfect Supreme Pill, which contained terrifying energy but had not attracted the slightest pill lightning, into a specially made jade bottle, his hands trembling slightly from excitement and lingering fear.

Looking at the jade bottle in his hands, Yao Chen's heart surged with emotion.

With this lord present, let alone an eighth-grade pill, even a legendary ninth-grade pill, he might dare to try refining it!

Meanwhile, Lin Hai had already begun to consider how many peerless rare herbs needed for refining eighth-grade pills he could exchange for in the Central Plains with this freshly made eighth-grade pill.

The snowball of resources was beginning to roll faster and faster at a terrifying speed.