Chapter 1318: Concocting the Pill (Part 2) (1/2)

Yang Qi and Summer Vastcold hurried to the Pill-King’s God Palace.

The palace was, of course, a standalone god kingdom.

Inside, it was beautiful, with strange, fragrant plants visible everywhere. It abounded with all sorts of medicinal plants and animals, all of them things that could be used as ingredients for medicinal pills. It was enormous, far larger than any of the medicinal ingredient storehouses in the House of God Ordainment.

Of course, it was also kept under strict guard. Yang Qi saw thousands of deadly spell formations that had been set up to prevent unlawful entry.

With Summer Vastcold to lead the way, there was no danger. Together, they went into the depths of the palace, until they caught sight of a huge pill furnace that resembled a mountain shining with boundless light.

‘Sand of radiance and light!’

With his Lord's Eye, Yang Qi could see that the furnace had originally been constructed from sand of radiance and light. Furthermore, its structure was so orderly and strict that it almost resembled genetic material. It was so profound that it made the furnace seem alive.

It was very different from his Heaven and Earth Furnace, which only made sense considering it was created by the High Priestess.

“Master!”

Summer Vastcold’s Master was waiting beneath the enormous furnace. Mother Voidwalker sat on a prayer mat, her eyes closed, a mountainous stack of medicinal ingredients next to her.

Other than her, no one else was present.

“I thought you invited two other Paramount Gods to help?” Yang Qi said.

Looking coldly at Yang Qi, Mother Voidwalker said, “They won’t come as their true selves. Once I begin concocting the pill, they’ll send their will through the void to assist. Normally speaking, men aren’t permitted to even look at the Light King God-Furnace. But since you’re providing so many holy caliber godstones as fuel, we’ll make an exception. In a moment, you’ll need to listen to all of my instructions as I tell you how to set the godstones into the spell formation surrounding the furnace. Understand?”

“Yes, ma’am,” Yang Qi replied, not daring to say too much.

“This pill concocting session will also be a session of cultivation for you. Considering how much you've helped Vastcold, you can watch the concocting process. I’m sure you’ll learn a lot from it, and also improve your psychic power and godhood.”

“Many thanks, Senior. My gratitude knows no bounds.” Inside, he was chuckling coldly, as he knew that there was no way Mother Voidwalker had any good intentions. She likely intended to use this opportunity to gain deeper control of him, and assess him on a deeper level.

After all, she was the one who had imparted the Chiliocosm Unrestrained Mental Dharma to Summer Vastcold, all for the purpose of transforming his worldview.

She was vicious and merciless, otherwise she wouldn’t be an Unbounded expert. Every Unbounded expert was an invincible and domineering figure, and Yang Qi being an Ascendant only meant that she would try taking advantage of him. Every Unbounded expert had fought tooth and nail for years to reach their current position.

When soldiers come, send a general to stop them. When flood waters come, use earth to block them. Yang Qi had spent the last month formulating countermeasures to the Chiliocosm Unrestrained Mental Dharma. And although he wasn't a hundred percent free of it, he was at least seventy to eighty percent confident that his true identity wouldn’t be revealed.

“Good,” Mother Voidwalker said, apparently satisfied with Yang Qi’s attitude. She also gave an approving glance at Summer Vastcold, as if praising her success in getting Yang Qi under control.

“Now, let’s fire up the Light King God-Furnace,” Mother Voidwalker said. “You two sit in the qian and kun positions. When qian and kun combine, heaven and earth intersect, yin and yang combine, and the taiji is completed.” [1]

“Yes ma’am.” Summer Vastcold and Yang Qi sat on opposite sides of the formation while Mother Voidwalker unleashed the power of her will, causing a wild tempest to spring up as the medicinal ingredients were pulled into the formation.

‘Those are some incredible ingredients,’ Yang Qi thought. ‘There are even spritefruits in there.’

He nearly gasped in amazement at what he was seeing. There were millions and millions of ingredients of all kinds, which swirled together to form a huge vortex.

This was a much more difficult act than engaging in a fight. It required exquisite control over godpower, and a brain that could calculate matters that even the heavenly workings calculations systems would have trouble with.

Even three medicinal ingredients would have all sorts of interactions and combinations that could produce a variety of effects. That wasn’t even mentioning the degree of heat or other matters. That was why concocting pills was almost like an act of creation.

Here, there were many millions of ingredients all interacting. As they entered the enormous formation, all sorts of medicinal effects were unleashed, then transformed based on their interactions. The slightest mistake at any step would lead to ruin.

Yang Qi knew that he couldn’t do this. Although his psychic power was formidable, it couldn’t compare at all to Mother Voidwalker’s.