The Supreme Being Against Heaven

In a single instant—10 streams of “Primordial Divine Liquid” surged up from the vast oceanic firmament, like 10 dragons soaring into the sky. A terrifying power spiraled wildly around Tan Yun’s body.

As the currents circulated, they transformed into delicate, thread-like strands, slowly seeping into the space between his brows, flowing down his throat, and into his spine…

“AAARGH—!”

A scream of uncontrollable agony echoed throughout the dim tower.

Tan Yun’s face twisted in pain, his eyes bloodshot, his entire body trembling violently.

Suddenly—blood burst out from his back as he sat cross-legged. Flesh tore apart, peeling away piece by piece.

Before long… his blood-soaked spine was exposed!

Crack… crack…

In the next moment—the spine running along his back began to fracture like shattered porcelain, starting from the nape of his neck and spreading downward to his waist!

As his spine completely shattered—Tan Yun collapsed to the ground, rolling in unbearable agony that spread throughout his body. Blood gushed from all 7 orifices, his face contorted like a demon crawling out of hell.

Amid pain that no ordinary person could endure—his spine broke into fragments and fell to the ground.

“Primordial Divine Liquid… refine me!”

Tan Yun roared in a low voice.

At once, the streams of Primordial Divine Liquid flowed back out from the nape of his neck, rapidly condensing into a complete “liquid spinal structure.”

Then—starting from the waist, the liquid spine gradually solidified, extending upward toward the nape at a speed invisible to the naked eye.

This was—the Primordial Divine Liquid “reconstructing his spine”!

The process of reconstruction—grew more painful and increasingly slow as it progressed…

Tan Yun longed for it to finish quickly. Curled on the ground, his body trembled as he endured the relentless torment.

Time slowly passed…

The pain… gradually faded.

1 day—felt like an eternity.

Tan Yun endured this suffering continuously for 100 days. At last, his spine was fully reconstructed!

And he… lost consciousness from the overwhelming pain.

His body lay curled on the ground. His newly formed spine bulged slightly, radiating a faint golden glow and emitting a sacred aura.

He breathed heavily, wiping away the dried blood from his 7 orifices. Suddenly—a tingling sensation spread along his spine.

Like sprouts breaking through the soil in spring…

Flesh… began to regenerate.
Blood… began to form anew.

Upon the spine wrapped in golden light—

Flesh… was returning.
Blood… was reborn.

His lost back… was being completely restored!

3.5 months later—

After fully refining all 10 streams of Primordial Divine Liquid within the Primordial World, Tan Yun had completely regenerated his flesh and blood!

This meant—

He had cultivated the “Primordial Tyrant Body” to the final boundary of Stage 2!

In the future, once he stepped into Level 9 of the “Embryonic Soul Realm” and fully tempered the bones below the neck, he would truly reach Stage 2 and step into the “peak of Stage 2”!

Crack… crack…

Because Tan Yun had remained curled up for half a year, even a slight movement caused his newly formed bones to emit stiff, grinding sounds like rusted machinery.

After stretching for 30 minutes—his movements finally returned to normal.

Whoosh!

Tan Yun smiled faintly before leaping to his feet in a single motion.

His spiritual sense expanded to its absolute limit—

Like an invisible pillar of light, shooting upward toward the sky from the 108th floor of the tower!

His spiritual sense continued to surge upward—

5,000 zhang…
10,000 zhang…
30,000 zhang…

It easily surpassed the previous limit of 46,666 zhang—

And finally… stopped at 63,300 zhang!

As is well known—the stronger a cultivator’s soul, the stronger their spiritual sense, and the wider the area it can cover.

An ordinary cultivator at Level 1 of the Soul Refining Realm can extend their spiritual sense to a radius of 400 li.

Level 2 — 450 li
Level 3 — 500 li
Level 4 — 600 li
Level 5 — 700 li
Level 6 — 800 li
Level 7 — 1,000 li
Level 8 — 1,500 li
Level 9 — 2,000 li

And upon reaching the “Great Perfection of the Soul Refining Realm”—

Their spiritual sense can cover up to 3,000 li!

As for Tan Yun’s spiritual sense at this moment—

63,300 zhang = a radius of approximately 380 li.

That meant—

His soul power was now equivalent to a cultivator at Level 1 of the Soul Refining Realm!

Tan Yun withdrew his spiritual sense with satisfaction. After a quick calculation, he determined that the time he had spent inside the tower totaled 2 years and 3 months.

After pondering briefly, he murmured:

“There are still 25 months left before I leave the tower… If I hurry, I should still be able to refine 9 mid-grade attack talismans.”

Having said that—he sat cross-legged and took out 9 talismans from his storage ring…

At the same time—

While Tan Yun had spent 2 years and 3 months inside the tower, only a little over 1.5 months had passed in the outside world.

Over the past 1+ month—

Within the Alchemy Line, there were only 5 major topics being discussed:

First—
Tan Yun created a legend by ascending to the 108th floor of the “Supreme Mustard Seed Space-Time Tower”!

Second—
Tan Yun killed all 3 direct disciples of the 12th Elder, Lu Wu!

Third—
Disciples speculated whether Tan Yun could rank within the Top 5 on the “Alchemy Competition Rankings”!

Fourth—
Sun Anbei, the direct disciple of the 3rd Elder, Pang Shiyuan, became a hot topic of discussion!

At that time—Sun Anbei was only half a step away from reaching the 100th floor,
but was overtaken by Tan Yun, causing his mental state to collapse—

In the end, he was nearly crushed to death by the overwhelming gravitational force!

If Pang Shiyuan had not intervened in time—he would have died!

3 days ago—

After recovering from his injuries, Sun Anbei swore to take revenge on Tan Yun!

In his eyes—

Tan Yun already had the strength to reach the 108th floor, yet he had “deliberately held back.”
And just as he was about to reach the 100th floor, Tan Yun “intentionally overtook him,” disrupting his focus and nearly costing him his life!

All the humiliation of that day—he placed the blame entirely on Tan Yun!

Fifth—

News of the death of Duan Zhen, a subordinate of Lu Wu,
had reached the ears of Shen Suping!

An alchemy disciple discovered Duan Zhen’s decomposed corpse,
which had fallen into a valley on the way back to the sect from Huangfu Fang City!

Shen Suping was furious—

She ordered Lu Wu to thoroughly investigate the matter and find the killer at all costs!

Lu Wu became extremely anxious—

All along, he had believed…
that Duan Zhen went to kill Tan Yun, but was discovered by Shen Qingfeng, and was silenced!

Upon hearing Shen Suping’s order—

He mistakenly assumed that she had “long suspected him” of being the mastermind!

Driven by guilt—

He believed Shen Suping was about to move against him!

Therefore—

He became even more determined to “eliminate Tan Yun” as quickly as possible!

To ensure no evidence remained—

Even if Shen Suping punished him later, he would shift all the blame onto the already dead Duan Zhen!

Over the past 1 month—

Lu Wu repeatedly ordered Jiang Xia:

“Do not let Tan Yun return to Changling Immortal Mountain alive!”

At the same time—

On an icy mountain resembling a celestial realm—

Inside the “Bingqing Hall”—

Shen Suping wore a worried expression, pacing restlessly.

“In another 85 days… it will be time for me to deliver the ‘Soul-Reversion Pill’ to the Alchemy Line of the Immortal Sect… but where exactly is Master?”

“Qingfeng has already set up the banner on Changling Mountain for over 2 months—why hasn’t Master gone to meet Huangfu Shengxing yet?”

She bit her lip, then made a firm decision—

“This won’t do! I must go to Huangfu Fang City and wait for Master myself!”

The moment she finished speaking—

Shen Suping hurried out of the hall,
headed toward the teleportation array at the mountain peak—

And vanished toward Huangfu Fang City!

--Translated by likesnovel--