Alchemy Emperor of the Divine Dao c1-1294

by Flying Alone 孤单地飞

  “And how about now?” Elder Tian Che said loftily.

  Shi He Shun and the other seven frowned. Eight against six: they still had a firm advantage, but the problem was that even if they could win, they would have to pay a great price.

  “Hmph, everyone’s target is that kid, why not wait for him to appear and kill him together. When the time comes, everyone can seize the treasure!” Shi He Shun said.

  “That’s settled then!” The two Spiritual Infant Tier experts of the Thousand Corpse Sect weren’t willing to start a fight; after all, they were at a disadvantage in numbers.

  Once the two parties agreed, they withdrew their hostility, and waited quietly for Ling Han to appear.

  Inside the Black Tower, Ling Han sighed. With the attack earlier, the speck that Black Tower turned into also moved with the wind, floating to a distant place; otherwise, if he threw out the god’s skeletal remains, it would definitely be able to suppress the ten Spiritual Infant Tiers onto all fours.

  However, would that be effective against the Corpse Soldiers?

  Ling Han didn’t know. Corpse Soldiers were already dead, equivalent to puppets. This thing’s never been said to been able to be suppressed by any presence.

  What to do, endure till they lose patience and disperse voluntarily?

  Ling Han immediately shook his head; these people might go search for Ling Dong Xing!

  He decided to break through to the Flower Blossom Tier as soon as possible, and then beat these bastards with Black Tower’s power boost.

  He was extremely resolute and immediately set aside all thoughts, cultivating whole-heartedly. He was originally at the middle stage of the ninth layer of the Spiritual Pedestal Tier, so after ten days of cultivation, he reached peak stage.

  Inside his dantian, the spiritual ocean was vast and mighty. Two spiritual pedestals rose from within it, infinitely high and extremely magnificent.

  “It’d be best to use a few months to perfect the tier and break through after there can be no more improvements. However, there isn’t so much time now. I must immediately begin charging at the Flower Blossom Tier!” Ling Han said.

  Hong, long, long, the bones in his body crackled, as if the chants of Dao. Liu Yu Tong and the others sat cross-legged nearby, as this was of great benefit to them as well.

  Chapter 512

  Translator: Reverie_ Editor: Kurisu

  Crossing into the Flower Blossom Tier from the Spiritual Pedestal Tier was a qualitative change. On the spiritual pedestal, a martial arts’ celestial flower would bloom, and one would transcend the mortal limit from then on.

  Why could Flower Blossom Tier warriors allocate the Spirit Qi of heaven and earth to add to their attacks? It was because of the martial arts’ celestial flower that could draw the Spirit Qi of heaven and earth, as if a spirit base. However, the spirit base absorbed Spirit Qi to convert it into one’s own Origin Power, but the martial arts’ celestial flower directly added to the attack.

  But how did one produce a martial arts’ celestial flower?

  Plant the martial arts’ celestial flower seed on the spiritual pedestal and wait for it to bud and grow into a celestial flower; one would then be a Flower Blossom Tier expert.

  However, the first step wasn’t to plant the seed, but to select the kind of a martial arts’ seed.

  ‘Planting one martial arts’ seed, I can thereby blossom a celestial flower and cross into the Flower Blossom Tier. In the former life, I planted a spiritual seed of fire, and after the celestial flower blossomed, I could invoke the Fire Spiritual Qi within heaven and earth.

  ‘However, it’s said that some can plant down three martial arts’ seeds, and blossom three celestial flowers in the end, being called Three Flowers Crown.

  ‘I possess a Five Elements Spirit Base, why not try planting five seedlings?

  ‘Martial arts’ seeds can only be planted at peak stage of the Spiritual Pedestal Tier, so I must make a decision!

  ‘…No need to consider. I walk the path of the strongest, so I’ll plant five martial arts’ seeds.’

  Ling Han’s expression was resolute as he began to extract from the Five Elements Chaos Lotus’s source. This spirit base corresponded to the elements gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, so with these as seeds, the martial arts’ celestial flower he blossomed could also possess five different elements.

  At that time, he would be able to draw from five types of Spiritual Qi in an attack, and that attack power would obviously be formidable.

  However, stripping from the spirit base’s source element was painful like being cut by a saber and made his expression twist involuntarily, revealing an intensely pained expression.

  Liu Yu Tong and the other girls’ heart ached, especially Yue Hong Chang’s. Her son was flesh that fell from her own body, making her tears almost fall out. Liu Yu Tong and Li Si Chan grabbed onto her hands on each side, calming her slightly.

  Extracting the source element of a spirit base: this process was extremely painful, but not dangerous. Ling Han did it once in his previous life, but he had a fire spirit base back then, and only needed to extract it once to finish; now, it was five times!

  Fortunately, this process was finally completed anyway.

  Having removed the source elements, the Five Elements Chaos Lotus seemed dispirited and inert, somewhat hurt at the core, but it only needed some time to rest and could still recuperate. Also, since Ling Han was also a Heaven Grade alchemist, would he still fear a damaged spirit base?

  Ling Han began to plant the spirit seeds, but there were only five and they couldn’t be broken up into parts. He considered it momentarily and decided to care for the earth spiritual ocean’s spiritual pedestal; as for the other half… that would be for later.

  Spiritual pedestals were the best soil for spirit seeds. After burying the spirit seed, to let the spirit seed bud and blossom a celestial flower, massive amounts of energy needed to be provided, as well as corresponding martial arts comprehension; these two things were the fertilizer to grow the spirit seed—neither could be missing.

  Ling Han began to chug down spirit medicine and spiritual liquid. As for marital arts comprehension, this he wasn’t missing; even if he planted five seeds this time, he was still much at ease, having enough comprehension to aid him back to the Heaven Tier.

  When the martial arts’ seed would bud, how long it would grow, and what celestial flower would bloom… these were all uncertain. Depending on whether there was enough “fertilizer,” it would be possible to succeed in one to two days, but if there weren’t enough fertilizer, it might be several years, several tens of years, or hundreds of years.

  …There wouldn’t be over hundreds of years, since lifespan was a mere hundred years. If one didn’t enter the Flower Blossom Tier, one would already be dead.

  Ling Han of course had enough “fertilizer.” Although there weren’t medicinal pills that could make one directly cross into the Flower Blossom Tier, there were too many tonic things, and he didn’t wish to cross into it directly. Advancing into the Flower Blossom Tier was to comprehend the dao of heaven and earth which was of great benefit, so why miss it?

  He kept eating, and the five spirit seeds soon budded, breaking through the mud and swaying on the spiritual pedestal. The strange thing was that on top of the spiritual pedestal in the heaven spiritual ocean, five spirit seeds also budded!

  What happened? He’d clearly only planted five spirit seeds!

  …But, this was a good thing, wasn’t it?

  Ling Han didn’t have time to care now, simply nurturing the five spirit seeds diligently. As they kept growing, the spirit seeds were covered with vein-like patterns, shining resplendently—this was Ling Han’s comprehension of martial arts.

  The spirit seeds grew very fast, and only after a day’s effort grew into a firmament tree with a flower bud on top; the celestial flower’s blossoming was imminent.

  Once the celestial flower blossomed, Ling Han would officially advance into the Fl
ower Blossom Tier. Now, well, he was the same as when he’d planted the seed, only at half-step Flower Blossom Tier.

  Ling Han sat cross-legged. This was the most arduous step and needed the provision of terrifying amounts of energy. On the contrary, martial intent had already densely covered the celestial flower, divine patterns intertwining; it was enough.

  Eat! Eat!

  Ling Han devoured ravenously like his life depended on it. A dao fire rose within his body, burning his body and nourishing it cealessly with energy.

  ‘Damn, how come that much energy still isn’t enough?’ he cried out inwardly. When he’d broken through to the Flower Blossom Tier in the past, he used at most one hundredth of that energy, but now it was a hundred times more, as if filling in a bottomless pit with no sign of it being enough.

  He came to a realization: this was because he cultivated Indestructible Heaven’s Scroll. His physique’s toughness was equivalent to rare metals’ of the same tier, and the problem was with “same tier.”

  Since he wanted to advance into the Flower Blossom Tier, his physique obviously had to increase to the hardness of a sixth tier rare metal, but this couldn’t possibly appear out of thin air; he obviously had to absorb sufficient amounts of energy to increase his physique.

  Could this not require massive amounts of energy? Ling Han was now equivalent to a human-shaped Spirit Tool; an increase from fifth tier Spirt Tool to a sixth tier one, was this change not great?

  Then continue eating!

  Ling Han turned into Hu Niu, the chowhound. Liu Yu Tong and the others stared with eyes wide open—are you breaking through or turning into a hungry ghost’s reincarnation? Even Hu Niu was somewhat shocked, muttering, “Seems to eat more than Niu, as expected of Niu’s Ling Han!”

  He ate for two days and two nights, finally filling this hole. Five flower buds trembled lightly, as they’d blossom at any time. On the heaven spiritual ocean’s spiritual pedestal, the five celestial flowers were also the same.

  It was like a mirror—the changes of the earth spiritual ocean’s spiritual pedestal would be replicated on the heaven spiritual ocean’s spiritual pedestal, appearing extremely miraculous. Thankfully that was so—Ling Han didn’t have any spare spirit seeds to let two spiritual pedestals blossom celestial flowers simultaneously.

  Slowly, the celestial flower blossomed!

  Dang, dang, dang , the sound of dao resonated within the Black Tower, thought-provoking. Liu Yu Tong and the others, regardless of each person’s cultivation, all entered into a state of enlightenment.

  Observing someone’s breakthrough, especially to the Flower Blossom Tier, a great threshold of surpassing mortals, had many great benefits.

  Of course, Ling Han was definitely the one with the greatest changes. On the earth spiritual ocean’s spiritual pedestal, the five martial arts’ celestial flowers blossomed one by one.

  An azure flower represented wood; a red flower represented fire; a white flower represented gold; a black flower represented water, and a gold flower represented earth.

  The flower of five elements, blossomed all together.

  The Flower Blossom Tier!

  Chapter 513

  Translator: Reverie_ Editor: Kurisu

  Heaven spiritual ocean’s spiritual pedestal also blossomed five-colored celestial flowers. They swayed slightly even though there was no wind, emitting a presence that transcended mortals.

  Ling Han opened his eyes abruptly. He finally returned to the Flower Blossom Tier, an important point. In some sense, this represented that he took the first step in returning to the pinnacle.

  “Young Master Han!” Everyone was roused, approaching one after another.

  “Son, were you in pain?” Yue Hong Chang pulled on Ling Han’s arm and looked at him from top to bottom. Despite seeing Ling Han’s pained expression earlier, she couldn’t come up to ask and kept being concerned.

  “No, all is smooth going,” Ling Han said with a smile.

  “Congrats, Young Master Han!” Zhu Wu Jiu and Guang Yuan stood behind by a lot. They obviously didn’t dare to contend with these women, but they were also very moved. It had only been so long and an eighteen-year-old youngster had already become a super-elite of the Flower blossom Tier!

  Placed in the desolate north, that was definitely an invincible existence.

  Ling Han nodded and said, “Wait for me take care of some trash first, and we’ll drink later tonight.”

  With that said, he stepped out of the Black Tower.

  “Boy!” Elder Tian Che and the dark and skinny old man assaulted him right away. Behind them were four Corpse Soldiers that emitted a golden sheen, but the eight Spiritual Infant Tier elites from the Winter Moon Sect chose to sit by and watch.

  Apparently, they had qualms about the god’s corpse in Ling Han’s hands, and without seeing Ling Han use it, they definitely didn’t dare to charge forward; that was simply giving away their lives.

  How unfortunate—he originally wanted to entrap a bit more people.

  When Elder Tian Che and the other old man were close, Ling Han raised his hand, and a god’s skeletal remains were unleashed; this old fellow brother probably died for countless of years and wouldn’t mind being tossed about repeatedly like this.

  ‘Old Brother, I’ll definitely give you a grand burial in the future,’ Ling Han said inwardly.

  Pa, pa, two great Thousand Corpse Sect elders immediately dropped to the ground. Under the suppression of a god’s presence’s, they couldn’t resist at all; however, the four Corpse Soldiers were not a bit effected. They were without consciousness to begin with, so how could they be suppressed by a god’s presence?

  Four Gold-Armored Corpses were Spiritual Infant Tier existences; how terrifying were they?

  Ling Han didn’t use Black Tower’s power boost immediately, and instead activated the Thunder Battle Armor. Instantly, a flash of lightning spread open and formed a lightning barrier around him. He immediately retreated; he wasn’t so crazy as to fight four Spiritual Infant Tier Corpse Soldiers head-on.

  Flashes of memories revived in his mind, while Ling Han’s feet began to move naturally.

  Demon Fairy Step!

  This was a Heaven Tier movement art; it could only be used after advancing into the Flower Blossom Tier, not belonging to mortals! In his previous life, he specialized in cultivating the Demon Fairy Step, using it even at the Heaven Tier.

  A feeling of nostalgia welled up, and Ling Han couldn’t help but feel bold and courageous, wandering with ease through the attacks of four great Spiritual Infant Tier Corpse Soldiers—could a high level Heaven Grade movement art not be swift?

  North region’s martial art’s level was low; even the strongest sects like the Winter Moon Sect and the Beast Emperor Sect had arts that were only medium level Earth Grade—their skills were also the same, being at most high-level Earth Grade.

  Could these things be compared to a Heaven Grade skill?

  Corpse Soldiers’ greatest forte was their tolerance in taking punishment, not fearing death nor pain, but they only relied on their instincts in battle; if they could use arts and skills like when they were alive, then that would truly be against reason.

  So how could such attacks possibly deal with Ling Han who used the Demon Fairy Step?

  “Could this be the legacy that the brat acquired from the Twelve Palaces?”

  “It’s truly amazing, to wander easily surrounded by the attacks of four Corpse Soldiers and only be swept occasionally by the dispersing energy… but the battle armor he wears is enough to block it.”

  “Huh, why does this battle armor looks like the Thunder Battle Armor?”

  “No way, the Thunder Battle Armor can’t be revitalized, and wasn’t it in one of our disciple’s hands, called Han something.”

  “Han Lin!”

  “Hiss…”

  Winter Moon Sect’s eight Spiritual Infant Tier warriors gasped in astonishment simultaneously—wasn’t Han Lin read backwards Ling Han?
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br />   Sh!t, they were actually deceived by Ling Han, swindled of a treasure from their Winter Moon Sect! The power of this Thunder Battle Armor worn on Ling Han could even block the aftereffects of a Spiritual Infant Tier’s power; how valuable was it?

  “We have to get it back!” the eight people said all together, their eyes burning with desire.

  “Hehe, under the attacks of four Corpse Soldiers, that boy is unknowingly moving further away from the terrifying corpse bones.”

  “Great, once he’s slightly further away, we’ll take the chance to attack!”

  “Alright, we have to kill him in one strike this time!”

  The eight people observed and waited for the opportunity.

  Ling Han seemed to be kindled by the fight and forgot that there were still eight Spiritual Infant Tier elites ambushing him, but this was understandable. He was being attacked by four Spiritual Infant Tier Corpse Soldiers, so how could he have the room to look left and right?

  He kept retreating, further and further away from the god’s corpse.

  “Now!” Ao Family’s elder and the others dashed out. Ling Han had now escaped form the god’s corpse’s range of influence, and it was the best chance to attack!

  Xiu, xiu, xiu , five in the front, three in the back, they started attacking one after another!

  “I was waiting for you guys!” Ling Han sneered. He had a Heaven Tier divine sense, so how could he possibly have neglected these old bastards? This was the battle strategy he drew up: moving further away from the god’s corpse to lure these old bastards out.

  Hearing those words, Ao family’s elder and the other seven felt their hearts palpitate as an uneasy feeling welled up inside them without any obvious reason. This was an instinctive reaction, and after getting to the Spiritual Infant Tier, they trusted their instincts the most.