Chapter 497 - 507: Origin of the Dragon Pearl

Sunx Li saw Wen Qingye agree so readily and couldn’t help but be slightly stunned. "Junior Brother, I’ve specially prepared two sets of ingredients. Refine them as soon as you can. I won’t blame you even if you fail."

As he spoke, Sunx Li handed the ingredients to Wen Qingye. Among them were quite a few Mid-Level Emperor Grade Heavenly and Earthly Treasures. Wen Qingye knew that Sunx Li must have painstakingly accumulated all of them; the ingredients for the Dragon Tiger Pill were extremely precious.

Even for a Core Disciple, it would take several years to gather a complete set of ingredients to refine a Dragon Tiger Pill.

Sunx Li had really poured a lot of effort into this for Hua Lie’s birthday celebration.

Wen Qingye smiled and said, "Don’t worry, Senior Brother. I absolutely won’t let you down."

"I’ll leave it all to you, Junior Brother. That puts my mind at ease. I won’t disturb you any longer."

After speaking, Sunx Li left. Wen Qingye stored the Heavenly and Earthly Treasures away in his Sumeru Ring, then also departed from the entrance of Zhang Zhilin’s Cave Mansion.

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Wen Qingye returned to his own Cave Mansion and began to stabilize the Laws of his Slaying Immortal Sword Dao and Lifeless Sword Dao.

His trip to the Sword Forest had resulted in significant breakthroughs for both his Slaying Immortal Sword Dao and Lifeless Sword Dao, leading to the integration of their Laws.

Time flowed on. After Wen Qingye had completely consolidated all his breakthroughs, his cultivation once again showed signs of loosening.

’True Essence Pills have the effect of consolidating one’s foundation and cultivating Primordial Qi. It would be good to refine them early. While I’m at it, I’ll refine a batch of Dragon Tiger Pills as well.’

Wen Qingye slowly rose and walked into the Alchemy Room.

Inside the Alchemy Room.

Wen Qingye slowly levitated the huge, black Pill Furnace and laid out the medicinal ingredients one by one.

The next moment!

A raging flame erupted from his palm, coiling around the black Pill Furnace like a fiery dragon.

Thanks to the improvement in his cultivation, the Spiritual Fire within Wen Qingye’s body had been continuously nurtured until it reached the Fifth Grade. As his Fifth Grade Spiritual Fire seared the black Pill Furnace, the furnace actually began to glow red.

Wen Qingye gently placed the Cyan Lady Leaf and Golden Calendula inside. They slowly transformed into a jade-green essence, the mere sight of which was enough to refresh one’s heart and mind.

From there, Wen Qingye proceeded methodically.

Adding ingredients, controlling the Pill Fire—he had mastered every technique to the point of perfection. In his hands, as long as he had the Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, refining any kind of pill was a simple matter.

As time went on, Wen Qingye’s Primordial Qi was constantly being consumed. He had already smelted all the medicinal ingredients into their essences.

Time flowed on; it was impossible to tell how much had passed.

Suddenly, Wen Qingye felt a violent surge within his body. It seemed to be the sign of a breakthrough.

’Am I about to break through?’

Wen Qingye quickly took out his few remaining Profound Pearls. He used them as a catalyst to draw upon his Primordial Qi and maintain the intensity of his Spiritual Fire, then hurried back to his living quarters.

After returning to his room, Wen Qingye immediately sat down cross-legged. He didn’t rush to break through, but instead summoned the Ice Python.

"I need to see your Azure Dragon Pearl," Wen Qingye said directly.

The Ice Python nodded and, without a word, opened its mouth and spat. The entire room seemed to be instantly enveloped by a vast and powerful energy.

Flakes of golden light rose up. Amidst a dense wave of Primordial Qi, a fist-sized golden pearl shot out from its mouth.

"ROAR!"

A dragon’s roar that seemed to shake the world echoed, blasting against the ears of Wen Qingye and the Ice Python.

Wen Qingye extended his Primordial Spirit and plunged it into the Azure Dragon Pearl without hesitation.

WHOOSH!

In an instant, the entire room was bathed in a golden, divine light. Rays of it streamed down, illuminating Wen Qingye’s body and the bed he sat on.

Majestic and domineering! The Dragon’s Might surged!

As Wen Qingye entered the Dragon Pearl, he felt as if he had stepped into a nascent world. It was a time of primordial chaos, when heaven and earth were first separated, and all life was merely in its budding state.

The next moment, it was as if he were adrift in an endless river of stars, surrounded by brilliant starlight that shone in every direction.

He raised his head, watching the scenery shift around him. But no matter how it changed, a single red thread directly above him remained constant.

"Is this a wisp of the Azure Dragon Pearl’s origin essence? It’s so faint," Wen Qingye said, his brow furrowed in concentration.

This thin red thread was the origin essence of the Azure Dragon Pearl, but after the passage of countless ages, it had already lost ninety-nine percent of its power.

The Azure Dragon Pearl likely only had this one, extremely faint wisp of origin essence left, along with some of the Azure Dragon’s legacy.

Wen Qingye thought to himself, ’This wisp of origin essence isn’t enough to repair my meridians. If I use it as a catalyst, I’ll need to supply it with a massive amount of Primordial Spirit Power. But where can I find that much Primordial Spirit Power?’

’Am I supposed to strip Primordial Spirit Power directly from the bodies of the living?’

Suddenly, Wen Qingye thought of a place.

The Ancestral Hall.

The Celestial Profound Sect’s Ancestral Hall was where the heroic spirits of past generations of Elders and higher-ranking members were enshrined. Generally, when an Elder, Peak Master, or someone of similar status died, if their Primordial Spirit had not yet dissipated, a sliver of it would be extracted, infused into a Token, and enshrined.

This sliver of Primordial Spirit had no effect on their journey into reincarnation. A separated wisp like this possessed no consciousness on its own. At most, it would only cause the original Primordial Spirit to become slightly weaker. But since the Elders and Peak Masters of past generations were already dead, they naturally wouldn’t care about such things.

The Jade Pendant Wen Qingye had given Guu Hongxiu contained a sliver of his own Primordial Spirit. That was precisely why his face had been a little pale that day.

The amount of Primordial Spirit Power within the Ancestral Hall must be immense; that was beyond doubt. Over so many years, there was no telling how many memorial tablets had been enshrined. Although each one contained only a sliver of a Primordial Spirit, the combined Primordial Spirit Power would be a force that could not be ignored.

’But how do I get into the Ancestral Hall? And how can I extract all that boundless Primordial Spirit Power without being discovered?’

Wen Qingye fell into deep thought. A moment later, his Primordial Spirit slowly withdrew from the Dragon Pearl.

"What is it?" the Ice Python asked, seeing the light return to Wen Qingye’s eyes.

Wen Qingye said slowly, "I need a vast amount of Primordial Spirit Power. It seems my only choice is to enter the Ancestral Hall. When the time comes, I’ll use the Inverted Five Elements Technique and see if I can evade the senses of the Celestial Profound Sect’s old monsters."

"The Ancestral Hall..." The Ice Python coiled its body slightly, its blue eyes glinting. "I’ve heard that place is the most important location in the entire Celestial Profound Sect. If you cause such a huge disturbance in there, how could you possibly not be discovered? If you are, I suspect you’ll be executed on the spot."

"We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it," Wen Qingye said, shaking his head. "My meridians can no longer support my continued breakthroughs. If I reach the Destruction Realm Sixth Layer Heaven this time, they will likely be at their absolute limit. Besides, discovering me won’t be such a simple matter."