As the elixir continued to ascend, floating tens of thousands of feet into the sky, a sudden change occurred.
RUMBLE!!!
At the Peak of the Firmament, within the endless layers of clouds, terrifying streaks of lightning began to converge.
Suddenly, a heavenly thunderbolt struck down from the sky, viciously blasting the Spirit Pill.
“What is this…?”
“A Tribulation Crossing Spirit Pill?”
“What did you say?
A Spirit Pill undergoing tribulation?”
Hundreds of thousands of people stared blankly at this scene, utterly horrified.
Bai Wufeng’s eyes were filled with such profound shock that he was practically speechless.
“Could it be that this kid is refining a…?”
“Foundation Establishment Pill!
It’s a Foundation Establishment Pill!” Gai He exclaimed immediately after.
His elderly body was already trembling.
“To think he’s actually refining a Foundation Establishment Pill, and one that has reached the ranks of the Myriad Phenomena Pill at that!”
The moment the words “Foundation Establishment Pill” were spoken, the entire venue felt as if it had been struck by tens of thousands of thunderbolts.
Even Gu Qingyan was completely dumbfounded.
In the Tang Family stands.
“F-Foundation Establishment Pill?”
Countless terrifying experts of the Tang Clan breathed heavily, overwhelmed with excitement.
Tang Yan felt his scalp tingle.
Unable to hold back, he took a step forward, gasping for air.
Meanwhile, in the Qi Family stands, people stood up in horror, their faces pale with shock and their eyes full of disbelief.
It wasn’t until the Thunder Tribulation finished baptizing the Spirit Pill and the sky-filling illusions of dark clouds vanished that the vast sea of people finally began to slowly recover their wits—only to instantly freeze like wooden statues.
The members of the Ye Family, in particular, were all staring with absolute incredulity.
“A Foundation Establishment Pill?
He…
he actually refined a Foundation Establishment Pill?”
“How is this possible?
How could that trash refine such an elixir?”
“A dream.
I must be dreaming.
This isn’t real.
It can’t be real.”
In the crowd, Ye Xiaotian shook his head frantically, his eyes brimming with doubt and disbelief.
He wondered how that trash could possibly refine a Foundation Establishment Pill.
It wasn’t just the Ye Family who couldn’t believe their eyes; the hundreds of thousands of spectating Cultivators in Xingyue City were equally incredulous.
On the Battle Platform, Wang Jiang stared blankly at the slowly descending elixir, shaking his head madly.
“Impossible!
This is absolutely impossible!
You’re just a piece of trash—a piece of trash who couldn’t even awaken a martial spirit!
How could you possibly refine such a heaven-defying Spirit Pill?”
At this moment, Wang Jiang’s inner world felt as though it had been pierced through as he shook his head desperately.
However, Gai He’s voice broke through.
“It truly is a Foundation Establishment Pill.
These old eyes are not mistaken.
What Jiang Xiaoyou refined is indeed a Foundation Establishment Pill, and a Tier Two Third Grade Myriad Phenomena Establishment Pill at that.” The more he stared at the elixir, the more profoundly shocked Gai He became.
As soon as he said this, the entire tournament venue erupted into an uproar, filled with endless cries of horror.
As Cultivators, everyone had terrifyingly acute hearing, so they naturally caught Gai He’s words.
For a time, countless Cultivators were completely stunned.
“A Tier Two Third-grade Elixir?”
“Doesn’t that mean that trash is a Tier Two Third Grade Alchemy Master?”
“What did you say?
He’s a Tier Two Third Grade Alchemy Master?”
Countless Cultivators gasped.
A Tier Two Third Grade Alchemy Master was an incredibly terrifying existence.
“Impossible.
This is completely impossible.
How old is he?
How could he be a Tier Two Third Grade Alchemy Master?”
While billions of figurative thunderbolts flashed in the eyes of countless Cultivators, Ye Qingxian and Ye Tiannan were breathing heavily, their chests heaving.
Since Jiang Hao had refined a Tier Two Third Grade Foundation Establishment Pill, he was undoubtedly the champion of the tournament.
Even the thirty-something-year-old Tier Two First Grade Alchemy Master would pale in comparison.
But what was even more terrifying was that Jiang Hao had refined a Myriad Phenomena Pill, the absolute pinnacle of Tier Two Third-grade Elixirs.
That was the most fearsome part of all.
But before anyone had time to process their shock, an unexpected event occurred.
RUMBLE!!!
A massive boom echoed throughout the entire tournament venue.
The vast sea of people turned toward the sound, every single one of them astounded.
On the Battle Platform, the hundred-foot-tall Alchemy Stele was suddenly trembling violently.
It had been awakened at this very moment.
“What?”
“The Royal Clan Alchemy Stele?
Heavens, it’s the Royal Clan Alchemy Stele!”
“The Royal Clan Alchemy Stele has been awakened!”
As countless gazes locked onto the trembling stone stele—the ultimate representation of Alchemy Dao talent—everyone was petrified on the spot.
Even the innumerable older generation Cultivators were deeply moved at this moment.
Along with the trembling of the Royal Clan Alchemy Stele, the entire monument abruptly erupted with a heaven-shaking radiance that was almost blinding.
Within the stele, a Pill Pattern mark condensed.
Streams of imperial might cascaded down, sweeping across the entire venue.
The mark first broke out of the stele, then transformed into a streak of a rainbow, instantly sinking into the center of Jiang Hao’s brow.
At this moment, countless terrifying figures could no longer sit still.
They sprang to their feet, the shock in their eyes beyond description.
“An Alchemy Mark!
He actually gained the approval of the Alchemy Stele and obtained the Alchemy Mark?”
“It really is the mark of the Royal Clan Alchemy Stele.
The monument sensed his talent in the Alchemy Dao and was activated!”
“After two hundred years, since the time of that individual, has our Eastern Domain given birth to yet another peerless genius of the Alchemy Dao?”
The moment the Alchemy Mark appeared, all of Xingyue City completely froze, as if time itself had been paused.
That was the Eastern Domain’s Alchemy Mark.
Its appearance meant that the number one person in the Eastern Domain’s Alchemy Dao had just been born.
It had to be known that the individual who obtained the Alchemy Mark two hundred years ago was a generational Pill King.
In other words, the young man currently standing on the Battle Platform was very likely to become the next Pill King.
For a time, all of Xingyue City was deathly silent; one could hear a pin drop.
Everyone simply stared blankly at the figure in the center of the venue.
The young man had already stood up.
Clad in white, he stood silently, as if everything around him had become nothing more than a backdrop to his existence.
In the Tang Family stands.
Countless experts of the Tang Family witnessed this scene with dry mouths, trembling all over with excitement.
“He actually did it?” Tang Yan muttered to himself, utterly astounded.
Compared to the Tang Family, the Qi Family stands were deathly silent.
Everyone was petrified on the spot, filled with an indescribable horror and shock.
“C-Clan Elder…?” an expert of the Qi Family uttered subconsciously, a chill rising in his heart.
The Qi Family wouldn’t bat an eye at a piece of trash who awakened a martial spirit past the optimal age.
However, a Tier Two Third Grade Alchemy Master who had obtained the mark of the Alchemy Stele was entirely different.
That alone was enough to keep the Qi Family in a constant state of panic.
Even if that young man couldn’t shake the foundation of the Qi Family today, it might not be impossible in the future.
A genius who could potentially become a Pill King might not necessarily have the cultivation base to destroy a Great Cultivation Race in the future.
But the terrifying network of connections a Pill Master could build was more than enough to condemn any great race to eternal damnation.
At these words, several clan elders of the Qi Family breathed heavily, but their eyes grew increasingly icy.
Their response consisted of only a single, simple word.
“Kill!”
A heaven-shaking killing intent erupted from the bodies of several Qi Family clan elders.
One terrifying expert of the Qi Family even shot straight through the air.
Suddenly, a horrifying coercive pressure swept across the venue, bearing down heavily toward the Battle Platform.
As this scene unfolded, many Cultivators still hadn’t recovered their wits, remaining trapped in a stupor of shock and disbelief.
This included the members of the Ye Family, Wang Jiang, Wu Jing, Liu Ruyue, Ye Xiaotian, countless Cultivators of Xingyue City who had once mocked the young man, and the peers who had participated in the martial spirit test alongside Jiang Hao back then.
Their minds were still completely blank, as if they hadn’t yet processed exactly what had happened over the past short fifteen minutes.
However, Ye Qingxian and Ye Tiannan instinctively cried out in alarm.
“Hao’Er—?”
“Little fool—?”