While in Battle Through the Heavens, one can pre-appoint oneself as an emperor.

Chapter 359 Tearing Off the Disguise

It's no wonder that Hun Xuzi lost his composure. With his strength and alchemy skills, he could only say he had a 40% to 50% chance of success before the Xuan Dan was truly born.

This success certainly had an element of luck involved.

In particular, the fact that Elder Shennong, Elder Wanhuo, and Yaochen did not continue to obstruct him made his refining process much smoother.

Thinking of this, Hun Xuzi's gaze towards the three of them became more amiable.

You're smart enough to know your place; I'll leave you with a complete corpse later.

"Boom—!"

The sky was filled with thick, inky clouds, and black lightning bolts raged like giant pythons. The ferocious power of the heavens made many people instinctively shrink back, fearing that this world-destroying lightning would strike them on the head.

"Bang!"

As the thunderclouds surged, the hundreds-of-feet-tall cauldron trembled violently, and a dazzling pillar of light suddenly shot into the sky.

Within the pillar of light, a cluster of light resembling an egg could be vaguely seen.

The beam of light pierced straight into the thunderclouds before everyone's eyes, causing the thunderclouds to churn violently. Countless black lightning bolts, like angry, roaring black pythons, tightly coiled around the beam of light and slammed into the light-filled egg.

"Boom boom boom!"

The earth-shattering bombardment caused the entire medicinal mountain to tremble, with deafening roars that continued incessantly.

All the alchemists were tense, staring intently at the ball of light and embryonic egg being bombarded by thunder.

Inside there lies the ninth-grade profound pill!

Only by surviving this tribulation of lightning can it be born!

No outsider could help with this matter; even its master, Hun Xuzi, could only stand by and watch.

The Ninth Grade Profound Pill is extremely miraculous. It does not require the refiner to face the tribulation of lightning for it. Instead, it needs to borrow the power of lightning to complete its final transformation. Only in this way can it reach perfection!

Although everyone should kill Hun Xuzi, this ninth-grade Xuan Dan is innocent.

Most alchemists still hope that it can withstand the lightning tribulation.

This seemingly contradictory thought is actually their most genuine feeling.

Under the watchful eyes of countless tense viewers, the light cluster egg in the pillar of light was not only not shattered, but its light became even more intense, with wisps of black lightning constantly flashing on it.

"Click—"

The fierce bombardment lasted for several tens of minutes before gradually subsiding.

Just then, a faint cracking sound suddenly came from the egg. Everyone's heart sank, and their eyes were fixed on the egg. A tiny crack was quietly spreading from its surface.

"Click click click!"

The appearance of that first crack was like lighting a fuse; more and more cracks appeared on the embryo, and rays of light seeped out from the cracks, making the embryo look as if it were covered with light spikes.

"boom!"

Just as the cracks were about to cover the embryonic eggs, another bolt of black lightning suddenly streaked down from the sky and slammed into the embryonic eggs!

In an instant, all the cracks suddenly spread, and finally, with a "bang," the embryo exploded completely. The moment the embryo exploded, an amazing medicinal fragrance spread throughout the space. The fragrance swirled and condensed, transforming into the shapes of various herbs, covering the sky, which was extremely strange.

"call out!"

Just as everyone was captivated by this extraordinary phenomenon, a figure suddenly appeared, rushing out of the Medicine Mountain like lightning, its fragrance of pills so strong it was almost tangible.

"That's a Grade Nine Profound Pill!"

"It's trying to escape!"

As soon as the light and shadow appeared, the entire Medicine Mountain instantly erupted in excitement.

Countless people suddenly stood up, their eyes burning with desire as they stared at the light and shadow, their eyes brimming with an undisguised greed.

Few people can remain calm in the face of the temptation of the Grade Nine Mystic Pill.

"snort!"

However, just as some people were getting restless, a cold snort rang out in the sky, like ice water being poured over their heads, instantly sobering them up and causing them to hurriedly withdraw the steps they were about to take.

Putting aside his identity as the chief alchemist of the Soul Clan, Hun Xuzi is also a genuine Seven-Star Dou Sheng!

Trying to snatch the ninth-grade Xuan Dan from this powerful figure who is on par with Yao Dan, the patriarch of the Yao Clan, is tantamount to pulling teeth from a tiger's mouth.

A cold snort stunned everyone. Hun Xuzi moved, transforming into a cloud of black mist, and in the blink of an eye, he blocked the light and shadow, striking out with a backhand palm.

"Trying to leave?"

Black mist surged in Hun Xuzi's palm, and the Void Devouring Flame transformed into a pitch-black palm print, carrying a terrifying suction force that devoured all things, and slammed fiercely towards that light and shadow.

This palm strike, though seemingly slow, blocked all of Xuan Dan's escape routes, completely locking down the surrounding space, causing it to collapse entirely.

The pitch-black palm print, accompanied by ear-ripping wind pressure, crashed down like Mount Tai, slamming heavily onto the light and shadow.

With a muffled thud, the dazzling light surrounding the figure was instantly shattered, revealing a figure that was exactly the same as Hun Xuzi.

"Fellow Daoist—"

The figure formed from Xuan Dan had just opened its mouth when it was coldly interrupted by Hun Xuzi: "A mere pill dares to call itself a fellow Daoist?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he took a step forward and appeared in front of his other self like a ghost. His fingertips moved like lightning and struck the other person's forehead hard.

A dark mark suddenly appeared, and the "Soul Void Child" trembled violently, then became illusory and transparent, and finally transformed into a round pill the size of a longan and filled with a strange fragrance.

Hun Xuzi took out an ancient jade bottle from his storage ring, flicked his fingertips to create several layers of soul seals, and then carefully placed the Xuan Dan into the bottle.

The energy of the Ninth Grade Profound Pill is vast and boundless. Even if it cannot control it for the time being, it must not be treated with the slightest care and must be carefully preserved.

Just as the elixir was about to fall into the jade bottle, this space-time suddenly froze!

Unbeknownst to anyone, a large, well-defined hand quietly reached out and caught the Xuan Dan steadily. Then, with a flick of its finger, a pill with a color almost identical to the Xuan Dan fell precisely into the jade bottle.

Because of the layers of seals that isolate it, even Hun Xuzi himself would not be able to detect it in the slightest.

Moreover, he never imagined that someone would switch the Xuan Dan right under his nose.

Besides, there's also the Void Devouring Flame watching from the shadows.

Therefore, Hun Xuzi, overjoyed, had no doubts whatsoever and contentedly put the jade bottle into his storage ring.

In the square, Chen Xiao casually handed the Xuan Dan to the hungry Da Zi Yan, and seeing her beaming smile, he was in a very good mood.

"Put it away for now, and take it when you get back."

The reason he switched the pills at this moment was mainly to make things easier later, so that Hun Xuzi wouldn't use the Xuan Dan to cause trouble.

Zi Yan nodded in agreement and carefully put it away.

On the other side, seeing that Hun Xuzi had already put the pill into his storage ring, disappointment flashed across the faces of everyone below.

Hun Xuzi ignored this and turned to look at Yao Chen and the other two, his eyes full of mockery.

"Thank you for your generous gifts, all three of you."

He drew out his words, a cruel smile playing on his lips: "In return, I'll give you a big gift later!"

Before the three could ask or question anything, Hun Xuzi turned to look at the medicinal pills at the head of the table, his smile becoming increasingly eerie.

"Patriarch Yaodan, in truth, besides participating in the Pharmacopoeia and vying for the title of the continent's number one alchemist, I have another request for you in your medicine world."

"Oh?" Yao Dan frowned slightly, looking at Hun Xuzi's appearance, a sense of unease rising in his heart.

Tell me about it.

Hun Xuzi's smile grew increasingly sinister. He licked his chapped lips and spoke slowly and deliberately, his voice not loud, but it resounded like thunder across Medicine Mountain, causing all the members of the Medicine Clan to change their expressions drastically!

"I think I should temporarily borrow the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade from the Medicine Clan!"

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