Pill refinement demanded techniques of the utmost subtlety. The slightest carelessness could often lead to the complete waste of a precious medicinal herb.
Yet Ye Chen was exceedingly proficient. Especially after his true self and the Chaos Saint Soul avatar of his Great Emperor reincarnation body merged into one, and with his cultivation realm reaching the mid-seventh heaven of the Great Power level, the power of his divine soul had grown so formidable that it surpassed even peak ninth heaven Great Powers at the pinnacle.
It was even sufficient to rival a Divine King who had just stepped into the Nine Tribulations domain.
Such powerful divine soul power was enough to envelop every minute, subtle space and comprehend every minute change in the medicinal materials.
Extract their essence, discard their dregs.
One precious medicinal treasure and spiritual herb after another continuously submerged into the Chaos Dao Fire, continuously being refined, with some pitch-black ashes constantly falling away.
In this manner, although the time required to refine each individual medicinal material wasn't particularly long, the hundred-plus materials still consumed a full day of Ye Chen's time before the task was finally accomplished.
Within the Chaos Great Cauldron, the Chaos Dao Fire receded. The precious medicinal materials from the dozens of differently-colored light clusters had been completely refined. Clusters of medicinal liquid floated and sank within the Chaos Great Cauldron, shimmering with dazzling, multicolored radiance, truly resplendent and brilliant.
And now, it had reached the step of pill condensation.
A trace of weariness also appeared on Ye Chen's face.
Although pill refinement wasn't combat, the process of refining materials required control of the utmost subtlety, with not a single moment of relaxation, thus it also consumed a considerable amount of divine soul power.
The degree of fatigue was no less than some intense battles.
Fortunately, Ye Chen's divine soul power far exceeded the Great Power realm, and it was a Chaos Saint Soul to boot, naturally extraordinary. After taking a deep breath, he suddenly bit the tip of his tongue and spat out a string of Saint Body essence blood. With a *hong* sound, it transformed into Chaos Origin Fire.
For this final step, Chaos Dao Fire was no longer quite suitable; the more fundamental Chaos Origin Fire was best.
The Chaos Origin Fire rushed to the very center of the Chaos Great Cauldron, hanging quietly in the air there. Vaguely, it seemed as if the myriad Daos of the heavens were burning within it, possessing a destructive might capable of incinerating all things in the world.
Then, from between Ye Chen's brows, a light countless times more dazzling than the sun suddenly bloomed. A vast divine soul power, enough to make heaven and earth change color, poured forth, flooding every inch of the Chaos Great Cauldron's interior.
Accompanied by Ye Chen's soft shout, the hundred-plus clusters of medicinal liquid, which had been separated until now, suddenly rushed toward the center.
Once these medicinal liquids submerged into the Chaos Origin Fire, the originally infant-fist-sized clusters immediately shrank by a circle, becoming even smaller, yet appearing much more condensed.
The saying that what is concentrated is essence was absolutely correct.
Moreover, under the control of Ye Chen's powerful divine soul power, the clusters of condensed medicinal liquid also rapidly began to merge with each other, two by two, forming new medicinal liquids.
Then, the merged medicinal liquids once again merged two by two.
This cycle of merging repeated. After a full six rounds of two-by-two merging, only two fist-sized clusters of multicolored medicinal liquid remained within the Chaos Great Cauldron, floating and sinking within the Chaos Origin Fire.
Ye Chen took a deep breath. This was the final step; there could be no mishaps.
Immediately, his gaze sharpened. An even more vast divine soul power poured out, completely enveloping the two clusters of multicolored medicinal liquid, then slowly began to fuse them together.
*Hong! Hong! Hong!*—
The moment the medicinal liquids coalesced, a rejection reaction immediately occurred.
After all, some medicinal herbs inevitably had conflicting or opposing properties. Therefore, during pill condensation, it was often at this moment that rejection could lead to pill destruction, and sometimes even the tragic outcome of the refiner's death.
Fortunately, Ye Chen's strength was sufficient. Under his powerful Chaos Saint Soul power, which permeated every minute space within the medicinal liquid, he quickly reacted, constantly adjusting the speed of fusion in various areas.
In the end, all rejection reactions were resolved. The hundred-plus clusters of medicinal liquid smoothly coalesced into one.
"Condense the Pill!"
Ye Chen shouted loudly. His Chaos Saint Soul power grew even more vigorous, compressing the space within the Chaos Great Cauldron until it collapsed. All the medicinal liquid was condensed to its limit, transforming into a single jade-green pill. At a glance, it vaguely resembled the Bodhi of Buddhism.
However, the Bodhi Pill had not yet fully condensed. On its surface, countless tiny pores appeared, like miniature black holes needing to devour vast amounts of divine energy to fully take form.
At this stage, Ye Chen naturally wouldn't let his efforts go to waste. With a casual gesture, he threw out several large chunks of divine spiritual source, each the size of an adult human, worth tens of millions of catties of spirit stones. They contained massive amounts of purest heaven and earth spiritual energy, quickly transforming into misty divine radiance that was continuously devoured and submerged into the Bodhi Pill.
Moreover, he also threw out two Great Power Pills, then crushed them. They also transformed into a fearsome storm of divine energy, tearing through the void, powerful enough to severely injure or even annihilate an ordinary Great Power.
However, under Ye Chen's Chaos Origin Fire, they transformed into pure, vast divine energy, all completely absorbed by the Bodhi Pill.
The uneven surface of the pill became completely smooth and rounded.
Pill Formation!
*Hong!*—
The moment this pill formed, a blazing jade-green light immediately soared into the sky, accompanied by a rich light of life shining brilliantly, vast and spreading in all directions, extremely eye-catching.
Even with the obstruction of multiple heavy formations, it could not prevent that jade-green light of life from leaking out.
It immediately alarmed the many powerful beings of the myriad races in this area. Gazes filled with either shock or greed turned toward it.
"Such a rich light of life! And there's a special fragrance accompanying it—pill fragrance!"
"Someone is refining pills, and they're not ordinary pills. They're likely peerless treasure pills of the eighth rank or above!"
"Such a treasure pill must have tremendous effects on the divine soul. I can feel my own divine soul trembling—what a powerful treasure pill!"
"Which master alchemist is refining pills?"
All sides looked over. Alchemists were respected figures no matter where one looked, especially with such rich pill light accompanied by a strong light of life. It was undoubtedly an extraordinary peerless treasure pill, enough to stir the hearts of even Great Power-level beings.
However, the light of life soon receded inward. But anyone could tell exactly where the pill refinement was taking place.
Yet, as it was a high-grade mansion on a Floating Divine Island under the jurisdiction of the Cosmos Heaven Clan, no one dared to rashly intrude upon such a place, for that would be tantamount to opposing the Cosmos Heaven Clan.
At the same time, terrifying tribulation clouds appeared in the sky above, rapidly gathering. One fearsome tribulation lightning after another descended like lightning, bringing with it destructive power that even Great Powers greatly feared.
Ye Chen formed a single-handed seal. The Great Dao Treasure Vase soared into the sky. Within the vase, it was as deep as a bottomless abyss, directly devouring the sky full of tribulation lightning.
A world-shocking technique!
The entire city was shaken!
Half an hour later, the tribulation lightning disappeared. The Great Dao Treasure Vase also rushed back into the mansion, vanishing from sight.
Simultaneously, streaks of flowing light appeared within Cosmos Heaven City, successively descending outside the Floating Divine Islands. Among them were experts from some second and third-rate major forces, and even important figures from royal clans appeared. Great Power-level beings were also present.