"A fourth-grade medium-rank alchemist can produce pills capable of promoting a breakthrough in level five or even level six saints. We all know that saints of that level are incredibly important to the sect, so isn't it obvious that our sect leader will place a lot of importance on an alchemist who can create such pills?" Marek smiled and continued, "I'm going to strike up a good relationship with him if I get the chance. I'd be a lucky man if he decides to give me one of his pills.""Yes, Marek is right. We must commit all these faces to memory. Since those three beauties are his wives and that young girl is his daughter, we would be outright idiots to offend them! We'd only be making our lives difficult in the future!"The disciples finally understood how important it was to treat the newcomers with respect. They looked at Severin's family with a newfound seriousness. Unbeknownst to Severin, he had become the focal point of recent discussions among the sect's disciples. Since he wa
Wuhlricht nodded and said, "The strongest weapon in our sect right now is a ninth-grade spiritual weapon. However, I am aware of more powerful weapons known as spiritual treasures. Unfortunately, we do not have such weapons. Only the Horizon Sect and two other upper-class first-tier sects have them. Even then, they only have about one or two such weapons.""Spiritual treasure?" Severin was taken aback upon hearing this. It was the first he had heard of such a treasure. He had initially believed that the weapon he possessed was the most formidable, but in hindsight, he seemed to have overestimated it."What do you think of this whip? I feel like making this my weapon. Hehe, I bet it'll feel great to use it against enemies." Sheila smiled, pointing at a whip that she was drawn to."You can have it if you like it. You can only pick one weapon," Severin replied with a smile.Wuhlricht stood beside her and elaborated upon the whip for Sheila. "You have a good eye, Sheila. This whip is a
"Hold on. You're a fourth-grade medium-rank alchemist?" Wuhlricht was stunned for a moment. He heard that Severin was a fourth-grade alchemist and automatically assumed that he was a fourth-grade low-rank alchemist. That in itself was already very impressive. It was news to him that Severin was a fourth-grade medium-rank alchemist!Severin answered nonchalantly, "Yes. I am a fourth-grade medium-rank alchemist.""Why didn't you tell me that sooner? I was always under the impression that you were a fourth-grade low-rank alchemist! Your alchemical skills are incredibly high!" Wuhlricht was thoroughly taken aback after discovering Severin's true grade.There was a huge disparity between a fourth-grade low-rank alchemist and a fourth-grade medium-rank alchemist despite the slight difference in level. A fourth-grade low-rank alchemist's pills were usually more effective for those with an attainment of level one to level three saints. Meanwhile, the pills crafted by a fourth-grade medium-r
"It goes without saying that you're a very integral part of the sect!" Wuhlricht said before clarifying, "While it's true that we are a middle-class first-tier sect, the gap between us and the upper-class first-tier sects is so huge that it becomes extremely challenging to bridge that gap. The number of royal saints in our sect is far less than the other sects, and let's not even get started on the attainment level of our royal saints. We don't have enough level seven or level eight royal saints to compare ourselves to them. This difference exists because their sect has a fourth-grade medium-rank alchemist. The strongest of the upper-class first-tier sects, the Horizon Sect, even has a fourth-grade high-rank alchemist."Wuhlricht then took a breather before adding, "Middle-class first-tier sects like us lack even a fourth-grade medium-rank alchemist. Most of them only have fourth-grade low-rank alchemists, and even that bodes well for their sect.""I never knew that the gap between a
Severin smiled wryly and asked, "Hey, what's going on? Why are you tormenting yourselves like this? I don't think you did anything wrong.""We are very sorry for our mistakes. Please don't hold it against us. We promise never to do it again.""Yes. We were foolish to underestimate you. We…"They were all so frightened that they did not dare to get up.Meanwhile, Sheila and Diane could not help themselves from giggling. Those disciples seemed to think Severin was a petty person.Severin waved his hand and channeled an unseen force that gently lifted the kneeling disciples to their feet."I'm not going to hold a grudge against any of you over what happened yesterday. You didn't know who I was, and so did many of the elders. I can't blame you for that."Severin retracted his invisible force and continued, "Your commitment to fulfilling your duties as members of the patrol, and your unwavering attitude toward preventing any suspicious individuals from passing beyond a certain point,
"Are you sure?" Rano's eyes welled up with emotion. He never expected Severin to forgive their past actions and even hand them some pills."Of course. They're yours. I have quite a few on hand right now, and they're better off serving those who truly need them. We're all disciples of the same sect anyway. All I ask in return is that you train hard and devote yourselves to the sect," Severin encouraged warmly."Thank you!" The group graciously accepted the pills."Okay then, you should all head back and start training. I don't need to train much in the coming month, so I'll spend my free time refining some pills. Now that I'm in the sect, you'll receive these pills regularly, and it's likely that you won't have to wait long for them either." Severin waved his hand and bid the group goodbye.He could see that the individuals before him had recognized their errors and offered their sincerest apologies. There was thus no need to give them a hard time. Had he not given each of them a pi
"Haha, come on in! I thought it might take a while before you'll drop by since you're new and all. It hasn't even been a few days and you're here already!" Theodore chuckled and gestured for Severin to enter. "I should clarify something though. Our alchemists are only allowed to keep thirty percent of all pills they've crafted for personal use. The rest will have to be given to the sect. I'm sure you have no objections to that, right?"Severin smiled and replied, "Of course not. That's a very reasonable rule."Theodore mentioned the standard procedure as a mere formality because there was no practical way to oversee the alchemists' crafting process and count every single pill that they made. It ultimately depended on the alchemists' integrity in abiding strictly by the stipulations."Right this way. The fourth-grade low-rank and fourth-grade medium-rank spiritual herbs are on the second floor. The first floor is where most of the first, second, and third-grade materials are stored.
Severin then chuckled and said, "All right then, you two take your time. I'll be heading upstairs to choose some materials now.""Of course! Take your time!"Harris and Felix looked on in admiration as Severin walked up the stairs.Once Severin had gone upstairs, a female alchemist could not help but exclaim, "Is that our new elder, Severin? He's so young and handsome!""Have you fallen for him, Sherry? Why not give it a go at winning his heart? You're beautiful, so you might just succeed," another female alchemist teased playfully."Hey, pipe down! I wasn't thinking about that at all!" Sherry blushed in embarrassment after being teased."Haha, he's the talk of the sect right now. Many have heard about him, but few had the chance to meet him. Many of our female disciples are eager to marry him, so you might need to wait in line if you're interested in him," Felix said to the two female alchemists."What?! Why can't I jump the queue?" a female disciple quipped with a smile."Hah
At that instant, Infernatur and Damnatur felt a sudden chill, as if an impending doom loomed on the horizon.Severin then said softly to them, "I'm gonna need you as a helping hand!"Infernatur and Damnatur recoiled as a horrifying realization dawned upon them."Have you taken that leap?" Infernatur's voice trembled with uncertainty.Severin remained silent and simply waved his hand gently. The 129,600 cosmic laws surged with boundless power, reducing the huge figures of Infernatur and Damnatur to dust.Within moments, two essences of pure primordial power flowed into Severin's inner world, while the desolate chaos sea crumbled and was consumed by his voracious appetite.Severin's form eventually began to fade until it became a flicker of light that vanished completely. His consciousness had been devoured entirely.Everything before him was empty and devoid of substance.An indefinite amount of time passed before Severin's voice echoed through the emptiness, "Chaos springs from
With a deft stroke of the bronze halberd, the path hovering above Severin shattered."This is a peculiar weapon," Severin recoiled in alarm, raising the Oculus Blade to defend himself "It has the ability to dismantle the great path!"Simultaneously, he utilized his space-time path to shield against potential assaults, especially any sneak attacks.Explosions reverberated, unleashing torrents of elemental energy and spatial turbulence throughout the chaotic sea. Time passed indeterminately amidst the chaos.For centuries, the trio engaged in combat, their auras undiminished by time's passage.Meanwhile, the four Dominus Nosters in the Celestial Realm waged war against the extraterrestrial intruders, reclaiming territories with unparalleled ferocity.Under the leadership of figures like Callide, the extraterrestrials were simply no match for them.The Southern, Western, and Devil Regions were reclaimed quickly, yet everyone from the Celestial Realm remained vigilant, for war conti
Outside the Heaven Palace, the few who had been appointed Dominus Noster along with a cohort of quasi-royal celestials were faced with the grim reality at hand.Clad in resplendent hues, Callide—who was their leader and carried the title Dominus Noster Arcanum—donned celestial attire woven from stars and the galaxy. With a regal bearing, she commanded from atop a cloud, "Follow me, my brethren! We shall vanquish the extraterrestrials in the Devil Realm!""At your command, Dominus Noster Arcanum!""Yes, Dominus Noster Arcanum!"With their resounding battle cries, streams of light surged across the Nine Heavens Ten Lands, converging upon the territories occupied by the extraterrestrials—they were the Devil Region, Southern Region, and the Western Region.Amidst the vibrant rainbow, a towering figure emerged, blotting out the sky and earth. Everyone recognized that figure as Severin, and knew that the battle against the quasi-celestial regents would soon begin.Adrian, who was alrea
Armin then spoke with a calm authority, "You cannot remain in this time and space, for you are from the future. It is time you return."As he uttered these words, Severin sensed an invisible force pushing against him and urging him to depart.Standing upon the river of time, he overlooked the tumult of the quasi-celestial regent conflict looming below. He mumbled Armin's counsel, "By receiving nourishment, shattering constraints, tearing open chaos, and reaching the other side…" As Severin pondered over those revelations for an indefinite amount of time, clarity dawned upon him like the sudden rising sun. "So that's the way!"By the time he snapped to his senses, he discovered that his primal spirit had traversed countless epochs in the river of time. "Did I spend that long in the river of time?" he asked himself. Fortunately, the duration he spent in the river of time was but a fleeting moment in the real world.Severin's resolve solidified. Though his brief discourse with Armin,
Severin could sense the mental connection between himself and the weapon, almost as if it was an extension of himself. Severin then raised his gaze to the celestial expanse beyond."I'm almost on Armin's level now that I've made a breakthrough to the rank of quasi-celestial sovereign. However, facing the extraterrestrials' quasi-celestial regents isn't going to be easy meat for me," he mused aloud.Armin was once the sovereign architect of the Imperial Court and the ruler of the Celestial Realm, yet even he found himself at the mercy of the attack of Heaven's Will. Even a mighty quasi-celestial sovereign was reduced to naught but dust.Severin felt the weight of the responsibility settle upon him. Confronting the two quasi-celestial regents would require him to transcend to the realm of celestial sovereign—a realm of which he had scant knowledge of.He understood the concept of the celestial sovereign only in the context of attaining liberation through enlightenment via the 3,000 p
In the vast expanse of the chaotic sea, occasional gusts of strong wind whipped up the formidable chaotic energy. A single whirlpool could claim the life of even a true immortal.Amidst that tumult, two colossal figures lay prone within the abyss. They emanated an aura of unparalleled power, commanding even the paths to heed their authority. The turbid breath exhaled in their slumber had the capacity to tear the fabric of the chaotic void, unveiling dreamlike cosmic chiliocosms.They were the progenitors of the extraterrestrial race, the alpha and omega of the enigmatic beings. Their names were Infernatur and Damnatur. To the uninitiated, and sometimes even to their own kind, it was widely believed that Infernatur and Damnatur were distinct entities. However, they were but facets of the same being.Infernatur could be deemed the primordial offspring of chaos itself, having borne witness to the most primitive and barbaric epochs of the Bleu Celestial Realm. Being born of chaos, he po
Heaven Palace could now boast four royal celestials, along with nearly 20 quasi-royal celestials and 5,000 true immortals. Those esteemed individuals once served the Longevity Alliance, Clear Wind Sect, Tri Celestial Island, and Ingeni Paradise. While their numbers paled in comparison to the 120,000 true immortals during the ancient Imperial Court's heyday, Severin was confident that he could revive that with time. After all, the new Imperial Court had only just been re-established, and there was still more work to do.Severin then addressed the assembly, "As you continue raising your attainment, you shall have to anticipate the looming threat of conflict with the extraterrestrials. Now that you have are bestowed with titles as the custodians of heaven and earth, it is our solemn duty to reciprocate the blessings bestowed upon us.""Yes, we shall!" echoed the resolute affirmation from the gathered immortals.Having concluded his address, Severin went to speak briefly with Diane and
In the Heaven Palace, Callide sensed that the aura emanating from Severin was simultaneously as vast the sky and ocean but as indiscernible as that of a mortal. Tremors of terror gripped her, as she knew that he had far surpassed the realm of a cultivator who had attained the perfect-stage royal celestial. It was no exaggeration to say that Severin could obliterate a royal celestial with a mere thought.Balke, Libra, and Creatia shared Callide's apprehension. To them, Severin embodied the very essence of the path—intangible, silent, abstruse, incomprehensible, and undetectable.As the imperial robe adorned Severin, Balke and the others bowed in reverence. "Long live the Celestial Sovereign!" they chanted in unison.A subtle wave of fortune floated toward the heavenly heart imprint as Severin acknowledged their worship with a satisfied smile. He raised his hand and lifted them effortlessly with an unseen force.With a thunderous voice that resonated in their ears, Severin proclaimed
The true immortals, quasi-royal celestials, and even the eminent royal celestials held their breath. Everyone observed in silence as Severin wielded the heavenly heart imprint.With each strand of luck infused into the heavenly heart imprint, Severin sensed his dominion over the Bleu Celestial Realm becoming stronger. He had the feeling that he could reshape the world with only a single thought.Once the destinies of tens of thousands of races were bound with the heavenly heart imprint, the golden tourmaline quivered violently and radiated an aura that could be felt across the Nine Heavens Ten Lands. Acknowledging the momentous occasion, Severin tapped his forehead and directed a fragment of his soul to command the heavenly heart imprint. The 3,000 great paths within him erupted from his being and materialized."Today shall be the day that I, Severin, rebuild the Imperial Court in the Nine Heavens! As wielder of the great path, the world shall be inscribed in me, and I shall embody