Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

When the power of a Divinity Transformation Family was truly mobilized, Zhao Sheng deeply felt the earth-shattering impact of such might.

In the short three days following his meeting with Zhao Changdu, a total of twenty-five types of Heaven and Earth Spirit Fires including Earth Heart Spirit Flame, Earth Lungs Poison Flames, Samadhi True Fire, Sikong Yan, Mystic Jade Crystal Fire, Earth Evil Ghost Flame, and so on, were effortlessly delivered to the cave mansion on Binghuo Peak.

Along with the spirit fires, a hundred-catty Bright Crystal, a jar of Jade Spirit Liquid, ten Earth Core Fire Diamonds as big as a fist, a pool of Emerald Spirit Liquid, ten-thousand-year-old Xuan Iron... and a large amount of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures were also sent.

For this reason, Zhao Sheng not only gave away all the Mystic level Treasure Vault spots but also emptied his own Storage Bag—even the congratulatory gifts sent by the clan ancestors were returned.

The spirit land containing a First-rank top-grade spirit vein that Zhao Sheng hadn't even had a chance to glimpse was quickly traded to a Golden Core Clan Elder from the Ren Character Lineage in exchange for the Innate Bing Fire Furnace, a low-grade magical treasure.

Because this low-grade magical treasure contained three rare and special Fire Element Treasure Restrictions, and more importantly, it nurtured an Innate Bing Fire.

In the Southern Sky Zhao Family, rules were held in higher regard than the heavens!

Even as a Supreme Elder, Zhao Sheng had to abide by the clan rules. To take treasures from the family treasure vault, one must exchange them for Merit Points.

Of course, as a Supreme Elder, he did have a small bit of privilege. If Merit Points were insufficient, it was acceptable to prioritize barter transactions.

Thus, on the fifth day, an "embarrassingly poor" Zhao Sheng began the bitter life of alchemy to repay his debts.

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A decade flew by, and the Great Sun hung high in the sky.

On Binghuo Peak, the thousand-year-old fire pines grew more robust than in previous years. Their crimson needles shone like crystal needles, glittering with a bright red light, which was incredibly captivating.

Among the dense and lush pine forest, figures of Zhao Clan Members clad in Crimson Robes could occasionally be seen busy picking large, pineapple-sized fire pine cones from the red pines, seemingly having a bountiful harvest.

Below Binghuo Peak, a thousand feet underground, a cavern spacious enough to accommodate a city was filled with swirling vortices of dense Fire Spiritual Energy, and hot waves of fire roared through the air.

Zhao Sheng was levitating in the center of the fire cave, surrounded by Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fires of various colors—russet gold, bright yellow, pure cyan, and blazing white. A rough count showed there were as many as twenty-six batches of these fires.

At this moment, among these spiritual fires, ancient and naturally lustrous Alchemy Furnaces floated up and down within the fires, most of them already emitting an incredibly rich Elixir Fragrance.

After three lifetimes of arduous cultivation, Zhao Sheng now had the Star God Thousand Heart Technique cultivated to the Great Thousand Heart Realm.

Simultaneous sacrificial refining of twenty-six furnaces containing Third-rank True Condensing Pills was merely a small test of his capabilities.

Only a small portion of his spirit was allocated to alchemy. The majority of Zhao Sheng's Divine Separation Consciousness was focused on the spirit cave beneath him.

At this moment, within the enormous spirit cave in the center of the cavern, six kinds of Heaven and Earth True Fires including the Golden Crow True Fire, Sunset Pure Flame, Extreme Eternal Cold Flame, Ancient Poison Flame, Ten Thousand Desires Demon Fire, and Destructive God Soul Erosion True Fire, were arranged in the positions of the Six Extremes Star, jointly refining the central star-positioned "perfect" golden sphere, as large as a human head.

However... even after Zhao Sheng had gathered six types of extreme Heaven and Earth True Fires and continued the sacrificial refining for three years, the Mao Day Essence Gold remained immovable, showing no signs of being refined.

Time passed, and with a dull roar, the lids of the twenty-six Alchemy Furnaces simultaneously started to buzz. One after another, rich Elixir Fragrances gushed out, forming clouds of Elixir Clouds that spread and filled the entire cavern.

Zhao Sheng's eyes shone with Divine Light, as his Divine Thoughts whizzed through the void, following his will.

Then, all the furnace lids were blown away, and in an instant, hundreds of "meteors" shot up from the Alchemy Furnaces, scattering in all directions.

Yet, under the net of Divine Thought, none of the Third-rank Treasure Pills could escape; they obediently flew back and were packed by Zhao Sheng into top-grade pill bottles and sealed.

A rough count revealed that there were more than a hundred True Condensing Pills, with two-thirds of them being top-grade pills.

With such a prodigious mass alchemy skill, Zhao Sheng was certainly worthy of the title "Grandmaster."

Indeed, in just a short decade, he had become internally acknowledged as the "Chief" Pill Master within the Southern Sky Zhao Family, while outsiders remained unaware.

Shortly after, Zhao Sheng changed into a plain white Crimson Robe and appeared in the cave mansion on Binghuo Peak.

By that time, an elegant-faced elder in a Crimson Robe was already waiting in the living room.

Upon seeing Zhao Sheng, the Crimson Robe elder immediately smiled broadly and bowed respectfully, saying, "Yi Character Lineage Zhao Fuan pays respects to the Sixteenth Ancestor."

"No need for formalities. Here are fifty bottles of True Condensing Pills; calculate how much merit they can cover," Zhao Sheng said as he tossed a Storage Bag to the other person.

Zhao Fuan's smile widened at the words, and he quickly took out a pill bottle from the bag, opened the Elixir Seal, and carefully inspected the quality of the Spirit Pills.

"Top-grade!"

"Top-grade!"

"Eh, it's still top-grade."

As one top-grade Treasure Pill after another appeared, Zhao Fuan's tone grew increasingly excited.

He had no prior dealings with the Sixteenth Ancestor, and the little information he had was learned from the elders of his lineage.

Before the visit, the elder had repeatedly emphasized the importance of building a good relationship with Ancestor Qiong Tian and to avoid offense at all costs.

Only after meeting did he realize that the "preposterous" rumors were actually true.

The Sixteenth Ancestor's alchemy level was unimaginably high!

After a full half an hour, Zhao Fuan managed to suppress his astonishment and excitement and replied to Zhao Sheng with great respect, "Sixteenth Ancestor, a total of one hundred twenty-three mid-grade and top-grade True Condensing Pills, can be exchanged for three hundred sixty-one Great Merit and fifty-seven small merit, totaling thirty-six million five thousand seven hundred Merit Points."