Battle Through the Heavens: The Alchemist Starting from the Ye Family

Name: Ye Chen

Realm: One-Star Dou Huang

Special Physique: Acquired Primordial Star Body (Amplification Effect: Affinity to Stellar Power, able to draw upon the power of primordial stars in the starry sky to refine the body and battle qi.)

Star Essence: 3 (2 points can be absorbed each time)

Star Soul: 11 points (Note: Special hidden Star Soul, primary Fire, secondary Wood.)

精：105+5；气：105+5；神：90+10；速：70；力：110；技：10；控魂：30+20；控火：30+10

Star Chart: Unicorn Fire Spirit Dragon

星域图，龙首星域（内含10位星宫，已点亮八位星宫）、左前龙爪（内含8位星宫，已点亮三位星宫）、右前龙爪（内含8位星宫）、左后龙爪（内含8位星宫）、右后龙爪（内含8位星宫）、龙尾（内含7位星宫）、龙脊（内含12位星宫）

Star Domain Skill: None

Star Trail Skill: Dragon Flame Song. Lighting up three stars will condense a fire dragon to attack. After that, lighting up each star palace will condense a fire dragon. After ten stars are lit up, eight fire dragons can be condensed to attack the enemy.

Star Trail Technique: Flame Mirror, unleashes a massive wall of flames that can be used for both defense and offense.

When star fields and star tracks are connected, star track skills can be generated; when the same star field is fully upgraded, star field skills can be obtained.

To Ye Chen's surprise, the eighth star soul was such a comprehensive star soul, not only improving his essence, energy, and spirit, but most importantly, increasing his control over his soul by two-thirds!

If we were to visualize it, 50 points of soul control would be enough to prevent Ye Chen from losing control of his soul power even at the peak of the mortal realm.

This was incredibly good news for Ye Chen, who possessed terrifying soul power!

"My divine attribute has reached 100, so based on the previous soul value comparison, my soul value has finally reached the 1,000 mark. This is even higher than the soul value of Dan Xuan and others when they first appeared in the original work!"

Of the five major families now, only Cao Ying, the enchantress of the Cao family, and Dan Chen, that strange girl from the Dan family, can compare to him...

"I wonder what level these two girls are at now..." Ye Chen thought to himself.

As for the Dan family, let's not talk about them; they've always maintained a low profile.

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But the Cao family is different. Ye Chen speculated that if he could make a name for himself in the Pill Tower after returning this time, or even become a member of the higher-ups of the Pill Tower, then given the Cao family's personality, they probably wouldn't let their demoness hide for too long!

What Ye Chen didn't expect was that while he was thinking about Cao Ying and Dan Chen, someone in the Pill Domain was also thinking about him...

Dan City, Dan Family Manor.

The refined and easy-going Danxuan was drinking with a man, and the two were chatting and laughing, clearly old friends who hadn't seen each other for many years.

"Brother Song, are you going to Saint Pill City this time to take the sixth-grade alchemist exam?" Dan Xuan asked with a light laugh, looking at the dashing man.

The dashing man opposite them was none other than Song Qing from Xuantian City, who had been close friends with Ye Chen and Dan Xuan back then...

Hearing Danxuan's words, Song Qing was clearly pleased and replied directly, "That's right. After nearly two years of arduous cultivation, I've finally reached the mid-level of the sixth rank, which means I can barely keep up with Brother Dan..."

Don't think that it's slow to break through from the peak of the fifth rank to the intermediate level of the sixth rank in two years. Not everyone in this world is as cheat-like as Ye Chen!

With the Song family's resources, Song Qing's ability to break through two realms within two years is enough to demonstrate his talent. Song Qing's truly rapid improvement in alchemy, even reaching the level of a high-grade seventh rank before the age of thirty in the original novel, was also due to his joining the Pill Tower and becoming a personal disciple of an elder…

It was precisely because of the resources of the Danta that his full potential was truly realized!

"Brother Dan, have you heard any news about Brother Ye during this time?"

Remembering the boy who had utterly crushed her back then, Song Qing couldn't help but ask.

Since their parting in Dancheng, Song Qing had rarely received news of Ye Chen. Given his monstrous talent, who knew what level he had reached by now…

Danxuan pondered for a moment, then said, "After we parted ways in Dancheng, half a year passed before I reconnected with Brother Ye. By then, he had already returned to the Ye family from Shengdan City. After that, I lost contact with him again. However, I heard from Yecheng that Brother Ye didn't stay at home for long before leaving again. I just don't know where he went to, Zhongzhou..."

Even within the Ye family, few knew about Ye Chen's trip to the Northwest Continent, so even the Dan family, who had been keeping a close eye on him, couldn't find any trace of Ye Chen's whereabouts over the past year.

"I see..." Song Qing scratched his head, somewhat helplessly saying, "It seems that this Brother Ye really is someone who can't stay still."

However, even two years ago, Brother Ye's alchemy skills were better than mine. With so much time gone by, his growth must be even more terrifying; he might even catch up to Brother Dan by now!

These words startled Danxuan, who then realized with a start that what Song Qing said was very likely!

Even though you're now a sixth-grade advanced alchemist, when faced with an unreasonable prodigy, you truly can't use ordinary thinking to fathom their abilities...

"Hehe, if that's really the case, then we two elder brothers will be disgraced!" Danxuan's words made Song Qing, who was about to pick up the wine and pour it into his mouth, stop in his tracks.

"Indeed..." Song Qing tilted his head back and downed the wine in his glass in one gulp, then shouted, "It's decided! I'm going to join the Pill Tower and work even harder to cultivate my alchemy skills so that when I meet Brother Ye again, I won't fall too far behind!"

Chapter 133 Return to the Pill Realm and an Unexpected Person

Weary from our journey...

After nearly two months, Ye Chen and his group finally arrived in the Central Region.

"Tianhuang City, the Liu family... This should be the family of Liu Qing, who's on the list of top students in the inner court of Canaan Academy in the original story. They must be affiliated with the Burning Flame Valley..."

That's right. This time, Ye Chen and his group followed a similar route to Xiao Yan in the original story, eventually entering the Central Region of Zhongzhou from Tianhuang City.

Beneath their feet lay a vast stone platform, entirely constructed of snow-white rock. What was particularly astonishing was that this stone platform was nearly a hundred meters high, supported by a dozen or so giant stone pillars beneath it!

The stone pillars support the stone platform, like pillars supporting the sky, making it appear extremely majestic and spectacular from a distance.

The space on this stone platform is extremely different from other places. It appears exceptionally chaotic, with a large area of ​​space that is extremely distorted, and even faint black cracks spreading out from it...

This distorted space is constantly bursting with silver light, and with each appearance of silver light, many figures are spat out of the space and land on the stone platform below.

Clearly, this is not a single exit of the Tianhuang City spatial wormhole, but a central point for spatial wormhole teleportation.

"So this is the Central Region? As expected of the center of the Dou Qi Continent, even the wormhole teleportation point is so grand..."

As their gazes swept across the bustling stone platform, Medusa and the others spotted quite a few figures dressed in alchemist robes. They were secretly amazed; as expected of the Pill Domain, alchemists, who were quite rare elsewhere, were not uncommon here.

"Breaking news from the Pill Realm: The Pill Tower is recruiting core disciples. All alchemists under the age of thirty who have reached the sixth rank are eligible to participate in the assessment!"

"Breaking news from the Pill Domain: The Ye family, one of the five great families, has clashed with the Blackfire Sect, a first-class sect in the Pill Domain. The Ye family has killed a Dou Zong elder of the Blackfire Sect!"

"..."

A sudden shout from the stone platform caused Ye Chen's expression to change slightly. He turned his head and looked in the direction of the voice. He saw a thin man holding a stack of papers and sticking them to some stone pillars on the platform.

At this moment, a number of busybodies had gathered around this man, clearly interested in the latest news about the Pill Domain that he was talking about.

"Young Master?" Hu Tian looked at Ye Chen beside him with a serious expression and even some worry.

Ye Chen wasn't too concerned about the first piece of news, since the Pill Tower held a disciple recruitment assessment every five years, open to all alchemists across the continent...

This was a moment eagerly anticipated by all talented alchemists except for the five great families. However, for Ye Chen, a scion of one of the five great families who could join the Pill Tower at any time as long as he met the requirements, it had little impact.

What caught his attention most was this last point...

"Black Fire Sect? How could my family have a conflict with them?" Ye Chen wondered.

But he wasn't worried, because from the information the man had given, it was clear that the Ye family had gained the upper hand in the conflict, and had even killed one of the Blackfire Sect's elders...

Although the Blackfire Sect Master is rumored to have unfathomable cultivation, possibly reaching the peak of the Dou Zong level, the Ye family is now backed by the Pill Tower, so the Blackfire Sect Master probably wouldn't dare to personally deal with the Ye family!

"Let's go back to Yecheng!"

With a wave of his hand, Ye Chen took the lead.

It flew towards Ye Chen's direction.

Ye City was not far from the location of this spatial node, only about a day's journey away. Despite having three burdens, Ye Chen and his group still arrived outside Ye City in just over half a day by traveling at full speed.

Ye Chen remained noisy and showed no signs of distress, which relieved both Ye Chen and Hu Tian and made them even more certain that the Ye family had not suffered any loss.

However, Queen Medusa and the others who were visiting Ye City for the first time were all shocked. This was the first time they had seen such a huge city since they came to Zhongzhou!

"Young master, young master, is this entire city really yours?" Alita raised her hand to close her mouth, turned to look at Ye Chen, and asked incredulously.

Such a large city could probably hold millions of people, right?

Ye Chen nodded and said calmly, "Ye City was originally a city chosen and built by the ancestors of the Ye family. It wasn't originally this big. It's only after hundreds of years of development that it has reached this size."

At this moment, everyone gained a deeper understanding of the reputation of the five major families in the Pill Domain.

What they didn't know was that Ye Chen wasn't entirely satisfied with the current scale of Ye City! When he first visited Dan City and saw its size and facilities, Ye Chen had always thought about how he could transform Ye City as well…

Unfortunately, I haven't had the time or the resources. I'll have to wait until I've truly established myself in the Dan Tower before I can even think about it.

After returning to the Ye family, Ye Chen apologized to Queen Medusa and then had Hu Tian lead everyone to his residence.

He himself went directly to the patriarch's study, wanting to find out what had caused the conflict between the Ye family and the Black Fire Sect.

What he didn't expect was that when he arrived at the patriarch's study, besides his grandfather and father, he also met someone he never expected...

"Huh? Chen'er, when did you get back?"

Upon seeing Ye Chen's sudden appearance, Ye Chong and his son were clearly surprised and asked in delight.

Ye Chen first bowed, and then greeted the unfamiliar old man with white hair and beard in black robes next to him before replying, "I just got back too, but I heard about the Blackfire Sect when I entered the Central Region, so I rushed back."

"May I ask who this senior is?"

Seeing Ye Chen ask, Ye Zhong snapped out of his reverie and then laughed as he introduced Ye Chen, "Haha, my bad, my bad. I was so happy to see you, Chen'er, that I forgot about my friend. Come, come, Chen'er, this is my good friend, Su Qian. You can just call him Grandpa Su..."

"Haha, Brother Su, this is the prodigy of my Ye family I was talking about, Ye Chen! Brother Su, take a look, does he meet your standards?"

When he said this, Ye Zhong made no attempt to hide his pride and arrogance.

The old man in black, Su Qian, didn't mind. After all, the two had a life-or-death bond, and he knew that Ye Zhong was treating him like family...

However, when Su Qian carefully examined Ye Chen, she was still deeply shocked.

"Brother Ye, is your grandson really not even sixteen years old yet?" After repeatedly confirming Ye Chen's current cultivation level, Su Qian finally couldn't help but ask.

Ye Zhong chuckled and said smugly, "Of course! This kid still has a few days until his fifteenth birthday, so saying he's sixteen is also acceptable."

Chapter 134 Su Qian

Su Qian —

Upon hearing this name, Ye Chen was filled with questions, feeling as if the world had suddenly become magical...

If it's not a case of the same name, then this Su Qian must be the Grand Elder of the Inner Court of Canaan Academy, right?

But how did he end up in Dan Domain, come to Ye City, and even have a relationship with his grandfather?

If that's really the case, then why didn't my grandfather let me visit my old friends when I went to the Northwest Continent?

Is the relationship between the two not as strong as one might imagine?

this……

Just as Ye Chen was racking his brains, Ye Zhong's words confirmed his guess once again: the old man in front of him was indeed the Su Qian he had imagined!

"You just returned from the Northwest Continent, right? You should have heard of Canaan Academy, right? Brother Su is the Grand Elder of the Inner Court of Canaan Academy!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen immediately feigned realization and cupped his hands, saying, "So Grandpa Su is the Grand Elder of Canaan Academy! I am naturally aware of Canaan Academy's reputation as the number one academy on the continent. Speaking of which, I even passed through the Black Corner Region on my return to Central Continent this time, but I didn't have the chance to witness the prestige of the continent's number one academy."

Hearing Ye Chen's words, Su Qian's previously stiff expression softened, and he smiled and said, "Hehe, if you have the chance, young friend Ye, you can come and visit the academy. With your talent, you can show those arrogant brats what a true genius is!"

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Su Qian tactfully took his leave, knowing full well that the Ye family grandfather and grandson must have a lot to say, and that it was inappropriate for an outsider like himself to disturb them.

After Su Qian left the study, Ye Chen couldn't contain his curiosity and asked, "Grandpa, how did you meet this Grandpa Su?"

Upon hearing this question, Ye Zhong stroked his beard slightly and said with some emotion, "Speaking of which, it's somewhat related to what has happened to the Ye family recently..."

It turned out that not long after Ye Chen left Zhongzhou for the Northwest Continent, Ye Zhong, unable to find a solution to the Yang Huo Ancient Altar, decided to go out and search for some ancient ruins to see if he could find the key to solving the problem.

This could be considered a desperate measure, like trying anything at once...

During an exploration of ancient ruins, he met Su Qian, who was traveling in Zhongzhou. The two hit it off immediately and traveled together.

"Don't underestimate Su Qian just because his cultivation is far inferior to mine. He has quite a few tricks up his sleeve. If it weren't for his help along the way, even I might have been in danger many times!" Ye Zhong emphasized.

This is actually quite easy to understand...

Although Su Qian was only a one-star Dou Zong at this time, Canaan Academy was founded by Mang Tianchi, who was at the peak Dou Zun level, and its heritage was ancient and its foundation was incomparable to that of the Ye family.

Otherwise, how could the title of the number one academy on the continent have fallen to them?

As the current Grand Elder of Canaan Academy, Su Qian is also the top person in charge of the inner courtyard, so his methods are naturally extraordinary...

Not only that, he was also incredibly lucky. He actually managed to encounter this little girl, Zi Yan, in the desolate wilderness and even brought her back to the inner courtyard to adopt her. Just this alone would make Su Qian someone no one would dare to mess with in the future!

After all, she was the daughter of the Dragon Emperor! Moreover, in the original story, she could be considered one of Xiao Yan's mentors, greatly helping him. And in this life...

With Ye Chen, the absolute protagonist of the Dou Qi Continent, by his side, and Ye Chen's grandfather Ye Zhong becoming close friends...

How should I put it? I feel like this is the person truly destined for greatness.