Paragon Of Sin

1842 Chapter 1835: Final Act (9)

”IT HAS BEGUN!” Hao Chengxue exclaimed excitedly.

”Heaven-Saint Extracting Divinity has started strong with the Stellar Divine Septa-Myriad Domain Spell. Heʼs not holding back at all,” Tianshi Ya coolly commented.

”The Stellar Divine Septa-Myriad Domain Spell?” Luo Ning questioned. Her unique identity as a foreigner allowed her to work in tandem with the rest, speaking as a proxy for the ignorant audience. This was what they tacitly agreed upon prior, preventing the awkward situation of Tianshi Ya, White Sky, or Mei Xiaoyang from exposing any embarrassing ignorance.

”Youʼre right! Earth-Saint Luo, you may be unfamiliar with our Zenithsʼ illustrious paths, so let me inform you. The Stellar Divine Septa-Myriad Domain Spell is Heaven-Saint Extracting Divinityʼs signature spell, originally named the Myriad Stars Cascading Domain Spell during his developing years, it has become a critical lineage spell of the Extracting Divinity Galactic Zone.

”It produces seven hundred and seventy-seven stellar glows at its highest level, each containing a Divine Purity Heavenly Star. Itʼs said that each star can be mixed with the extracted essence of various materials to elevate their quality, thereby affecting the success rate and final quality of a product. Heaven-Saint Extracting Divinity is widely known for his excess of overwhelming low-perfection products, otherwise known by most as low-quality products for this very reason! When executed properly, creating an impure product is almost impossible!”

Luo Ning softly exclaimed. This wasnʼt a falsified reaction either, but a genuine surprise. What an extraordinary alchemic spell! Despite learning from Wei Wuyin, she still created impure products at times. Fortunately, she had the means to sever them from her final result, not tainting her Utmost Purity Mist.

”Itʼs not only Heaven-Saint Extracting Divinity that isnʼt holding back. Heaven-Saint Growing Immortality and Heaven-Saint Containing Creation are both using their signature arrays, the Vitality & Decay Quasi-Heaven Array and Mystifying Utmost World Enrichment Array. They both create a region of significant advantage. Moreover…I fear that Heaven-Saint Containing Creation is constructing its highest form, capable of creating peak Grade Three Mist of both Utmost Purity and Enlightened Scholarly origin.” Tianshi Ya words sparked a wave of discussion. Her familiarity with Tianshi Zaoxuanʼs array was easily understood given she was of his lineage.

However, she didnʼt know much about the Vitality & Decay Quasi-Heaven Array except it was extraordinary during the concoction process, capable of generating rich and vitality-filled essence that can enhance the final result of products. Supposedly, the decaying properties had the means to decay impurities and flaws during the concoction process. It defied common sense to the point that few understood the principles behind it.

Besides some light insights, none of them tried explaining what Heaven-Saint Growing Immortalityʼs Vitality & Decay Quasi-Heaven Array could do. And this likely had to do with the ʼQuasi-Heavenʼ. Any array or spell with that name often indicated principles of Microheavens of Supreme Sages, which far exceeded their knowledge.
Mei Xiaoyang swiftly pointed out, ”Heaven-Saint Transforming Worlds might be the youngest, but his Utmost Terraformation Art has reached unprecedented levels. Is that Grade Three Utmost Purity Mist?” Her eyes sparkled with amazement. The audience was no less fascinated, with some even feeling their hearts race intensely despite only sensing the Grade Three Mist from spiritual projections.

Those with Alchemic Souls felt the urge to pierce through space and enter that region. If this wasnʼt a competition, a bloodbath may have unfolded for the grade three Utmost Purity Mist conjured by Heaven-Saint Transforming Worlds.

”It feels like Grade Three Mist…but something is lacking about it,” Luo Ning commented lightly. She had personally observed Grade Three Mist through Wei Wuyin recently; she noticed the faint discrepancy almost instantly. Others could not tell, as few had ever seen Grade Three Mist of any variant before, but she could.

Still, those from the Transforming Worlds Galactic Zone were in a frenzy as they spat insults toward Luo Ning, calling her blind and ignorant. She could sense the feedback. But what could she do?

”...I donʼt think its true Grade Three Utmost Purity Mist, Earth-Saint Luo. You may be right; If so, then it makes sense. If Heaven-Saint Transforming Worlds could freely create genuine Grade Three Mist with a single execution of his art, then the Transforming Worlds Galactic Zone would be lightyears ahead of every other Zenith Tower and Heavenly Saint Alchemist.” Hao Chengxue thoughtfully elaborated, supporting Luo Ningʼs words, dousing the rising rage of that specific audience. After all, they werenʼt lightyears ahead, so they could only allow doubt into their hearts.

Tianshi Ya gave Luo Ning a side-eye, before speaking: ”Iʼve seen Grade Three Utmost Purity Mist before, and youʼre right. True Utmost Purity Mist in the third grade has…” As she noted the difference, it was easy for observers to find, so this so-called Grade Three Utmost Purity Mist was relegated to faux-grade three mist. Still, that was incredibly impressive regardless.

”Seems like World-Saint Neo-Dawn and Heaven-Saint Infinite Containmentʼs methods are not nearly as extensive,” Mei Xiaoyang commented as Suo Kai-Ming and Wei Wuyin both performed minimalistic displays, only bringing out a simple table and their cauldrons. Suo Kai-Ming, however, brought out seven cauldrons, not one, but they were each about half the size of Wei Wuyinʼs.

The disparity between the execution of preparation was glaringly obvious, further instigating prideful emotions among the natives of the Utmost Purity Galaxy. This initial display reinforced their belief in their supremacy, especially regarding their respective Galactic Zones.

Various cheers and words of praise swept the Spiritual Network as avid discussion took place under the energetic announcement of Hao Chengxue with Luo Ning, Tianshi Ya, Mei Xiaoyang, and White Sky assisting with their insightful inputs. While he didnʼt have flawless knowledge of what was being deployed, his comments roughly depicted their purposes with decent accuracy.

The event was starting off intense! But it would last seven whole days!

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Suo Kai-Ming finished her initial preparations as seven cauldrons were neatly organized before her in a line, each of a different color. Each color signified one of the seven aspects of alchemy.

She looked over to Wei Wuyinʼs area. Her eyes narrowed. Unlike the others, Wei Wuyin and she had their own separate wager. Regardless of the final result of the competition, if she lost to him here as an individual, then she would lose their side-wager.

And she refused to lose.

The words spoken by that arrogant bastard that day were seared into her heart and soul:

”One of these days, Iʼll have you beneath me. Moaning in unrestrained ecstasy. Begging me NOT to stop.”

She fumed to an extreme. If Wei Wuyin didnʼt have Supreme Sage-level strength, she would have ensured that he was hunted down, humiliated, and strung up for the world to see after being castrated and served his manhood as his final meal.

The thought was sadistically enjoyable to think about. When has she ever experienced such blatant disrespect? No—she had struggled heavily from a young age, building herself up from a nobody to a Zenith respected by galactic leaders, and many dared to disrespect her before. But when has she suffered such disrespect and the other patty could freely enjoy breathing the same air she breathed?

Wei Wuyin was the only exception…

Unbeknownst to her…

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Wei Wuyin could sense the focused glare of great intensity stabbing into his body. There was hatred, but as he delved a little deeper into its origins, a bit of anticipation lingered within the mental fluctuations.

He looked over, finding Suo Kai-Ming giving him an indifferent stare. With a bright smile, he waved. Without holding back in the slightest, he silently mouthed: ”I wonʼt stop.”

Three words.

Just three simple words and Suo Kai-Mingʼs blood began to seethe with the heat of a supernova. Her hands clenched.

Wei Wuyin replied with a carefree laugh that carried itself to her ears almost by magic. If it wasnʼt for the clash, and his victory over Long Shiya, he didnʼt doubt she would have unleashed every method to end him. However, despite that being her desire, Wei Wuyin sensed that anticipation boiled within the depths of her heart.

Did she want him to win? Or was the ʼwhat ifʼ stimulating her hidden nature?

Thinking this, his laughter only escalated.

”Master, do you want to do any other preparations?” Bai Xiu transmitted from the cauldron. The Neo-Dawn Ascension Cauldron that had experienced damage from the concoction of transcendent Mystic-World grade products was fully repaired. This was a result of assimilating Yue Baoyueʼs Pure Utmost Cauldron and the other Bai Xiu.

Not only had the Neo-Dawn Ascension Cauldron gained another Spirit of Dao, but its ability to absorb and devour Utmost Purity Mist to refine itself was greatly enhanced. Wei Wuyin spent the rest of his Utmost Purity Mist that he possessed to Bai Xiu and the other Bai Xiu, achieving this result.

The bewitchingly milky white surface of the Neo-Dawn Ascension Cauldron remained unchanged, including the continuous formation and eruption of Solar Stars, showcasing the process of birth and finality of the stars in the starry skies. However, now, there was the birth of Lunar Satellites that orbit these stars at irregular numbers.

The Lunar Satellites, these things that resemble the named moons of the Ancient Sealed Regions, would either be vaporized by the exploding stars upon their deaths or be sent out of orbit, joining other existing starsʼ orbit in a random yet beautiful display of celestial migration and adaptation.

Wei Wuyin was amazed by this unexpected development, including the rise in quality of the cauldron. The Neo-Dawn Ascension Cauldronʼs grade was always difficult to measure given how absurd it was for a single cauldron and its Spirit of Dao to devour copious amounts of grade three and even some grade four Utmost Purity Mist.

If he had to guess, after Luo Ning used the Neo-Dawn Ascension Cauldron to halt Zhan Jiangwenʼs attack back then, it possessed the equivalent strength of a low-tier Mystic-Heaven grade treasure, and it wasnʼt defined to be a weapon either. It was a suitable treasure for Heavenly Saint Alchemists everywhere.

Initially, Wei Wuyin believed that each Heavenly Saint Alchemist would have a cauldron on equal level to the Neo-Dawn Ascension Cauldron, roughly low-tier Mystic-Heaven grade, but Suo Kai-Mingʼs seven cauldrons were all quasi Mystic-Heaven grade.

Heaven-Saint Refining Skies, on the other hand, seemed to have used a mystical transformation and evolution art to create a cauldron using peak Mystic-World grade books that were refined by his Alchemic Power and Enlightened Scholarly Mist. If he had to guess, the cauldronʼs final form would only be equivalent to a low-tier Mystic-Heaven grade.

This wasnʼt to say that the Zeniths were poor, but Mystic-Heaven grade treasures and tools were far more difficult to create than Heavenly Treasures. Heavenly Treasures could be created using the auras of Laws and even oneʼs own body, such as Pakhetʼs metallic bone blade or Neithʼs silk armor that Imentet wore.

The process only required time, establishing a link to the Heavenly Realms. But Mystic-Heaven treasures had characteristics of the Resonant Soul Realm, and their quality and power were intrinsically innate, not dependent on a Heavenly Realm.

In a way, Mystic-Earth, Mystic-World, Mystic-Heaven, and Mystic-Soul graded treasures were extensions of a cultivator, like an innate art or spell that could be unleashed without personal understanding or significant cost of qi, astral force, or mystic power. They had their own Heavenly Radiance and World Pressure, possessing their own properties of the Way of Mysticism.

This was why the Essence of War was so uniquely impressive. It could emulate the cultivatorʼs powers, creating Mystic-Earth, Mystic-World, and even Mystic-Heaven graded treasures. While there were some limitations, such as the inability to imbue formations that can contain unique arts, spells, and properties, a Mystic-World grade sword could still slice through a planet with the ease of a hot blade through a block of cheese.

”Preparations?” Wei Wuyin mused. After seeing the flamboyant display of superior technique and methods by these Heavenly Saint Alchemists, Wei Wuyinʼs heart remained steady and unshaken. He wasnʼt a true purist and isnʼt above utilizing external means to elevate his concoctions, but he genuinely didnʼt need to add any superfluous methods here.

He had the greatest method one could possess.

Within his eyes, the Alchemic Stars of Transcendent Purity transformed—NO!

THEY EVOLVED!

A seven-pointed star replaced his pupils with a thunderous shift, exhibiting within the signs of the vast cosmos filled with infinitely colorful stars like a galaxy. They were created, grew, transformed, and fused with vividly mesmerizing movements. His pure white sclera were no longer just a sea of whiteness, but instead gained seven visible concentric rings that were expanding outwards, vanishing, and expanding once more outside from the seven-pointed star pupil in an infinite, rippling cycle.

ALCHEMIC STARS OF UNPARALLELED CREATION!!!

The Zeniths were not the only ones going all-out!