Chapter 366

Chapter 366: Successfully Refining the Enlightenment Pill

Xiao Yang had prepared for so long; he was finally about to start refining the Enlightenment Pill.

At this moment, in the secret realm of the Back Mountain of the Qingyun Sect, countless strands of spiritual energy from heaven and earth gathered into the spiritual gathering array Xiao Yang had set up.

The Qingyun Secret Realm had been sealed for hundreds of years.

The concentration of spiritual energy here was even higher than that in the Qingyang Secret Realm.

Today, Xiao Yang planned to use the spiritual energy here to activate the Divine Jade Xuan Fire Furnace.

At this point, in the center of the spiritual gathering array, the Divine Jade Xuan Fire Furnace was continuously absorbing the converging spiritual energy.

One after another, celestial patterns began to emerge on the Divine Jade Xuan Fire Furnace.

A breath of celestial atmosphere gradually radiated from within the furnace.

“Truly worthy of being a celestial treasure!”

Xiao Yang didn’t dare to be careless.

He used the secret technique recorded in the Wujidan Canon to control the Divine Jade Xuan Fire Furnace.

Soon, the furnace began to show signs of activity.

A ball of celestial light enveloped the entire furnace.

Xiao Yang opened the furnace and began to individually place the dozens of spiritual herbs floating before him into the furnace.

Some herbs were bright and jewel-like, while others emitted a soft glow; each contained the essence and spiritual energy of the world.

He skillfully controlled the pill fire within the furnace; the fire was hot and pure, transformed from the gathered spiritual energy, capable of melting metal and refining the essence of all things.

He added the herbs into the furnace in a specific order and proportion.

As the temperature rose, various herbal fragrances began to drift from the Divine Jade Xuan Fire Furnace, indicating that the medicinal powers were being refined under the flames.

Xiao Yang was focused, his hands continuously forming seals—this was the pill-forming technique.

He guided the surrounding spiritual energy into the Divine Jade Xuan Fire Furnace, aiding in the fusion and refinement of the herbs.

His movements were smooth and powerful, each hand seal containing ancient and mysterious runes; they were the result of his recent training in alchemy.

At this moment, time felt as if it had slowed. The furnace emitted soft rumblings and crackling sounds, the essence of the herbs merging together.

Sweat beads surfaced on Xiao Yang’s forehead, but he paid no mind, fully immersed in the alchemical process, sensing each fluctuation in heat, each subtle change with the addition of spiritual energy.

He dared not be careless.

Because any small mistake could directly lead to the failure of refining the pill.

He had only gathered enough herbs for two batches.

If he failed, where would he find the Enlightenment Fruit?

He couldn’t afford to fail.

Several hours later, the dozens of spiritual herbs had transformed into spiritual liquid.

These herbs gradually fused together.

After multiple rounds of purification, the spiritual liquid in the Divine Jade Xuan Fire Furnace had been completely refined, free of any impurities.

All various medicinal powers within the liquid perfectly merged together.

Only then did Xiao Yang take out an Enlightenment Fruit and carefully place it into the furnace.

This was the main ingredient for the Enlightenment Pill.

The previous dozens of herbs were merely auxiliary ingredients.

Quickly, as the Enlightenment Fruit dissolved in the furnace, a refreshing fragrance began to waft from within the Divine Jade Xuan Fire Furnace.

At this point, Xiao Yang was drenched in sweat.

Refining this Enlightenment Pill was exhausting, even more so than battling for three days and nights.

At this moment, a vortex formed in the air above the spiritual gathering array, gathering spiritual energy madly from all directions, then swallowed up by the Divine Jade Xuan Fire Furnace.

Xiao Yang exerted all his effort to circulate the pill-refining technique.

He sent hand seals towards the Divine Jade Xuan Fire Furnace, carefully controlling the flame.

The fragrance of herbs emanating from the furnace grew stronger.

Several more hours passed.

A mist began to form above the Divine Jade Xuan Fire Furnace.

This mist coalesced and did not disperse.

At this point, the medicinal power of the Enlightenment Fruit had combined with that of the dozens of auxiliary herbs.

Xiao Yang sensed that within the Divine Jade Xuan Fire Furnace, thirteen luminous orbs had appeared.

Xiao Yang’s heart skipped a beat.

If he could refine thirteen Enlightenment Pills at once, that would really be against the heavens.

After all, this was an Enlightenment Pill.

The concentration of spiritual energy in the entire Qingyun Secret Realm was quickly declining.

The speed at which the Divine Jade Xuan Fire Furnace absorbed the spiritual energy was increasing.

Xiao Yang had no choice but to use his martial arts essence to take control of the Divine Jade Xuan Fire Furnace.

Several more hours went by.

Xiao Yang felt as if his essence had been completely drained, and he was starting to feel faint.

If the pill wasn’t formed soon, he might end up resembling a dried corpse!

Finally, after painstakingly refining for over ten hours, the furnace finally showed a change.

The Divine Jade Xuan Fire Furnace erupted with dazzling light, but at the same time, three luminous orbs exploded, and the mist above the furnace began to swirl rapidly, forming ten purple lotus flowers.

Accompanied by a refreshing and rich herbal fragrance, ten round, plump pills emitting a faint purple glow slowly floated out of the furnace opening, hovering in midair like ten shining purple stars, incredibly radiant.

“Haha…”

Xiao Yang laughed excitedly.

Refining ten pills at once made all his hard work worthwhile.

What a rush!

At this moment, the Divine Jade Xuan Fire Furnace floated quietly in the spiritual gathering array.

Just as Xiao Yang was about to put the pills into a jade bottle for storage…

The world suddenly darkened.

In the next moment, a bolt of lightning descended unexpectedly from the sky, directly striking one of the pills.

That pill exploded in an instant.

From ten pills, he now had one less.

“This… Could it be the Pill Tribulation?”

Xiao Yang was stunned.

How could this be possible?

The Pill Tribulation is a heavenly calamity that alchemists face when they refine a sky-defying pill.

This was just the Enlightenment Pill, not some legendary pill that allows one to ascend to the heavens in broad daylight.

“This is absurd!”

Xiao Yang, both shocked and angry, took out the Futian Sword and threw it into the sky.

Just then, a lightning bolt struck down and hit the Futian Sword.

What happened next left Xiao Yang utterly dumbfounded.

The Futian Sword had actually swallowed that bolt of lightning in an instant.

Lightning continued to rain down.

A total of nine bolts of lightning came down.

After devouring these nine bolts, the dark clouds dissipated.

Xiao Yang cautiously stored the nine pills, the result of countless efforts, into a specially designed jade bottle.

But still, he had been careless.

Otherwise, he would have instead ended up with all ten Enlightenment Pills, not just nine.

He had no intention of refining a second batch of Enlightenment Pills.

At this point, he felt completely drained.

If he messed up and ruined this batch of herbs, wouldn’t that be a huge loss?

Getting nine Enlightenment Pills was already luck beyond belief!

Xiao Yang had never expected the process of refining the Enlightenment Pill would go so smoothly.

He also hadn’t anticipated that during pill formation, he would trigger a Pill Tribulation, losing one pill in the process.

That was an Enlightenment Pill, an extremely precious pill in the Northern Territory and the entire Yuanwu Continent.

It’s priceless.

One Enlightenment Pill could be exchanged for countless cultivation resources.

But Xiao Yang believed no one would trade an Enlightenment Pill for other resources.

After all, one Enlightenment Pill was a chance to become a Saint!

The Sacred Martial Realm was the most powerful presence in the Northern Territory.

Who would willingly give up a chance to become a Saint?

If anyone knew Xiao Yang could refine the Enlightenment Pill, half-Saints from the entire Yuanwu Continent would probably be tracking him down.

Then he would be in constant danger.

Liu Qingyun and the others would never have thought Xiao Yang had emerged from seclusion after only half a month.

Xiao Yang didn’t immediately consume the Enlightenment Pill in the Qingyun Secret Realm to break through to the Sacred Martial Realm.

However, Chen Taixu was too eager to seek revenge against the Six Dao Demon Lord.

When he received the small jade bottle containing the Enlightenment Pill from Xiao Yang, his hands trembled.

He was excited and exhilarated.

Ling Xian’er, Long Chen, and the others were also thrilled.

Xiao Yang had truly refined the Enlightenment Pill.

This was simply fantastic!

It would be hard for the Qingyun Sect not to rise this time.

“Truly, the heavens favor our Qingyun Sect!”

Liu Qingyun cried tears of joy.

He had been running around for hundreds of years, constantly wondering how to revive the Qingyun Sect.

But his talent was truly poor; after hundreds of years of cultivation, he still couldn’t break through to the Heavenly Martial Realm.

If it weren’t for a stroke of luck in his youth when he consumed a spiritual herb that extended his lifespan, he might have already turned to dust.

If it weren’t for Xiao Yang, they might not even have regained control of Qingyun Mountain.

Liu Qingyun felt that the best decision he made in his life was to recruit Xiao Yang into the Qingyun Sect.

Those guys from Jiang Qitian were truly blind, to abandon such a heaven-defying disciple.

If the folks from the Qingyang Sword Sect found out Xiao Yang could refine the Enlightenment Pill, they would probably regret it for life.

Nangong Hui looked at Xiao Yang with complex emotions.

There were many secrets surrounding Xiao Yang.

At this moment, Chen Taixu could no longer hold back; he wanted to find a place to seclude himself and make a breakthrough to the Sacred Martial Realm.

He needed to settle the score with the Six Dao Demon Lord.

Only by becoming a Saint could he confront the Six Dao Demon Lord.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t stand a chance.

The might of the Six Dao Demon Lord was beyond imagination.

Chen Taixu entered the Qingyun Secret Realm.

He was about to go into seclusion.

He was among the group with the highest chance of breaking into the Sacred Martial Realm.

After all, he had been cultivating for hundreds of years!

The Enlightenment Pill was only an opportunity for those half-Saints to break into the Sacred Martial Realm.

Taking the Enlightenment Pill doesn’t guarantee a breakthrough to the Sacred Martial Realm.

Days passed one by one.

Everyone was waiting.

Long Chen also wanted to attempt breaking through to the Sacred Martial Realm.

He didn’t enter the Qingyun Secret Realm; instead, he found a large rock at the peak of Qingyun Mountain, then leapt onto the stone and sat cross-legged.

He, too, wanted to break through to the Sacred Martial Realm.

Xiao Yang was not in a hurry.

Under everyone’s gaze, Long Chen consumed the freshly refined Enlightenment Pill from Xiao Yang.