Chapter 1740: Chapter 1557: The Final Grand Tournament!

Dan Chen directly announced that the champion of the young generation’s alchemy competition is the Combat Saint King, and in front of everyone, he bestowed the champion’s reward upon Ye Chen.

With an exclamation, countless people looked towards Ye Chen, and those two light clusters were filled with endless fervor.

The reward involved part of the Divine Pill’s alchemy scripture and a unique handwritten note, documenting significant alchemical achievements of a Pill God, its value truly immeasurable. It’s an irresistible lure, not just for ordinary alchemists, but even for renowned alchemy grandmasters like Anmu and Liu Feng.

It must be known that the Pill God Realm is the supreme domain pursued by countless alchemists throughout their lives, an absolute pinnacle many ninth-level grandmasters have failed to reach their entire lives.

Now, the alchemy scripture and unique handwritten note as champion rewards may guide the path to the Pill God Realm. Even if it’s just a bit, it holds significant value for many alchemists, like a lighthouse directing through dark seas, certainly avoiding many unnecessary detours.

Even alchemy grandmasters like Priest Master Anmu found it hard to maintain a calm demeanor.

Many wished to explore the content, but unfortunately, both the scripture and note were enveloped in a Dao light cluster, with Dao Traces flowing, having special restrictions. They were entirely isolated, preventing outsiders’ Divine Sense from viewing them.

This left many disappointed.

Ye Chen collected the rewards, though a bit excited, he didn’t let his eyes blaze with passion like ordinary alchemy prodigies.

After all, for Ye Chen, alchemy is just an auxiliary path; only by cultivating himself to sufficient strength can he achieve true invincibility!

Naturally, as the champion of the young generation’s alchemy competition, Ye Chen was granted the qualification to participate in the next competition, contending for the ultimate Pill Scripture championship against alchemy masters and grandmasters from across the stars.

Dan Xian, who refined a Resurrection Pill, came in second and was also granted qualification.

The third place was harder to determine, as both Ximen Dao and Zhang Feiyang refined seventh-tier high-level medicine and attracted tribulation clouds, which says a lot.

Ultimately, after deliberation by the Pill Emperor Clan’s high council, both were granted joint third place, each with the qualification to participate in the final alchemy competition.

Having just experienced a five-day alchemy competition, the high-intensity contest significantly taxed the Divine Soul power of Ye Chen and others, thus they weren’t immediately commenced into the next, instead granted a half-month rest period to recover their Divine Souls to peak condition.

Half a month, neither short nor long, found Ye Chen and others resting directly at the Heaven Suppressing Platform, aided by the Pill Emperor Clan’s Treasure Pill, the Soul Returning Pill, a special Divine Pill for restoring the Divine Soul, accelerating their recovery upon consumption.

Everyone quietly awaited, as day by day silently passed, half a month merely a blink to those with longevity.

During this period, while resting his Divine Soul, Ye Chen also studied the champion’s rewards of the Divine Pill’s scripture and the unique handwritten note. He found the contents truly profound, far surpassing Master Qingye’s alchemy inheritance in complexity and depth, giving Ye Chen many insights, resolving many previously obscure aspects.

However, these only related to part of the Pill God’s alchemical achievements, offering guidance and experience on advancing to master and even grandmaster, but only vague pointers on the Pill God Realm, without much detailed mention.

Evidently, the significant aspect concerning advancement to the Pill God Realm, such crucial secrets, aren’t something the Pill Emperor Clan is inclined to casually provide.

Nevertheless, Ye Chen still greatly benefited, and the recent alchemy competition brought rapid progress in his alchemy skills, marking his entry into the seventh-level alchemist tier. With the assistance of the small Pill Ding, he felt confident in refining eighth-rank pills.

However, the next stage is the ultimate Pill Scripture, facing alchemists from across the stars, including some ninth-level grandmasters. Ye Chen knows that as a relative latecomer in alchemy, his current skills are insufficient to claim the final champion. For the Pill Emperor’s inheritance, he largely relies on the Pill Ding.

After all, as Master Qingye mentioned before, the small Pill Ding points directly to the Pill Emperor’s inheritance.

Moreover, this Pill Scripture event is likely to truly see the Nine Tripods unite.

He is anticipating the final unification, curious about what the so-called "Emperor Road Opening" truly signifies.

During this time, Ye Chen noticed the small Pill Ding constantly buzzing, something unprecedented before.

Evidently, it sensed other tripods, raising Ye Chen’s anticipation even more.

Soon, half a month passed, and Ye Chen and several others had all recovered, their divine souls fully restored.

At the same time, under the auspices of the Pill Emperor Clan, the final and most grandly anticipated alchemy competition in the entire Ancient Universe finally began.

Alchemy masters and grandmasters from all over the stars, as well as masters and grandmasters participating from the Pill Emperor Clan, including the four young elites like Ye Chen, gathered, totaling forty-nine people, matching the mysterious number of forty-nine of the Dao.

It was as if there was a special mystique in the air.

Who is the missing "One"?

The final alchemy competition attracted far more attention than the one for the younger generation, because every participant was either an alchemy master or an alchemy grandmaster, all significant figures of prominence.

Especially among the participants were grandmasters like Dan Chen and Master Anmu, whose alchemy skills were exceptionally profound, reaching the pinnacle of their art, transcending to the extraordinary. The champion was almost certainly among these alchemy grandmasters.

Although the alchemy masters were also extraordinary, a master is still just a master, a single letter difference marks a world of difference, incomparable.

The alchemy masters participated with the hope of competing alongside the grandmasters, seizing the opportunity to comprehend the profound mysteries of the Grandmaster Realm.

After all, opportunities for a Level 9 Grandmaster in alchemy are rare, and when they do alchemy, they often showcase grandmaster-level techniques, revealing part of their unique realms. This provided alchemists a chance to learn greatly, clarifying their understanding of the Grandmaster Realm.

They also held a glimmer of hope that they might unexpectedly win the championship.

Though the hope was slim, no one wanted to give up, as this was the only chance to obtain the Pill Emperor Inheritance.

All forty-nine participants, including Ye Chen, Dan Xian, Ximen Dao, and Zhang Feiyang, joined the final Pill Scripture event, which immediately attracted everyone’s attention. Each participant in the Pill Scripture showcased their divine skills.

Especially those alchemy masters and grandmasters, who right from the start demonstrated extraordinary alchemy skills. Compared to the young elites, they appeared much more formidable as herbs were swiftly thrown into the Pill Ding, where the Dao Fire rose, quickly refining medicine liquids, and even purifying medicine liquids from multiple herbs simultaneously.

At this stage, naturally, there was no pill formula provided by the Pill Scripture, as all had their own high-level pill formulas. Especially the grandmasters, who inevitably refined Ninth-grade Pills, drawing universal attention.

When alchemy grandmasters refine Ninth Rank Divine Pills, it becomes the center of attention, let alone when several do so together—it captivates the world. Almost everyone’s gaze fell on Grandmaster Anmu, Grandmaster Gutan, and Dan Chen, observing their calm demeanor, their every gesture exuding a grandmaster’s poise, commanding respect and trust.

As for Ye Chen and others, they had long been forgotten, as they were incomparable, except for Dan Yang who could be considered stunning, being an eighth-level alchemy master, but still unable to compare with the seven Level 9 Grandmasters like Dan Chen, Anmu, and Liu Feng.

Almost everyone’s attention was focused on these alchemy grandmasters during the alchemy competition, with alchemists watching intently, hoping to glean the mysteries of the Grandmaster Realm.

Ye Chen was content not to be the focus of others’ attention, as he began to refine the God King Pill once more.

He had sufficient medicinal materials, especially the main herbs; a few Medicine Spirits were present. He did not need to refine the entire Medicine Spirit, as some roots and stems were sufficient as the main herbs; the roots and stems of a Medicine Spirit were effective enough.

A single God King Pill was far from enough for Ye Chen to achieve great power; he needed to refine several more to greatly increase the success rate. Although he was confident of advancing, the preparation of the God King Pill was there for necessary times.

He always proceeded with preparation! 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

As alchemy masters and grandmasters performed alchemy, captivating everyone, drawing countless strong figures to watch, Pill Heaven City had long activated the Emperor Pattern to prevent any accidents. Even an Ancient Monarch was secretly overseeing, wielding Supreme Emperor Weapons, ready to unleash the most terrifying world-ending strike if anyone dared to disrupt.

Amidst these proceedings, Ye Chen noticed that a group of great powers from the Forbidden Soul Hall appeared unusually quiet, especially Qin Jiuyou, with eyes black and deep as an abyss, leaving him with an unsettling premonition, as if something was about to happen, causing him to worry.

He wanted to caution Dan Xu, but Dan Xian shook his head, claiming there was no need for concern, as this was the Pill Realm, the domain of the Pill Emperor Clan, carrying all its heritage, fearing nothing. Not even an invading Ancient Monarch could come without returning.

This is the confidence of the Pill Emperor Clan.

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen no longer persisted.