Chapter 1741: Chapter 1558: The Emergence of a Ninth-level Pill!

The grandest alchemy gathering in the entire ancient universe is in full swing, attracting worldwide attention and countless gazes.

Simultaneously, the gate to the Pill Realm continues to open, with strong figures continuously entering from the outside world into Pill Heaven City, closely monitoring the event.

After all, this is the grandest alchemy gathering that occurs once every ten thousand years.

Many top-tier heavenly prides have arrived on the Ultimate Ancient Road, and even old antiques hidden from the world for many years have emerged. Among them are super experts from other Emperor Clans, and even supreme Ancient Monarchs have appeared.

Such supreme beings, once present, make the Pill Emperor Clan extremely cautious.

The Ancient Monarch of the Pill Emperor Clan personally came forward to welcome the arrival of three external Ancient Monarchs.

Due to the arrival of many strong individuals, the Emperor Formation in Pill Heaven City has quietly activated partially, and it may fully activate at critical times.

Supreme Emperor Weapons are always ready to awaken and will combine with the Emperor Formation within Emperor City to unleash the invincible might of the Emperor Supreme when the most terrifying crisis strikes, fully awakening.

However, all of this makes Ye Chen feel somewhat strange. After all, in such a setting, the Pill Emperor Clan should not have closed the Pill Realm because too many powerhouses are present, and if anything goes wrong, even the Pill Emperor Clan would struggle to suppress it, especially with the presence of Ancient Monarchs.

He feels that the actions of the Pill Emperor Clan have a deeper meaning.

While practicing alchemy, Ye Chen also paid some attention to the outside world, focusing particularly on the strong individuals from the Forbidden Soul Hall, as their overly calm demeanor gives him the sensation of a storm about to arrive, leaving him with a sense of unease.

Moreover, he noticed that Qin Jiuyou occasionally showed a mysterious smile to Anmu, Dan Chen, and other ninth-level grandmasters.

He dared not be careless, as the Desolate Great Halberd hovered in the hand of the Chaos Saint Soul, ready to awaken at any moment to handle the most terrifying unexpected incidents.

The arrival of numerous external experts didn’t affect the top tier of the alchemists continuously practicing on the Heaven Suppressing Platform. After all, each of them is a seasoned figure, and at this moment, everyone is putting forth their utmost effort, closely engaged in alchemy.

One rare medicinal material after another, considered among the best in the outside world, including ten-thousand-year-old medicine treasures and priceless Medicine Spirits, were continuously thrown into the Pill Ding for refinement, with wisps of smoke floating out, discarding the dross while retaining the essence.

At this point, a rumbling sound never ceased, emanating from the extraordinary and immortal Pill Ding, attracting attention.

Poof—

Within the Chaos Tripod, some wisps of ash drifted out, the remains of a failed pill.

Even with the assistance of one of the Nine Tripods, Ye Chen couldn’t maintain his previous peak state and failed in his alchemy, resulting in a complete loss.

Moreover, the most crucial moment came when the small Pill Ding, which emitted mysterious energy during the final stages of pill formation, suddenly became unstable, the mysterious energy disordered, affected by an unknown interference, causing the pill nearing formation to become extremely unstable, ultimately failing completely and exploding.

Ye Chen immediately realized what had happened and swept his gaze towards other alchemy masters and grandmasters.

Clearly, among the alchemists participating in the gathering, there’s inevitably another Nine Tripods present, competing together and mutually interfering, leading to his failure in alchemy.

At the same time, Dan Chen experienced the same, with grandmasters intentionally or unintentionally sweeping their gaze over others. He, too, realized all this and wanted to know who among them possessed another Pill Ding.

However, Ye Chen masked it well, directly isolating Heavenly Mechanism with the Chaos Tripod, so much so that even Dan Chen couldn’t fully investigate, only able to withdraw his gaze slightly disappointed.

Yet Ye Chen suspiciously swept his gaze because he felt more than just one wave appeared; it was not only him and Dan Chen present, but at least a third person held one of the Nine Tripods.

So things became interesting.

Bang—

On the seventh day after the gathering began, someone successfully refined a pill.

A Level 8 Alchemy Master, with the Pill Ding radiating Pill Light, emitted an even more intense brilliance compared to when Ye Chen refined the God King Pill, the pillar of light reaching the skies, and with strong tribulation clouds swiftly gathering, covering tens of thousands of miles, with thick Pill Thunder continuously striking down, drawing attention from all sides, spraying out Pill Fragrance.

An Eighth-rank Pill has emerged, displaying spiritual intelligence far beyond even a Seventh-rank Treasure Pill, and the preciousness of such a Treasure Pill is enough to make countless Great Powers envious and frenzy. Each Eighth-Order Divine Pill possesses a uniquely extraordinary effect.

This spectacle causes many alchemists to be wide-eyed with excitement, for many alchemists, reaching the realm of a Level 8 Master is a lifetime goal.

Next, as time passed, the other Alchemy Masters present began to successively craft their Divine Pills. Each Pill Light was so massive and blazing, radiant like the sun, as if sky-reaching giant pillars piercing through the sky, drawing a lot of attention.

Boom——

The Pill Tribulations descended one after another, each appearing even more colossal than the last. It’s clear that the heavens above were perpetually enveloped in the dark tribulation clouds, filling the entire world with a sense of oppression.

Sometimes, several Alchemy Masters simultaneously crafted eighth-rank pills, with several tribulation clouds running parallel, almost merging, creating a magnificent and vast spectacle, with thick Pill Thunders continuously flashing and descending.

Naturally, these Alchemy Masters had long been prepared for this, successfully confronting them all; with Pill Formation, beams of light shone across the heavens, as waves of pill fragrance wafted forth, spreading in all directions, sparking heated glances from many people.

One Alchemy Master crafting pills was noteworthy, let alone so many of them doing it simultaneously and drawing out the Pill Tribulations.

However, more people were focused on the few Alchemy Grandmasters, including Dan Chen and Priest Master Anmu, as the appearance of eighth-rank pills was already so captivating, so one could only imagine the attention a ninth-rank pill would garner.

Many people never get the chance to witness a ninth-rank pill coming into existence in their lifetime, not just because Level 9 Grandmasters are rare to find, but also because crafting some ninth-rank pills requires medicinal materials that are extremely hard to obtain, making ninth-rank pills incredibly rare. Each crafting is an event worthy of worldwide attention.

In the meantime, Ye Chen utilized a small Pill Ding to once again craft a God King Pill, not unlike the previous one that released sky-piercing Pill Light. Although, compared to Pill Light from other Alchemy Masters, it was somewhat inferior, leading many to feel disappointed.

Even Combat Saint King, the young generation champion, couldn’t compare, utterly unable to contest for the final championship.

Naturally, Ye Chen was not too concerned about outsiders’ views.

Almost at the same time, Dan Yang, the young leader of the Pill Emperor Clan, successfully crafted an eighth-rank intermediate Divine Pill. Upon its formation, it immediately burst forth with dazzling Pill Light, far more radiant than that of the pills crafted by other Alchemy Masters, completely outshining Ye Chen’s Pill Light, attracting a great deal of attention.

Many expressed awe, and the older generation repeatedly nodded in approval.

Not for nothing is he the standout leader of the Pill Emperor Clan; to craft such an exceptional pill, among the younger generation, he can certainly be seen as the number one in alchemy.

Give him time, and without a doubt, entering Level 9 Grandmaster in the future will be no problem.

Having successfully crafted the eighth-rank intermediate Divine Pill, Dan Yang was visibly proud, drawing envious looks from all sides, and provocatively glanced at Ye Chen in the distant skies, his eyes filled with disdain.

No matter how monstrous Combat Saint King is, becoming the clan’s First Minister, in terms of alchemy, isn’t he far beneath me? 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Yet, Ye Chen didn’t even glance his way, his expression unchanging, making the initially scornful Dan Yang feel as though he’d punched cotton, devoid of force, a frustration that left him helpless and annoyed.

Thus, the final grand competition lasted a full half month, until this day, when several Alchemy Masters gradually completed their pills, with Pill Light soaring into the sky amidst the continuous arrival of Pill Tribulations, reverberating nonstop.

But just as these Alchemy Masters were preparing to navigate the Pill Tribulation, suddenly, Priest Master Anmu, at the center of the Heaven Suppressing Platform, had his enormous Pill Ding quiver abruptly, shaking the void. The lid opened, and an unimaginably terrifying Divine Light shot straight up, likewise a Pill Light but far more radiant and majestic than any other, like a colossal sky-reaching pillar.

Boom——

With the appearance of this Pill Light, the other Pill Lights immediately paled in comparison, becoming faint and lightless, entirely overshadowed.

Those eighth-rank pills appeared to experience some form of oppression, surprisingly starting to tremble with a hum.

At this moment, everyone’s gaze swiftly shifted, seeing how enormous that Pill Light was, as thick as a mountain. At the moment it soared, everyone could feel it — not just this world, but the entire Pill Heaven City was alerted, with countless nature’s Spiritual Energy swiftly sweeping in.

The tribulation clouds above the heavens were scattered, merging into the vast celestial plane, and the Heavenly Stars began to tremble.

Then, beams of starlight began converging from all directions, forming radiant Star Rivers, with the shining stellar power descending from the sky, merging into Priest Master Anmu’s Pill Ding.

On the Heaven Suppressing Platform, Priest Master Anmu’s expression was extremely solemn, casting divine seals in all directions, visible as large amounts of nature’s Spiritual Energy rapidly gathered, even opening alternate plane spaces, extracting vast resources of Divine Power, fully integrating into the brilliantly forming pill within the blazing Pill Light.

Seeing this, everyone was stunned.

What astonishing devourment, needing such a massive supply of Divine Power — is this the horror of a ninth-rank Divine Pill?

"Hmm?" At this moment, Ye Chen’s expression subtly shifted, for he distinctly felt his small Pill Ding tremble intensively. He was shocked, staring towards Priest Master Anmu!