Paragon Of Sin

Chapter 1815 - 1808: The Path Ahead (2)

Alchemical Chamber, Original Dawn Palace.

Wei Wuyin was executing exquisite arts and spells of alchemical concoction at an unsettlingly rapid speed. With blinding swiftness, Alchemic Akashic Mystic Force extracted essence and energy, nourished these energies in a profound direction of growth, contained all qualities of volatility and turbidity, refined the remaining parts of the purest essence and energies, created an entirely different type of energy and essence imbued with alchemic force, and then transformed and fused all things left into a singular phenomenal material—a pill!

Wei Wuyin performed this sequence thirty-three times simultaneously. The formation long since etched into the room contained the alchemical phenomenon that was wishing to erupt, desiring to alert the world to a spectacular achievement of peak quality of concoction and success. Other alchemists would rarely contain their phenomenons, especially in the Utmost Purity Galaxy where the success of concoction and the Alchemic Dao was heralded as paramount, ensuring a growth in reputation, respect, and visible prospects. ”Your concoction speed always baffles me,” the Heavenly War Spirit said emotionally. Wei Wuyin was an abnormality littered with extreme qualities of the Alchemic Dao, this was long since established as the first Mortal Saint Alchemist and the awakening of a newfound Alchemic Stars, yet the true abnormal quality that exceeded things like his absurd ease of refinement or the passive benefit of bolstering mental energies from consuming any of his products or even the fact his products almost always were at low-quality at minimum was overshadowed by the insane speed by which he concoction with flawless success. In the Utmost Purity Galaxy, while there existed some Alchemic Saints that could match Wei Wuyinʼs concoction speed of certain products, that was usually in their field of specialization, and the Alchemic Saints were usually far ahead of the grade of product in question. For example, a Worldly Alchemic Saint like White Sky could rival Wei Wuyin in terms of speed only at the eighth grade or lower Mortal-Rank pellets that are designed to galvanize energies latent in oneʼs blood and body. Yet Wei Wuyinʼs concoction speed for Mystic-Earth grade products was stupendously fast, and there was likely no Alchemist that could rival him within the Utmost Purity Galaxy! Of course, this was the Heavenly War Spiritʼs belief, and whether that was true or not was unknown.

Wei Wuyin calmly inspected the thirty-three pills he concocted with a gloomy expression. These were Arising Sage Pills. All peak-quality. ”See! I told you my master was amazing!” Floating above were two Bai Xius sitting at the edge of a milky white cauldron that carried the sequence of stellar genesis on its surface. They were chewing on grade three Utmost Purity Mist with glittering eyes, holding each otherʼs hands. The cauldron that Wei Wuyin was using was an entirely new cauldron that he received from the Zenith Creation Tower. Wei Wuyin remained focused. At the moment, his starry eyes executed the Temporal Eye alongside his mutated Law of Time, rapidly accelerating the age of the cauldron by itself, subjecting it to thousands upon thousands of years just before he finalized the process of the Arising Sage Pills. If others sensed the aura of the pill or cauldron, they would learn that it took thousands of years in a temporal accelerated zone to complete, with each process taking hundreds of years. After completing this, he finalized the concoction and retrieved the pills. Then, with a heavy sigh, he exposed a wisp of aura from the cauldron that held a thin line of deeply concealed spiritual power. He destroyed it.

After doing so, the cauldron crumbled. It was fresh, experiencing a fantastical success in its first concoction, yet it had to be destroyed the very next second, unable to relish in the high-quality mist it earned. A wave of anger swelled within his chest. ”Their probing attempts are getting increasingly frustrating,” Wei Wuyin said as he collected the crumbled ashes of the cauldron into a box. The Zenith Creation Tower had sent him this extraordinary cauldron as part of the wager that contained a deeply concealed surveillance spell by a Supreme Sage, all designed to inspect Wei Wuyinʼs skill in the Alchemic Dao during the test run that most Alchemists used, and when it began to transmit information back of the process, Wei Wuyin disrupted it last second and only allowed fragments of his concoction session to be leaked. What really ground his nerves was that the cauldron was wasted because of their spell, forcing him to destroy it to manipulate the transmitted information. Over the last few days, Wei Wuyin had to deal with numerous overt and covert probes by these organizations. They seemed adept at also manipulating those who cultivated the Imperial Path, constantly aiming to attack his pride and sensibilities, testing his limits. It was clear that Wei Wuyinʼs outward stance of wanting to fight a Supreme Sage came with some consequences in a foreign galaxy as they tested that resolve again and again. All of their cunning plans were multifaceted, designed to offend but not too much, anger but be ready to placate and test his strength and limits without endangering themselves. When he met the descendant of a Sovereign Knight, a Supreme Sage that maintained the foundation of these top-tier forces, who belonged to Shadow Veil, Wei Wuyin was on the verge of drawing his saber then and there. They were the most egregious with their probes, showing blatant disrespect by sending a Heavenly Saint who acted respectfully on the surface, yet was disrespectful with hidden meanings in his words targeting Xi Ning, Shang Wanqing, and Yue Songli. The triple beauty group with Catalyst Bodies.

The ONLY reason he survived was that the Supreme Sage of Shadow Veil had interfered when Wei Wuyin was about to publicly execute him out in the Dark Void. In exchange for his life, Wei Wuyin extorted a mountain and a half of resources from them. Even then, Wei Wuyin crippled him without hesitation. If Shadow Veil was capable, they could allow him to cultivate yet again. If not? Who in the heavens cares?

Wei Wuyin sighed again as he thought about the Elephant-Tigress Sovereign of the Zenith Refinement Tower that sent pulses of stimulating soulful waves towards the Original Dawn Palace earlier. Once again, another deliberate probe, but it wasnʼt stopped solely because of Wei Wuyinʼs verbal threat. During the one hour of chaos, Wei Wuyin had sent a Mythical Oath contract into their possession. It contained the promise that if this continued beyond an hour, he would fight the Zenith Refinement Tower to the death where only one of them would survive, and that he would end their entire lineage.

Since they contained the Mythical Contract, only they could stop it from occurring. It was a sign that Wei Wuyin was beyond serious. Even if they shredded the contract, Wei Wuyin could just make another one. Regardless, he would have to follow through. They didnʼt dare continue. The Mythical Oath Contract was shredded too.

The aggression that he had to unleash was rather exhausting and exhilarating. That said, taking the main stage with tyrannical momentum was risky to do given his current cultivation base. Due to his transcendent Mystic-World concoction session, Bai Xiu and his other cauldron were subjected to immense damage that needed time to recover. Still, he had concocted sufficient Resounding Echoes of Celestial Refinement Pills and a variety of others to maximize his Mystic Star Phase cultivation base. However, he discovered something incredible; after digesting all of these products, his Astral Souls were only at an estimated 12% of their potential maximum. This was an utterly disgusting discovery, shocking not just Wei Wuyin, but his four Astral Souls. Their upper limits FAR exceeded their initial expectations. The only exception was their Worldly Domains, which had, thanks to the transcendent Neo-Dawn World-Eclipsing Pill, reached a state beyond its original limits. The Neo-Dawn World-Eclipsing Pill had two main effects—Domain Expansion and Foundational Cultivation. The former was self-explanatory; however, the latter didnʼt just improve oneʼs cultivated foundation of the Astral Core, Star Core, or Mystic Core, but also affected the strength, connection, and degree of control between Spirit of Cultivation and World-Bound Star Domain. In speculative terms, it could correct post-Mystic Ascension flaws within oneʼs cultivated foundation. An astounding pill whose last effect rounded off perfectly by allowing it to serve as a perfect foundation for a Domain of Mysticism in the future. It was a true apex Domain-type pill within the Mystic Ascendant Realm! ”How long until your foundation is maximized?” The Heavenly War Spirit was eager for that day. Wei Wuyinʼs eyes narrowed sharply as he looked at his empty palms. ”So much to do, so little time. But if I used a temporal accelerated zone, I could complete this in two decades or so.” He only lacked time, not resources. If it wasnʼt for all the recent events lately, he would be far ahead in his cultivation.

The Heavenly War Spirit wryly sighed. When Wei Wuyin said he needed decades, she keenly sensed that wasnʼt just talking about maximizing his foundation for his Spirit of Cultivation, but familiarizing himself with his powers, increasing his True Void Dragon Bloodlineʼs level, taking another step in the path of the Alchemic Dao, prime his Mystic Physique for the Demi-Mortal Lord Phase, study the Eye of Dao, and so much more.

While maximizing his Astral Soulsʼ foundation was the primary priority, he still had so much else to delve into, and even more to prepare for. The Mystic Star Phase was only the foundation. The next stages would define his path of ascension.

Unfortunately, these things were aspects that his Second Mind could only support and not directly complete.

But will he have enough time before her time limit to advance was reached? She didnʼt know. But she wholeheartedly trusted Wei Wuyin! ”Twelve percent,” Wei Wuyin softly muttered to himself. A percentage that seemed small yet was deceptively massive. It wasnʼt a twelve percent addition to his consolidated baseline foundation, but about TWELVE TIMES his original foundation! He measured his original strength as 1%! The Mystic Star Phase was supreme for establishing an unprecedented foundation! This was the foundation Chosen strove for in the Onestar Galaxy!!

Then, he sensed an incoming transmission. It was from Pakhet. Su Yi wanted to meet.

”The road ahead might be treacherous and difficult, but it is a road that I must traverse. With my heart, saber, star, and family by my side, not even Hell can hope to stop me.” Wei Wuyin felt a surge of enlightenment that was as transient as the wind. It came and went, yet he felt his Heart of Cultivation had taken a step forward!