Celestial Refining Divine Scripture-Chapter 48: Transcendent Grade
How could I have failed?
It wasn’t that Xu Yang was overconfident—it was just that in all his years of alchemy, he had never once failed.
Xu Yang stood there, stunned, going over the refining process in his mind again and again, unable to find even the slightest flaw.
He had long since reached flawless mastery!
"Is it because of the Six Heavenly Skills?"
But that explanation was even more preposterous.
What was the Six Heavenly Skills for?
The Pill Emperor’s exclusive secret art.
It was meant to increase the success rate and quality of elixirs.
Even the first skill of the Six Heavenly Skills had never shown any problems.
So where exactly did the problem lie?
No matter how hard Xu Yang wracked his brain, he was utterly baffled.
He rubbed his face fiercely, swallowed a Jade Cloud Elixir, and stepped up to inspect the divine cauldron.
The inside of the cauldron was utterly empty.
The explosion had left not even the slightest residue—the whole batch was refined to nothingness.
Xu Yang took a deep breath, forcibly composed himself, put aside the failure’s cause, and closed his eyes to tend his wounds.
Half an hour later.
He opened his eyes, eyebrows knitting in thought.
"There was no issue with the process."
"The Six Heavenly Skills... should not have been the problem either!"
Unless the Six Heavenly Skills handed to him by the Pill Emperor were incomplete or somehow strange.
But even that shouldn’t be possible!
"Let’s try again."
Xu Yang gritted his teeth and made his decision.
Unless he failed again on the second attempt.
With the start of the second refinement,
Xu Yang pushed his spirit to the utmost, dividing his attention—forming seals with one hand, while keeping his senses taut on every movement in the cauldron.
Whoosh!
The moment the sealing art entered the cauldron and enshrouded the pills, Xu Yang’s expression changed once more.
This time, having prepared himself, he distinctly sensed the five condensed pill embryos fall into utter chaos and lose all control after absorbing the seal.
Bang!
The cauldron exploded again.
Xu Yang reacted in time—only his spirit was shaken, and he was not hurt again.
"The issue isn’t in the Six Heavenly Skills, but it’s also because of the Six Heavenly Skills!"
Doubt and astonishment flickered across Xu Yang’s eyes.
It seemed that, at the final moment, there wasn’t enough energy to complete the pill, resulting in chaos and explosion.
Not enough energy?
He’d already succeeded countless times with this same set of ingredients—how could it not be enough?
Because of the Six Heavenly Skills!
"..."
"If that’s really the reason, then it all makes sense."
The rich alchemy experience passed down from the Pill Emperor made Xu Yang’s expression turn strange.
But was this truly the case? Only the third attempt would tell.
He rested briefly, then started once more.
For the third attempt,
Xu Yang directly put in two sets of ingredients.
This time, he was especially careful and cautious!
For the first time, he would use double the ingredients in a batch.
As the pill embryos formed and the seal was applied, the five pill embryos trembled with a ’buzz’, and with a sharp ’crack’, all shattered into fragments, turning into a pile of dregs.
The third time ended in failure as well.
But there was no explosion!
Xu Yang’s eyes flashed; he picked up some residue in the cauldron and felt it—the medicinal power was still there, and it was strong.
"Previously, the cauldron exploded; this time, with two sets of ingredients, the pills just failed to condense."
"So it really is this!"
Not enough energy!
The Six Heavenly Skills enhances the pill’s quality.
Once the seal is applied, forming the pill demands more spirit elixir, greater power.
The third attempt proves it!
"So, after using the Six Heavenly Skills, the refined pill will actually surpass top grade?"
A jolt ran through Xu Yang’s body, and suddenly a piece of information surfaced in his mind: super-grade!
Super-grade—an existence almost only found in legend, surpassing even the finest top-grade pills.
Even Gu Jun’s teachings had little information on super-grade pills.
It seemed even he himself had barely ever succeeded in refining such pills.
Super-grade pills have peerless power, all of them possessing the might to defy the heavens and alter creation.
Once refined, they may even gain spirituality and try to escape!
Their most distinctive feature is that their pill mark takes form!
Top-grade pills have pill marks without spirit—just dead lines.
But with a super-grade, if you look closely, the pill mark flows and forms shapes, like a sentient being.
"Super-grade..."
Xu Yang’s face was flushed, excitement flooding his heart.
If this really was a super-grade, the power for cultivation would be beyond imagination.
He couldn’t wait any longer—he took out three sets of ingredients at once.
The fourth refinement began.
"Wait."
Just before starting, Xu Yang slapped his forehead hard. "What a fool I am."
"A single cauldron could refine just one pill."
With that thought, Xu Yang grew even more inspired.
He tossed in three sets of ingredients, but only condensed a single pill embryo.
In the next moment,
Buzz!!
The divine cauldron trembled, pill light dazzling; a dense pill fragrance gushed out like a tidal wave, flooding the entire room.
Just the scent alone made Xu Yang’s whole body shudder; his qi and blood, his True Essence, surged out of his control, tumbling violently through him.
He hurriedly suppressed the sensation and stared fixedly at the cauldron.
The pill light flickered fiercely.
Whoosh!
A blood-red elixir, the size of a dragon’s eye, shot outward in a flash.
It actually tried to escape!
Prepared for this, Xu Yang snatched at it with lightning speed.
Bang!
With a force nearly equal to that of a True Void Realm Perfection expert, the pill’s impact was finally subdued within his palm.
Opening his hand, blood-red light dazzling to the point of terror, the pill’s surface seemed to ripple with an enchanting layer of fresh blood.
A single pill mark was lifelike and vivid.
As he gazed at the pill mark, it suddenly changed shape!
The line sprang to life, and the blood-colored mark twisted into the shape of a miniature raging blood beast, roaring at Xu Yang in defiance.
The roar exploded against his ears.
Xu Yang’s heart quivered, his eyes growing wide as saucers.
"Super-grade!"
"I actually succeeded in refining a super-grade."
Xu Yang murmured in disbelief, his whole body shaking with excitement.
No exaggeration—this single super-grade elixir would make every power in Daqian go mad with lust!
No price would be too high—they would stop at nothing to claim it for themselves!
For an alchemist, it was nothing short of a sacred item!
It represented the absolute pinnacle of alchemical mastery.
As Xu Yang sensed the breath of the Blood Beast Elixir, his heart raced, his scalp tingled.
It was as if a terrifying primordial beast was sealed within the pill.
If he were to swallow it now, he would not survive the surge!
"This no longer belongs to third-rank—it’s a fourth-rank, a super-grade Blood Beast Elixir! Even compared to a top-grade Blood Beast Elixir enhanced with Profound Snake Blood Ore, it’s as strong, if not stronger!"
"I have to break through to the Middle Stage of the True Void Realm before I can barely endure its power!"
Xu Yang’s eyes were filled with awe.
Only by experiencing it firsthand could one truly understand the power of a super-grade pill!
Unimaginable strength.
If this were a fourth-rank elixir, even one pill could command a price that would shock all of Daqian. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞
But the cost in materials was equally astonishing.
Of course, compared to the effect of the super-grade elixir, it was absolutely worth it.
Priceless.
"Super-grade—there’s no way the Barbarian Race can know of this!"
"For the super-grade elixir I’ve refined, those Barbarians aren’t worthy!"
Xu Yang licked his lips, a wide grin spreading across his face.
With a treasure like this, he’d be hard-pressed to spare even one for himself—how could he let outsiders have it?
"One cauldron, one pill—just two sets of ingredients should be enough."
"Next, I’ll use my allotted share to trade for more Blood Beast Elixir ingredients."
Secretly refining super-grade Blood Beast Elixirs for his own use.
"The Six Heavenly Skills—truly the Pill Emperor’s legacy!" Thinking of Gu Jun’s solemn reminder before his departure, Xu Yang could not help but sigh; the reputation was well-deserved.
This technique truly was extraordinary.
Though perhaps even Gu Jun never imagined that I would, through this method, produce a super-grade?
When I return, if I present him with a super-grade Breaking Forbidden Elixir, what face will Gu Jun make?
"Wait!!"
Xu Yang’s heart suddenly leaped; staring at the divine cauldron, a bright light kindled in his eyes, his breath coming quick: "The Six Heavenly Skills has six levels, and this super-grade pill was refined with just the first level!"
"If I master the second level, the third, the fourth..."
