"Young friend, we will see you off here. You may enter the Void Divine Hall on your own."
Nine Phoenix Great Power spoke, "But please remember one thing: you only have one month to comprehend. Do not delay, or the consequences will be far more severe than simply being forcibly ejected from the Void Divine Hall."
Ye Chen nodded. "Senior, rest assured. I will honor my promise."
Nine Phoenix Great Power and the other Guardian Great Powers took a single step and vanished from this spacetime, leaving Ye Chen alone.
*Clap, clap, clap—*
Ye Chen swiftly ascended the thousand steps, arriving before the Void Divine Hall. He pushed open the great doors with both hands and truly entered.
Inside the Void Divine Hall, it was vast and open, far larger than it appeared from the outside. Numerous different portals stood tall, each representing a distinct category: Alchemy, Artifact Refining, Cultivation, Formations, Sorcery... each category had its corresponding great hall.
The number of categories was unknown, for the myriad great universes contained countless types, far too complex. Even an Imperial Supreme One would find it difficult to master all paths.
Without hesitation, Ye Chen directly chose the Alchemy portal. With a single step, his figure flickered as he entered the Alchemy Great Hall.
The hall was quite spacious and empty. He saw numerous Dan Cauldron Light Spheres, thirty-six in total, suspended in the air. They exuded waves of medicinal fragrance, representing the alchemy inheritances or unique notes left behind by thirty-six Alchemy Masters or even Grandmasters.
Even though he had some understanding beforehand, witnessing this scene still stirred some awe in Ye Chen's heart.
Truly worthy of being the most precious Void Divine Hall of this Ancient Universe. It actually possessed so many inheritances or notes from Alchemy Masters and Grandmasters. This single Alchemy Hall alone could be deemed priceless, enough to drive countless powerhouses across the heavens to madness with envy.
Naturally, precisely because of this, an unfathomable old monster was needed to guard the Void Divine Hall, ensuring its safety and deterring any external enemies from daring to trespass.
The thirty-six Dan Cauldron Light Spheres hung at varying heights.
The higher the light sphere, the more dazzling and eye-catching its radiance; the lower ones were the opposite.
This likely determined the ranking of these alchemy inheritances.
After a moment of contemplation, Ye Chen stepped into the air. However, he did not choose the highest and strongest inheritance light sphere. Instead, he selected one in the middle.
Because the highest inheritance light sphere undoubtedly belonged to a Grandmaster-level master. The alchemy attainments of such a Grandmaster were profound and unfathomable, not something the current Ye Chen could comprehend in a short time. After all, he only had one month for comprehension. He could not recklessly waste time trying to grasp a Grandmaster-level alchemy inheritance.
The lowest alchemy inheritance might not help him much in winning the Alchemy Classic championship either. Balancing the two, choosing the middle one was just right.
Ye Chen directly reached for that crimson Dan Cauldron Light Sphere.
*Hum—*
The moment Ye Chen's palm touched the crimson Dan Cauldron Light Sphere, it immediately trembled. Strands of crimson Dao Fire surged forth, burning the void and melting everything. Even a seventh-layer super Heavenly King would not dare to rashly touch it, as it could refine flesh and erode bone.
Undoubtedly, this was a protective mechanism within the inheritance light sphere.
However, Ye Chen's slender palm trembled slightly. Wisps of Primordial Chaos Qi manifested, dissolving all Dao Fire. It was utterly unstoppable, allowing him to easily probe inside.
Simultaneously, the instant Ye Chen's hand penetrated inside, a stream of information rushed out, flowing along his palm into his mind: "I am Qing Ye, an eighth-level Alchemy Master. In life, I practiced alchemy for nine thousand years, finally reaching the Master level. I was only one step away from the Grandmaster realm, a lifelong regret."
"Though I never attained the ninth-level Grandmaster realm, I did not wish my inheritance to be lost. At the invitation of Monarch Kong Xuan of the Ultimate Ancient Path, I specifically left this inheritance within the Void Divine Hall. If a descendant obtains it, I hope you will carry it forward. This old man can rest with a smile in the netherworld..."
The information that first rushed from the light sphere was an introduction—the life story of the Alchemy Master who left this alchemy inheritance light sphere. Named Qing Ye, his alchemy attainments in life reached the peak of the eighth level, considered the pinnacle among Masters, only a step away from the Grandmaster realm.
It was just a pity he ultimately failed to take that final step, halting there for life.
Nevertheless, he was still an Alchemy Master worthy of countless people's reverence.
After all, a true Alchemy Grandmaster appeared only once every tens of thousands of years. Throughout the ages, there had not been many. Reaching this step was enough to take pride in.
Ye Chen continued absorbing the various pieces of information from the inheritance light sphere. A vast amount of alchemy knowledge continuously surged forth, ceaselessly flowing into Ye Chen's mind.
The Alchemy Dao, much like the ten great cultivation realms, was also divided into ten levels.
Some terms, like in the Sealed Boundary Universe, called them ten stars. But on the Ultimate Ancient Path and the broader Chaos Sea, they were called the ten-level alchemy realm.
First level weakest, tenth level strongest!
Generally speaking, within an Ancient Universe, anyone who reached the fifth level in alchemy could be considered to have entered the hall.
After all, the Alchemy Dao was harder to master than cultivation and required specific inheritance to practice and attain the Dao.
However, looking across the entire Chaos Sea, only upon reaching the seventh level in alchemy could one truly be said to have entered the hall and earn others' respect.
The eighth level could be ranked as Master, ninth level as Grandmaster, tenth level as Dan God!
Upon reaching the tenth-level Dan God realm, one's alchemy skill was sufficient to refine Emperor Pills. Such Emperor Pills held immense use even for Imperial Supreme Ones.
However, in some ancient, untraceable legends, above the highest known tenth-level Dan God realm, there actually existed an eleventh level.
Not Emperor level, but called the Heaven-Defying level. That was the highest domain of the Alchemy Dao.
A Heaven-Defying level alchemist could refine pills capable of anything, defying the world to resurrect all things, including Imperial Supreme Ones.
Yet that domain was untouchable. Throughout the ages, tenth-level Dan Gods had appeared, but across endless eons, through the rise and fall of one epoch after another, only the Alchemy Emperor had ever reached it.
Within the ten-level realm division of the Alchemy Dao, Ye Chen's current alchemy attainments could at most be considered peak fifth level, not yet enough to properly enter the hall. Let alone participating in the Alchemy Classic competition, where Masters gathered and Grandmasters were present. As he had told Nine Phoenix Great Power and the other Guardian Great Powers, it would simply be asking for humiliation.
Of course, this was also due to the severe lack of alchemy inheritance in the Sealed Boundary Universe. Otherwise, Ye Chen's alchemy attainments might have reached the seventh level.