Battle Through the Heavens: Marry Cao Ying, Reward is Devouring Ancestral Symbol

Deducing the Ultimate ElixirShen Wen and his group returned to the Inner Academy of Jia Nan Academy, and life returned to peace once again.

In the courtyard, Cao Ying occasionally went to the Alchemy Department to teach, Cai Lin focused on nourishing her pregnancy, Xiao Yi Xian studied the combination of poison arts and medical arts, Dan Chen organized the medicinal ingredients, Qing Lin practiced her bone wings, and Zi Yan jumped around, full of energy.

This tranquility lasted for several days.

Until one day, when Cao Ying returned from the Outer Academy, bringing back some information.

”Husband, guess what I heard at the Outer Academy?” Cao Ying sat down next to Shen Wen, her eyes smiling.

Shen Wen put down the scroll in his hand: ”What?”

”That kid Xiao Yan has caused quite a stir at the Outer Academy,” Cao Ying said. ”He helped that Instructor Ruo Lin win several key competitions, and now Instructor Ruo Lin has a great reputation at the Outer Academy; no one dares to say she only knows how to lead a ’trash class’ anymore.”

Shen Wen nodded, not surprised.

Xiao Yan already possessed remarkable talent, and with Yao Lao’s guidance, it was only a matter of time before he stood out at the Outer Academy.

”And there’s more,” Cao Ying continued, ”His relationship with Xiao Xun Er is now known to everyone. Those students in the Outer Academy who had designs on Xiao Xun Er now look at Xiao Yan with very complicated expressions.”

Shen Wen smiled: ”It’s good to be young.”

”Isn’t it?” Cao Ying blinked, ”I heard the Fire Energy Hunting Battle is about to be held, and many senior students in the Inner Academy are rubbing their hands, preparing to ’teach a lesson’ to this year’s freshmen.”

On the day of the Fire Energy Hunting Battle, the mountain forest at the junction of the Inner and Outer Academies was bustling with activity.

The freshmen needed to traverse the routes guarded by the senior students to compete for the crystal cards representing Fire Energy.

The senior students were responsible for intercepting and seizing the freshmen’s Fire Energy.

The freshman team that Xiao Yan was in encountered a blockade by the Inner Academy seniors.

”Xiao Yan, right? I heard you have some ability,” a haughty-looking senior blocked the path ahead. ”Hand over the Fire Energy, and save yourself some physical suffering.”

Xiao Yan gripped the xuan heavy ruler tightly, his gaze calm: ”You want it? Come and take it yourself.”

The battle was on the verge of breaking out.

With the Green Lotus Core Flame in his left hand and the Wind Fury Dragon Flame in his right, the two-colored flames intertwined, erupting with astonishing power.

Ordinary seniors at the Peak Dou Ling stage could not last ten moves against him.

But he soon discovered that the overall strength of this year’s Inner Academy seniors was stronger than he had anticipated.

Especially the few leaders who had reached the Dou Ling level; they were experienced in battle, coordinated well, and were not easy to deal with.

The fierce battle lasted for a full half-day.

Relying on the might of the Heavenly Flame and the Three Thousand Lightning Movement movement technique, Xiao Yan defeated most of the intercepting seniors, but he also suffered some minor injuries.

He tried to seize everyone’s Fire Energy, but was ultimately forced back by several Dou Wang seniors working together, failing to achieve his wish.

”What a pity,” Xiao Yan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, looking at the Fire Energy crystal cards he had accumulated, ”However, first place should be secure.”

The Fire Energy Hunting Battle ended, and Xiao Yan took first place among the freshmen without any suspense.

The news spread, and many people in the Inner Academy remembered this name.

A freshman who could contend with senior students right after enrollment and wield two special flames.

Several days later, the freshmen officially entered the Inner Academy.

Xiao Yan stepped into the Inner Academy area and soon heard the discussions of the students around him.

”Have you heard? That Elder Shen from the Alchemy Department refined an Eighth Grade Pill a few days ago!”

”Eight-Colored Pill Thunder! I saw it with my own eyes; that day, the back mountain looked like the sky was collapsing!”

”Elder Shen is only nineteen, right? A nineteen-year-old Grade 8 Alchemist... My god.”

Xiao Yan’s footsteps faltered.

Eighth Grade Pill?

He was shaken and couldn’t help but ask in his heart: ”Teacher, Brother Shen... did he really refine an Eighth Grade Pill?”

In the ring, Yao Lao was silent for a long time before slowly speaking, his voice filled with complex emotion: ”The Eight-Colored Pill Thunder cannot be faked. He truly did it.”

Yao Lao paused and added: ”When I became a Grade 8 Alchemist, I was already over a hundred years old. And he... is only nineteen.”

Xiao Yan’s throat felt dry.

He had always known Shen Wen’s talent was terrifying, but a Grade 8 Alchemist... this was beyond his scope of understanding.

”His Dou Qi cultivation should not be enough to support the refining of an Eighth Grade Pill,” Xiao Yan whispered.

Yao Lao sighed: ”An ordinary Grade 8 Alchemist indeed needs the Dou Qi support of the Dou Zun level. But he is different... He has too many secrets, and cannot be judged by common logic.”

Xiao Yan clenched his fists, a sense of indescribable frustration welling up in his heart.

He had always aimed to catch up to Shen Wen, Cultivate desperately, devouring Heavenly Flames, and improving his Alchemy.

But every time he felt he had closed the distance, the other party was already standing on a higher Peak.

In the Quiet Room of the courtyard, Shen Wen did not know of the turmoil in Xiao Yan’s heart.

He was sitting at the desk, with several Pill Formulas and study notes spread out in front of him.

”Huangji Pill...” Shen Wen tapped the scroll with his fingertip, ”It can allow a Dou Huang to advance by one level. The principle is to convert the immense medicinal power into easily absorbed Dou Qi, and it contains a trace of insight into the Heaven and Earth Energy, helping the Dou Huang deepen their control over the Heaven and Earth Energy.”

He pondered for a moment and flipped through another volume of texts regarding Dou Zong Cultivate.

”The biggest difference between a Dou Zong and a Dou Huang lies in the utilization of Space Power. A Dou Huang manipulates Heaven and Earth Energy, while a Dou Zong initially masters space.”

A light gradually lit up in Shen Wen’s eyes.

”So, the reason ’zong ji pill’ has not appeared is not because the Pill Formula is difficult to create, but because Space Power is difficult to refine into a Medicinal Pill.”

He stood up and paced slowly in the Quiet Room.

”Even a Dou Zun can only utilize Space Power; they cannot strip it away or solidify it. Only a Dou Sheng, whose comprehension of spatial rules has reached an extremely high level, might be able to do it.”

”But I don’t need to be a Dou Sheng.”

Shen Wen spread his palm, and above it, a point of silver light quietly appeared, causing slight ripples in the surrounding space.

space ancestral talisman.

”The space ancestral talisman is a supreme treasure of heaven and earth, and it is itself a condensation of spatial rules. Using it as a guide, perhaps... I can refine a trace of Space Power into a Medicinal Pill.”

Once this thought arose, it was difficult to suppress.

Shen Wen sat back down at the desk, spread out paper and pen, and began to deduce.

”zong ji pill... The main medicinal ingredients need to contain vast energy and be mild in nature, capable of being compatible with Space Power. The auxiliary medicinal ingredients need to have the effect of stabilizing the Meridians and protecting the Soul, so as to avoid damage caused by the impact of Space Power.”

The names of various medicinal ingredients flashed rapidly through his mind, and combined with his insights into the space ancestral talisman, he gradually outlined a vague prototype of the Pill Formula.

”The refining technique also needs to be special. It is necessary to use the power of the space ancestral talisman to brand a trace of spatial rules into it at the moment of pill formation, without destroying the structure of the Medicinal Pill itself...”

This was an unprecedented attempt.

Even for the current Shen Wen, it was by no means an easy task.

But there was no retreat in his eyes; instead, they ignited with a scorching light.

”If I can succeed...”

Shen Wen looked out the window, where the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower stood tall in the distance.

”When the zong ji pill appears in the world, it will surely shake the entire Alchemist world.”

He took a deep breath, composed his mind, and plunged back into the deduction.

The pen and ink wandered across the paper, and the prototype of the Pill Formula gradually became clear.