Chapter 126— Preparing for the Coming Calamity

Chapter 126: Chapter 126— Preparing for the Coming Calamity

Chapter 126: Preparing for the Coming Calamity

The news of the approaching demonic Calamity quickly spread among the major forces.

With the seal weakening faster than expected, the alliance could no longer afford to delay.

Representatives returned to their families and sects to gather resources, strengthen defenses, and arrange for their strongest cultivators to be ready for battle.

At the Pill Association Headquarters, the atmosphere was just as busy.

Pill masters worked around the clock, refining healing pills, recovery pills, and other necessities for the coming war.

Furnaces blazed throughout the association, and medicinal fragrances filled the halls.

Among the busiest figures was Gu Chenxiao, the Chaos Pill Master.

He had joined the alliance and volunteered to help increase its supply of pills.

His arrival drew considerable attention from the other alchemists, many of whom hoped to learn from his techniques.

Inside a spacious alchemy chamber, Gu Chenxiao stood before a furnace while several pill masters watched from a respectful distance.

His hands moved with practiced precision as he controlled the flames and adjusted the medicinal ingredients.

Before long, the furnace trembled, and a batch of pills emerged.

The pill masters crowded forward to examine the results.

Their expressions changed the moment they sensed the quality.

"Senior Gu, your control over the medicinal properties is remarkable," one of them said. "How do you keep such consistency across an entire batch?"

Gu Chenxiao glanced at him.

"Understand the ingredients before you try to control them. Every herb has its own nature, and every combination reacts differently. If you don’t understand what you’re refining, copying movements won’t help."

The pill masters fell silent, turning his words over.

Some began discussing the principles he had shown.

Others asked about the timing of the flame adjustments.

A young pill master at the back asked quietly, "Senior, how many pills can one furnace produce in a day?"

"Not enough," Gu Chenxiao said. "So we start now."

He answered what he could without slowing the association’s work.

He hadn’t come to show off.

With the Calamity approaching, every improvement in pill production could make a difference.

As the other alchemists went back to their furnaces, his thoughts drifted to a particular pill he had bought at the Canglan Alchemy Gathering.

The Ancient Grade pill refined by Lin Ruyan.

He had originally approached the young alchemist hoping to take her as a disciple.

She had politely refused, saying she already had a master.

So Gu Chenxiao had bought her pill instead, for ten billion Top Grade Spirit Stones.

At the time, he had been astonished by its quality.

Afterward, he studied it again and again, examining how its ingredients had fused and how its pill veins had formed.

It had taught him a great deal.

His refinement had become more efficient, and his results more consistent.

Even his ordinary batches had improved.

Yet he still hadn’t managed to refine an Ancient Grade pill himself.

He looked at the furnace in front of him.

*That girl truly has an unusual understanding of alchemy.*

He had met countless talented alchemists in his life.

But Lin Ruyan’s achievement at such a young age was hard to forget.

For now, he put the thought aside and returned to work.

The alliance needed pills, and he meant to provide as many as he could.

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Inside the Lin Clan’s Time Tower, the ten youngsters who had been to the Primordial Sealing Ruin were busy perfecting their inheritances.

Lin Chen sat cross-legged in his cultivation chamber, studying the principles inside his inheritance.

What he had gained in the trial had already helped him understand parts of it.

But the accelerated time in the tower let him examine those insights far more deeply.

It was the same for Lin Mo, Lin Zhen, Lin Qing, Lin Yu, Lin Jue, Lin Xuan, Lin Yuexin, Lin Lian and Lin Haochen.

Each had received a different inheritance, and each faced a different challenge in mastering it.

Some focused on their inherited techniques.

Others worked on their control of spiritual energy, trying to erase the weaknesses that had held them back.

Days passed inside the tower.

Then Lin Chen’s cultivation reached its final bottleneck.

He gathered his spiritual energy and drove it at the barrier between him and the next stage.

For a moment, the energy in his body resisted, refusing to settle.

Lin Chen stayed calm.

He recalled the insights from the ancient trial and adjusted his cultivation method.

Crack!

The bottleneck shattered.

His aura surged as his cultivation advanced to Peak Body Integration Realm.

Not long afterward, Lin Mo broke through as well.

Lin Zhen followed, and the rest made progress one after another.

Lin Qing’s aura rose steadily.

Lin Yu and Lin Jue broke through after consolidating their comprehension, while Lin Xuan, Lin Yuexin, Lin Lian and Lin Haochen completed their advances in turn.

By the time the last chamber went quiet, all ten had reached Peak Body Integration Realm.

The inheritances had given them more than powerful techniques.

They had deepened their understanding of cultivation itself, letting them cross bottlenecks that might otherwise have taken far longer.

The Time Tower had turned those opportunities into real progress.

In another chamber, Lin Ruyan was approaching a breakthrough of her own.

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Lin Ruyan sat quietly in her cultivation chamber, guiding spiritual energy through her meridians.

She had spent a long time consolidating her previous cultivation and studying what her master had taught her.

Now the energy in her body was nearing the point where it could support another advance.

She took a steady breath and focused.

The spiritual energy gathered around her and flowed into her body in a controlled cycle.

After several moments, the barrier gave way.

Her aura rose, and the energy around her settled into a new balance.

Lin Ruyan had advanced to Body Integration Realm Level One.

She opened her eyes and checked her condition before slowly standing.

The breakthrough had gone smoothly.

But she knew cultivation was only part of her progress.

Her master had put great effort into her alchemy as well, and she wanted to see how much she had gained.

She left the cultivation chamber and headed to the Lin Clan’s alchemy room.

Lin Yuxian, an Immortal Pill Master, was already there.

When Lin Ruyan explained that she wanted to test her alchemy, Lin Yuxian agreed to watch.

Lin Ruyan chose her ingredients and began preparing the furnace.

She worked methodically, controlling the flame carefully as the ingredients went in one after another.

She didn’t rush.

She watched the reactions inside the furnace and adjusted her technique whenever it was needed.

Lin Yuxian watched without interrupting.

As the refinement went on, the medicinal fragrance grew stronger.

Lin Ruyan kept her focus, guiding the ingredients toward their final fusion.

She had refined hundreds of batches in the Time Tower.

But this time, something felt different.

At last, the furnace opened.

A batch of pills emerged.

Lin Ruyan gathered them and handed them to Lin Yuxian.

The older alchemist inspected the pills, checking their medicinal properties, quality, and consistency.

She examined several one by one before looking at the batch as a whole.

A hint of approval crossed her face.

"Your refinement has reached the Seventh Rank Pill Master level."

Lin Ruyan’s eyes brightened.

"Really?"

Lin Yuxian nodded.

"Your control and understanding have reached the standard. The quality of this batch confirms it."

Lin Ruyan carefully put the pills away.

She had advanced, and the word of an Immortal Pill Master left no room for doubt.

"Thank you, Senior Yuxian."

Lin Yuxian smiled faintly.

"Keep practicing. Reaching this level is an achievement, but you still have much to learn."

Lin Ruyan nodded.

She had no intention of becoming satisfied.

After thanking Lin Yuxian again, she left the alchemy room and returned to her cultivation.

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Within the System World, Lin Hao was aware of everything happening across the clan.

The ten youngsters from the Primordial Sealing Ruin had perfected their inheritances and reached Peak Body Integration Realm.

Lin Ruyan had broken through to Body Integration Realm Level One and become a Seventh Rank Pill Master.

Meanwhile, the alliance was gathering its forces, and Gu Chenxiao was helping the Pill Association prepare for the Calamity.

Lin Hao was satisfied.

The Calamity was drawing closer.

But the Lin Clan kept growing stronger.

He turned his attention to the world beyond the clan, thinking about what he would need to prepare for when the seal finally failed.

End of Chapter 126