Next, Ye Yunfei began refining and integrating those True God-level magical treasures. Of course, they were all the lowest-tier True God artifacts.
Before long, Ye Yunfei had refined a total of fifteen low-tier True God treasures. He assessed his physical strength and found it had increased significantly again.
"With my current physical power, ordinary low-tier True Gods wouldn't dare to directly receive my attacks," Ye Yunfei said confidently.
Right at this moment, Ye Yunfei received a Sound Transmission from one of the elders of the Earth Demon Clan. He immediately emerged from the Phantom Tower and instantly arrived at a square where a large group of Perfected Void Gods had already gathered.
"Young Master Ye, there are over a hundred Perfected Void Gods here, all from our alliance forces, representing each faction," an elder of the Earth Demon Clan stepped forward and reported to Ye Yunfei.
"Also, many Perfected Void Gods are on external missions and couldn't arrive in time, but they should be on their way."
Besides the three elders of the Earth Demon Clan, every other faction in the alliance had a True God present in the square. Seeing Ye Yunfei arrive, they all came forward to greet him.
In their minds, Ye Yunfei was an inheritor of the mysterious Heart Gate, a status of utmost prestige.
As Ye Yunfei entered the square, he immediately released his Soul Power energy to sense the auras of these Perfected Void Gods. He also casually asked them a few questions, naturally to gain a deeper understanding of their individual situations.
These Perfected Void Gods knew Ye Yunfei was the alliance leader and bore the title of Heart Gate Inheritor. They treated him with great respect, answering all his questions without exception.
A short while later, Ye Yunfei had gained a comprehensive understanding of all these Perfected Void Gods before him.
"For the next few days, you will all stay here on the Xuanhuang Continent. Each of you find a place to seclude yourselves for cultivation," Ye Yunfei declared after comprehending the state of all the Perfected Void Gods.
Then, Ye Yunfei returned to his own cultivation chamber, re-entered the Phantom Tower, and began concocting pills.
"A True God-level alchemist personally concocting pills to help Void Gods – for them, this might be the first such treatment in their entire lives, right? I reckon no True God-level Divine Pill Master would casually help a Void God refine pills," Hun Lao said with a smile.
"Of course! Only our Young Master is so kind-hearted," Hu Miao chimed in.
Three months later within the Phantom Tower, Ye Yunfei refined a large batch of Divine Pills. He then emerged from the tower and returned to the same square.
The three elders of the Earth Demon Clan and the True Gods from all the other forces were all waiting in the square.
During their wait, these True Gods had been constantly questioning the three Earth Demon Clan elders, trying to pry some information from them. They all wanted to know what method Ye Yunfei planned to use to help their factions increase their strength.
However, Ye Yunfei had previously instructed the three Earth Demon Clan elders not to reveal his identity as an alchemist. Ye Yunfei knew that once the superpowers learned he was a True God-level alchemist, it would inevitably invite a lot of trouble.
Having received Ye Yunfei's orders, the three Earth Demon Clan elders naturally dared not reveal his status as a True God-level alchemist.
"Stop asking! Don't go nosing into Young Master Ye's affairs. Just follow his instructions exactly, and you won't go wrong," one of the Earth Demon Clan elders, exasperated by their incessant questioning, snapped impatiently.
"Elders, during my stay at your Earth Demon Clan headquarters, I suddenly realized your clan's overall strength seems much greater than before. What's the reason for this? Could it be that Young Master Ye is helping your clan enhance its strength? And by what method did Young Master Ye manage to boost your Earth Demon Clan's power so quickly?" a True God probed.
"Don't ask us anything. If you want to know, ask Young Master Ye yourself," an Earth Demon Clan elder replied irritably, then refused to utter another word no matter how they pried or questioned him.
Right at that moment, a figure flashed into view. Ye Yunfei stood once again in the square.
"Young Master Ye has arrived!" All the True Gods in the square immediately gathered around him.
"Now, summon all the Perfected Void Gods," Ye Yunfei commanded.
Soon, all the Perfected Void Gods gathered once more in the square.
With a wave of his hand, Ye Yunfei sent out a large batch of Divine Pills. A dense swarm of them, each pill encased in a jade bottle, hovered before the Perfected Void Gods. Five or six jade bottles floated before each cultivator.
With Ye Yunfei's current alchemical skills, concocting Void God-level Divine Pills was extremely simple, and his refining speed was also incredibly fast. During this period, Ye Yunfei's main body and several avatars had been continuously concocting pills inside the Phantom Tower, producing massive quantities.
"Take these pills now and refine them. While refining them, attempt to charge through your bottlenecks. They will be useful for you," Ye Yunfei said with a cold tone.
"Young Master Ye, are you asking us to try to break through to the True God realm? But breaking through to True God is extremely difficult. I've been stuck at the Perfected Void God realm for a very long time. I've spent vast amounts of time and effort, tirelessly striving, but have never been able to break through and become a True God. Achieving a breakthrough in such a short time now is simply impossible," the Perfected Void Gods in the square exchanged looks after hearing Ye Yunfei's words. One of them hesitated for a moment before speaking up.
"Just do as I say. Attempt it. There's no loss," Ye Yunfei replied indifferently.
The pills Ye Yunfei had refined were all tailored to the specific conditions of these Perfected Void Gods—custom-made for them. Ye Yunfei believed these Divine Pills would be of immense help. As a True God-level alchemist, he naturally possessed this confidence.
"What are you waiting for? Just do as Young Master Ye instructed!" an elder of the Earth Demon Clan declared loudly.
"Follow Young Master Ye's orders," the other True Gods also chimed in.
Thus, those Perfected Void Gods, taking the pills Ye Yunfei had given them, turned around and dispersed to begin secluded cultivation.
Ye Yunfei then returned to his cultivation chamber, entered the Phantom Tower, and continued refining pills.
The Xuanhuang Continent became quiet at this time.
However, this tranquility did not last long. Roughly a few days later, thick clouds suddenly gathered and thunder rumbled fiercely over a particular spot in the sky above the Xuanhuang Continent.
"Hahaha, excellent! I've finally attracted my True God Lightning Tribulation! Once I successfully pass through this tribulation, I can become a True God. I've waited for this moment far too long!" Then, a figure shot out from a cultivation chamber below.
This was a Perfected Void God, his face filled with frenzied joy, trembling with excitement, even unable to suppress himself from roaring aloud.
"Someone is going to undergo Lightning Tribulation—one aiming to break through to the True God realm!" At this moment, over a dozen figures soared up from the Xuanhuang Continent, instantly arriving near the roiling thunderclouds.
"Hahaha, wonderful! It's someone from our Changping Sect. Our Changping Sect will finally have one more True God! Once our Changping Sect gains another True God, our overall strength will definitely see a major increase!" An old man, seeing the figure standing beneath the rolling thunderclouds, couldn't help but let out a hearty, excited laugh. This old man was a venerable elder from the Changping Sect, and the person undergoing the tribulation was a Perfected Void God from their ranks.
"Young Master Ye's alchemical level is truly astonishing! He actually enabled a Perfected Void God to attract the Lightning Tribulation for breaking through to True God in such a short time," the three elders of the Earth Demon Clan watched from afar, their faces full of awe, their admiration for Ye Yunfei growing even deeper.
"This is the power of a True God-level alchemist! From now on, our Earth Demon Clan must maintain its friendship with Young Master Ye. As long as we have an alchemist like Young Master Ye, our Earth Demon Clan will never lack for Divine Pills again. This will undoubtedly allow our Earth Demon Clan's strength to increase rapidly," one elder took a deep breath and said gravely.
"Exactly! Even if Young Master Ye weren't an inheritor of the Heart Gate, his identity as a True God-level alchemist alone would make him worth befriending for our Earth Demon Clan," another elder nodded in agreement.
At that moment, the Lightning Tribulation for the Changping Sect's Perfected Void God officially began. Vast, unstoppable streams of lightning, like torrential waterfalls, came crashing down from the high heavens.
The Changping Sect Perfected Void God let out a long roar, soared into the air, and fiercely battled the descending lightning.
True God-level Lightning Tribulations were exceptionally terrifying. Fortunately, the Xuanhuang Continent was a special continent, incredibly solid. If this were a more fragile continent, it would likely have been utterly devastated by tribulation lightning of this magnitude.
After enduring a harrowing Lightning Tribulation, the Changping Sect's Perfected Void God successfully broke through, becoming a True God.
"Hahaha, I've finally become a True God!" A hearty laugh echoed across the skies of the Xuanhuang Continent.
"Congratulations, Elder Chen! You finally broke through! This is because your experience and accumulation were sufficient; your efforts over these many years have not been in vain," the original True God from the Changping Sect immediately stepped forward to offer his congratulations.
The other True Gods present also came forward one by one to offer their congratulations.
From now on, the Changping Sect's Elder Chen would be considered an equal to them, a master of the same seniority.
"The main reason I succeeded in my breakthrough, I feel, was definitely the Divine Pills Young Master Ye gifted me. Those pills were absolutely marvelous! After refining them, my realm became immediately stirred, eventually allowing me to break through," after accepting everyone's congratulations, Elder Chen looked towards Ye Yunfei standing in the distance and said gratefully.
He then took a single step and arrived instantly before Ye Yunfei. Having become a True God, even in his casual movements he emitted formidable energy pressure; his movement speed had also become much faster.
"Young Master Ye, I thank you for gifting me those Divine Pills and assisting me in my breakthrough," Elder Chen bowed deeply to Ye Yunfei, expressing his gratitude.
"This fellow isn't completely dense. He knows the main reason for his breakthrough is the pills you gifted him." Hun Lao's voice sounded in Ye Yunfei's mind.
"No need for thanks," Ye Yunfei gave a slight nod.
"Elder Chen, are you certain that the reason you were able to break through to become a True God truly was Young Master Ye's gifted pills? I think those pills Young Master Ye gave you might have had a slight effect, but to claim they were the main reason you broke through seems a bit far-fetched, doesn't it? Breaking through to become a True God is an immensely difficult process. Every True God undergoes arduous cultivation, and it requires both talent and luck," the original True God from the Changping Sect sent a Sound Transmission to Elder Chen.
"No, Elder Pang, you don't understand. Those pills Young Master Ye gave me were truly miraculous. It was as if they were tailor-made for me; they were extremely effective. The moment I began refining them, I could already feel their tremendous effect. My senses on this cannot be wrong," Elder Chen shook his head upon receiving Elder Pang's transmission and replied via Sound Transmission.
"So miraculous? He gives you a few pills and you break through? When did breaking through to True God become so easy? Or are the pills he gave you some particularly precious miracle elixirs? But I saw him produce an entire large batch in one go, giving them to over a hundred people. This suggests that even if they are valuable, they cannot be considered excessively rare, heaven-defying spirit pills," Elder Pang from the Changping Sect still refused to believe.
Just at this moment...
BOOM... RUMBLE...
Rolling thunderclaps suddenly erupted from another location on the Xuanhuang Continent.
"Someone else is attracting a Lightning Tribulation, another one for breaking through to the True God realm! Good heavens! How is it possible that two people are attempting to break through to True God on the Xuanhuang Continent in the same day? It seems the Xuanhuang Continent truly is a treasure trove of geomancy!" Everyone immediately looked into the distance. There, thick dark clouds had gathered, thunder rumbled, and strands of thick, dazzling lightning, resembling colossal dragons, rampaged and roared amidst the oppressive dark clouds. Then, a figure shot upwards from below and began undergoing the tribulation.
The onlookers quickly activated their movement techniques and rushed toward that location.
"This must also be Young Master Ye's doing. Another Perfected Void God, having consumed the pills refined by Young Master Ye, has attracted their True God Lightning Tribulation. Young Master Ye's alchemical skill is nothing short of miraculous!" The three Earth Demon Clan elders exclaimed repeatedly in awe.
Soon, everyone arrived below those rolling thunderclouds.
"It seems your alchemical level has improved considerably during this period. The effects of the pills you're refining now are truly excellent," Hun Lao said to Ye Yunfei with a smile.
"Yes, I've been continuously studying and cultivating the alchemical scripture I obtained in the Yangming Secret Realm, while also combining it with my practical alchemy. My alchemical skill has been steadily improving," Ye Yunfei nodded.