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Tan Shuchang had cultivated for seven years, and in the mountains, there were no years or months, so he did not want to record what day it was today.

No matter what difficulties he encountered, he strived to overcome them. And if there were no difficulties at present, then he would create some.

Being too rigid was not the way to be.

He needed to learn to adapt.

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Tan Shuchang had been cultivating for seven years in the mountains; still, he did not want to record what day it was today.

Because he did not know what to do, he had left behind numerous secret realms in this part of the world.

However, they had all been set up casually by him.

Therefore, those destined to obtain these secret realms should not hold too high hopes. Inside, there were only some superior cultivation techniques and compilations of cultivation experiences, as well as some pills I had concocted while learning the alchemy technique.

There would occasionally be a few spirit-communicating magic artifacts as well.

But you would basically be unable to use them, because these secret realms could only be entered by mortals.

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Tan Shuchang had been cultivating for seven years, on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month.

The alchemy furnace exploded.

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Recently, Tan Shuchang had been diligently writing in his journal, nearly every two or three days. However, these three entries differed somewhat from each other.

The first and second entries had been deliberately orchestrated by Tan Shuchang.

Created just to have a reason to write the journal!

This third entry, incomparably brief and even including the date again, was written when Tan Shuchang's emotions were so complex that he couldn't help but jot it down.

It was because he had opened the compilation of alchemy experiences given to him by Yi Qingqing and was then captivated by one of the imaginative alchemy concepts within it. Experience more content on My Virtual Library Empire

This technique, if it could be mastered, meant that the dual-cultivation of the Pill and Dao that Tan Shuchang had already acquired could rely on puppet alchemy to enhance his own Dao cultivation in the future.

For Tan Shuchang, improving his Dao cultivation was secondary; the key was using this to gather a vast amount of insight! After all, improving Dao cultivation through alchemy would certainly bring about some insights.

And wasn't he hesitant to ascend the Lotus Platform to cultivate his Dao just because he lacked these crucial insights?

Therefore, once this technique was mastered, Tan Shuchang's Dao cultivation would surely advance by leaps and bounds, and the cultivation insights of "Twenty-Four Seasons" and Day and Night could also get back on the right track.

In this way, the challenges of Merging Dao would surely be broken through, allowing him to leave his name in the annals of the Immortal Dao!

And then... the alchemy furnace exploded.

It is worth mentioning that although this alchemy furnace was not a magic artifact, it was still a spirit-communicating magic artifact. Moreover, while attempting this technique, Tan Shuchang had also specifically activated the Immortal Treasure, the Pill Treasure Fan.

Yet even so, the pill furnace exploded in an instant.

Thus, Tan Shuchang, with a heart full of mixed feelings, thought for a while, retrieved the journal he had just finished writing, and added a line—Yi Qingqing's alchemy talent is exceptionally unique, unparalleled in history, and no ordinary alchemy furnace could withstand it.

Although it may seem as if there is no causal relationship, Tan Shuchang was indeed not demeaning this lovingly explosive third-generation Sect Leader of the Sacred Gate.

This individual, with only about twenty years of cultivation experience, but whose conjectures about Alchemy Dao even touched and greatly inspired him after reading them—someone who had already reached the second stage of Merging Dao—could imagine just how extraordinary Yi Qingqing's talent in alchemy was. Describing it as unprecedented and unparalleled was no exaggeration.

And because of her astonishing talent in alchemy, it was inevitable that she would have some unique and wonderful ideas. These ideas undoubtedly exceeded her current realm and naturally could not be sustained by any ordinary upper realm magic artifact alchemy furnace.

Before Yi Qingqing became the third-generation Holy Master of the Sacred Gate, her alchemy furnace was just an upper realm magic artifact alchemy furnace. And according to Yi Qingqing, it was a gift from a young girl surnamed Dong, named Dongdong; otherwise, she would only have had a lower realm magic artifact alchemy furnace.

Her master, Nangong Yishuang, did not have a substantial family fortune. She had originally also thought about obtaining an upper realm magic artifact alchemy furnace for her, but Nangong Yishuang's husband, Zhao Chenyang, had been consistently ingratiating himself with people from Immortal Sects like Unrivaled Sword Mountain, so the couple didn't have much savings left.

This could be deduced from the fact that Zhao Chenyang used only an upper realm magic artifact flying sword, and Nangong Yishuang had to personally gather herbs.

Additionally, considering Yi Qingqing's still low level of cultivation, they were even less likely to provide her with a better alchemy furnace.

As for the upper realm magic artifact alchemy furnace that Dongdong had given her, it had not yet exploded because Yi Qingqing cherished this alchemy furnace too much and thus hesitated to use it.

"It seems I need to look for a magic artifact alchemy furnace in the Spiritual Realm," Tan Shuchang mused.

He would leave aside considering an Immortal Treasure for now.

His acquisition of the Pill Treasure Fan was entirely by chance, and even that might have some minor troubles awaiting him later.

So, the only thing he could consider now was an alchemy furnace that had reached the level of a spirit-communicating treasure.

Such treasures were undoubtedly hard to find in Shenxu Heaven.

Because even the Demonic Cultivator Order had no record of it.

Although some ancient texts mentioned that Shenxu Heaven had once birthed a spirit-communicating treasure level alchemy furnace, which was a naturally formed pair of millstones.

Divided, they served as a weapon, but combined, they functioned as an alchemy furnace.

But it was unknown which Ancestor had taken it to the Land of the Four Pillars, and thus no more specific information was transmitted down.

Even when Shenxu Heaven was called Jiawu Realm, cultivators had steadily ascended to the Land of the Four Pillars. Unlike three hundred years ago, however, those ancestors ascended through their own cultivation.

As a result, they were extremely rare.

Even combining the eight top level Immortal Sects, and counting the Ascenders from Sword Temple since the Ancestor of the Dao began preaching, they couldn't gather together a hundred people.

After all, it was the Mortal Realm. Cultivating to the point of being able to ascend in the Mortal Realm was far more difficult than in the Land of the Four Pillars.