After forging a new foundation through the Spirit Root Labyrinth, the sect's students burned with passion to grow stronger. Yet their cultivation was still limited by the quality of the pills available—ordinary alchemy could no longer match the rapid evolution of the sect's talents.
The Main Character understood: it was time to revive ancient alchemy beyond anything the world remembered.
At the core of this plan was the legendary artifact buried deep beneath the oldest alchemy halls:
The Crimson Alchemy Furnace —
a living alchemy cauldron born from the heart of a fallen volcano, tempered by dragonfire and blessed by ancient sage beasts.
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Awakening the Furnace
The Crimson Furnace was dormant, wrapped in countless restrictive seals. To awaken it, the Main Character led an elite team:
Formation Masters drew a spirit-link web to unravel the furnace's ancient locks.
Weapon Forgers reforged the furnace's cracked outer shell with newly refined meteorite ores.
Talisman Makers inscribed divine fire runes to reconnect it to the Leylines of Heat and Spirit.
Pill Refiners sang ancient alchemist chants to invite the furnace's sleeping soul.
At the final moment, the Main Character offered a portion of his Myriad Element Root energy, awakening the Crimson Furnace's spirit—a majestic crimson dragon made of smoke and flame.
It roared into the skies, declaring the rebirth of True Alchemy in this world.
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Birth of the Sky Pills
With the Crimson Furnace awakened, a new class of pills was born: Sky Pills.
Unlike normal pills, Sky Pills had living spirits inside them, granting:
Self-regeneration: The pill's effects could last longer by feeding on ambient qi.
Adaptive Enhancement: The pill's properties adjusted to match the user's element and spirit root.
Willpower Testing: Only those strong in mind and spirit could fully absorb a Sky Pill's true power.
The Main Character personally crafted the first batch of Sky Pills, blending multiple arts:
Using Improvement Art to evolve ancient recipes daily.
Infusing pills with eight elemental energies drawn from the restored Wind Temples.
Embedding formational patterns within the pills for gradual, safe release of power.
The first three Sky Pills created were legendary:
1. Azure Vein Pill – Awakens hidden meridians across the body.
2. Crimson Root Pill – Strengthens Spirit Roots and unlocks affinity with a second element.
3. Void Step Pill – Allows momentary teleportation across short distances during battle.
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Sect Transformation
With Sky Pills, the students' cultivation exploded:
Disciples previously stuck at bottlenecks broke through to higher realms within months.
Martial cultivators gained stronger bodies capable of wielding heavier, faster spirit weapons.
Talismans could now be powered by pill auras, fusing pill alchemy and talisman arts together.
The sect's fields expanded to grow spirit herbs never before cultivated by mortals, using living alchemy formations designed by the Main Character.
The sect didn't just refine pills anymore.
The sect itself became an alchemy artifact.
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Eyes of the World
News of the Crimson Alchemy Furnace and Sky Pills spread like wildfire.
Other great sects, empires, and hidden clans, hearing of Sky Pills' miracles, began sending envoys, proposing alliances—or sharpening blades in the shadows.
But the Main Character smiled calmly.
The true storm was just beginning.
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End of Chapter
Next: Chapter Twenty-Five – The Spirit Weapon Soul Worlds and the Creation of the First Living Sword