The Medicine-Seeking Sect, a small, obscure alchemy sect located within the Great Shi Kingdom of the Southern Borderlands.

The entire sect only had forty to fifty people, of which only a little over twenty were alchemists of mediocre skill.

The location of their sect didn't even have a Spiritual Vein.

They were too weak, unable to even defeat larger bands of mountain bandits or bandit gangs, so how could they possibly seize a Spiritual Vein?

Yet, it was this utterly insignificant force within the Five Regions that, in the previous few simulations, became the source triggering the war between the human race of the Five Regions and the Demon Tribe of the Great Wastes.

"Elders, look quickly! The pill is complete!"

The sect master of the Medicine-Seeking Sect was currently refining pills in a hidden mountain cave with the sect's five great elders.

The firelight beneath the pill furnace illuminated the six greedy faces.

The pill that had just finished refining inside the furnace made their mouths water.

"Is this the Demon Essence Pill that can increase lifespan by up to one year per pill and can be taken repeatedly?"

"The demon egg we used for this refinement has an inferior Bloodline. According to the pill formula, being able to increase lifespan by one month would be considered good."

"One month is fine too! If we get more, what's so difficult about ten or twenty years!"

"Yes, yes! The demon tribe Bloodlines in the Five Regions are inferior, but there are noble Bloodlines within the Great Wastes!"

This was the first time these men had successfully refined the pill, and only this single one.

The five elders politely deferred, each expressing that the sect master should be the first to taste it.

The sect master performed the ritual of declining three times and yielding three times, finally accepting with seeming reluctance.

"Since the elders insist on not taking it, then I, Lü, will respectfully comply rather than decline."

Sect Master Lü carefully took out the pill, solemnly placed it in his palm, and took a deep breath.

The pill vanished.

"Huh? Where's the Demon Essence Pill?"

Everyone looked around and suddenly realized a young man had appeared in the cave at some unknown time.

The Demon Essence Pill they had refined through immense hardship was now in this young man's hand!

One second later, it was in this young man's mouth!

He chewed a few times, frowned, and said.

"Tastes awful."

The six members of the Medicine-Seeking Sect flew into a rage.

"Bastard! Who are you! How dare you snatch our Medicine-Seeking Sect's pill! Are you seeking death?!"

The six alchemists, whose highest cultivation realm was only the Golden Body Realm, each took out their own Spirit Artifacts, ready to fight Chen Yi, who was in the Martial King Realm, to the death.

Chen Yi snapped his fingers.

The six men immediately felt as if lead had been poured into their feet. Trying to take a single step required exerting every ounce of their strength. Their shoulders felt as if they were carrying a great mountain, unbearably heavy.

Within a few breaths, all six were flat on the ground, yet the feeling of heaviness on their bodies remained unresolved.

"What's going on??"

Chen Yi had simply increased the gravity on these men using the Stellar River Divine Art.

Subsequently, Chen Yi searched them and found a storage pouch.

"One sect master, five elders, and you only have one storage pouch between you. You're really quite destitute."

The six had by now realized the newcomer was a lofty "Senior Realm" martial artist. Their own realms had automatically downgraded to the "Ant Realm," and their attitudes immediately became much more respectful.

"This junior failed to recognize Mount Tai and offended Senior. We beg Senior to forgive our crime!"

Inside this sole storage pouch, Chen Yi found a Jade Slip. On it, inscribed in a somewhat ancient human script, was the formula for the Demon Essence Pill.

The signature read "Sect Master Luo Zhihua of the Shangdan Sect."

This Shangdan Sect was an ancient sect that had already vanished.

During his last simulation when Chen Yi went to Danxiang Valley to borrow pill formulas, he had chatted with the people from Danxiang Valley during the banquet and heard them mention it.

Danxiang Valley was actually developed from a small branch after the Shangdan Sect disbanded.

The history of the Shangdan Sect could be traced back over ten thousand years.

And this Luo Zhihua was also a legendary figure. Rumors said he had briefly touched the Martial God level using pills he developed himself.

But he was subsequently backlashed by the toxicity within the pills. Not only did his realm fall, but he died not long after.

"So this pill formula really exists. Where did you find this?"

The six from the Medicine-Seeking Sect told him everything they knew.

But to Chen Yi, it sounded like useless information.

Found by chance in a valley while herb gathering.

That was truly bizarre. A pill formula that had existed for over ten thousand years, sitting in some broken valley until now, only to be discovered by these weaklings?

Chen Yi speculated this pill formula had probably been lost for a very long time.

The Dragon-Man tribe must have found it from somewhere, then arranged a fortuitous encounter for these Medicine-Seeking Sect guys.

"These Dragon-Men really do things meticulously. Using a pill formula that already existed among humans, making slight manipulations, stirring up the long-standing enmity between the two races, and leveraging it to start a great war."

The six men lying on the ground were still begging for mercy.

"Senior, we juniors shouldn't have offended you. If you need this pill and formula, please take them. We only ask that you spare us..."

Chen Yi gave a light laugh.

"Answer my questions truthfully, and I naturally won't make things difficult for you. Did you make multiple copies of this formula?"

"No! Absolutely not! This formula is of great importance. We didn't want it leaked either."

"Oh..."

Chen Yi turned and left.

The six men let out a long sigh of relief.

However, the gravity on their bodies did not disappear.

Looking up, they saw a soul-summoning banner shrouded in black mist blocking the cave exit.

"Hundred Demons Night Parade!!"

The Ten Thousand Souls Banner, now possessing an Earth-Grade Spirit Artifact body, was much more formidable now.

With a slight move, it easily dealt with the six immobilized men and collected their souls into the banner.

"Little Wan, interrogate them properly. See if they were lying."

"Got it! Leave it to me, bro!"

Chen Yi walked outside the cave and looked towards the northwest.

"Next stop, Hanfeng Temple in Xiliang! Xiliang? Right..."

Chen Yi thought of the old monk Zhen Pin. No, at this time he should still be a young monk.

"He's also in Xiliang at this time. I can take him to get the 'Forgetful Dust Water'!"

The Five Regions Sacred Pill, the true must-eat item on the simulation list.

Before going to Xiliang, Chen Yi first made a trip to the Chixin Sect.

He originally wanted to see what situation Yu Qian was in now.

Instead, he saw the Chixin Sect holding a large funeral.

Yu Qian was dead.

The Ten Thousand Souls Banner said smugly.

"See! I told you you'd startle the snake. This old guy got dealt with, right?"

The Demon Refining Pot retorted.

"Little Wan, mind your tone. You should use honorifics when speaking to the master. What's with this 'you'? You should say 'you, sir.' Understand?"

"I understand your grandmother's leg!"

"Hmph, vulgar countryside Immortal Artifact."

"Sh*t! F*ck your mother! A b*st*rd f*cker!!"

The Ten Thousand Souls Banner listened to Hu Chacha yelling and screaming every day. It didn't learn other Dragon-Man language, but it learned plenty of curses.

Yu Qian being killed was also within Chen Yi's expectations.

He believed that given the Dragon-Man tribe's caution, the stronghold where the Demon Bridge Formation was located must have many alarm facilities he wasn't aware of.

The moment he made contact with Yu Qian, he had probably already startled the snake.

Chen Yi was just thinking that maybe he could exploit a loophole, have Yu Qian set up another stronghold for him to destroy?

He just didn't succeed.

"With this, we're still missing the location of one stronghold. Can only go to that place to look for it..."

Chen Yi looked up at the sky.

The Starry Domains!

The Shen Family!

At the end of the fourth simulation, the Shen Family was the first to be attacked by the Dragon-Man tribe.

The Dragon-Man army also emerged from the Star Force Mystic Realm.

If you said the Shen Family didn't have a Dragon-Man insider, Chen Yi would never believe it even if beaten to death.

Even if the Shen Family Founding Ancestor was gone.

That large group of powerful experts in the Shen Family wasn't just for show.

How could the world barrier be opened without anyone noticing, and their connection to the ground be severed so swiftly?

There must have been someone working from the inside!