Chapter 386 The Prototype of the Imperial Pill

The two of them arrived at the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Cave Abode once again.

Before the space crack, Shen Wen closed his eyes, and the power of his Emperor Realm Soul surged out like a tide, intertwining with the space ancestral talisman and the Gu Treasure Art as it permeated deep into the crack.

Silver-gray light flowed in the darkness, peeling away the layers of concealment from the Sealing Runes.

Zhu Kun stood by his side with his hands behind his back, his golden pupils staring at the crack, silent for a moment.

"If you aren't certain, we can wait a bit longer."

He spoke, his voice low.

"If the two of us get trapped inside again, I can live for another few thousand years, but you cannot."

He paused, a hint of seriousness entering his tone.

"When that happens, my daughter will be left a widow."

Shen Wen opened his eyes, the corners of his mouth curling slightly.

"We can enter."

His tone was calm as he withdrew his Soul power.

After his Breakthrough to Five-Star Dou Sheng, combining numerous treasure arts with the Three Thousand Great Daos obtained from Cai Lin's favorability breaking ninety, the combination of the three meant the Formation left by the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor was nothing more than this to him.

Zhu Kun was stunned for a moment.

Shen Wen raised his hand, and the silver-gray Space Power enveloped the two of them.

In the next moment, the surrounding scenery changed abruptly.

A faint mist shrouded this strange space, making the entire area misty.

This space was silent and soundless, appearing as if it had been quiet for tens of thousands of years.

In this boundless and vast space, a piece of land floated, suspended in space without any support, like a castle in the air.

"Chhi!"

The loneliness that had permeated for ten thousand years was suddenly broken today. In the misty space, space suddenly distorted, and immediately after, two figures appeared.

As soon as Shen Wen's figure landed on the ground, his gaze hurriedly swept around. However, during his investigation, he was startled to find that despite the strength of his Emperor Realm Soul, he was unable to detect anything within a thousand-foot range. Clearly, there seemed to be a significant suppression of Soul power here.

Zhu Kun landed beside him, his golden pupils scanning the surroundings as he took a deep breath.

That familiar Aura, absent for thousands of years, now flooded his nostrils once again.

His fists tightened slightly.

The two continued forward.

Passing through the mist and the plains, an Ancient Stone Hall appeared at the end of their vision.

Zhu Kun looked at the stone hall, a fiery light flickering in his eyes.

The stone hall stood silently upon the vast and endless plains, an ancient Aura rippling out and echoing between heaven and earth.

In front of the stone hall was an incredibly massive square.

On both sides of the square stood Sky-high Pillars, each thousands of feet large, and a towering and majestic Aura blew toward them.

The area of this square was extremely vast; as the two walked through it, they were like ants walking in a desert, unable to see the end.

Shen Wen stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze sweeping over the Sky-high Pillars on both sides of the square.

"Heavenly Flame Square," he spoke in a flat tone. "Back then, the Void Swallowing Flame and the Purification Lotus Demon Flame escaped from here."

Zhu Kun raised an eyebrow and was about to speak, but Shen Wen had already raised his hand.

With a wave of his sleeve.

The misty fog permeating the square suddenly dispersed, as if torn apart from the middle by an invisible giant hand.

After the mist dissipated, a stone statue appeared at the end of their vision.

The stone statue was tall and towering, a full hundred feet high, carved entirely from a type of grayish-white strange stone. The statue's face was ancient, its eyes slightly closed, with a faint, enigmatic smile at the corners of its mouth, and its entire body exuded an ancient and vast Aura.

Tuoshe Ancient Emperor.

Around the stone statue, countless pillars of light shot into the sky. Within each pillar of light floated a scroll, densely packed and covering the sky.

High-grade Heaven Rank Dou Skill.

Shen Wen took a glance and withdrew his gaze.

In the next moment, a figure slowly stepped out from behind the stone statue.

That person looked exactly like the stone statue, with an ancient face and a slender build, his Aura as vast as the sea. With every step he took, the void beneath his feet trembled slightly, as if even this space feared his existence.

Zhu Kun's pupils shrank violently.

He stared at the figure, his throat bobbing.

Tuoshe Ancient Emperor.

Still alive?

The figure stopped in his tracks, his gaze falling on the two of them, expressionless.

"How did you enter without the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade?"

His voice was very light, yet it carried an oppressive feeling that struck directly at the Soul. Zhu Kun's expression changed slightly, and the Dou Qi within his body began to circulate involuntarily.

The figure continued, "To dare use some clever tricks to break my Formation, hand it over quickly. Otherwise—"

He paused, his tone turning cold.

"I will thoroughly crush you."

Shen Wen looked at him, his expression unchanging.

"emperors pill," he spoke calmly. "If you were complete, perhaps I would be worried. But you are merely a Half-Emperor..."

The figure was stunned for a moment.

He stared at Shen Wen, his brows furrowing slightly.

"You know me?"

"I know a lot," Shen Wen said casually.

The emperor pill prototype was silent for a moment before saying coldly, "Who are you?"

"Never mind who I am." Shen Wen stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze landing on the other's face. "I give you two choices. One, you continue to stay here. Two, hand over the emperors origin within your body, and I will take you out and return your freedom."

The emperor pill prototype stared at him for a while and suddenly laughed.

That smile was cold, carrying a hint of mockery.

"There is a third choice," he said word by word. "I kill you and obtain your method of entry, which will be enough for me to leave."

The vast Aura within his body began to surge, like a dormant volcano awakening.

The Source Qi here was the foundation for him to become an emperor.

If a Heavenly Flame can become an emperor, why can't a Medicinal Pill?

How could he possibly hand over the emperors origin?

The moment the words fell, the emperor pill prototype raised his hand.

He struck out with a palm.

The palm print was pale gold throughout, carrying an ancient and overbearing Aura; everywhere it passed, space collapsed inch by inch.

Emperor Pill Palm.

Zhu Kun's expression changed.

The strength of this emperor pill prototype was far more terrifying than he had expected.

The power of this single palm was already infinitely close to a Dou Di.

He did not hesitate, and purple-gold dragon power exploded from his body as he met it with a punch.

Punch and palm collided.

Boom—

A deafening roar echoed across the square.

Zhu Kun gave a muffled groan and retreated several steps.

The emperor pill prototype remained motionless.

But at that very moment, Shen Wen moved.

Eight ancestral talisman phantoms lit up behind him simultaneously—crimson, deep blue, pitch black, silver-gray, deep purple, black and white, gold-purple, and cyan-gold—the eight lights intertwining.

His Aura began to skyrocket.

Five-Star Dou Sheng, six-star, seven-star, eight-star, nine-star—

It surged all the way to Peak Nine-Star Dou Sheng before the climbing momentum finally slowed down.

Dragon-Phoenix Power surged from his body, and purple-gold light flowed around him. Chaos Dragon Scales, Chaos Dragon Sinews, Undying Phoenix Heart, and Nirvana Phoenix Marrow—four powers operated simultaneously.

He took a step forward and threw a punch at the emperor pill prototype.

Heavenly Emperor Fist.

The emperor pill prototype frowned slightly and raised a palm to meet it.

Punch and palm met, and a violent energy wave exploded, causing the surrounding Sky-high Pillars to shake violently.

The emperor pill prototype retreated half a step.

Shen Wen also retreated half a step.

Both stabilized their figures at the same time and exchanged a glance.

A trace of surprise flashed in the eyes of the emperor pill prototype.

Zhu Kun gave him no chance to breathe, as his purple-gold dragon power turned into a torrent, blasting toward the emperor pill prototype.

With two Peak Nine-Star Dou Shengs attacking simultaneously, the emperor pill prototype finally became serious.

He formed seals with his hands, and a pale gold light screen condensed in front of him, blocking all of their attacks.

Boom boom boom boom—

The roars were continuous, and the entire square trembled violently.

The Heaven Rank Dou Skill scrolls floating in mid-air were shaken and scattered in all directions, and the pillars of light shattered one by one.

The three figures interlaced on the square, every collision accompanied by an earth-shattering roar.

Zhu Kun struck out with a palm, but the emperor pill prototype sidestepped it and counter-attacked with a palm to his chest. Zhu Kun groaned and fell back several dozen feet.

Shen Wen took the opportunity to cut in, his Heavenly Emperor Fist striking the emperor pill prototype's back. The emperor pill prototype's figure swayed; he turned and struck a palm at Shen Wen, which Shen Wen dodged using the Xing Character Secret.

"This can't go on," Zhu Kun said in a deep voice, a trace of blood leaking from the corner of his mouth.

The power of the emperor pill prototype was too vast; although the two of them could barely suppress him by joining forces, it was almost impossible to defeat him completely.

Shen Wen did not answer.

He stared at the emperor pill prototype, his gaze solemn.

Just hold on a bit longer.

Since he dared to try coming again, he naturally wasn't unprepared.

The Tuoshe Ancient Emperor had left behind a method specifically to deal with the emperors pill. The Pill Transformation Divine Art could revert beings transformed from pills back to their original forms.

But that thing required the complete Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade to be triggered.

He didn't have it.

However, he had something else.

Supreme Alchemy Art.

That was a supreme technique specifically targeting Medicinal Pills that he had obtained from a System reward. Compared to the Pill Transformation Divine Art mastered by the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor, it was only stronger.

"Hold on a bit longer," Shen Wen spoke, his voice calm.

Zhu Kun gritted his teeth, his purple-gold dragon power skyrocketing once again.

The emperor pill prototype sneered, and the pale gold light screen condensed once more.

At that moment, Shen Wen moved.

He formed seals with his hands, and an invisible ripple surged from his body.

That ripple was silent and soundless, yet it carried a power that struck directly at the Origin. Everywhere it passed, the pale gold light on the emperor pill prototype's body began to dim, and his Aura began to grow chaotic.

"Supreme Alchemy Art."

The emperor pill prototype's face finally changed.

He stared at Shen Wen, his eyes full of disbelief.

"How is this possible?!"

He sensed it. That power was eroding his Origin, disintegrating his intelligence, and reverting him from a Half-step Dou Di existence back into a Medicinal Pill.

He struggled frantically, the pale gold light surging wildly as he tried to break free from the shackles of that power.

But it was useless.

The power of the Supreme Alchemy Art was like a maggot on a bone, tightly entwining his Origin, peeling, decomposing, and devouring it bit by bit.

The emperor pill prototype's figure began to shrink, gradually transforming from a human form into the prototype of a Medicinal Pill.

He let out an unwilling roar that echoed across the square.

"No—"

Before his voice even fell, his figure completely dissipated, turning into a longan-sized Medicinal Pill suspended in mid-air.

The pill was pale gold throughout, with dense runes flowing on its surface, exuding a warm and ancient Aura.

emperor pill prototype.