The Supreme Being Against Heaven
Chapter Summary
Whoosh… In an instant, the Alchemy disciples from the Eternal Immortal Sect, the Divine Soul Immortal Palace, and the Huangfu Daoist Sect— 50 from each side—shot out from their ranks. Otherwise… execution!” “Each correct answer earns 10 points!” “Do you understand?!” All 150 disciples answered in unison: “We understand!” Ruyan Wuji nodded in satisfaction, then turned to ask Zhuge Yu and Tantai Xuanzhong: “Which of you will begin?” “I—” Zhuge Yu had just begun to speak when Tantai Xuanzhong inter...
Then, Ruyan Wuji announced in a resonant voice:
“Next, the Alchemy disciples from the 3 ancient sects who are participating in the competition—step forward!”
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh…
In an instant,
the Alchemy disciples from the Eternal Immortal Sect, the Divine Soul Immortal Palace, and the Huangfu Daoist Sect—
50 from each side—shot out from their ranks.
A total of 150 people stood in formation at the center of the high platform.
All 150 of them took out blank jade slips from their spatial rings and sat cross-legged on the ground.
Ruyan Wuji swept his gaze across them before speaking loudly:
“The 1st round of the Alchemy Competition—will be divided into 3 stages!”
“Stage 1—identify the type of pill by ‘smell’!”
“Once the competition begins—no one is allowed to open their eyes, and no one may use spiritual sense to investigate. Otherwise… execution!”
“Each correct answer earns 10 points!”
“Do you understand?!”
All 150 disciples answered in unison:
“We understand!”
Ruyan Wuji nodded in satisfaction, then turned to ask Zhuge Yu and Tantai Xuanzhong:
“Which of you will begin?”
“I—”
Zhuge Yu had just begun to speak when Tantai Xuanzhong interrupted:
“Sect Leader Ruyan, according to the tradition of the competition over the past 50,000 years,
every time, my Huangfu Daoist Sect sets the questions first to test the disciples of your 2 sects.”
“This time is no different—I will set the questions first.”
Although Ruyan Wuji inwardly looked down on him, he still smiled outwardly and said:
“Since Sect Leader Tantai insists, please proceed.”
Tantai Xuanzhong stood up and walked to the front of the 150 disciples before speaking:
“Disciples of the Eternal Immortal Sect and the Divine Soul Immortal Palace—close your eyes!”
“Yes!”
The 100 disciples from the 2 sects immediately shut their eyes.
As for the 50 disciples of the Huangfu Daoist Sect,
they did not need to participate in this stage.
Competition Format
In Stage 1 of the 1st round of the Alchemy Competition,
for the sake of fairness,
Tantai Xuanzhong, Zhuge Yu, and Ruyan Wuji
would randomly select high-grade pills from among tens of thousands of types.
Then, the 100 disciples from the other 2 sects
would rely solely on “smell” to identify the name of the pill!
The reason the Huangfu Daoist Sect’s disciples did not participate
was to prevent any possibility of giving away answers in advance.
Testing Principle
A high-level alchemist can refine many types of high-grade pills.
A saint-level alchemist can refine top-tier pills.
Meanwhile,
a lower-tier grandmaster alchemist can refine low-grade rare pills.
The reason “high-grade pills” are used as the test is because—
under normal circumstances,
even if a high-level alchemist can refine them,
they cannot identify them by smell alone!
To do so,
one must at least be at the level of a “Saint Alchemist”
or a “Grandmaster Alchemist.”
And for a “mid-tier Grandmaster,”
it would be even easier!
Purpose of the Competition
Each sect sending 50 Alchemy disciples to participate
is meant to measure the “strength of the younger generation” of the 3 ancient sects!
Because the inner sect disciples
are the future core strength of their respective sects!
At that moment,
under the watchful eyes of millions,
Tantai Xuanzhong’s spatial ring flickered,
and a pill bottle appeared in his hand.
He poured out a single purple pill and said solemnly:
“You all have ‘1 breath’ of time to smell it.”
“After that, within 1 ke (15 minutes),
write your answer on the jade slip—and submit it!”
“Anyone who secretly uses spiritual sense to probe, or dares to open their eyes during the test—will be executed immediately without mercy!”
Tantai Xuanzhong declared coldly,
“The test—begins now!”
Before he even made a move,
the purple pill in his hand rose into the air on its own.
It floated before the noses of the 100 disciples one by one, pausing for just 1 breath each,
before flying back into Tantai Xuanzhong’s hand.
In an instant,
most of the Alchemy disciples from the Divine Soul Immortal Palace and the Eternal Immortal Sect frowned deeply, racking their brains to recall their knowledge.
Meanwhile, about 1/3 of the participants
remained calm, using their spiritual sense to quickly write their answers onto the jade slips…
Before long,
some shook their heads in despair,
while others smiled confidently.
Then all of them submitted their jade slips onto the jade table beside Tantai Xuanzhong.
Across the entire Eternal Creation Arena, discussions erupted:
“Do you think our Eternal Immortal Sect will win?”
“Honestly, the Alchemy disciples of the Divine Soul Immortal Palace are very strong—but ours aren’t weak either!”
“Yeah, this is clearly a dragon vs. tiger battle… hahaha! Even if I don’t know who will win this stage, I do know—the Huangfu Daoist Sect will definitely come in last!”
“Hmph! Does that even need to be said? They’ve been losing for 10,000 years—your words are as useless as air!”
“Hahaha…”
In the eyes of the more than 2,000,000 disciples,
this competition was hardly a contest between 3 sects—
but rather a duel between the “Eternal Immortal Sect” and the “Divine Soul Immortal Palace” alone!
Soon after, on the high platform,
Tantai Xuanzhong turned to Zhuge Yu and Ruyan Wuji.
“The two of you—come verify the results with me.”
“Agreed,” both replied, their eyes filled with anticipation.
Tantai Xuanzhong picked up the purple pill,
split his spiritual sense into 100 strands, and infused them into the 100 jade slips.
Then he announced loudly:
“This pill—is a high-grade ‘Blood-Nourishing Heart Pill’!”
“Eternal Immortal Sect—45 correct, 450 points!”
“Divine Soul Immortal Palace—49 correct, 490 points!”
As the results were announced,
Tantai Xuanzhong’s heart sank.
From these numbers, he could immediately tell—
the Eternal Immortal Sect had at least 45 disciples at the level of “Saint Alchemist”!
As for the Divine Soul Immortal Palace—
all 50 of their disciples were at the Saint level!
And perhaps… quite a number of them had already reached “Grandmaster Alchemist”!
Shen Subing, seated below, felt her heart grow heavy.
Among her 50 Alchemy disciples,
only 8 were at the Saint level,
and only Luo Fan and Song Hong
had reached the level of “lower-tier Grandmaster Alchemist”!
Tang Xinying felt no different.
She had not expected the gap between them and the other 2 sects to be this vast!
“Hahaha! Palace Master Zhuge, I truly admire you,”
Ruyan Wuji said with a smile.
“Please.”
“Please.”
Zhuge Yu slowly stood up.
Without saying a word,
the 100 disciples from the Huangfu Daoist Sect and the Eternal Immortal Sect closed their eyes simultaneously.
With a flick of her finger,
a pitch-black pill shot into the air.
It floated past the noses of all 100 disciples for just 1 breath,
before returning to her hand.
At that moment,
a scene that caused the more than 2,000,000 disciples of the Eternal Immortal Sect to burst into laughter appeared—
all 50 disciples of the Eternal Immortal Sect looked calm and composed.
In contrast,
most of the 50 disciples from the Huangfu Daoist Sect
had tense expressions,
their brows tightly furrowed,
large beads of sweat streaming down their foreheads.
In the blink of an eye,
over 80% of them were drenched in sweat!
It was clear—
they were under immense pressure!
--Translated by likesnovel--