I Can Accumulate Proficiency, Starting from Alchemy
Chapter 1290 - Chapter 1290 Chapter 535 Thunder Ladder Lock Pill Refining

Chapter 1290: Chapter 535: Thunder Ladder Lock, Pill Refining Predicament_2 Chapter 1290: Chapter 535: Thunder Ladder Lock, Pill Refining Predicament_2 Han Yi looked down at the base and around the illusory celestial ladder. By this time, there were already countless immortals sitting in meditation in the surrounding void. Most of them were in a sorry state, with their mysterious robes tattered, burned, soaked by water, and so on, in various conditions.

Besides these, there were also some immortals who did not look quite as disheveled and were continuously stepping onto the illusory ladder. When they did, their figures also became illusory, and then they rapidly disappeared from sight.

Only when they failed would they reappear from somewhere high in the void, falling down to continue their ascent.

Continuously, immortals would climb onto the illusory ladder, vanish from sight, and just as continuously, others would reappear at some point on the ladder, only to be ejected from it, sustaining injuries of varying severity.

What Han Yi was witnessing now was just such a scene of immortals striving to ascend the ladder.

Moreover,

the immortals here were not just True Immortals, Profound Immortals, and Golden Immortals; there were also several dozen Immortal Monarchs and two Immortal Venerates.

Han Yi recognized both Immortal Venerates. One was Wan Chuan Immortal Sovereign, who had led them in the resistance against the Eastern Emperor Demon Clan, and the other was Grand Martial Immortal Sovereign, whom Han Yi had encountered before at the boundary wall of the Extreme Ancient.

Although the two Immortal Venerates were unharmed, they frowned intensely at the sight of the ladder, undoubtedly facing some sort of challenge that they found difficult as they entered it, which accounted for such expressions.

“Ascending the ladder, each step presents a challenge, including arrays, alchemy, artifact crafting, talisman crafting, recognizing spiritual treasures, and identifying supreme treasures.”

“If one cannot pass through, they will receive a punishment that will not exceed the realm of the challenger, and it will not pose the risk of perishing.”

“Those immortals seated around were probably the ones who were repelled multiple times.”

“The number of steps on the ladder are unknown, for no one has ever reached the end. If one does, according to legend, they will obtain the inheritance of the Ancestor.”

“However, getting through ten challenges will allow one to enter the first layer of the Ancient Firmament Realm Heavens and have a chance to acquire treasures, among other things.”

“If you get through another ten challenges, you can ascend to the second layer.”

“As far as I know, even Wan Chuan Immortal Sovereign, who currently holds the record for the most challenges passed, has only gone through seventy-six challenges and reached the seventh layer of the Ancient Firmament Realm.”

“However, judging by Wan Chuan Immortal Sovereign’s expression, he seems unsatisfied with this achievement, or perhaps he is not content with the treasures he found.”

Jin Ming Taoist explained all this, then without paying any more attention to Han Yi, went straight towards the lofty, void-standing ladder of Tao that did not exist, stepped on it, and his figure disappeared from sight, as if entering another world, beyond the reach of Han Yi’s Immortal Sense.

Not only was Jin Ming Taoist’s presence beyond Han Yi’s detection, but also in his Immortal Sense, all that lay ahead was an array of terrifying lightning. The celestial ladder was completely different from what the eyes perceived; in the Immortal Sense, the ladder simply did not exist.

He observed for the duration of an incense stick, and then examined his surroundings. Under the influence of his Immortal Sense, he could not detect the presence of the Calamity Tao Ancestor. Perhaps the Tao Ancestor was in secluded cultivation in some Immortal Castle, or maybe he had left, uncertain as it was.

But no matter, Han Yi decided to wait another twenty-six years, until the ladder disappeared, at which time the Tao Ancestor would surely appear, as even the Immortal Venerate might not be able to handle these terrible thunders that contain terrifying power. It was likely they would still require the Ancestor’s intervention.

Following that, he stepped towards the ladder.

Only upon approaching did Han Yi realize how immense the ladder was, large enough to accommodate tens or even hundreds of thousands of immortals ascending at the same time.

He and a True Immortal almost simultaneously stepped onto the ladder.

Subsequently, the space before his eyes abruptly altered, a transition that made him feel as if he were using a Transmission Array.

When the space stabilized,

Han Yi found himself in a room enveloped in Dan Qi. He quickly surveyed the area and confirmed that this was a Pill Refinement Room.

The long-missed Dan Qi rushed towards him, but Han Yi did not take it lightly; he held his breath, and a faint gray-black light glowed on his body’s surface, emitting an aura of substantial and undying weight.

Simultaneously, as if ordained by the heavens, he understood the task for this challenge: he was to craft a First-stage Immortal Pill called ‘Ascension Pill’.

Han Yi was puzzled because he had never seen such an Immortal Pill before. He picked up the Pill Formula from the table in front of him, swept it with his Immortal Sense, and immediately understood.

This Ascension Pill was not something that would enable an immortal to ascend upon consumption. Instead, after one consumed it, there would be an epiphany of ascension. In this state, one’s comprehension ability would greatly increase.

It was an auxiliary pill for cultivation.

“An ancient pill formula from a previous epoch, or is it a formula that the Ancient Dome Tao Ancestor obtained from some other place in the Chaos?”

Han Yi was somewhat skeptical about this pill.

After all, if one could consume such pills without any side effects, wouldn’t it mean direct enhancement of one’s comprehension of all Immortal Skills and abilities through the pill?

This sort of cheating method, Han Yi had only seen in his own experience. Normally, the rules of the Immortal Realm do not allow for such ‘special cultivation methods’ to exist.

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However.

No matter what the pill formula was, he was merely attempting to pass a challenge, not overthinking it.

Pill refining, after all, was his forte.

Han Yi allowed himself a small smile, then he proceeded to tidy up the pills in the pill refinement room before inspecting the alchemy furnace. Next, he began to ignite the immortal wood with immortal power; the immortal wood was an essential material for producing immortal pills, used to maintain a certain temperature in the alchemy furnace.

Following this, he began to add auxiliary and main materials in the order mentioned in the pill formula.

Three breaths after.

The pill furnace exploded.

Han Yi waved his hand lightly, suppressing the splinters of the exploded furnace and the high-temperature materials, but before he could fully react, a fierce dan fire burst out from the middle of the exploded furnace, lunging at him.

In the blink of an eye, just as Han Yi was preparing to dodge, he was immobilized in place. The dan fire grazed the edge of his forehead, scorching a small tuft of hair.

With his current cultivation, his hair was virtually as durable as an immortal artifact; the fact that the dan fire could lightly graze and burn off his hair was simply terrifying.

His vision shifted, and Han Yi found himself at the edge of the heavenly ladder, above the void. He felt an uncontrollable force pulling him downwards; he tried to resist, but soon realized the rules in his location were completely different from other places. Remembering how others who failed to ascend the heavenly ladder had plummeted through the void, Han Yi no longer resisted and allowed himself to fall.

Upon reaching the bottom of the heavenly ladder, he landed steadily. Although slightly disheveled, he was not injured.

But immediately afterward, he began to doubt his life, “Can’t I even pass the first hurdle?”

To know, he was at the very limit of the Profound Immortal, the third layer of immortal power was full, suitable for undergoing the Gold Immortal Tribulation and achieving the status of a Golden Immortal, and he had consistently ranked first on the Profound Immortal List.

Such formidable strength and respected glory, only to fail the first challenge?

How could this be…

Suddenly, Han Yi glanced to the side where, a few hundred meters away, the Taoist Jin Ming, with a torn sleeve, had just risen from his fall.

Han Yi’s indignation stopped abruptly.

Alright, even Taoist Jin Ming had been abruptly eliminated.

Then it’s fine.

Hundreds of meters away, Taoist Jin Ming cast a glance at Han Yi, his expression calm, but the haste with which he re-entered the heavenly ladder spoke volumes about the turmoil within, a stark contrast to the calm he outwardly displayed.

Han Yi quickly reviewed the situation and stepped onto the heavenly ladder once more.

To know, pill refining was his specialty; although the last time he had practiced it was during his Spirit Transformation stage, this skill was naturally still with him. Even at his lowest, he could rely on it to rise again.

Even a first-stage immortal pill, with his current level of immortal power, combined with his past experience in pill refining, should be easily attainable.

The earlier mistake was simply inputting too much immortal power; he just needed to avoid this in the future.

He couldn’t believe he would fail again this time.

Immortal power kindled the immortal wood, warming the alchemy furnace; then he added the auxiliary materials, followed by the main ingredients, with continuous input of immortal power…

Seven breaths later.

Bang!

The alchemy furnace exploded again, the dan fire fierce, smearing Han Yi from head to toe, burning a hole through the sleeve of his dark robe.

As the space shifted, he was expelled once more, plummeting downward, his gaze meeting with Taoist Jin Ming, who had fallen a step earlier a few hundred meters away. They looked at each other, serene and understanding, then averted their gazes in unspoken accord.

They stepped onto the heavenly ladder again in succession.

For the third entrance into the alchemy furnace, Han Yi calmed himself down.

By now, he had to admit that his alchemy skills were far behind his realm, so much so that he, at the pinnacle of Profound Immortality, could not even refine a first-stage immortal pill.

After accepting this fact, he did not immediately begin refining. Instead, he simulated pill refining with immortal fire. Countless past refining scenarios flickered and appeared before his eyes.

As he simulated with his immortal power, the progress of his long-neglected Alchemy Skill on the panel leaped forward once again.

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