Paragon Of Sin

Chapter 1744: Alchemy Flourishes (4)

Audacious!

Outrageous!

Impossible!

If any Alchemist knew of Wei Wuyinʼs intentions, they would outright deny the possibility without a second thought. Utmost Purity Mist was a divine material born from the Alchemic Dao, the only natural manifestation of alchemical energies and essence with limitless assistive properties, and was used in the refinement of high-quality cauldrons to Solar Stars to uniquely-crafted radiance belts.

But the requirement for even grade one mist was insidiously difficult, and its very existence was contingent on flawless, consecutive successes. During the Spiritquake, which was caused by Wei Wuyinʼs experimental usage of a transcendent product to replicate his insane Soul Idol Tribulation, multiplied by four, the concoction process of the Everlore Associationʼs alchemistsʼ White God Cauldron was ruined due to a single impure product!

A single impure product!

All the accumulated Utmost Purity Mist within that cauldron, formed from thousands upon thousands of years of continuous successes, had evaporated into nothing with not a single wisp of its existence remaining!

Wei Wuyinʼs intentions were genuinely outrageous! Why? Because his plan required endless successes and not a single, not one, FAILURE! A single impure ʼfailureʼ and every connected Utmost Purity Mist he had gathered would vanish without mercy. Since the vast majority of products in the cultivation world were impure products with varying degrees approaching utmost purity, concocting impure products was par for the course!

This was why alchemists had clearly defined cauldrons, sometimes two or three, with a single main cauldron that they used to concoct products they had absolute certainty or at least close to absolute certainty of a successful concoction at low-quality or higher! The Everlore Association had nine God Cauldrons! Wei Wuyin only had two. Moreover, he was unleashing the full strength of possessing two minds and concocting using the ever-difficult Thirty-three Heavenly Concoction Method! On both! BOTH!

Wei Wuyin was aiming for a feat that might very well leave him indelibly etched within the annals of the Alchemic Daoʼs history. At this very moment, the Mystic Daoʼs presence could be keenly felt as the Nine Ways of Mysticism were molded using superior, flawless technique alongside worldly radiance generally produced by World Runes and World Emperors—Worldly Saints!

Wei Wuyin could feel that his grasp of the Ways of Mysticism was far exceeding his cultivation base, reaching levels that could, with but a single thought, ascend to the Worldly Saint Phase, the fifth stage of the Mystic Ascendant Realm! That said, he would never do so now!

Outside the Original Dawn Palace, the commotion intensified as, despite Bai Xiu and the second cauldronʼs attempts at containing the Utmost Purity Mist, the former had to belch out what it couldnʼt refine in time, seemingly stuffed to the brink, while the latter only repulsed everything else and slowly nibbled at the mist to improve itself naturally. This caused the saber formation to erupt more frequently after two days of total silence.

Grade two mist poured like a smoky, misty waterfall, drenching the continent below, almost drowning it in mist. The scene was unbelievable! And the junior alchemists below began to breathe in mist as air.

”Hall Manager Hao, what is happening?!” Within a subspace realm, Hao Chengxue was hosting a banquet as the seniors observed and protected their juniors below, looking incredibly envious and undoubtedly shocked to the soul. There were top elites, and none of them were beneath the level of a Rune King, the Earthly Saint Phase, and all of them were at least Earthly Saint Alchemists!

They had Dao Protectors, ranging from uniquely armored squads of World Emperors that could rival Original Magistrates through collaborative efforts, to a single powerful juggernaut of a protector with a cultivation base at or higher than pinnacle-tier World Emperors.

While there was not a single Mystic Overlord present, the World Emperor and Original Magistrate Dao Protectors were not to be underestimated!

Hao Chengxueʼs outward expression was radiating peak calm, but his facade was as fragile as paper because he couldnʼt explain anything! He only exerted a mysterious demeanor befitting a Hall Manager of an Utmost Purity Hall as if all was within his expectations.

”The Neo-Dawn Alchemic Saint must be doing this out of gratitude for Hall Manager Hao,” a female Alchemist commented, side-eyeing Hao Chengxue. She was beautiful, natural, and modest, with her brunette hair tied into a bun, and her phoenix eyes radiated pride forged through success and accumulated reputation. Her words were met with disbelieving looks and rueful sighs.

Who didnʼt know that Hao Chengxue had inexplicably formed a relationship with this ranker on the Outer-Creation King Ranking list? After several days, the full story was unable to be hidden, especially since initially there were countless eyes on Wei Wuyin. White Skyʼs fleeing attempt to find backing to save her Institute was heavily discussed in recent days and was applauded as a flawless maneuver.

They already had speculations on White Skyʼs position, likely her conceding towards Wei Wuyinʼs intentions towards becoming his wife, concubine, or something else entirely, potentially more nefarious. Even though she had a younger body, her physical and mental age far exceeded tens of thousands, and there were ways to make her body look like a young womanʼs rather than a young girlʼs.

Supposedly, there was a deal that was incredibly profitable for Hao Chengxue as this self-proclaimed pinnacle Worldly Saint had promised a favor! Hao Chengxue dealt with the matter decisively and simply, easily rectifying the situation, and directly earning the Neo-Dawn Alchemic Saintʼs trust.

Now, he was concocting above his Utmost Purity Hall using a temporal acceleration zone.

The female alchemist was commenting on speculation that he was using an absurd temporal ratio and creating ninth-grade products that he simply couldnʼt fail to create and disperse grade two mist as an overt sign of gratitude. This was further reinforced by the recent message they received.

Luo Ning, Wei Wuyinʼs assistant, had boldly and directly declared that Wei Wuyin was creating a short-lived holy land for alchemists within the Tiny Heart Starfieldʼs Utmost Purity Hall. If outsiders beyond the Tiny Heart Starfield, excluding Hall Manager Haoʼs companions and their disciples, wanted to experience this temporary holy land, they had to pay a small fee of a Mystic-Earth or Mystic-World Concoction Method of any product. Non-repeatable.

A single Mystic-Earth Concoction Method would allow a limited amount and juniors to enter while a Mystic-World Concoction Method would allow a higher amount by a few times in terms of entrance, and even alchemists of the older generation could enter.

To see how the Neo-Dawn Alchemic Saint was looking to profit by obtaining various recipes from the Utmost Purity Galaxy for this limited-time event, quite a few alchemists could help but applaud. Moreover, the sheer expense he was using to repay a favor while simultaneously expanding his access to recipes was likely heavy and there could even be a significant loss from the effort!

At least, short-term!

Luo Ningʼs decision was masterful and had unintentionally assisted Wei Wuyinʼs efforts by diversifying his need for materials for products. After all, despite having a galaxy worth of resources to rely on, there was a finite amount of any one material. For example, the Heavenʼs Essence Liquid that required Original Magistrates or higher to concoct Resounding Echoes of Celestial Refinement Pills!

Meanwhile, she was directly improving the Alchemic Dao of the Neo-Dawn Empire. A Concoction Method wasnʼt just a recipe for a product, but generally included seven or more different spells or assistive formations and arrays to enhance success rates and annotations of things to look out for. They were complete cultivation methods for any product!

On the twelfth day, three days after Wei Wuyin had begun his rabid concocting, the Tiny Heart Starfield was filled with Voidships of varying designs and sizes from all over the Stellar Region. The right to obtain grade two mist and cultivate within the mist was a genuine holy land that simply didnʼt exist ANYWHERE! At least not publicly.

While alchemist organizations might have unique chambers containing Utmost Purity Mist for their disciples to cultivate or experience, it was a luxurious expense that few could maintain long-term given the incredible uses and immediate need for this mist by every level of Alchemist!

A true holy land!

How could this not catch the attention of others?! And so the streams of Concoction Methods came in as Luo Ning had the three Sages serve as collectors and maintainers. Not even the Tower of the Growing Immortality Galactic Zone was interfering. This was the decision of a foreign Alchemist that was benefiting the general populace, if they did act to halt or sabotage by extortion, within picoseconds, they would become the general enemy in the eyes of alchemists.

When it came to pursuing the Alchemic Dao, which of these alchemists in the holy galaxy of Alchemy, the Utmost Purity Galaxy, wasnʼt mad and insane?!

Since no prohibition was established, only a price that couldnʼt be considered a price when calculated individually, it was even less when the requirement for non-repeatable was only for the Concoction Methodʼs contents, not the product itself! So there were already thirteen Concoction Methods for World Genesis Elixir, a peak-tier Mystic-Earth graded product, all different in terms of how they were concocted using a variety of different spells, timings, and materials as substitutes, while simultaneously possessing unique annotations and experiences curated by successful alchemists, some of which specialized in it!

Without a doubt, the continent was flooded as space was being contained. With the three Sages maintaining peace, there was no aggressive conflict either. Moreover, there was plenty of grade two mist!

After another week, a total of nineteen days since Wei Wuyin began, the disbelief slowly gave way to abject shock. This dreamy seven-colored misty waterfall of grade two mist seemed endless! Truly endless! Periodically, the belching of new mist occurred, and they slurped up what they could.

”Is the Neo-Dawn Alchemic Saint temporal acceleration field higher than we expected?!” An older, more experienced alchemist asked with great uncertainty. They had estimated a ratio of five hundred to one, with every day equating to five hundred days. An absurd ratio, but inconsequential to Supreme Sages.

After all, even twenty days only equated to 10,000 days, and that was only 27 or so years. It was very little. They were estimating the repeated concoction of Mystic-Earth products or excessive concoction of ninth-grade products, and then the deliberate separation of expulsion of grade two mist to the continent below.

Yet even this was an utterly disbelieving feat. Was his generosity towards World-Saint White Sky so high? They couldnʼt fathom why he would go to such lengths!

”Haha! Perhaps at this point, heʼs warming up for a Mystic-Heaven concoction run!” The female alchemist from before guessed, causing countless eyes to dart to Hao Chengxue. Earlier, Hao Chengxue had mentioned that Wei Wuyin intended to concoct a ʼpresentʼ for Pavilion Master Shang. If so, then could he…

”Donʼt tell me that heʼs seeking Little Fairy Shang Wanqingʼs hand?!” A sturdy-looking male alchemist exclaimed. A single sentence instantly created an insane rumor that was unable to be taken back after being put into the world.

”...” Hao Chengxue couldnʼt even comment on it. However, given that Yue Songli also had a Catalyst Body, it was entirely possible! It wasnʼt difficult for experts, especially the various news outlets, to gather that Yue Songli was a virgin with her beautifully seductive body untouched. In their eyes, the Neo-Dawn Alchemic Saint could be collecting Catalyst Bodies for a grand attempt at assailing a higher stage of cultivation, either directly or through Laws.

If so, then trading a Mystic-Heaven grade product for Shang Wanqing, this third ranker on the Beauties of Catastrophe Ranking, seemed entirely possible!

On a floating asteroid far, far away, the rumor soon spread via the Observing Chronicle. A young, extremely dashing, and heroically handsome man with long, loose grey hair with the front tied into a topknot that looked exceedingly youthful, a fair complexion, and an immaculately sharp demeanor sat cross-legged as the asteroid moved like a Voidship, soaring across the Dark Void.

Holding the jade to read its contents, an explosive aura erupted from him that exerted soul-crushing, rage-filled power!

Meanwhile, the Heavenly Daos stayed silent.