Battle Through the Heavens: Purple Heaven Thunder Emperor

Chapter 491 What a pity, it can't be used by me!

Zhongzhou, on a mountaintop rarely visited by people.

Amidst the swirling clouds and mist, a blue ox slowly appeared.

A person was riding on the back of a blue ox. He was short in stature, dressed in ordinary coarse linen clothes, and had a childlike face. He looked like a cowherd.

Riding on a cow, I quietly looked down at the clouds drifting below.

There was no energy fluctuation around him, as if he had completely merged with this world.

Suddenly, a very subtle ripple flashed in the boy's pure eyes, and his brows furrowed slightly.

He slowly raised his hand, palm facing upward, as if feeling the gentle breeze flowing in the air.

"Um?"

He let out a soft exclamation, and for the first time, a clear look of surprise appeared in his pure eyes.

In his perception, the omnipresent energy of heaven and earth surrounding him was currently moving at an extremely terrifying speed—

disappear!

No, it hasn't disappeared.

Instead, like rivers flowing into the sea, they were controlled by an indescribable force and forcibly pulled in a certain fixed direction!

The strength and scope of this force are simply unprecedented!

He slowly raised his head, his gaze seemingly piercing through endless void, looking towards the north.

That direction is precisely where the energy will ultimately go.

"Such a massive amount of cosmic energy was forcibly gathered—what kind of powerful soul force is that?"

The boy muttered to himself, his clear eyes filled with solemnity and disbelief, "The texture of this soul power—vast and magnificent, yet carrying a hint of thunderous aura—when did such a being appear in Zhongzhou?"

He carefully sensed the pulling force that had traveled across countless miles, and the shock in his heart continued to expand like ripples.

"The Northern Region—is that the direction of the newly risen Zixiao Palace?"

The old patriarch of the Pill Tower had a profound look in his eyes. "It seems that an extraordinary powerhouse has appeared on this continent."

Saint Dan City.

As the headquarters of the Pill Tower, a sacred place for alchemists on the continent, it is usually filled with energy and bustling with people.

Today, in the largest teleportation plaza outside the city, a white-haired figure in magnificent robes is preparing to step into the teleportation channel.

On the stone tablet beside the teleportation channel, the three characters "Zixiao City" emitted a faint glow.

Clearly, this is a teleportation wormhole leading to Zixiao City in the Northern Region.

Just as he was about to step into the array gate, a slightly hurried female voice came from behind him: "Yao Chen?!"

Yao Chen paused, turned around, and saw Xuan Yi, one of the three giants of the Pill Tower, walking quickly towards him.

"Xuan Yi? What are you doing here?" Yao Chen asked, somewhat surprised.

"Not long ago, people from the Zixiao Auction House came to purchase several ninth-grade medicinal herbs."

Upon seeing Yao Chen, Xuan Yi's face first flashed with a subtle, complex emotion, then he smiled and explained, "As you know, ninth-grade medicinal herbs are extremely precious. The Outer Pill Tower doesn't have them here, and even in the Small Pill Tower, they're considered strategic reserves. Although I'm a leader, I still need to report to and apply to the elders in the Small Pill Tower, which caused some delays. Now that I have the herbs, I'm preparing to send them to Xiao Bai, lest that little guy say that my Pill Tower didn't give him face."

As she spoke, she realized that the two of them were currently in the teleportation passage leading to the Purple Cloud Palace. "What are you doing...?"

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Yao Chen waved the storage ring in his hand and said with a wry smile, "Similar to you. I heard that the kid urgently needed medicinal herbs, so I dug out a few things I had hidden away to send to Zixiao Palace. It seems we've thought of the same thing."

The two looked at each other, and both saw a hint of understanding in each other's eyes.

Just as they were exchanging pleasantries, the two of them frowned almost simultaneously, their faces showing surprise and uncertainty.

Something's not right!

Yao Chen spoke first, keenly sensing that the energy in the surrounding world was thinning at a clearly perceptible rate!

Although Saint Pill City has a strong energy foundation, this feeling is not too obvious yet, but with his Heavenly Realm soul's perception, he is absolutely certain!

Although Xuan Yi's soul realm was slightly inferior, she quickly noticed the anomaly. She sensed the subtle yet continuous loss of energy in the air, and her expression changed slightly: "What's going on? The energy is disappearing?"

Yao Chen closed his eyes, and the vast Heavenly Realm Soul Power spread out in all directions like mercury spilling onto the ground.

A moment later, he suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze filled with shock. He pointed north, his voice trembling with disbelief and horror: "That's the direction! All the energy is converging towards the north! That direction is—"

Upon hearing this, Xuan Yi looked in the direction he pointed, and a thought struck him: "That's the location of Zixiao Palace!"

She sensed it again carefully. Although her soul perception range was not as wide as Yao Chen's, within the limit of what she could reach, all the energy of heaven and earth seemed to be summoned by some supreme power.

Undeterred, it flowed northward, forming a silent yet massive energy migration!

"This—how is this possible?!"

Xuan Yi gasped in shock, her beautiful eyes filled with horror. Her soul, which was only one step away from entering the Heavenly Realm, could not sense the source of this change!

Yao Chen's expression also became extremely solemn. As a Heavenly Realm Soul, his perception was farther and clearer than Xuan Yi's!

His sensing range extends far beyond ten thousand miles, yet even at this distance, he still cannot sense the end of these energy flows.

Even a soul at the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Realm might sense farther, but in terms of controlling the energy of heaven and earth, it is only within a radius of ten thousand miles.

At this moment, the range of the energy fluctuations far exceeded ten thousand miles!

What kind of existence could achieve this?

The two exchanged a glance, and an uncontrollable suspicion, one that sent shivers down their spines, rose from the depths of their hearts.

This commotion is coming from the direction of Zixiao Palace. Could it be caused by Xiao Bai?

"Sacred Pill City is hundreds of thousands of miles away from Purple Cloud Palace! What kind of power could cross such a vast distance and forcibly absorb the energy of the Pill Tower?!"

Xuan Yi felt a dryness in his throat and his lips moved slightly.

"I am afraid----"

A similar sense of disbelief arose in Yao Chen's mind, his voice dry and bitter, "The medicinal herbs we prepared are all too late—"

Xuan Yi remained silent, and the story involuntarily surfaced in his mind: a record in an ancient book treasured by the Pill Tower, the truth of which was unknown. It was said that in ancient times, there was a supreme expert whose soul realm had reached the Emperor Realm. In order to refine pills, he manipulated the energy of nearly half of the Central Plains in a single thought, gathering the spiritual essence of countless mountains and rivers into one furnace!

At the time, I thought it was just an exaggerated myth, but now—could the legend be unfolding right before my eyes?

"—According to the clear record in the notes left by a certain patriarch of my clan, the rumor about an ancient Emperor-level soul powerhouse controlling the energy of half a province is true!"

Zixiao Palace, on Qixia Peak.

Yao Wanhuo looked at the Shennong elder, whose face was filled with shock, and spoke with certainty.

Upon hearing this, the old man Shennong remained silent for a long while before slowly shaking his head, a bitter smile mixed with astonishment and shame appearing on his face: "It seems I—was ignorant. An Emperor-level soul is indeed terrifying!"

He had barely finished speaking—

"Boom!!!"

An unprecedented roar of energy suddenly resounded throughout the entire Fenglei Mountain Range!

The sound didn't come from one direction, but from all directions, as if the entire world was roaring.

It's boiling!

Under the gaze of countless awestruck eyes, the once azure sky above was gradually painted with a magnificent rainbow of colors.

At first, it was just a thin, long, seven-colored ray of light, like a stroke of ink casually drawn on the sky.

But soon, the "light" expanded and approached at a speed visible to the naked eye!

"That's... energy?!"

One of the disciples looked on with surprise and doubt, his voice trembling.

"This energy—it's outrageous! This, this is practically an energy tide!"

Many more people gasped in disbelief.

As the seven-colored light band approached, everyone finally saw clearly that it was the vanguard of an energy torrent formed by the high compression and convergence of massive amounts of heaven and earth energy!

Just like the white line of water that foreshadows destruction before a tsunami arrives!

Behind this "forward" is an overwhelming, all-encompassing, seven-colored "giant wave"!

In just a few breaths, the vast and endless tide of seven-colored energy, like a real seawater overflowing, completely submerged the entire Fenglei Mountain Range!

The rich energy of heaven and earth was no longer a gas, but had almost turned into a viscous liquid, and even showed a faint tendency to transform into a solid!

The air was filled with a suffocating pressure of energy, and many disciples of the Purple Cloud Palace with lower cultivation levels felt difficulty breathing, as if their mouths and noses were blocked by this dense energy.

In an instant, a feeling of dizziness and fever surged up.

"This energy—it can even intoxicate?!"

Many disciples swayed unsteadily, their faces flushed, their eyes glazed over, as if they were ordinary people drunk on strong liquor, unable to stand properly.

At the summit of Leishan Peak, the hundred-foot-tall glazed medicine cauldron now resembled a bottomless black hole.

The yin-yang phantoms on the lid of the cauldron spun to their extreme, and the thunder dragon and fire phoenix on the body of the cauldron let out a roar and a clear cry that shook the heavens and the earth, greedily and frantically absorbing the surging energy of heaven and earth from all directions!

Xiao Bai stood in mid-air, feeling the energy gathering like a vast ocean, and the endless demands of the nascent pill within the cauldron like a gluttonous beast, his heart as calm as a still well.

"You certainly have a big appetite."

He sighed inwardly as his soul power spread out unchecked, controlling the energy of the entire Northern and Central Regions of Zhongzhou.

The energy of heaven and earth, forcibly torn from the ground, was continuously poured into the medicine cauldron.

He wanted to see just how much of this soon-to-be-born pill could absorb and what quality it would ultimately achieve.

His actions clearly alarmed more than just the people of Zhongzhou.

Before the dark and deep hall, two figures stood side by side.

One person was dressed in white, with a refined and scholarly demeanor, while the other person beside him was shrouded in black flames, exuding a strange and all-consuming aura.

At this moment, the soul power of the two of them spread silently into the void like invisible threads.

Transcending the barriers of space, they sensed the earth-shattering energy transformation on the Central Plains.

"Zhongzhou Northern Territory————"

The Soul Emperor closed his eyes to sense for a moment, then slowly opened them, a strange light flashing in his deep eyes.

"It must be that brat Xiao Bai!"

Upon hearing the news from the Northern Region, Void Devouring Flame roared almost without hesitation, his tone filled with resentment and hatred, "Not long ago, the Soul Palace sent word that that brat is collecting ninth-grade medicinal herbs on a large scale, apparently for alchemy!"

"Such a commotion has stirred up nearly half the energy of the Central Plains—it seems that what he refined was not an ordinary ninth-grade precious pill, but at least a ninth-grade profound pill, and not just any ordinary profound pill!"

The Soul Emperor's eyes flashed with a hint of regret as he shook his head: "What a pity, they can't be used by me!"

An alchemist with the soul of an Emperor Realm expert—there has only been one such alchemist in the entire continent over the past thousands of years!

"snort!"

Void Devouring Flame sneered, feeling a sharp pain in his heart as he thought of how his three-tenths of his original essence had completely lost its connection. He said disdainfully, "Not to mention he hasn't succeeded yet, even if he did, he'd only be a Profound Pill Grandmaster! So what? Does he think he can turn the world upside down with just one pill?"

"A Grandmaster of Profound Elixir?"

The Soul Emperor glanced at the Void Devouring Flame, his tone calm, "In today's continent, even if he had the ability, it would be impossible for him to refine a ninth-grade golden pill!"

Hearing the Soul Emperor speak so decisively, Void Devouring Flame asked with a hint of doubt, "Why?"

"Because of energy!"

The Soul Emperor affirmed, his gaze seemingly piercing through the barriers of the Soul Realm as he looked towards the Central Continent, "To achieve a ninth-grade Golden Core, the amount of heaven and earth energy required would be dozens of times that of a Profound Core, requiring at least the complete depletion of energy from half of the Central Continent..."

"That pill in the Pill Tower has been stuck at the peak of the Profound Core stage for countless years. While it may be hypocritical, preferring to accumulate slowly rather than impact the Central Continent by absorbing too much energy at once, it also demonstrates the immense energy required for the birth of the Golden Core..."

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"As for the Imperial Pill on it—"

At this point, the Soul Emperor paused slightly and did not continue.

Upon hearing this, Void Devouring Flame also fell silent.

The news about the Emperor-grade embryonic pill in the ancient Emperor's cave was originally told to the Soul Emperor by it.

The Soul Emperor has been secretly plotting for a thousand years to obtain it.

Even after obtaining the elixir, Void Devouring Flame knew exactly what methods it had prepared to advance it further.

The Soul Emperor also fell silent. After returning to his throne in the main hall and sitting down, the sense of urgency in his heart grew even stronger.

Today's events have completely confirmed the speculation after Xiao Bai struck the Soul Realm last time: his soul has already reached the Emperor Realm.

This person's growth rate is simply too fast!

It was so fast that it caught him completely off guard!

Can't wait any longer!

He turned to face the Void Devouring Flame, his tone returning to its usual indifference: "Any news from Ancient Dragon Island?"

Upon hearing this, Void Devouring Flame suppressed the agitation he felt towards Xiao Bai and said seriously, "I came here precisely to report this matter to you. The sub-flame that was attached to Soul Ghost just sent a message saying that it has pinpointed the exact spatial coordinates of Ancient Dragon Island!"

"Oh?"

A glint flashed in the Soul Emperor's eyes, and for the first time, undisguised joy appeared on his face. He laughed heartily, "Good! Good! Good!"

As the laughter subsided, the Soul Emperor's eyes were instantly replaced by a chilling light. He looked at Void Devouring Flame, his voice low and deep: "Void, how are the arrangements you made the other day coming along?"

The Void Devouring Flame licked its lips, its black flames surging around it, and nodded, saying, "Everything has been completed according to plan. We're just waiting for your order!"

The Soul Emperor slowly rose from his throne in front of the main hall, his gaze sweeping over the Soul Realm, which now appeared somewhat empty and desolate.

A complex and unfathomable glint flashed in his eyes, but it ultimately turned into a resolute determination, returning to a bottomless calm and coldness.

He took a deep breath, as if trying to inhale all the air of this soul realm into his lungs, and then slowly exhaled before speaking in a deep voice: "In that case—let's begin!"

"Perfect timing. Right now, some people's attention has been drawn to the commotion caused by that kid from the Northern Region—this is a good opportunity."

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