Chapter 68: Alchemical Soul Sacred Body-Aceitar Discípulos Retorna Cem Vezes! O Imperador Imortal da Seita Está Demais(Mérito de cada pedaço de terra)

Immortal Alliance, Soul Sacrificial Altar.

The blood-red runes all around were burning at their peak intensity.

Ten core disciples were bound to the four corners of the altar by rune chains. The youngest among them was barely sixteen years old, yet his innate Metal Spiritual Roots had already reached the early Void Integration realm.

These should have been once-in-a-century geniuses within the Eastern Region's cultivation world, but at this moment, their complexions were ashen, their eyes filled with utter reluctance and terror.

"I am only sixteen! The cultivation of the early Void Integration realm is a threshold that countless people can never touch in a lifetime. By what right do they treat me as a sacrifice?"

"Alliance Master Xuangang is a madman! The Immortal Alliance is not a righteous path at all, but a man-eating purgatory! Yet these rune chains have locked away my spiritual power, leaving me powerless even to resist, awaiting nothing but to have my cultivation drained dry? I refuse to accept this! I truly refuse to accept this!" The young man struggled and roared, his voice trembling with terror.

A mountain of three tens of thousands of top-tier spiritual stones piled at the edge of the altar formed a blinding contrast with the dazzling spiritual light and the blood-red runes; the spiritual energy of a hundred millennium-old spiritual herbs steamed into thick mist.

"The time has come, sacrifice the spirits!" Alliance Master Xuangang's voice was hoarse as he raised the Myriad Realms Spirit Bead high above his head.

The spiritual light of the Myriad Realms Spirit Bead suddenly surged, only to be dyed dark red the moment it touched the blood-red vortex. The phantom spiritual veins on the surface of the precious bead withered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"How could this be? The Myriad Realms Spirit Bead is an ancient spiritual artifact; how can it be contaminated by the blood-red vortex?" An Immortal Alliance disciple below exclaimed in a low voice, his face turning pale.

"Buzz—!"

The rune chains suddenly tightened taut, and the spiritual power of the ten core disciples was forcibly extracted, transforming into ten golden streams of light that merged into the vortex.

"My spiritual power! My spiritual power is being stolen! It hurts so much! It feels like my body is being pierced by countless needles, even my soul is shaking!"

"By what right does the Immortal Alliance sacrifice us? We are core disciples, the future of the Immortal Alliance!" A female disciple cried out shrilly, her voice gradually growing weak.

Their miserable screams were swallowed by the blood mist, and their physical bodies withered away at an alarming rate, turning into mere bags of bones within three breaths.

The Myriad Realms Spirit Bead completely lost its luster and shattered into pieces with a crisp "crack".

The blood-red vortex shrank violently, and a pillar of black light a丈 (zhang) thick soared from the depths of the earth, enveloping the entire Soul Sacrificial Altar.

A figure clad in tattered black armor slowly stepped out from the pillar of light.

He stood two meters tall, carrying a rusted giant axe on his shoulder. The Great Ascension realm coercion emanating from his entire body caused the Immortal Alliance elders below to drop to their knees simultaneously, lacking even the courage to raise their heads.

"The Great Ascension realm! It is actually a legendary Great Ascension realm cultivator!" An elder sprawled on the ground, his voice trembling.

"Alliance Master Xuangang has truly awakened an existence of this caliber! With a Great Ascension realm cultivator backing us, the Immortal Alliance might truly survive this crisis..."

"Yet this aura seems somewhat abnormal?"

"Xuangang, for what reason have you awakened me?" The voice of the Rending Earth Mad Venerable rolled like thunder, every single word shaking the rubble of the altar down in a patter.

Xuangang's knees turned weak, yet he forced himself to look up, presenting a memory jade slip with both hands: "Reporting to the Mad Venerable! The Immortal Alliance has reached a critical juncture of survival and demise!"

He recounted everything: how the disciples of the Profound Heaven Sect had annihilated three Deity Transformation elders, how Xiao Yi had burned away Deity Transformation cultivators with the Flame of Defying Fate, how the Gathering Treasure Pavilion had hung the Profound Heaven Sect's affiliated insignia, and that arrogant declaration: "If anyone in the Eastern Region touches a disciple of the Profound Heaven Sect again, their entire sect shall be burned to ashes."

"A Void Integration realm slaying a Deity Transformation realm? The Flame of Defying Fate?" The Rending Earth Mad Venerable first sneered, his hand gripping the giant axe tightening abruptly.

"Hmph, the Void Integration realm killing the Deity Transformation realm? Nothing more than attention-seeking little tricks! And what of the Flame of Defying Fate? Before this seat, it is merely a tiny spark!" His tone then abruptly turned stern.

"A newly emerged, upstart sect dares to run amok in the Eastern Region? They even dare to cut off my Immortal Alliance's financial paths and insult the dignity of my Immortal Alliance? Simply courting death!"

The Rending Earth Mad Venerable fell silent for a moment, then suddenly burst into loud laughter, his laughter causing the blood mist to churn: "Awakening this time, I shall just use them to warm up my hands!"

"Xuangang, prepare all the combat strength of the Immortal Alliance. Three days from now, follow me to slaughter the Profound Heaven Sect! I want to see whether that Ye Chentian can withstand this 'Rending Earth Axe' of mine!"

Joy flashed in Xuangang's eyes, and he hurriedly kowtowed: "Thank you, Mad Venerable, for taking action! Everyone in the Immortal Alliance shall serve as the vanguard for the Mad Venerable!"

Yet the Rending Earth Mad Venerable suddenly paused, his body beneath the black armor trembling slightly as a wisp of eerie black Qi flashed through his scarlet eyes.

Gripping the giant axe tightly, his voice turned hoarse: "However... having just awakened, my spiritual power is severely depleted. Send half of the spiritual stones and spiritual herbs in the Immortal Alliance's treasury to me first, so I may recover some strength."

Xuangang's face turned pale, and he gritted his teeth in agreement.

"This disciple obeys! I shall offer the resources immediately!"

The Rending Earth Mad Venerable snorted coldly, turned, and stepped into the blood-red pillar of light, leaving behind only an icy voice: "I shall remain here in seclusion for three days. After three days, follow me to slaughter the Profound Heaven Sect."

"Understood!" Xuangang and the others bowed in succession, the cold sweat on their foreheads having already soaked through their robes.

Inside the grand hall of the Profound Heaven Sect Master, Ye Chentian was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed.

Suddenly, a system prompt sounded in his mind:

[Ding-dong! Detected that the Eastern Region's Pill City, "Cloud Pill City", possesses a disciple with Saint-grade alchemy aptitude—Su Qinglin!]

[Name: Su Qinglin]

[Realm: Nascent Soul, First Layer]

[Physique: Pill Soul Saint Physique (not yet fully awakened), possessing a triple resonance with spiritual herbs, pill flames, and pill runes from birth. When refining pills, she can draw the spiritual Qi of heaven and earth into the pills, amplifying pill efficacy tenfold. She can perceive the locations of spiritual herbs within a hundred miles and even deduce flaws in pills. She is the sole compatible inheritor of the ancient alchemy dao heritage!]

[Accepting her as a disciple will grant one New Disciple-Recruitment Gift Package!]

Ye Chentian opened his eyes abruptly, a sharp glint flashing through them. His fingertips unconsciously tightened around the robe on his knees as he said in a deep voice:

"The Pill Soul Saint Physique! And the compatible inheritor of the ancient alchemy dao heritage! Such talent is rarely seen in ten thousand years!"

He stood up, the spiritual Qi inside the grand hall rippling with his movement. "The Profound Heaven Sect has lacked alchemy talent for so long. If she can be brought under my tutelage, the sect's alchemy dilemma will surely be resolved!"

Pondering this, his figure flickered, and he had already vanished from the grand hall.