Heaven-Surpassing Divine Emperor

"What’s this about hitting the jackpot?"

Jiang Chen watched the Black Emperor, who was flying around excitedly, a bewildered look on his face.

’Isn’t this just a Second-grade Medicine Cauldron?’

’Is it really worth getting so excited about?’

The Black Emperor landed on the black Medicine Cauldron, baring two sharp, white fangs in a grin. "This is the Eight Trigrams Roaming Dragon Cauldron, a legendary Medicine Cauldron that can level itself up. Back then, the Venerable Emperor searched all across the Nine States and Eighteen Domains just to find one Eight Trigrams Roaming Dragon Cauldron, and he upgraded it to a Sixth-grade High-level Medicine Cauldron. It’s just a shame it was completely destroyed in that great battle!"

"Your luck is simply heaven-defying, kid! To actually run into an Eight Trigrams Roaming Dragon Cauldron! Even though it’s only a Second-grade Low-level Medicine Cauldron right now, it has infinite potential for growth!"

The Black Emperor laughed heartily. "That Cui Zheng probably never used this Eight Trigrams Roaming Dragon Cauldron because he already has a Second-grade Mid-level Medicine Cauldron. HAHA! If he knew he sold a potentially Divine-level Medicine Cauldron with infinite growth potential for one billion taels of silver, he’d probably keel over from sheer rage!"

"Holy shit..."

Even Jiang Chen couldn’t help but curse.

’Infinite growth potential?’

’If the conditions are right, it could even grow into a Sixth-Grade, or even a Seventh-Grade Medicine Cauldron!’

’The true value of this thing is incalculable... ten trillion, a hundred trillion wouldn’t even cover it!’

’Just as the Black Emperor said, I really have hit the jackpot!’

"Little Black, how do I upgrade this Eight Trigrams Roaming Dragon Cauldron’s quality? And besides leveling up, what other benefits does it have? I just tried to temper it with my True Flame, but the True Flame was directly devoured. How am I supposed to perform Alchemy like this?" After his initial excitement, Jiang Chen calmed down and asked.

"Besides being able to level up, the greatest benefit of the Eight Trigrams Roaming Dragon Cauldron is that it drastically shortens Alchemy time. To refine the same pill, it only takes one-third of the time a Medicine Cauldron of the same grade would require. It also amplifies Divine Thought. Originally, refining a First-Revolution Tyrant Essence Pill with your Divine Thought Power would have been a stretch, but with the amplification from the Eight Trigrams Roaming Dragon Cauldron, you should have a seventy to eighty percent chance of success."

The Black Emperor landed on his shoulder and said, "As for how to upgrade it, you can do it by refining pills or by having it devour things like Earth Vein Fire or Celestial Fire. You mentioned your True Flame was devoured; that probably means the Eight Trigrams Roaming Dragon Cauldron is about to advance. Have it devour the Earth Vein Fire, and wait until it’s promoted to Second-Grade Middle Level before you perform Alchemy!"

"Alright!"

Jiang Chen nodded.

’Anyway, there’s a source of Earth Vein Fire right under this Alchemist Guild.’

’Worst case, I’ll just drain it dry and get the hell out of here!’

With this in mind, Jiang Chen embedded the Eight Trigrams Roaming Dragon Cauldron into the Earth Vein Fire Array. He activated the Array, and a surging torrent of Earth Vein Fire gushed out, continuously devoured by the cauldron.

The entire Eight Trigrams Roaming Dragon Cauldron flared with black light as it ceaselessly devoured the Earth Vein Fire.

What Jiang Chen didn’t know was...

...that as he urged the Eight Trigrams Roaming Dragon Cauldron to devour the Earth Vein Fire, countless experts performing Alchemy throughout the Alchemist Guild were startled. The sound of exploding cauldrons, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!, rang out incessantly, followed by a rising tide of curses...

"What’s going on? Why did the Earth Vein Fire suddenly get so weak?"

"Fuck! My pill that I’ve been refining for half a month is ruined..."

"My damn Medicine Cauldron blew up..."

"What the hell is happening?"

The entire Alchemist Guild was thrown into chaos.

Unfortunately, no one could find the source.

After all, the Earth Vein Fire was supposed to be an inexhaustible source, and no one could have imagined that there was an Eight Trigrams Roaming Dragon Cauldron capable of frantically devouring it!

Fortunately, this disturbance only lasted for seven days before finally subsiding.

Meanwhile, in the Venerable Alchemy Room, the Eight Trigrams Roaming Dragon Cauldron before Jiang Chen had already shed its jet-black color, turning a pure silver. On the body of the cauldron, mystical and abstruse runes emitted a faint silver light. There was an eight trigram rune on the front, back, left, and right, each encircled by eight long dragons that connected them all.

"I finally succeeded in fully refining it!"

Jiang Chen wiped the sweat from his brow. He had now fully refined the Eight Trigrams Roaming Dragon Cauldron and could absorb the several-meter-tall Great Tripod into his body with a single thought. His eyes gleamed. "I can finally start refining the Tyrant Essence Pill. Once it’s made, I’ll consume it. When my Divine Demon Tyrant Body breaks through to the Second Stage, my physical body will be comparable to a Profound-tier Profound Weapon. With my combat strength by then, I should be able to protect myself even at the Saint Martial Sword Sect!"

’Saint Martial Sword Sect!’

’I’ve waited far, far too long...’

’Jiang Ziyou, Lan Haichen...’

’Just you wait!’

’It won’t be long before we meet again!’

Pushing aside his stray thoughts, Jiang Chen took out the medicinal ingredients for the First-Revolution Tyrant Essence Pill: Seven-Star Begonia, Dragon Blood Grass, Soul-breaking Flower, Dragon Blood Ginseng, Purple Flame Vermilion Fruit...

A total of eighty-nine Spirit Medicines!

Although the First-Revolution Tyrant Essence Pill was only a First-grade Advanced Pill, its refinement method was extremely complex, comparable to that of an ordinary Second-Grade Spirit Pill.

But now, with the Divine Thought amplification from the Eight Trigrams Roaming Dragon Cauldron lowering the refinement difficulty, he had a seventy to eighty percent chance of success!

Jiang Chen took a deep breath and tossed the Spirit Medicines into the Eight Trigrams Roaming Dragon Cauldron in two batches.

With his current Divine Thought Power, the most he could simultaneously extract the Essence of Spiritual Medicine from was forty-five plants; any more and he couldn’t guarantee the quality. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

Extracting the Essence of Spiritual Medicine from all eighty-nine plants took Jiang Chen a full two and a half double-hours.

Then, he began solidifying the pill...

The biggest difference between refining the Tyrant Essence Pill and the Cyan Spirit Pill was that after the pill formed, he had to continuously add powdered Dragon Blood Grass. In total, it had to be added eighty-one times, and with each addition, the pill had to be tempered using the Dragon Phoenix Nine Revolutions Condensation Technique.

The procedure was extremely complex!

It took a full seven days and seven nights.

BOOM—

The Eight Trigrams Roaming Dragon Cauldron suddenly shook, and a ball of golden light flew out from within. A golden, walnut-sized pill landed in Jiang Chen’s hand.

On the surface of the golden pill, a ferocious and domineering golden Azure Dragon coiled, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws.

An Azure Dragon Pill Pattern!

This was another high-quality Spirit Pill that possessed a Pill Pattern!

"The legendary Seventh-Revolution Tyrant Essence Pill has a full seven Azure Dragon Pill Patterns! I can’t imagine what kind of terrifying phenomenon would occur when a Divine Pill of that level is refined... But for now, I’ll use this First-Revolution Tyrant Essence Pill to break my Divine Demon Tyrant Body through to the Second Stage Realm!" Jiang Chen took a deep breath, sat cross-legged, and swallowed the Tyrant Essence Pill.

The moment the pill entered his mouth, it felt like a stick of dynamite had gone off, exploding with a BOOM.

A violent power, like a flood bursting through a dam, raged rampantly throughout his entire body.

HSSS...

Jiang Chen’s entire body was buffeted by the pure medicinal power. Golden light enveloped him, and one could faintly see his meridians growing thicker and tougher, his bones becoming sturdier, and his muscles growing more developed.

Every single cell was growing stronger!

Beneath his skin, a faint golden light flowed, making him seem like a humanoid Profound Weapon!

Jiang Chen was immersed in the state of refining the Tyrant Essence Pill.

He forgot the passage of time in the outside world.

Perhaps because the quality of the First-Revolution Tyrant Essence Pill was much higher than expected, the time it took Jiang Chen to refine it exceeded the anticipated half a month.

In the blink of an eye, a month had already passed.

On this day, Jiang Chen finally emerged from his seclusion!