The Extreme Alchemist of the Mighty Cauldron

Chapter 1869: Chapter 1966: Soul Fire Unification

Deep within the mountains, poison miasma surrounds, evil beasts roam.

Fang Lin stood in this place, isolating the poison miasma with the force of formation, and expelled the evil beasts within a thousand miles.

A pill furnace was placed in front of Fang Lin, not the Nine Treasure Luminous Cauldron he usually used, but rather a fine treasure cauldron taken from the Land of the Divine Cauldrons of the Pill Saint Palace.

This cauldron, although not as precious as the Three Great Sacred Cauldrons, was still superior to the Nine Treasure Luminous Cauldron Fang Lin used, for being housed in the Land of the Divine Cauldrons meant the level was naturally high.

Within the inner wall of the cauldron body, there were some inconspicuous small characters engraved—the Ancient Sky-Lifting.

The so-called Ancient Sky-Lifting refers to the cauldron’s name, derived from the material of the cauldron taken from the shell of a deceased Sky-Lifting Giant Turtle from ancient times.

The Sky-Lifting Giant Turtle was a demon beast that died in the ancient wilderness time, and even after so many years, its shell remained incredibly hard, with strong fire resistance; even with continuous burning by Skyfire, it’s hard to destroy the shell of this turtle.

The predecessors of the Pill Saint Palace, upon obtaining the shell of this turtle, crafted it into this Ancient Sky-Lifting Tripod, a painstaking effort considering the difficulty in forging such a hard shell.

Now, this Ancient Sky-Lifting Tripod had fallen into Fang Lin’s hands, becoming the highest quality pill furnace he possessed, surpassing the Nine Treasure Luminous Cauldron he had previously used.

Of course, the Nine Treasure Luminous Cauldron had accompanied Fang Lin for so long, he wouldn’t discard it easily, keeping it around as it would certainly serve other purposes.

As a Pill Refiner, who doesn’t carry a dozen or twenty pill furnaces? There wouldn’t be any complaints about having too many.

At this moment, Fang Lin was hiding here to refine a batch of pills to accelerate the breakthrough in his cultivation.

Currently, Fang Lin was in the late Immortal stage, still a bit away from the Heavenly Mandate level, having entered the late Immortal stage only recently, by progressing step by step, it might take a century to reach the Heavenly Mandate.

After all, the Heavenly Mandate realm is considered the pinnacle of Martial Arts for ordinary martial artists, in the whole ancient era, Heavenly Mandate experts were scarce like phoenix feathers.

Fang Lin’s cultivation in his past life at its peak was only at the eighth level of Heavenly Mandate, still some distance from the pinnacle of Heavenly Mandate, showing that not everyone can enter the Heavenly Mandate level.

Martial artists at the Heavenly Mandate realm are often considered exceptional, either as world-class geniuses or possessing extraordinary fortune.

What Fang Lin desires most right now is to enter the Heavenly Mandate realm, thus he would have more ability to protect himself against the upcoming crises and changes.

"Immortal to Heavenly Mandate, knowing Heaven’s will, gaining Heaven’s fortune, though I have entered this realm before, now is different, time is tight, and I can only rely on the power of pills." Fang Lin thought silently, looking at the Ancient Sky-Lifting Tripod in front of him.

At this time, Fang Lin appreciated the advantage of being a Pill Refiner, whereas others at his stage in martial arts would struggle to progress further, having to plead with Pill Refiners to make pills for them.

Moreover, Fang Lin was himself a Pill Refiner, and the most proficient Pill Refiner under the sky, needing little extra effort, he could refine whatever pills he desired, saving much trouble.

"With my current realm, eight-grade pills can be refined relatively easily, but nine-grade pills are tricky, lacking some herbs, and my realm is insufficient to handle nine-grade pills." Fang Lin spoke to himself, preparing to refine a batch of eight-grade pills for a quicker approach to the Heavenly Mandate realm.

As for the herbs required to refine eight-grade pills, Fang Lin possessed no shortage of them, having collected quite a few during his travels, and even gained many from the Old Palace Master of the Pill Saint Palace.

Before pill refining, Fang Lin had another task—to fuse the soul fire!

Fang Lin had four different Soul Commanding Pill Fires, some were beast fires, others were Heaven and Earth Origin Fires, quite varied.

At Fang Lin’s current level, the quantity of Soul Commanding Pill Fire no longer matters, rather than having several uneven Soul Commanding Pill Fires, it’s better to refine them into the highest quality Soul Commanding Pill Fire.

In the Alchemy Tao World, it’s a known fact that Heaven and Earth Origin Flames surpass beast fires, naturally true, but there’s an even stronger flame that can exceed Heaven and Earth Origin Flames.

That is the Soul Commanding Pill Fire cultivated by Pill Refiners through their own efforts!

Only flames from one’s own being are best for Pill Refiners, able to maximize their abilities, sometimes even beyond limits.

Those Eight Cauldrons or Nine Cauldrons Alchemists would abandon the Soul Commanding Pill Fires previously absorbed, instead cultivating their own Soul Commanding Pill Fire.

In his past life, Fang Lin, before becoming an Eight Cauldrons Alchemist, had already abandoned other Soul Commanding Pill Fires, cultivating his own Soul Commanding Pill Fire, which upon achieving Pill Sovereign resulted in the soul fire elevating to Pill Sovereign Soul Fire.

Which Soul Commanding Pill Fire in the world could be considered the strongest? It must be the Pill Sovereign Soul Fire only Fang Lin can possess.

However, Fang Lin currently cannot use the Pill Sovereign Soul Fire, although it still exists, it remains within Fang Lin’s soul, unusable unless he abandons his body.

Of course, if Fang Lin achieves Pill Sovereign again, in that supreme realm beyond the peak, he could use the Pill Sovereign Soul Fire hidden in his soul as he wishes.

Now, Fang Lin will refine the four types of Soul Commanding Pill Fire within him into one, although the number of soul fires will be reduced, the remaining sole Soul Commanding Pill Fire will certainly be of exceptional quality.

Fang Lin was naturally familiar with the process of refining soul fire, having done it in his past life, and it isn’t particularly difficult as they were previously absorbed Soul Commanding Pill Fires without any mutual repulsion.

Fang Lin sat cross-legged beside the Ancient Sky-Lifting Tripod, with the four Soul Commanding Pill Fires emerging around him, slowly circulating around his body.

The four Soul Commanding Pill Fires, one from the gift of the woman in black skirt, one from the benevolence of the Pill Sect Four Saints, one from the underground array of Black Cauldron City, and one from the reward won at the Pill Alliance Master Meeting.

Among the four Soul Commanding Pill Fires, the highest quality ought to be the one obtained at the master meeting, superior to the other three Soul Commanding Pill Fires.

However, at Fang Lin’s current level, these Soul Commanding Pill Fires are no longer very suitable, thus he opted to refine them all.