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As the innate golden elixir took shape, its fragrance spread for dozens of miles, causing many surrounding magical beasts to become excited.

If it weren't for the presence of the powerful experts from Medicine King Valley and the strong protective array, these demonic beasts would definitely have rushed in to snatch the pills.

The innate golden core has a fatal attraction for both magical beasts and other powerful beings.

Even Rean and the Medicine Fairy themselves were attracted by the Innate Golden Pill and wished they could swallow it whole.

However, both Rean and the Medicine Fairy forced themselves to hold back, since this innate golden pill was to help the legendary Gu Venerable refine it. That guy was a half-step Dou Sheng, and Rean didn't want to make him go crazy.

The moment the pill took shape, a terrifying aura emanated from it, indicating that it had already developed sentience and was about to transform into a terrifyingly powerful being.

But at that moment, a figure clad in black robes appeared silently, grabbed the Innate Golden Core, and swallowed it whole despite its violent struggles.

The black-robed man's withered body, like an ancient tree, was wrapped in a robe inlaid with black iron scales. The fabric, gleaming with a cold, eerie blue light, rose and fell with his breath, seeping out wisps of dark purple mist.

A pair of amber vertical pupils were set in sunken eye sockets, and the turbid crystals floated with the shards of exploding stars. Whenever the eyelids trembled, tiny spatial cracks would appear and disappear at the tips of the eyelashes.

His face was sallow and withered, covered with spiderweb-like dark gold patterns. A half-section of white bone spur protruded from his left cheekbone, and cracks extended from his nose to behind his ear, with liquid fighting spirit faintly visible flowing under his skin.

Seven mithril chains hung from his disheveled gray hair, each end adorned with a fragment of a dimensional core the size of a fingernail. As his head turned, the chains collided with each other, producing a soul-stirring sound.

The ten fingers, resembling withered branches, were fitted with dragon claw-shaped black iron finger sleeves, each joint inlaid with black hole crystals that devour light.

The most horrifying thing is the living incantation wrapped around its neck, like hundreds of purple-scaled centipedes crawling back and forth under its skin. Every time its Adam's apple bobbed, half of a distorted demonic face would appear.

A contradictory aura of decay and oppression seeped from every pore, and the ankles exposed when the hem of the black robe billowed were translucent, revealing dark golden battle qi surging like a galaxy within the marrow.

That terrifying face was frozen with eternal pain and indifference, like an ancient temple statue struck by ten thousand bolts of lightning, each crack sealing the oppressive power of heaven and earth when the void was shattered.

When he raises his eyes, the light within a radius of ten feet will spontaneously twist into a vortex, dragging the object of his gaze into the chaotic realm deep within his pupils.

As the withered old man swallowed the Innate Golden Pill in one gulp, a terrifying aura erupted from his body. Li En quickly led the Medicine Fairy away from the place, watching the withered old man from afar.

“He is my senior brother.” At this moment, Venerable Moon appeared silently beside Rean. His gaze toward Rean had completely changed, becoming somewhat respectful.

Just kidding, this is a terrifying alchemist who can refine 100% of grade nine pills. He once refined the Soul Devouring Pill in front of everyone at the Pill Gathering, and now he has successfully refined the Innate Golden Pill on his first try.

Terrifying! A monster!

These terrifying alchemists are so powerful that even a Dou Zun expert or a Dou Sheng expert would have to befriend them.

At this moment, the Gu Venerable sat cross-legged on the top of the Sky-Splitting Cliff, his fighting spirit condensing into nine dark golden dragon patterns.

The instant the innate golden elixir entered his throat, his sword-like eyebrows suddenly stood up, and the bulging veins climbed from his neck to his temples, while a low, thunderous roar escaped from his throat.

His once deep, abyss-like pupils now glowed with a golden luster, and two clusters of golden flames ignited deep within them. Wherever his gaze swept, fine cracks appeared in the void.

The gale at the cliff top suddenly froze, and raindrops falling from three thousand feet in the air hovered around the golden cyclone.

Golden vertical lines between his brows blossomed inch by inch, and the energy surge erupting from his body tore his black robe to shreds, revealing his back covered with ancient runes. As the seventh vertebra of his spine bulged with crimson-gold light, the primordial energy of heaven and earth within a hundred miles transformed into a liquid vortex and poured in.

The golden flames in his left eye suddenly surged, and the pupil split into a twin Tai Chi seal, while his right eye transformed into pure black jade, reflecting the shattered and reassembled spatial laws.

The dark gold dragon patterns entwined around his body began to devour each other, and each fusion left a profound Dao mark on his skin.

As the last two dragon patterns intertwined and rushed into the Heavenly Spirit, the entire Sky-Splitting Cliff sank seven zhang (approximately 33 meters) with a roar, and crimson-gold Earth Core Flame Marrow gushed out from the cracks in the mountain.

The moment the bloodstain between his brows solidified, his eyes snapped open, shooting out golden light that pierced through the clouds.

His once sharp, sword-like gaze was now filled with runes of law, the left pupil reflecting the illusory images of the sun and moon, while the right eye reflected the flickering stars.

As a clear dragon's roar erupted from the spine, the energy field covering a hundred miles suddenly collapsed, condensing into a golden sword pattern half an inch in size between the eyebrows.

"It's a success! Senior Brother has succeeded!" Venerable Moon exclaimed excitedly as he watched the scene unfold before him.

Rean and the Medicine Fairy exchanged a glance, both knowing that a new Dou Qi expert had been born. This was a powerhouse standing at the very top of the Dou Qi Continent, and they never expected that he would be born right before their eyes.

Moreover, it could almost be said that the two of them were the ones who helped him break through. At this moment, Li En couldn't help but marvel at how terrifying a ninth-grade alchemist was, that he could so easily help a half-step Dou Sheng break through to become a Dou Sheng.

However, although it seems simple, the difficulty of refining a Primordial Golden Core is greater than the difficulty of breaking through to become a Dou Sheng, after all, just collecting materials is already extremely difficult.

As for refining, if Rean hadn't possessed two powerful different flames and hadn't had the most outstanding temperament in the entire Dou Qi Continent, it would have been extremely difficult for him to refine an innate golden pill.

call!
Suddenly, the Gu Venerable, or rather the Gu Saint, clad in black robes, appeared before Rean.

His once withered face had now regained its baby-like skin, making him look like a young man in his twenties.

"Haha, young friend, thanks to your innate golden elixir, I have finally broken through!! Haha!" The Gu Saint's laughter shook the heavens, showing extreme excitement.

"This is the Gu Saint's good fortune, and also my luck," Li En said modestly.

"Young friend, there's no need to be modest. You can refine the ninth-grade pill, the Innate Golden Pill. No one can surpass your skill as an alchemist. From now on, you are my savior. If you need anything, just call me and I'll be there whenever you call."

Gu Sheng patted Li En on the shoulder and laughed heartily.

"Then I thank Gu Saint very much." Li En replied with a smile, now he could say he had a true friend who was a powerful figure.

However, given his current alchemy skills, he will only attract more powerful individuals to become his friends in the future.

“Young friend, you want to go to the herb garden, right? There’s a strange fire there. If you want it, I’ll go with you,” Gu Saint said to Li En.

Li En was overjoyed. "Then thank you very much, Gu Saint."

"Not only that, I also know that there is an ancient cave in the herb garden, which should contain treasures. I couldn't force my way in before because I hadn't broken through, but this time I'll take you there to see it."

After Gu Sheng finished speaking, he grabbed Rean's shoulder and vanished instantly. (End of Chapter)