Alchemy Emperor of the Divine Dao c1-1294

by Flying Alone 孤单地飞

  “You guys can see, the Mystery Realm we were in earlier is actually also a separate space that can accommodate living beings, but it can’t be a carried away and is fixed at a certain location instead, layering on top of the normal space.

  “To compress a small world into a mustard seed 1 is too difficult, and the larger the space, the harder it is to do—the normal space would squeeze against it, and the larger it is, the easier it is for it to collapse. So, our spatial rings are all very small.”

  Everyone nodded. Normally speaking, spatial rings were only the size of a box, and those reaching the size of a house were extremely rare.

  They knew that the larger the space of the Spirit Tool, the harder it was to make it, but hadn’t known the reason why it was so hard, and only now they finally understood.

  So, a Mystery Realm was always in a fixed place, unlike spatial rings that could be carried around… With it fixed in place, it would be like building a house; the foundation could be laid in advance, and then the walls could be strengthened—that way, it wouldn’t collapse easily.

  Everyone looked at the terrifying space of the Black Tower and gasped in astonishment. This was completely comparable to the size of a mystery realm!

  Only Ling Han knew that Black Tower’s space was larger than any Mystery Realms he’d ever seen—even larger than all of them added together.

  “It’s definitely the handiwork of a god!” everyone cried out in shock.

  Ling Han smiled. They only knew that the Black Tower’s space was large, but they didn’t know Black Tower’s special abilities. For example, planting spirit medicine and producing the essence of the earth, the essence of water, and even that Black Tower unleashing its might could destroy a realm!

  Black Tower was more than just a spatial Divine Tool; on the contrary, this was probably its least important feature.

  “Such a Divine Tool, if put in the divine realm, it’s guaranteed to be fought over, not to mention one with a space that large,” the rabbit concluded.

  Ling Han laughed loudly, and said, “You say it as if you’ve been to the divine realm.”

  The rabbit snorted. It wanted to brag, but seeing Hu Niu’s fierce gaze sweep over, it instantly stopped.

  Ling Han said, “So, even if a Shattering Void Tier elite charges over, I still have the ability to save myself. And my— no, our ambition is to split the skies!”

  “Split the skies?” Yuan Cheng He and the Li Siblings were all shocked. What was splitting the skies?

  “Breaking open the skies and bringing the vast lands into the divine realm!” Ling Han explained.

  “What?!” Yuan Cheng He and the Li Siblings were shocked numb. Did they hear wrong… this was too shocking! Bringing all the living spirits of an entire land ino the divine realm… could this be done?

  “Splitting the skies is obviously very difficult, so everyone needs to cooperate and do their part,” Ling Han said. He spoke roughly about founding a nation and splitting the skies, but didn’t mention the conspiracy of the five great sects.

  Yuan Cheng He and the Li Siblings listened as their blood boiled. They were youngsters and obviously all had great ambition, and was there a greater cause in the world than splitting open the skies?

  “Young Master Han, I’m willing to follow you!” Yuan Cheng He said loudly.

  “Hehe, Brother-in-law, if you don’t mind my getting in the way, I’m also willing to do what little I can,” Li Feng Yu said.

  “Good!” Ling Han was extremely pleased.

  Chapter 714 - This Is a Beast Garden

  Translator: Reverie_ Editor: Henyee

  Everyone exited the Black Tower and continued to advance.

  After two days, they’d finally walked left the sea area. The place ahead was another stretch of flatlands, with occasional large trees and sporadic mountain peaks—it was as if they went back to place on the other side of the sea, for the scenery was almost unchanged.

  Could the large sea be the center of this Mystery Realm?

  “Have we come around again? Is the precious treasure hidden in the sea?” Everyone began suspect.

  Xiu , at this moment, a black shadow swept by in the skies, and with a close look, it turned out it was actually a pavilion. It wasn’t sent flying, but instead grew out two legs and pranced over on the earth, disappearing in an instant.

  Sh*t! Ling Han and the others looked at each other, speechless.

  A ghost, or had it become spiritual? A pavilion actually grew legs and ran?

  “Are my eyes blurred?” Li Feng Yu wiped his eyes.

  “You’re probably not the only one having a hard time seeing,” Ling Han said; it wasn’t possible that everyone’s eyes were all blurred.

  Xiu, xiu, xiu, at this moment, several more figures swept by the sky at a surprising speed.

  “Hm, the Lunar King!” everyone cried out in surprise again. They recognized one of them that rode on a terrifying beast lion, which couldn’t be any more obvious.

  Being able to stand side by side with the Lunar King, these people were probably all Shattering Void Tier elites.

  “Several great Shattering Void Tier elites are chasing it together? That pavilion must contain surprising treasures,” Yuan Cheng He said.

  “Unfortunately, it’s been targeted by Shattering Void Tier elites, so there’s no way we’ll have any share.” Li Feng Yu sighed.

  With a smile, Ling Han said, “That may not be the case. Opportunities don’t have much to do with cultivation, and if these Shattering Void Tier elites can obtain the treasures inside the pavilion, then wouldn’t’ they have gotten it long ago?”

  “That’s right, we may be able to obtain a share.” Li Feng Yu was excited again.

  “But, a pavilion that can grow legs and run, this… is too strange, right?” Zhu Xuan Er said.

  Li Feng Yu nodded repeatedly, and said, “Maybe it’ll eat all of us!”

  Ling Han said, “Forget it, don’t think about this problem now. Even Shattering Void Tier elites can’t catch up with it, let alone us. If it is to be, then this pavilion will appear in front of us; if it isn’t to be… hehe.”

  Well, such a treasure was not something that they could obtain just by thinking about it.

  Their thoughts down to earth, the first thing was obviously not to hasten on their journey, but to eat a good meal.

  Ling Han took out a section of the tentacle beast’s tentacle and refined it with might to make it shrink, condensing the essence. He then added precious medicine from the Black Tower to boil it together; the most precious was the myrietes precious pearl, which Ling Han scraped to get some powder, which he placed in the pot.

  As it boiled, clear red clouds rose up as if they were boiling a divine beast’s meat. The aroma permeated the air, making Hu Niu and the Gold-seeking Rat jump up and down; even the rabbit began to eat secretly along with them.

  After half a day, the pot of precious soup was finally finished, and everyone had a bowl ladled out to them. There were propagating vein-like patterns rising in the soup as if heaven and earth was revealing its profound secrets.

  This was a perfectly tonic soup!

  “Niu wants two bowls! No, three bowls!” Hu Niu hadn’t started eating and was already contending for food.

  “Zhi zhi, zhi zhi zhi zhi!” The Gold-seeking Rat jumped on Ling Han’s shoulder and squeaked, meaning “this baby also wants three bowls”.

  Ling Han shrugged, and said, “Everyone gets one bowl first, and those who can still drink, ladle out more yourselves.”

  Everyone was full of ambition; how could a bowl of such a tonic soup be enough?

  But once one bowl was down the stomach, except for Ling Han and Hu Niu, everyone’s bodies were gushing with multicolored light and their faces all red; how could they possibly take on a second bowl?

  Since everyone couldn’t eat more, Ling Han and Hu Niu didn’t even use a bowl. They surrounded the pot, scooped up the soup, and ate the meat, making the others call out for their freak
ishness.

  This pot of soup was greatly beneficial to progressing in their cultivation, and which medicine wasn’t a great one?

  Eating it directly nourished their dao flower and the spiritual infant, carving down vein-like patterns; the speed of growth was shockingly fast.

  “In less than half a year, I can break through to the Spiritual Infant Tier!” Zhu Xuan Er said, pleasantly surprised. She always worried because her cultivation was lower than Ling Han’s, and her battle prowess was very much inferior as well, so she was unable to help Ling Han.

  Advancing into the Spiritual Infant Tier, she finally wouldn’t need to watch from the sidelines every time.

  The Li Siblings’ and Yuan Cheng He’s gains were also great, making them unable to contain their joy.

  After resting, they departed again. This was still a paradise for beasts, with various powerful beasts emerging one after another. Most of them were in the Spiritual Infant and the Deity Transformation Tier, and there were even a dozen Heaven Tier ones. Shattering Void Tier ones weren’t seen for the time being, but that couldn’t be a guarantee that there wasn’t any.

  It was surprising. In one Mystery Realm, they actually saw two Shattering Void Tier beasts, though not very powerful, and one already had been subdued by the Lunar King; against other people, Shattering Void Tier beasts would crush them overwhelmingly.

  After another two days, they finally walked out of this area. A stone door appeared in front, and looking back after passing through it, two words could be seen on it: Beast Garden.

  This… this is some ancient force’s beast garden, a place where beast pets are bred!” Everyone was frightened by such immense handiwork; experts like them had to take ten days just to pass through a beast garden.

  This was only to pass through it, and not to stroll through the entire area!

  “The level of beasts is restricted by bloodline, and since they can reach the Shattering Void Tier now, then their ancestors should’ve also been in the Shattering Void Tier when they were bred here,” Ling Han said; this was the most frightening aspect.

  This force could capture Shattering Void Tier beasts and breed them; why did this sound so much like dreaming?

  Only the ancient dynasty that sought to split the skies could be so bold and powerful,Ling Han thought. That ancient dynasty had once united all of the lands, but still fell short in the end, unable to split the skies.

  “No wonder Shattering Void elites were in such a rush. This is extremely like to be the location of the imperial city of that ancient dynasty.”

  “Mystical treasures!”

  Everyone felt as if they were on pins and needles. This was a genuine treasure vault of an ancient dynasty.

  They advanced in a hurry, but after the flatlands was a desert with a boundless expanse of yellow sand everywhere. If it weren’t for the fireball that never changed position in the sky, they would be very likely to have lost their way.

  Like this, they went on for three more days, and suddenly a palace appeared in front of them.

  The residence of the ancient emperor?

  After they walked over, they then discovered that it wasn’t so. The plaque on the palace gates had the two words, “Tool Pavilion,” written on it.

  As the name implied, tool pavilion was obviously a place where treasured tools were kept.

  There were many people around the palace. The treasure was clearly in front of them, but they didn’t go further. There was only one possibility… they were obstructed and couldn’t enter.

  Ling Han and the others walked over, and after asking a few people, they found out that there was a metal puppet keeping watch by the tool pavilion’s entrance. To enter the building, one had to pass its test first; forcibly charging through without passing its test, one would only be killed on the spot.

  “What test?”

  Chapter 715 - Leaving One’s Name on a Stone Tablet

  Translator: Reverie_ Editor: Henyee

  The test was very simple, and it wasn’t to fight this puppet. One only had to place one’s palm on a stone tablet, and if a light shined, one would qualify to enter the tool pavilion.

  It sounded easy, but there was only a meager lot that could make the stone tablet light up. Other than the powerful figures of the older generation, only Yao Hui Yue, Xu Xiu Ran, Dong Ling’er, and a few others could do so.

  There were still newly arrived people who asked curiously, “You just put your hand on the stone tablet?”

  “Of course not. You have to meditate on all your arts and skills in your consciousness, and the stone tablet will magnify the powers of these mystic techniques to their extremes, thereby evaluating your extreme battle prowess,” a gaffer said.

  “This is a martial arts stone, a treasure in the legends.”

  “Even if you’re only at the Flower Blossom Tier, you might surpass Shattering Void Tier elites because this evaluation is extreme battle prowess, or, in other words, placing everyone’s tier on the same level and then making a battle prowess comparison.”

  “Such a ranking should be called a ranking of potential. It’s possible that you can’t even reach close to this level in the future, and it’s also possible that you’ll have a fortuitous meeting and surpass it in the future. It’s all uncertain.”

  The gaffer said, “See that, the stone tablet has a hundred names. If your extreme battle prowess can surpass any of theirs, you can rank amongst them. The stronger your battle prowess is predicted to be in the future, the higher you can rank.”

  “However, although this mystery realm opened for the first time in several ten millennia, it’s extremely like that this martial arts stone has recorded all the geniuses in the near thousand millennia, and even several thousand millennia.”

  “Being able to leave a name on there, even if it’s only the last name, they all are super geniuses of several tens of millennia!”

  Hearing the gaffer’s words, everyone was somewhat excited. If they could leave their name on the tablet, then wouldn’t it mean surpassing the ancients and amazing the contemporaries? But the difficulty was too high; some had already entered the tool pavilion, but none of them left their name on the stone tablet.

  Ling Han looked over. The person ranked first on the stone tablet was actually called “First.” Who knew where he got his courage from, assuming that he would be the first and never the last?

  The second name was much more modest: “Yuan Shi.”

  The third name was “Si Fang,” the fourth name was “You Ying,” the fifth name was “Yue,” the seventh name was “Mo,” the eight name was “Ming Dao,” the ninth name was “Donkey-riding Old Man,” and the tenth name was “Jiu Dao.”

  Ling Han looked all the way down. Each name was extremely foreign to him. However, when he came to the ninety-ninth name, a familiar name finally jumped into the eye… the Lunar King!

  He was shocked. Had the Lunar King left this just now, or was it… several tens of millennia ago?

  If it was the latter, would the Purple Moon Empire and this ancient dynasty be somehow connected?

  Ling Han was absorbed in thought for a moment. Only when Zhu Xuan Er called him a few times did he come back to his senses.

  “Let’s go try.”

  They pushed their way through the crowd, trying to squeeze to the front. Some people were easygoing; they had already tried and failed, and didn’t mind letting others try. However, some people were bad-tempered and even envious; since they couldn’t get in, they didn’t want others to go in, either.

  There was no need to be polite to such people. Ling Han simply attacked, xiu, xiu, xiu , and a road-blocking dog was waved away like a scarecrow.

  Weng , in front, the stone tablet lit up, which meant someone passed the test and could enter the tool pavilion.

  “That’s Wenren Qian Qian!”

  “As expected of the proud daughter of heaven. It’s said her strength is second only to Dong Ling’er’s, and sure enough!”

  “Tsk, do
you know what sort of light appeared when Dong Ling’er passed?”

  “I don’t know.”

  “I’ll tell you, then. The martial arts stone can only let out light in three colors. One’s red, one’s green, and one’s purple. Among them, purple light represents the weakest battle prowess, while red light is the strongest!”

  “Just now, Wenren Qian Qian actuated purple light.”

  “But Dong Ling’er activated red light!”

  With that said, everyone nodded their heads. While also a proud daughter of heaven, Wenren Qian Qian was still a large distance away from Dong Ling’er.

  “Brother Ling!” Seeing Ling Han, Wenren Qian Qian couldn’t help but stop and didn’t enter the tool pavilion immediately—such a short while didn’t matter anyway. She wanted to personally see Ling Han’s extreme battle prowess.

  Although this didn’t represent the heights that Ling Han could reach in the future, it could still be used as reference.

  Ling Han nodded in a greeting.

  “Hm, Jia Ming’s here!” Everyone dispersed. This was a vicious god that killed without scruples, but he was Earth Dragon’s Sect’s most valued disciple of the next generation; who would dare to harm him even in self-defence?

  Jia Ming walked over with large strides. A terrifying aura rose all over his body, turning into giant snakes.

  Ling Han frowned. Jia Ming’s cultivation had made an astonishing leap and reached the Deity Transformation Tier! He’d once said that the great sea had something fortunate for him, and it indeed seemed so if it was enough for him to advance into the Deity Transformation Tier in a few days.

  Amongst the younger generation, currently, only Xu Xiu Ran had done it.

  However, wasn’t the earth dragon an earthworm? So why did the majority of Earth Dragon Sect’s people manifest the shadow of a large snake? Although they were all long and twisted things, there was still a big difference between snakes and earthworms, right?

  Jia Ming’s walked majestically, his aura as if an ancient brutish beast was hidden in his body—extremely terrifying.