Chapter 2743: The True Strength of the Alchemist Alliance!

Ye Yuan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and let out a long breath.

The claw of that corpse king had almost reached his face just now; it was truly a matter of life and death.

His spur-of-the-moment decision to save everyone had been a thrill ride.

These were all Saint Emperor Heaven powerhouses; it would be a great pity if they died.

"You're overthinking it. I'm not one to forget past grievances. I just think it's a waste for you all to die here as Saint Emperor Heaven experts. Better to keep your useful lives and do something meaningful," Ye Yuan said indifferently.

The crowd frowned, catching the implication in Ye Yuan's words.

"Brother Ye, it seems you are very familiar with the Lost God Palace?" said Violet Sun Saint Sovereign.

Along the way, Ye Yuan had schemed against them multiple times, as if he were in his own home.

Especially just now—there were many lamps along the path, yet Ye Yuan knew exactly which one triggered the restriction.

This was rather unusual.

Ye Yuan did not hide it and said calmly, "I can lead you out, and I can share some of the heavenly treasures here with you. I can even help you step into the mid-level Saint Emperor Heaven, or even the upper-level Saint Emperor Heaven! But..."

The Saint Sovereigns listened, their faces full of doubt.

This kid—why had he suddenly changed his tune?

And the upper-level Saint Emperor Heaven—was that something you could just break through to on a whim?

"Brother Ye, if you have something to say, just say it directly," Violet Sun Saint Sovereign said with a smile.

Ye Yuan knew they didn't believe him and said flatly, "Do you know why Dahuang is willing to follow me?"

Why else? Because you can refine Imperial Heaven Pills!

A fourth-grade Imperial Heaven Pill—its medicinal effects are already considerable!

However, a fourth-grade Imperial Heaven Pill could greatly enhance Dahuang's strength, but it was not enough to let these people break through to the upper-level Saint Emperor Heaven.

The crowd smiled knowingly.

Dahuang snorted coldly and said disdainfully, "A bunch of frogs at the bottom of a well! Do you know that just a few years ago, I was only at the Jade Emperor Heaven Great Perfection? Now, a few years later, which of you can match me?"

The Saint Sovereigns' expressions changed, all showing shock!

They had thought Dahuang was originally a Saint Emperor Heaven, and Ye Yuan's refining of fourth-grade Imperial Heaven Pills was just icing on the cake.

They never expected that Dahuang's Saint Sovereign status was entirely created by Ye Yuan!

This was terrifying!

A Jade Emperor Heaven who could casually create Saint Emperor Heavens—this was too monstrous, wasn't it?

"Saint Sovereign Dahuang, is this true?" asked Dao Yun Saint Sovereign, drawing in a cold breath.

"Heh, if Master Ye could only refine ordinary Imperial Heaven Pills, do you think I would willingly follow him like this?" said Dahuang.

The crowd found this reasonable.

Saint Sovereign true spirits were not only proud but also unfriendly toward humans, let alone becoming their mounts.

Moreover, even if Ye Yuan could refine ordinary Imperial Heaven Pills, their positions should have been reversed, with Ye Yuan not taking the lead.

This showed that Ye Yuan's alchemy strength was even greater than they had imagined!

"There's no need to guess. You are all Saint Sovereign experts; you should have heard of true-grade pills, right?" Ye Yuan said calmly.

At these words, the Saint Emperor Heaven experts present changed color drastically.

Authentic-grade—this was once an unfamiliar term.

But ever since the earth-shattering battle between Ye Yuan of the Wuding Heavenly Sect and Cang Yongning, the Holy Son of the Dan Alliance, the name of authentic-grade spread far and wide.

However, heavenly pills of this level were never circulated on the market; they were monopolized by the Dan Alliance!

In fact, over a hundred years had passed, and the alchemical strength of the major heavenly sects across the five heavenly domains had not only failed to progress but had regressed significantly.

Because the Dan Alliance's monopoly had become even more stringent.

Monopolizing heavenly pills meant controlling the lifelines of the major heavenly sects, gripping them by the throat.

"Authentic-grade heavenly pill! Ye Yuan... could you be... could you be..." Daoyun Holy Venerable suddenly recalled something and looked at Ye Yuan in shock.

The others were not fools either; linking these two terms, if they still didn't know who Ye Yuan was, they might as well hit their heads against a wall.

Back when Ye Yuan was 'killed,' he was only at the Great Extreme Heaven rank.

Logically, he was just an obscure junior.

But that was not the case.

Back then, Ye Yuan established the Alchemy Pavilion, defeated the Holy Son, and created authentic-grade pills, stirring up massive waves across the five heavenly domains.

If not for that, the Dan Alliance would not have annihilated the Five Radiance Heavenly Domain with such swift and fierce measures.

Others might not know, but how could these Holy Venerables be unaware?

They rarely showed themselves in public, but that didn't mean they truly withdrew from worldly affairs.

"I heard that the Dan Alliance's盟主 personally struck and killed you! You... you're actually not dead?" Tianlu Holy Venerable was also utterly shocked.

"Heh, with great revenge unavenged, how could Ye easily die? But you Holy Emperor Heavens—are you so willing to be the Dan Alliance's lackeys?" Ye Yuan said with a half-smile.

In truth, seeing these Holy Emperor Heavens, Ye Yuan roughly guessed the current strength of the Dan Alliance.

The Holy Emperor Heavens present today probably represented most of the power across the five heavenly domains.

Ye Yuan hadn't expected that the five heavenly domains had so many hidden Holy Emperor Heaven experts.

However, the fact that the Dan Alliance could suppress so many Holy Emperor Heavens showed their formidable strength!

Calling them lackeys might be a bit harsh.

Holy Emperor Heaven experts stood aloof from worldly affairs, and the Dan Alliance's influence on them was not great.

But they no longer dared to meddle in sect affairs.

Back then, the Dan Alliance, with swift and fierce measures, destroyed five major heavenly sects and killed five veteran Holy Emperor Heavens, intimidating all Holy Emperor Heaven experts.

How could they dare to utter a single word of dissent?

"Hehe, Brother Ye speaks lightly. Do you know how strong the Dan Alliance truly is? Do you know that the destruction of your five major heavenly sects happened simultaneously? And the盟主 who killed your Wuding Heavenly Sect's Holy Emperor Heaven was merely the branch盟主 of the Dan Alliance!" Tianlu Holy Venerable said helplessly.

Daoyun Holy Venerable's eyes flickered as well. "The Dan Alliance's headquarters, Li Changsheng, is a supreme expert at the upper Holy Emperor Heaven level! As far as I know, the Dan Alliance has no fewer than twenty Holy Venerable experts! Do you realize that all us old relics combined don't even reach twenty? The strongest among us is only at the middle Holy Emperor Heaven level! If we don't play the lackey, what else can we do?"

Ye Yuan gasped in shock upon hearing this.

This was the first time he learned the true strength of the Dan Alliance.

He had thought that his achievements in Tiannan and the Myriad Demon Mountains were enough to return and destroy the Dan Alliance without issue.

He never expected that the Dan Alliance's headquarters actually had a supreme expert at the upper Holy Emperor Heaven level!

This made things quite troublesome.

But even an upper Holy Emperor Heaven could not make him give up revenge.

If there was no strong expert, then he would create one!

After a moment of silence, Ye Yuan said in a deep voice, "Now, the Dan Alliance monopolizes all alchemical resources, and their Holy Emperor Heavens will only grow stronger. But you have to take risks and come to such dangerous places. As one side grows and the other declines, within a thousand years, there will be no more heavenly sects in Yuqing Continent! Are you willing to accept that?"