The Supreme Being Against Heaven

--Translated by likesnovel--

"Understood, Sect Master!"

The 2nd Elder responded loudly.

Under the watchful eyes of hundreds of thousands of spectators,

he casually flicked his right sleeve.

Whoosh!

The lid of the furnace flew open instantly.

Immediately afterward,

12 pitch-black pills shot out from the furnace and floated in midair.

When the 12 pills appeared,

Lu Yi remained calm and expressionless.

The other elders, however,

immediately changed expressions.

Tang Xinying swept her gaze across the pills before announcing clearly,

"I hereby declare that the 2nd Elder has successfully refined a High-Grade Venerable Pill—the Divine Spirit Pill!"

The moment her words fell,

thunderous cheers erupted throughout the arena.

"Amazing!"

"Our elder is incredible!"

"After Elder 4, he's the first elder capable of refining a High-Grade Venerable Pill!"

"As expected of the 2nd Elder of the Immortal Sect's Alchemy Lineage!"

"Truly awe-inspiring!"

"..."

On the high platform,

Han Yun stroked his beard with a satisfied smile.

Listening to the praise of the disciples,

he couldn't help but feel proud.

In his view,

as long as Lu Yi failed to refine a Peak-Grade Venerable Pill,

the championship would belong to him.

Deep inside,

he kept praying.

Please let Lu Yi fail to refine a Peak-Grade Venerable Pill.

Otherwise...

the Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone Vein would slip through his fingers.

...

Afterward,

Tang Xinying began evaluating Elder 6's pill.

The result:

A Mid-Grade Divine Spirit Pill.

Next came

Elder 8,

Elder 10,

Elder 20,

and Elder 30.

All of them were likewise confirmed to have successfully refined Mid-Grade Divine Spirit Pills.

When it was Elder 16's turn,

another wave of excitement swept through the crowd.

Because the pill he had refined

was a High-Grade Divine Spirit Pill.

Not long afterward,

the evaluation of all participating elders was completed.

Only Lu Yi remained.

The overall results were as follows:

25 elders

had successfully refined High-Grade Divine Spirit Pills.

The remaining 12 elders

had only managed Mid-Grade Divine Spirit Pills.

Among those 25 elders,

the 3 fastest refiners of High-Grade Divine Spirit Pills were:

**1st Place — Elder 2, Han Yun**

**2nd Place — Elder 16, Wei Yue**

**3rd Place — Elder 12, Lu Zhiqian**

At that moment,

all 3 men were silently praying for the same outcome.

They hoped Lu Yi had failed.

Or at the very least,

that he had only refined a Mid-Grade Venerable Pill.

That way,

they would still have a chance to claim a share of the rewards from the spirit stone veins.

Especially Lu Zhiqian.

His expression was particularly tense.

Because if Lu Yi had successfully refined a High-Grade—or even a Peak-Grade—Venerable Pill,

the Low-Grade Spirit Stone Vein that should have belonged to him

would vanish in an instant.

...

While the 3 elders were calculating their gains and losses,

the eyes of more than 500,000 people throughout the arena

were focused on only 2 individuals.

Tan Yun.

And Lu Yi.

The crowd had waited an entire month for this final showdown.

And now...

the most critical moment had finally arrived.

...

Meanwhile,

high above the heavens,

within a vast sea of clouds tens of thousands of miles above the ground,

Gongsun Yangchun,

the Chief of the Holy Sect's Alchemy Lineage,

stood suspended in the sky.

Using his spiritual sense,

he silently observed Tan Yun and Lu Yi on the arena platform.

Half a month earlier,

Han Yong had traveled to the Holy Sect's Alchemy Lineage

and informed him about the wager between Lu Yi and Tan Yun.

"Hmph!"

"A mere disciple of the Immortal Sect dares insult my disciple?"

"He truly doesn't understand the meaning of death."

Gongsun Yangchun snorted coldly.

However...

what he didn't know was that

millions of feet above his head,

Tantai Xuanzhong was also looking down at the arena with a cold smile.

6 hours earlier,

Tantai Xuanzhong had already arrived above the Space-Time Arena.

From the conversations below,

he had learned everything about the bet between his future son-in-law and Lu Yi.

"Gongsun Yangchun..."

"If I confirm that you're truly a spy planted within the sect..."

"I'll make your entire clan pay with their lives."

Tantai Xuanzhong sneered inwardly.

"Even if Tan Yun loses to Lu Yi today..."

"I'd like to see..."

"who would actually dare touch him."

The fact that Tantai Xuanzhong was standing millions of feet above Gongsun Yangchun,

yet the latter couldn't sense his presence at all,

was sufficient proof that

Tantai Xuanzhong's strength far surpassed Gongsun Yangchun's.

...

On the arena platform,

Tang Xinying looked toward Tan Yun

and silently sighed to herself.

Then she announced loudly,

"Next..."

"we will evaluate the final results between Tan Yun and Elder 4."

"Since Elder 4 completed his refinement first,"

"his results will be examined first."

The instant she finished speaking,

the entire arena fell silent.

Only the occasional howl of the wind sweeping through Immortal Valley could be heard.

"Understood, Sect Master."

Lu Yi answered with a confident smile.

The smile of a man who believed victory was already in his grasp.

Whoosh!

With a flick of his sleeve,

the furnace lid flew open.

Immediately,

12 jet-black pills soared into the sky.

And within every single pill,

a dazzling white miniature infant could be seen curled up inside!

An...

**Pill Embryo!**

The unmistakable sign of a Peak-Grade Venerable Pill.

And also a hallmark of even higher-level Saint Pills.

"Peak Grade..."

"It really is Peak Grade!"

Han Yun's aged body trembled.

A bitter smile appeared on his face.

He knew the outcome already.

The Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone Vein

would undoubtedly belong to Lu Yi.

As for himself...

he could only settle for the High-Grade Spirit Stone Vein as a consolation prize.

"A Peak-Grade Venerable Pill... sigh."

Elder 16, Wei Yue, shook his head in disappointment.

"My High-Grade Spirit Stone Vein is truly gone."

As for Elder 12, Lu Zhiqian,

he maintained a calm expression on the surface.

But inside,

he was furious to the point of madness.

The Low-Grade Spirit Stone Vein that should have belonged to him

had been snatched away by Lu Yi in an instant.

On the arena platform,

Tang Xinying glanced at Tan Yun with a trace of regret in her eyes.

After a brief pause, she officially announced,

"I hereby declare..."

"Elder 4 has successfully refined a Peak-Grade Venerable Pill—the Divine Spirit Pill!"

The moment the announcement ended,

the entire arena erupted once again.

Among the countless spectators,

aside from Shen Subing,

Mu Mengji,

Xue Ziyan,

and the more than 3,800 disciples under Shen Subing's leadership,

everyone else—

whether it was Luo Fan, Yang Chong, Liu Yiyi, or the others—

looked at Tan Yun with sympathy and sorrow.

Because in their eyes,

Tan Yun had already lost.

And the punishment awaiting him was...

death at Lu Yi's hands.

...

In complete contrast,

the tens of thousands of disciples under Lu Yi's faction were nearly driven mad with excitement.

"Amazing!"

"Our Master truly is a Saint-Level Venerable Alchemist!"

"Only the Alchemy Lineage Chief can stand on the same level as him!"

"As expected of the foremost disciple of the Holy Sect's Alchemy Chief!"

"Master is invincible!"

"..."

Cheers echoed throughout the arena.

Lu Yi stood proudly amidst the praise.

When he recalled the humiliation he had suffered at Tan Yun's hands,

a cold gleam flashed across his eyes.

Turning toward Tan Yun, he sneered,

"Brat!"

"Stop pretending to be calm."

"You're dead today!"

"Open your furnace and let everyone see the result!"

Hearing that,

the corner of Tan Yun's mouth curved into a meaningful smile.

"Elder 4, why are you in such a hurry?"

"Could it be that you're eager to kneel before Senior Brother Song and beg for forgiveness for 3 days and 3 nights?"

"Hahaha!"

Lu Yi burst into laughter.

"You really do have a sharp tongue, brat!"

"This elder won't lower himself to argue with someone who's about to die!"

Tan Yun smiled faintly.

"Then I must thank Elder 4 for being so magnanimous."

The sarcasm in his voice was obvious to everyone present.

At that moment,

Tang Xinying spoke.

"Tan Yun, open your furnace and present your pills."

"Yes, Sect Master."

Tan Yun answered calmly.

Instantly,

the eyes of more than 500,000 spectators

locked onto the furnace before him.

Boom!

Without the slightest haste,

Tan Yun waved his right sleeve.

A stream of spiritual energy shot forward,

lifting the furnace lid into the air

before hurling it heavily onto the ground.

"Come out!"

he shouted.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

At once,

12 streaks of black light burst out of the furnace!

They floated neatly in the sky,

revealing 12 pitch-black pills.

Inside each pill,

a radiant white infant curled peacefully within,

emitting a holy glow.

Pill Embryos!

And...

they were identical to Lu Yi's pills!

Peak-Grade Divine Spirit Pills!

...

The moment this scene appeared,

Shen Subing, standing below the arena platform, turned pale.

Her heart sank immediately.

"What do I do..."

"What do I do..."

"Even though he succeeded..."

"Lu Yi still finished first..."

Her hands clenched tightly.

Her lips had become pale from biting them.

Her eyes gradually reddened as tears gathered within them.

Even she wasn't entirely sure

what Tan Yun truly meant to her now.

But there was one thing she knew without question.

She didn't want to lose this disciple...

The man who was both her master

and the one who had brought joy back into her life.

...

"How could this happen..."

Mu Mengji and Xue Ziyan both turned deathly pale.

Worry was written all over their faces.

...

Outside the arena,

Tantai Xian'er frowned slightly.

Then she murmured inwardly,

"In the end..."

"He's going to die because of his own arrogance."

"If he had started refining immediately after entering the Space-Time Star Scroll,"

"things wouldn't have ended this way."

She gently shook her head.

"This proves clearly that he's far too conceited and overconfident."

"And I, Tantai Xian'er..."

"How could I possibly be interested in a man like that?"