War Sovereign Soaring The Heavens

The Alchemy Conference that would commence after two years would not be held in the Wasteland. The venue was in the Barren Land that was located adjacent to the Wasteland. Even with the help from the Eight Trigrams Celestial Duke of the Tai Yi Celestial Sect, they would need to start their journey three months prior.

Duan Ling Tian learned all of this from Bai Ping, the Sect Leader of the Tai Yi Celestial Sect, and Situ Ming, a prominent Celestial Alchemist of the sect.

“Just as Master Situ and Master Yang said… Over the next two years, there’s no need for me to waste my time comprehending the sect’s single-trait Duke Grade Celestial Method and Divine Abilities.” Duan Ling Tian heeded Situ Ming and Yang Chong’s advice since he found them reasonable. He focused his attention on alchemy and cultivating. If he had any questions, he would look for Situ Ming, Yang Chong, and Yu Zhong Jing. Since the three prominent Celestial Alchemists were skilled in different ways, it helped him to improve his skills and knowledge in all aspects as well.

Half a year later.

Situ Ming smiled bitterly before he said, “Master Duan, not only do you possess an extraordinary prominent Celestial Fire, but your talent in alchemy is enviable as well… Currently, I no longer have anything left to teach you.”

“Me too.” Yang Chong smiled bitterly as well.

Although Yu Zhong Jin did not say anything, based on the expression on his face, it was obvious that he felt the same way.

Although the three prominent Celestial Alchemists knew Duan Ling Tian was highly talented, during this past half a year, their views of Duan Ling Tian were refreshed. They discovered that he was even more talented than they had thought. The talent Duan Ling Tian had demonstrated before this was just the tip of the iceberg. Duan Ling Tian’s talent made them feel embarrassed about themselves.

Duan Ling Tian sincerely said, “In any case, many thanks to the three master for always helping me… I’ll engrave this kindness onto my heart.”

Although Situ Ming and the other two prominent Celestial Masters had always maintained that they were wholeheartedly helping Duan Ling Tian so they could obtain a double-trait or triple-trait Celestial Method or Divine Ability, he knew they were just using that as an excuse. With their skills and knowledge in the Dao of alchemy, if they wanted double-trait or triple-trait Celestial Methods or Divine Abilities, they could have easily joined a sect that was more powerful than the Tai Yi Celestial Sect. After staying in and contributing to a powerful sect for a few years, it would be no problem for them to obtain single-trait or triple-trait Celestial Methods and Divine Abilities. Since they joined the Tai Yi Celestial Sect instead, it could be seen that they were not overly interested in a double-trait or single-trait Celestial Methods and Divine Ability. Apart from that, they also helped him unreservedly. Previously, before he entered the Little World that Du Fei created, he could see that all of them were genuinely worried about him. He could also see they were so helpful because they thought he had potential and did not want the potential to go to waste. He did not see any immediate benefits for them to help him to this extent. For this reason, he was rather moved by their sincerity.

“The Rebirth Martial Emperor is truly a genius! Over the past half a year, I spent a lot of time to completely understand his memories and knowledge of alchemy. After that, it felt like my eyes had been opened. I can understand the teachings of the three masters twice as fast with half the effort! It’s as though I inherited the Rebirth Martial Emperor’s talent in alchemy as well. To a certain extent, it feels like the student has surpassed his master!” Duan Ling Tian muttered to himself. His eyes were shining like the stars in the night sky. This was the conclusion he had come to after assessing his improvements half a year later.

In the beginning, Duan Ling Tian was able to refine pills largely due to the Rebirth Martial Emperor. However, after understanding the Rebirth Martial Emperor’s knowledge of alchemy and learning on his own, he had already surpassed the Rebirth Martial Emperor. His former self could not compare to his current self in alchemy at all.

‘Being able to master alchemy really feels good…’ Duan Ling Tian’s eyes were half-closed as he thought about his knowledge and skills in alchemy. A satisfied expression could be seen on his face at this moment. In the past, when he studied alchemy and practiced pill refinement, he was less sure of himself and his interest in alchemy was not as strong. He did not place immense importance on alchemy. However, at this moment, he felt his heart and body had become one. He mused inwardly, ‘Perhaps, now I can be considered as a genuine prominent Celestial Alchemist.’

Duan Ling Tian opened his eyes and continued muttering to himself, “There are a year and three months left before we have to make our way to the Barren Land for the Alchemy Conference… Since the three masters feel they have nothing left to teach me, they told me the Tai Yi Celestial Sect’s library has many works related to alchemy.” He was determined to further improve and progress in the field of alchemy.

Naturally, Duan Ling Tian did not forget about his cultivation. Currently, he was a yellow-rank Overarching Heavenly Supreme Celestial. The cultivation environment on the prominent Celestial Island in Tai Yi Celestial Sect no longer provided him with enough Heaven and Earth Spirit Energy. For this reason, he could only cultivate in Huan’er’s room. With the superior cultivation environment provided by Huan’er’s Divine Crystal, his cultivation speed was not any slower than when he was a Great Overarching Golden Celestial Realm. He was more than 60% certain he would be able to have a breakthrough and become a profound-rank Overarching Heavenly Supreme Celestial before the Alchemy Conference!

Time continued to pass as Duan Ling Tian busied himself with cultivating and learning about alchemy.

Three months later.

‘It’s been so long… Why hasn’t Brother Pei returned?’ Duan Ling Tian could no longer sit around and wait. He eventually decided to leave the Tai Yi Celestial Sect to head to the Soaring Dragon Celestial Kingdom. He would ask Long Fei Yun, the Thirteenth Prince of the Soaring Dragon Celestial Kingdom, about Pei Yuan Ji. ‘I can use this chance to catch up with the thirteenth prince as well… It’s been a while since we last met…’

Duan Ling Tian had a strong feeling that Pei Yuan Ji was not in the Soaring Dragon Celestial Kingdom. Otherwise, Pei Yuan Ji would have looked for him. Regardless, he still decided to make a trip to the Soaring Dragon Celestial Kingdom.

Upon learning that Duan Ling Tian would be leaving the Tai Yi Celestial Sect to visit the Soaring Dragon Celestial Kingdom, Bai Ping who treated Duan Ling Tian like a peerless treasure did not hesitate to send Tie Tai He, the former Left Guardian and current Supreme Elder of the Tai Yi Celestial Sect, to accompany Duan Ling Tian on his trip. “Elder Tie, Master Duan wants to visit the Soaring Dragon Celestial Kingdom. Please accompany him and make sure he returns to the sect safe and sound.” In the history of the Tai Yi Celestial Sect, nobody had received such a treatment. Duan Ling Tian was probably the only person in the sect who was given a Seven Star Celestial Duke as a personal escort.

After leaving the Tai Yi Celestial Sect’s estate, Tie Tai He said to Duan Ling Tian, “Master Duan, I’ve been wanting to see you before this. However, I was afraid of disturbing your cultivation so I didn’t look for you…”

“Elder Tie, there’s no need for you to be so courteous with me… After all, it can be said that I joined the Tai Yi Celestial Sect because of you,” Duan Ling Tian said as he shook his head. After a brief pause, he asked, “Elder Tie, is there a specific reason why you wanted to see me?”

Tie Tai He’s eyes flashed briefly before he said, “It’s nothing… I just heard from the sect leader that you’ll be attending the Alchemy Conference in the Barren Land a year later, and the Old Ancestor will be accompanying you there as well. Most importantly, I heard you’re able to heat a cauldron in only half an hour?”

“Elder Tie, do you have doubts?” Duan Ling Tian asked with a smile.

“It’s not that I doubt you. It’s just… It’s really inconceivable,” Tie Tai He said with a wry smile, “Put everything aside, even the sect leader, who has personally witnessed you heating the cauldron twice, had a hard time digesting and believing that fact the first time he saw your skills. Back then, he even wondered if you had heated the cauldron in advance.”

“Heated the cauldron in advance?” Indeed. Duan Ling Tian finally remembered he had demonstrated his skills in front of Bai Ping twice. Why did Bai Ping act as though he had never seen his speed in heating up a cauldron the last time he made a demonstration? He found this quite confusing. However, realization dawned on him after he listened to Tie Tai He. It seemed like after his first demonstration, Bai Ping had assumed that he had heated the cauldron in advance and did not really think he was capable of such a feat.

Duan Ling Tian shook his head. A wry smile could be seen on his face at this moment. Bai Ping was really overthinking things. ‘I really didn’t expect the sect leader would have these thoughts back then. No wonder he wanted to see me heating up a cauldron again when the three masters brought me to his residence. It seems like the three masters also knew the sect leader doubted my skills so they were more than happy for me to demonstrate my skills again in front of the sect leader. Well, it’s only natural since the three masters are prominent Celestial Alchemists and can tell I wasn’t cheating. The same can’t be said for the sect leader…’