"Dual pill fusion? Don’t end up fusing some kind of monstrosity."

Tiancan Monk still had some doubts about Alchemist Bai Lu’s words.

"Let’s wait and see, let’s wait and see."

Alchemist Bai Lu did not offer much explanation, continuing to admire the Starry Sky Scroll with a gaze like one admiring a beauty.

"I don’t quite believe this dual pill fusion will succeed, but... what if?"

Tiancan Monk still harbored some hope—if Zhou Xuan successfully refined a good elixir, then everyone would be safe. Zhou Xuan wouldn’t die, and in the days to come on the Heavenly Dome, he and the Eternal Life Sect Leader would have a much easier time,

and he wouldn’t have to forcefully defeat Zhou Xuan in Mingjiang Prefecture,

"Although Zhou Xuan isn’t that advanced in terms of the Incense Fire Level, he’s definitely much harder to kill than some who have burned nine sticks of incense."

Tiancan Monk thought to himself...

...

"Today’s elixir might create a new spectacle."

Zhou Xuan looked at the scroll, devouring the fierce beast composed of "resentment" as if he were a glutton.

He even sensed another emotion from this "emotional beast"—fear.

Yun Ziliang, with his hands on his hips, said with admiration, "Xuanzi, you’ll definitely be the Dan Officer today."

"Maybe not, Zhou Housheng, today you might face a great calamity."

An old man, riding a Big Black Donkey, appeared on the stage and greeted Zhou Xuan.

"Incense Fire Taoist God, it’s been a few days."

Li Changxun was the first to greet the Incense Fire Taoist.

"Li Shanzu, Old Incense greets you." The Incense Fire Taoist, holding a horsetail whisk, looked serious.

"Why do you look so distressed, what’s the matter?" Yun Ziliang teased the Incense Fire Taoist.

After a sigh, the Incense Fire Taoist said, "You all don’t know, today Zhou Housheng faces a great calamity, and even I can’t think of a way to break through this disaster."

"The calamity you speak of, is it them?"

Zhou Xuan pointed at the Battlefield, where Hulu Taoist was fighting, and asked.

"Them... although each one of them is an expert, the combined power of the six is no less than God-level, but I personally believe they can’t kill you."

The Incense Fire Taoist had great confidence in Zhou Xuan’s abilities.

Zhou Xuan then pointed at the warriors from Buddha Country, asking, "So what about them, could they be the calamity?"

"No, the calamity I speak of is in the sky."

The Incense Fire Taoist raised a finger, pointing at the sky: "You originally made an agreement with the Heavenly Dome that if you display the strength of becoming the strongest Dan Officer, the Heavenly Dome would spare you and allow you to become the Dan Officer."

"I remember that incident," Zhou Xuan nodded.

The Incense Fire Taoist continued, "But there’s a twist, you’re very impressive today, orchestrating such a grand spectacle. The Heavenly Dome has taken notice of the stage,

the Heavenly Dome has declared that if the elixir you refine today surpasses the previous medicine powder, you’ll be spared, and the position of Dan Officer will be yours.

However, if the medicine powder you refine is inferior to the previous one, the Eternal Life Sect Leader and Tiancan Monk will take your head and the Green and Red Fish back to the Heavenly Dome,

the elixir you refined last time was already that good, surpassing it would be as difficult as climbing... hmm..."

He was solemnly explaining the stakes to Zhou Xuan, but as he spoke, his gaze was drawn to the Starry Sky Scroll.

As he paused, Zhou Xuan called out softly, "Old Incense, continue talking, I’m listening with interest."

His words fell into Li Changxun’s ears, making this Shanzu even more impressed; he whispered to Yun Ziliang,

"Master, what I admire most about our great teacher is this. Look at him, so calm and composed, like it’s not him the Heavenly Dome wants to kill."

"Don’t overthink it, you, cowardly as you are, could never emulate that demeanor."

At this moment, Yun Ziliang transformed into Master Shui Meng.

Meanwhile, the Incense Fire Taoist turned and asked Zhou Xuan, "Where did you get this scroll?"

"Naturally from the well, why, did you recognize something about it?"

Zhou Xuan asked.

"I recognized something, but I’m not certain." The Incense Fire Taoist, pinching a Tao Seal with his fingers, seemed to be reminiscing about an event from many years ago.

He said, "Zhou Housheng, did you know that under the sky of Jing Country, there was originally no alchemy technique?"

"There was no road in the world, but as people walked, a road came into being?" Zhou Xuan, without context, recalled Brother Xun’s famous saying.

"The alchemy technique fell from the sky."

The Incense Fire Taoist explained: "In ancient times, a stream of fire fell from the sky and, upon reaching the mortal realm, created a great abyss on the ground,

later, people saw a Copper Tripod in that abyss, the Tripod had six legs, and its Lid displayed a ’starry sky’ pattern with countless star clouds shimmering like a waterfall,

later, this Tripod was obtained by the Tao Ancestor,

the Tao Ancestor used supreme Divine Skills to place green stones, vermillion, and other things like Tao Seals and talismans into the Tripod, and from it emerged two large fish—green and red—and hence Jing Country had elixirs."

"You mean to say that my Starry Sky Scroll is the Lid of that Copper Tripod?"

The Incense Fire Taoist nodded and said, "I estimate it is. This Tripod is called ’Fire Meteor,’ and the ancestors referred to it as the ’Flying Star Tripod.’ If we trace it back,

this Flying Star Tripod is the true Human World Pill Ancestor; it’s just, for some reason, this Tripod ended up in the possession of Blood Well Venerable."