Starting With 100 Million Lives

The ears of Celestial Venerable Bi Ying were ringing violently, so how dare he oppose.

Though he knew nothing of the situation internally, he still scrambled to receive the order and act accordingly.

A mighty entourage quickly arrived at the grand residence of Celestial Venerable Bi Ying.

The eighth and ninth-grade Immortal Officials under his command were startled upon seeing this spectacle.

Upon hearing what had happened and seeing the disheveled state of Celestial Venerable Bi Ying, many showed expressions of resentment.

Clearly, they were often bullied.

Passing through several palace doors, they finally arrived at the Alchemy Room.

Everyone could see the Pill Furnace and the Pill Array set up around and below.

At this moment, dozens of figures suddenly flew over from the distance.

"Who dares to cause trouble here?"

"How dare you take this opportunity to bully Celestial Venerable Bi Ying?"

"You Ancient Pill Stream alchemists gathered in force, what are you up to?"

"Do you want to start a war with our Yi Dan Stream?"

"Damn it, seems like you Ancient Pill Stream want to be expelled from the Celestial Pill Department!"

As this group appeared, the faces of Liu Yuan, Qing Huan, and other masters subtly changed.

The Celestial Venerable Han Qi and others showed cautious expressions.

Just now chastised and pitiful, Celestial Venerable Bi Ying saw them as his saviors.

"Master, save me!"

"Master Zeng Gong, save me..."

"Master Zhengxu, the Ancient Pill Stream bullies us so much, completely disregarding our Yi Dan Stream!"

He was bouncing up and down, his face flushed and neck swollen with saliva flying everywhere, without a hint of submission.

This group was secretly contacted by him for help.

Although this group was not large, there were ten Seventh-grade Emperor Alchemists among them, a stronger lineup than Liu Yuan’s side.

Brother Cheng was completely bewildered by this sudden group.

He cast a questioning look at Liu Yuan.

"What’s the situation, who are they?"

"What’s this Ancient Pill Stream, Yi Dan Stream?"

Celestial Venerable Liu Yuan quickly bowed and replied, "The Celestial Pill Department has three alchemy schools: Ancient Pill Stream, Yi Dan Stream, Purification Pill Stream."

Jiang Cheng originally had no interest in this ’tri-pillar struggle.’

But now he realized that he had to understand it.

"How are these three divided?"

"Looking at it, the Celestial Palace’s renowned Emperor Alchemists actually trace back to two places. One is the Ancient Immortal Realm of old times, and the other is the True Realm of Pills."

Brother Cheng slowly nodded.

Indeed, that’s how it was.

The Three Thousand Realms were too extreme in the past—Realms like the True Ice Realm and Realm of Fire had so few alchemists, and their standards were very low.

At best, they could refine Spirit Pills; they couldn’t produce Immortal Pills—let alone Emperor Pills.

The reason was simple, they hadn’t comprehended the Pill Rules.

Only the True Realm of Pills in the Three Thousand Realms had real alchemists.

Moreover, everyone in that entire realm understood the Pill Origin.

Besides the Pill Realm, another place with many alchemists was the Ancient Immortal Realm, where he once stayed.

Though the Ancient Immortal Realm was low-tier, it encompassed everything, naturally including Pill Rules.

After the reformation of the Primordial Immortal Realm, alchemists from these two places became the backbone of the new Alchemy Realm.

"Our Ancient Immortal Realm produced alchemists who initially had low standards, but with the appearance of the Pill Origin, coupled with our ability to learn selectively and discard the bad, we progressed rapidly, gradually forming our unique style."

"Called the Ancient Pill Stream by outsiders."

"As for their True Realm of Pills, before the reformation of the Primordial Immortal Realm, it already had two distinct styles—Yi Dan Stream and Purification Pill Stream."

"Yi Dan Stream acts unscrupulously, loves shortcuts, and sometimes even does things despised by others."

At this point, Liu Yuan and others couldn’t suppress their disgust.

"It’s said that they used to seal human souls into Pill Furnaces for refinement, using flesh and blood of living creatures to construct Pill Arrays in the True Realm of Pills..."

"As for Purification Pill Stream, it’s the opposite of them."

Venerable Qing Huan took over the conversation.

"Purification Pill Stream acts righteously, even somewhat pedantic, and wouldn’t do such vile and evil things..."

"These two alchemy schools have continued to the present-day Celestial Palace."

In fact, such evil alchemy methods of Yi Dan Stream are perfectly stored in Brother Cheng’s mind too.

After all, his system refining technique includes all alchemical knowledge of that tier.

He simply never used it.

"Yi Dan Stream’s alchemy style, the Celestial Palace can tolerate them?"

Venerable Qing Ling snorted coldly, "Indeed, many of them turned to the Evil Immortal Realm and the Land of Dao Extinction."

"Left here, they’ve superficially restrained themselves, dare not blatantly perform live sacrifices as before."

"Moreover, their faction’s pill speed is fast; some pills we need decades to achieve, they can complete in just a few months."

"Though the quality is a bit poor, the Celestial Palace is reluctant to abandon so many Emperor Alchemists."

While they were busy explaining on this side, Celestial Venerable Bi Ying added fuel to the fire while complaining.

In front of the Yi Dan Stream’s masters, recounting what had just occurred.

He even burst into curses when agitated.

"I handle my own servants as I wish. What does it have to do with them?"

"I’ll punish as I like. Who are they to interfere?"

Waving his arms passionately, he completely changed from before.

"They even dared to act against me, utterly disregarding our Yi Dan Stream. If we don’t return this tenfold, we’ll be a laughingstock!"

"And that servant, it appears she was punished too lightly!"

"Enough, we know what’s going on."

Venerable Jin Pi, leading the group, frowned and waved.

He was Bi Ying’s Master and a highly esteemed Third Grade Immortal Official.

"You Ancient Pill Stream really have regressed."

A sneer curled at the corner of his mouth.

"Mobilizing so many people over a servant, Liu Yuan, Qing Ling, I used to overestimate you."

"Seems like your scope is just that..."

Celestial Venerable Liu Yuan impatiently interrupted.

"Enough, Jin Pi, stop your nonsense."

"Release them immediately and stop stalling!"

"Release?"

Venerable Jin Pi exchanged a bewildered glance with Venerables Zeng Gong, Zhengxu, and other Tier Seven masters, then burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, Liu Yuan, are you dreaming?"

"Let us release them?"

"Who do you think you are?"

"When did it become your Ancient Pill Stream’s place to teach us Yi Dan Stream what to do?"

Venerable Qing Ling and others collectively darkened their expressions.

"Jin Pi, what do you mean?"

"What do I mean?"

Venerable Jin Pi placed his hands behind his back, coldly snorted.

"It means that servant will never come out in this life, and furthermore, your Ancient Pill Stream must give our Yi Dan Stream an explanation!"