State: Updated to: Chapter 1354, Primordial Undying Tree
Content Introduction:
Ye Han, the most monstrous and brilliant alchemist in history, was cruelly thrown into the Burning Heaven Pill Furnace by his master, the Great Emperor Danwu, to be refined. His master seized his supreme elixir physique—the Chaotic Elixir Physique—leaving him to die with lingering hatred. Five hundred years later, his lingering soul is reborn in the Eight Desolation Ancient Domain inside the body of a seventeen-year-old youth of the Ye Family. Through a fortuitous encounter, he awakens the Firmament Elixir Physique, the legendary head of the three great elixir physiques! In this lifetime, he is determined to take back everything he has lost, settle the karma of five hundred years ago, and ascend to become a generation of Elixir God!
Chapter 1: Ye Han
Eight Desolation Ancient Domain, Yancheng, Ye Family.
"Master, why? What on earth did I do wrong? Why must you so cruelly seal me inside the pill furnace to kill me?"
Inside a desolate, quiet, and overgrown courtyard, a ragged, unkempt youth curled up in a corner. His body trembled with terror like an autumn leaf, sweat rolling down his face as he muttered and deliriously talked to his dreams.
Around his emaciated neck, a thick, heavy mysterious iron chain was tightly locked.
Suddenly, Ye Han drew a sharp breath, as if jolted awake from a nightmare.
He snapped his eyes wide open. Fragments of memory seemingly from ancient times flashed continuously in his mind, merging together.
As the memories fused, his expression shifted repeatedly—sometimes shocked, sometimes furiously angry, and sometimes bewildered.
"So this wasn't a nightmare? I've actually been reborn?"
After a long while, Ye Han finally came to his senses and said in disbelief,
Ye Han.
Formerly the youngest and most dazzling genius alchemist of the Firmament Continent!
Endowed with the Chaotic Elixir Physique, at the tender age of eighteen he had earned the title of head of the three great elixir saints of the Firmament Continent, causing a massive sensation.
Later on, he was even taken in as the final closed-door disciple by the Great Emperor Danwu, the premier alchemist whose name shook the Firmament Continent, receiving instruction in his complete mastery of alchemy.
His master, the Great Emperor Danwu, ranked among the Nine Great Emperors of the Firmament Continent and commanded a resounding, formidable reputation!
Yet Ye Han's attainments in alchemy were even more monstrous than those of his master, the Great Emperor Danwu.
Given his natural talent and aptitude, surpassing his master, the Great Emperor Danwu, was only a matter of time.
However, Ye Han never could have imagined that the master he respected most would one day throw him into the Burning Heaven Pill Furnace to be refined alive!
He was sealed within the Burning Heaven Pill Furnace, mercilessly burned by the Burning Heaven Divine Fire for a full hundred years!
"Master, how could you be so ruthless!"
At the mere thought of that agonizing taste worse than death, being burned by the divine fire for a century, Ye Han still felt a stifling shudder.
He had begged bitterly inside the pill furnace, but the only response he received was the cold, resolute indifference of the Great Emperor Danwu!
He could not understand why that benevolent master had suddenly turned so cruel as to kill him!
Right at that moment, yet another wave of memories surged into his mind.
"Xianwu Year 9954!"
Ye Han's pupils contracted sharply.
As it turned out, following his rebirth, five hundred years had already passed.
"Chaotic Elixir Emperor!"
Ye Han's body trembled, his eyes splitting in rage as a familiar name flashed across his mind.
The Great Emperor Danwu from five hundred years ago was now renamed the universally revered Chaotic Elixir Emperor!
"Master, so you cruelly sealed me in a fire furnace to burn and torture me for a century simply to seize my elixir physique and consume my flesh and blood!"
Ye Han's eyes were bloodshot, his voice suddenly turning as cold as a blade.
His Chaotic Elixir Physique was one of the three great elixir physiques that had long since vanished from the Firmament Continent!
His flesh and blood were premier materials for refining legendary divine-grade pills.
And possessing this elixir physique gave one a very high probability in the future of stepping into the realm of the Elixir God—a realm no one had ever reached before.
He had never expected that the Great Emperor Danwu taking him on as a disciple was a calculated, premeditated scheme to seize his elixir physique!
That benevolent visage of his had been nothing more than an act!
"Old dog Danwu, from the very moment you cast me into the pill furnace, you ceased to be my master. Fortunately, the heavens have eyes, allowing my lingering soul to live once more. In this lifetime, if I rise to power, I will surely make you taste the agony of being burned by a pill furnace and having your soul shattered into nothingness!"
Cold light flickered in Ye Han's eyes as he clenched his fists tightly and made a silent vow.
In his past life, as a genius alchemist whose talent surpassed the Great Emperor Danwu, Ye Han had the confidence to return to his peak, even if he was knocked back to the starting line.
He would even surpass the Great Emperor Danwu!
Having accepted the reality of living a second life, Ye Han let out a breath and lowered his head to inspect his own ragged attire.
"How did I end up in such a wretched state?"
He touched the chain locked around his neck and frowned involuntarily.
Through searching his memories, he learned that the owner of this physical body was also named Ye Han.
Although incomparable to his past life, the original owner of this body was no ordinary person either; he had once been the number one prodigy of the Ye Family in the Eight Desolation Ancient Domain. Born with superior spiritual veins, he had entered the Sixth Layer of Spirit Spring Realm by the age of sixteen, enough to look down upon all the prodigies of Yancheng.
Later on, Ye Han was even favored by an elder of the Cloud Sea Sect—a top-tier sect in Qingzhou of the Eight Desolation Ancient Domain—and nearly received an exceptional direct admission as a disciple.
However, a year ago, Ye Han fell gravely ill, and the spiritual energy within his body suddenly became unusable.
Naturally, the Cloud Sea Sect rescinded his admission.
From that day on, Ye Han's status in the Ye Family plummeted to the bottom. Those who once flattered him now looked upon him with cold eyes, mocking and ridiculing him.
For the past year, he had been chained up like a dog in this quiet, dilapidated courtyard, lacking food and proper clothing.
"I never expected he would be as pitiful as me. This Ye Family goes truly too far!"
Ye Han took a deep breath, anger surging in his heart.
He gripped the iron chain with both hands, intending to tear it apart, only to discover that his limbs were weak and feeble.
Worse still, his Dantian was as parched as a dried-up well, unable to draw even a shred of spiritual energy!
"What is going on... Huh? No!"
Ye Han hurriedly channeled his divine sense to probe his Dantian, his expression changing drastically on the spot.
For he discovered that his Dantian had actually been frozen solid by an icy, sinister energy!
"This is... Profound Yin Poison!"
As an elixir saint in his previous life, Ye Han was naturally well-read and experienced.
What he had been poisoned with was an extreme yin poison—Profound Yin Cold Poison!
Because the bone-chilling, pitch-black cold energy had completely sealed his Dantian, he had been unable to use any spiritual energy.
"How vicious, crippling my Dantian with Profound Yin Poison. Just who could be cruel enough to pull off such a ruthless move?"
Ye Han frowned secretly, his cold voice sounding as though it came from the depths of the netherworld.
With that thought, he immersed himself in his soul sea to continue searching the chaotic memories...
Soon, a sinister face surfaced in his mind!
Ye Tiange!
The person who had secretly inflicted such vicious poison upon him was none other than the current number one prodigy of the Ye Family!
Originally, Ye Tiange had also been the center of attention, universally adored, and at one point even regarded by the family as the heir apparent.
However, the talent Ye Han gradually displayed in cultivation was simply too monstrous, allowing him to take Ye Tiange's place.
Yet Ye Tiange and his father harbored burning ambitions and were bent on seizing control of the family's supreme authority, ultimately resorting to such despicable and sordid means to harm him.
"That father and son are birds of a feather with the old dog Danwu!"
Recalling all of this, Ye Han's gaze turned chillingly cold, his killing intent exceptionally intense.
He probed his body once more, speaking in a cold, dismissive tone:
"Such Profound Yin Cold Poison is virtually an insoluble poison to this tiny Ye Family. But to me, it amounts to nothing."
Swoosh—
With slightly closed eyes, he circulated his cultivation technique.
A scorching stream of heat surged into his Dantian, and in an instant, tendrils of cold poison were forced out of his body, turning into white vapor that billowed from the crown of his head.
Immediately following this, the cultivation level that had been suppressed within his body for so long surged explosively in that very instant!
Boom!
Seventh Layer of Spirit Spring Realm!
Boom!
Eighth Layer of Spirit Spring Realm!
Boom!
Ninth Layer of Spirit Spring Realm!
...
Vast and mighty spiritual energy poured back into his limbs and bones, nourishing his frail physical body. Ye Han gripped the iron chain with both hands once more and pulled fiercely, spiritual energy surging wildly from within him. With a loud explosion, the thick iron chain snapped abruptly and clattered noisily to the ground.
"The Ninth Layer of Spirit Spring Realm, I suppose that will barely suffice."
Ye Han loosened his joints, his entire body popping and cracking like a string of firecrackers.
If this remark were to get out, who knows how many prodigies across the entire Yancheng would cough up blood from pure anger?
On the path of cultivation, one must first open the spirit springs, followed by the Spirit Sea Realm, Inscription Realm, Nirvana Realm, Dao Palace Realm... Normal martial artists only open their spirit springs at sixteen or seventeen years of age, whereas Ye Han at this age had already entered the Ninth Layer of Spirit Spring Realm, putting him within striking distance of the Spirit Sea Realm!
To reach the Ninth Layer of Spirit Spring Realm at such an age would cause even the sects of the entire Eight Desolation Ancient Domain to fight madly over him.
"If I remember correctly, today just happens to be the Ye Family's grand assembly. Ye Tiange and his father harbor malicious ambitions and will definitely have the family elders strip me of my position as young family head. But I'd like to see if they actually have the capability and qualifications to do so!"
Ye Han took a deep breath, his gaze as deep and dark as a black hole capable of swallowing everything.
Now that he had become the master of this physical body, those in the Ye Family who had once bullied him would naturally have to pay a price!
...
Chapter 2: Family Meeting
The ancient and prosperous Yancheng was filled with numerous prominent clans and sects.
And the Ye Family was one of the four major clans of Yancheng, holding a weighty and pivotal position.
In the northwest direction of Yancheng stood a majestic and imposing mansion—the Ye Residence.
At this moment, high above in the nine heavens, thunderclouds rolled and blanketed the skies over the estate.
Every so often, a blinding flash of lightning tore through the firmament, accompanied by deafening thunder.
Today was the grand assembly of the Ye Family.
Countless disciples were converging toward a wide and magnificent jade plaza located at the very center of the estate. Before long, this massive jade plaza was packed with a full several thousand disciples of the Ye Family, creating a truly spectacular sight.
These disciples chattered amongst themselves, seemingly discussing something.
Standing amidst the crowd, Ye Han had changed into a clean, plain green robe, yet he stood out conspicuously.
With his tall, upright figure and sharply chiseled facial features, he looked like a crane among chickens, radiating an extraordinary bearing. Especially that pair of deep, bright eyes resembled the midnight starry sky, holding a maturity that belied his age.
Even knowing that the youth before them had been reduced to a cripple, quite a few young maidens in the clan still cast secret glances of adoration.
Naturally, this also drew the jealousy and disgust of some of the male disciples in the clan.
"What's the use of good looks? He's nothing more than a cripple. After this family assembly, this fellow is going to be cast out, right?"
A youth sneered with a disdainful expression.
"Sigh, a year ago, Ye Han was still the number one prodigy of all Yancheng, favored by an elder of the Cloud Sea Sect. What a stark contrast to mud and clouds now."
Another gray-robed youth chimed in with sarcastic, mocking tones.
"Who told him to be so arrogant before? Now he's fallen straight from the clouds into the mud—it's completely his own fault!"
"Just a piece of trash rejected by the Cloud Sea Sect, he's brought total shame to our Ye Family!"
"What kind of damned prodigy is he? Bah!"
The surrounding disciples chattered noisily, all looking at Ye Han with expressions of gloating schadenfreude.
Ye Han remained indifferent; he had long since seen through the fickleness of human nature. He was already unfazed by these cold sneers and jeers.
Yet back when he was nearly accepted as a disciple by the elder of the Cloud Sea Sect, not a single disciple in the clan had failed to treat him with utmost reverence and flattery.
Looking at it now, how thoroughly ironic it was!
"Quick look, Ye Tiange is here!"
Suddenly, an exclamation rang out from somewhere. The gazes of the crowd instantly shifted away from Ye Han and looked toward the opposite side.
They saw a path open up through the crowd as a jade-faced youth dressed in blue robes walked forward with spirited steps. Surrounded like stars guarding the moon, he walked out amid universal attention, instantly causing an uproar.
Swoosh—
"I heard Ye Tiange broke through to the Spirit Sea Realm last month! Looking across all of Yancheng, the peers who can compare to him can be counted on one hand!"
"With Ye Tiange's cultivation talent, he will definitely be accepted as a disciple by the Cloud Sea Sect in the future. He is destined to be a true dragon of the nine heavens. Compared to him, Ye Han can only be considered a crawling snake in the mud for the rest of his life—one in the heavens, the other deep in the earth."
Throughout the entire Ye Clan, almost everyone's gaze was filled with worship and admiration.
Simply because Ye Tiange was far too dazzling!
At this moment, Ye Han's hands also clenched tightly in secret, a trace of murderous intent flashing in his eyes!
Everything that had originally belonged to him had been stolen away by Ye Tiange using the most despicable means!
"So what if you possess superior spiritual veins? Weren't you still trampled fiercely under my feet?"
Ye Tiange spotted Ye Han's figure in the crowd with a single glance, but right now, his gaze was filled with utter contempt, looking down upon him as if he were an insignificant ant beneath his feet, completely unworthy of his regard.
A piece of trash—did he even deserve to compare to him?
Before long, an elderly man with white hair, accompanied by three other elders, ascended one after another onto the stone platform at the highest point of the plaza, overlooking the gathering below.
Standing at the very front was a white-haired old man leaning on a cane, exuding an aura of natural majesty without anger. He was none other than the First Elder of the Ye Clan—Ye Baili, a powerhouse who had stepped into the Inscription Realm!
Aside from these elders, a robust, stern-looking middle-aged man stood rigidly to one side like an iron tower.
He radiated a fierce wave of spiritual energy, second in strength only to the First Elder.
This man was named Ye Tianba.
He was none other than Ye Tiange's father!
"Silence!"
Ye Baili swept his dignified gaze across the crowd, his voice carrying the oppressive weight of rolling thunder.
Instantly, the area below fell into a dead silence where even the drop of a needle could be heard.
"Today's family assembly is called to announce two important matters."
Ye Baili's turbid gaze suddenly landed upon Ye Han within the crowd.
His eyes were filled with boundless indifference!
"First matter: starting today, Ye Han's position as young family head is officially revoked! After consultation among myself and several elders, it has been decided that the new young family head of our Ye Family shall henceforth be served by Ye Tiange."
The tone was majestic and merciless.
There wasn't much of a ripple below, as the multitude of disciples had already guessed roughly what would happen.
Ye Han remained expressionless, feeling no emotional fluctuation whatsoever over being stripped of the title.
As a dignified elixir saint, would he ever covet this damned position of young family head? Simply laughable!
However, Ye Baili's chilling gaze suddenly returned to Ye Han, his tone freezing cold:
"Ye Han, you have been reduced to a cripple, and the spiritual veins within your body are of no further use. For the future of the Ye Family, the elders and I have decided to extract the superior spiritual veins from within you and graft them onto Ye Tiange. How do you feel about this?"
Hearing these words, Ye Han finally couldn't help but laugh.
He had still underestimated the shamelessness of the Ye Family!
"You want my spiritual veins? On what grounds?"
Ye Han sneered, never expecting that not only did the Ye Family want to strip him of his young master position, but they also wanted to rob him of his spiritual veins!
Once his spiritual veins were stripped, there was a very high probability it would cost him his life!
Yet, for the sake of the family's so-called future, the Ye Family completely disregarded his safety and life!
Ye Han felt an incomparable chill in his heart!
At this moment, Ye Tianba glared angrily and reprimanded:
"On what grounds? On the grounds that my Ye Family has painstakingly cultivated you for over a decade and wasted a decade's worth of family resources! Ye Han, even a stray dog knows how to show gratitude; this is your only chance to make amends to the family!"
Before Ye Han could retort, the Second Elder also slowly stepped forward and said earnestly:
"Ye Han, if you are willing to hand over your spiritual veins, the family naturally won't treat you unfairly. We will bestow an estate upon you so you can live out your remaining days in peace..."
Before the Second Elder could finish, Ye Han's eyes turned bloodshot as he roared like a ferocious beast:
"Shut your mouth!"
"Second Elder, do you remember when you were trapped in the Yan Ruins? It was my father who risked his life and suffered severe injuries to rescue you! And you—now you're actually colluding with them to seize my spiritual veins!"
Every single word of Ye Han's was dripping with blood!
The Second Elder shook his head and fell into immediate silence.
However, the several elders exchanged covert glances; they had already made up their minds.
Even if Ye Han disagreed, they would forcefully make a move to strip him of his spiritual veins!
Because once Ye Tiange possessed those spiritual veins, his future achievements would undoubtedly be limitless. Who knows, he might even be exceptionally accepted directly into the Cloud Sea Sect!
This concerned the interests of the entire Ye Family!
"Ye Han, the interests of the family are greater than the heavens. I hope you can understand."
The First Elder still wore a cold, indifferent expression.
"Hahaha! Disregarding my life and safety to steal my spiritual veins—what a mercenary and heartless Ye Family!"
Ye Han couldn't help but burst into wild laughter, his gaze icy cold. He pointed at the sneering Ye Tiange in the distance and shouted:
"Ye Tiange, get your ass down here! Aren't you after the spiritual veins inside my body? Then I'll give you the chance! If you can defeat me, I will cripple this spiritual vein myself and even hand it to you with my own hands!"
Hiss—
"Ye Han wants to challenge Ye Tiange?!"
"Has he lost his mind?!"
At this moment, the thousands of disciples across the entire plaza widened their eyes, erupting into a commotion.
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Chapter 3: Shocking the Entire Clan
"Did I hear that right..."
"This piece of trash wants to challenge Ye Tiange?!"
"And he actually told Tiange to get his ass down here? What an audacious tone!"
At this moment, the entire plaza exploded like a boiling pot, countless clansmen struck dumb with shock.
However, their gazes were filled much more with mockery and ridicule!
Ye Tiange was now the true dragon of the Ye Family!
And Ye Han? He was nothing more than a cripple, a clown!
Even the several elders were startled upon hearing this, wondering if Ye Han had been driven mad by his trauma.
"Heh, does he really think he's still the prodigy he used to be?"
A clan disciple couldn't help voicing his sarcasm.
Ye Tiange had already entered the Spirit Sea Realm; defeating Ye Han would be no different from stepping on an ant!
It was common knowledge among the clansmen that Ye Han could no longer use spiritual energy.
Yet, he still wanted to foolishly and arrogantly challenge Ye Tiange?
Was he courting death on the edge of a cliff?
Thus, the crowd raised their heads to look at the youth standing high above, shining brilliantly like the bright moon. They wanted to see if Ye Tiange would choose to accept the challenge!
However, at this moment, although there was no particular expression on Ye Tiange's face, deep within his eyes flickered a look of playful disdain.