Chapter 3049: Keep Up the Good Work!

Before today, people's understanding of genius was roughly limited to figures like Zhou Xianchen and Kong Tan.

Even if some geniuses burst onto the scene, they wouldn't go far beyond that scope.

But today, that upper limit had clearly been raised by a large margin.

It was as if a record had been broken.

If refining three hundred Heavenly Pills at once was a record, Ye Yuan had nearly multiplied that record sevenfold!

In the circle of geniuses, this concept was an absolutely terrifying statistic.

At this level, even improving the record by half a percent was extremely difficult.

Let alone increasing it sevenfold!

One could imagine how stunned everyone was at that moment.

But Zhou Xianchen was clearly not one to admit defeat so easily.

After the shock, he sneered, "What's there to be smug about? The efficacy of the Heavenly Pills is what matters most! Eighty percent of the Heavenly Pills I refined allowed breakthroughs to Indra Heaven! I'd love to see how many people you can get to break through!"

Yang Qing laughed heartily, "You won't give up until you see the coffin! Brothers, let this fool see how strong the efficacy is!"

Hu Gaoshan didn't hesitate for a moment and swallowed an Eight-Aperture Seal-Breaking Pill in one gulp.

Suddenly, he felt his divine essence boil over throughout his body.

The Gate of Eternal Life directly manifested.

Hu Gaoshan felt that his power had never been so strong!

He raised a fist and smashed it fiercely toward the second seal.

Boom!

The second seal trembled, then began to crack.

The cracks grew larger and larger, until finally, it collapsed with a roar!

Hu Gaoshan, who had not yet reached perfection, directly broke through to Indra Heaven!

Although it wasn't as seamless as Yang Qing's breakthrough, it was still astonishing enough.

Hu Gaoshan's talent, in the eyes of ordinary people, was nothing special.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

One by one, the Gates of Eternal Life were shattered without any obstacle!

Even some who had barely reached the Great Perfection of Hao Heaven directly broke through to Indra Heaven!

The two thousand people Ye Yuan had selected were, in every respect, inferior to Zhou Xianchen's two thousand.

But the number of breakthroughs completely crushed Zhou Xianchen!

Every single one of these two thousand people broke through to Indra Heaven!

One hundred percent!

The entire venue erupted!

"How is this possible? Some people weren't even suited for breaking through to Indra Heaven, yet they still broke through!"

"Since when did breaking through to Indra Heaven become so easy?"

"The quality of Ye Yuan's Eight-Aperture Seal-Breaking Pills seems similar to Zhou Xianchen's, so why is the efficacy so different? This is impossible!"

...

The observant had already noticed the difference.

On the surface, the quality of Ye Yuan's Heavenly Pills was not higher than Zhou Xianchen's.

But the efficacy was obvious!

Those who took Zhou Xianchen's Heavenly Pills were mostly at the pinnacle of Hao Heaven, with no room for further improvement.

But nearly half of the two thousand Ye Yuan selected did not meet the conditions for breakthrough.

Yet, not a single one failed; all broke through to Indra Heaven!

That was terrifying!

One must know that the efficacy of Heavenly Pills varies from person to person.

With pills of the same quality and martial artists at the same realm, the difference can be enormous!

Some directly break through a realm.

But for others, the improvement is minimal, or even nonexistent.

This depends on individual talent.

Of course, for Origin-grade Heavenly Pills, even the worst case wouldn't be completely ineffective.

In terms of talent, anyone with discerning eyes could see that the two thousand Ye Yuan selected were far inferior to Zhou Xianchen's two thousand.

Yet, the breakthrough rate was one hundred percent!

What did that mean?

It meant that the Eight-Aperture Seal-Breaking Pills Ye Yuan refined had efficacy far superior to Zhou Xianchen's!

In an instant, two thousand more Indra Heaven experts emerged from the fifty thousand people!

Zhou Xianchen could no longer stand still; all his glory was shattered in that moment.

Ye Yuan's Eight-Aperture Seal-Breaking Pills had completely crushed his!

"H—how... how could this be? Impossible! Even if my father were here, he couldn't achieve such perfection! How could anyone make not a single mistake?" Zhou Xianchen was somewhat broken.

His father was the supreme ruler of the Zhou Heavenly Emperor Palace and also a Chaos Heavenly Master.

But even his father couldn't achieve the perfection Ye Yuan had.

A Hao Heaven martial artist had accomplished what even a supreme ruler could not!

Boom!

Just as everyone was stunned, the Nirvana Fire ignited again!

Ye Yuan had no intention of taunting Zhou Xianchen; after a brief rest, he directly began refining the Hundred-Fate Heavenly Aperture Pill.

And he was refining three hundred at once!

The crowd, who had yet to recover from the shock, fell into madness once again.

"Are you kidding me? He's going to refine the Hundred-Fate Heavenly Aperture Pill now?"

"Refining three hundred at once? Is he crazy? The difficulty of refining the Hundred-Fate Heavenly Aperture Pill is at least a hundred times that of the Eight-Aperture Seal-Breaking Pill!"

"And he just refined two thousand Eight-Aperture Seal-Breaking Pills; his condition shouldn't be back to its peak, right? Can he handle this?"

"The divine essence and soul power consumed by the Hundred-Fate Heavenly Aperture Pill are definitely a hundred times more than the Eight-Aperture Seal-Breaking Pill. How can this be possible?"

"If he actually succeeds in refining these, I'll chop off my head and feed it to the dogs!"

...

Those in the know understood that refining three hundred Hundred-Fate Heavenly Aperture Pills and two thousand Eight-Aperture Seal-Breaking Pills were not on the same level of difficulty.

Refining a single Hundred-Fate Heavenly Aperture Pill required tremendous effort.

For this level of Emperor Pill, the issue was whether it could be refined at all, not the quality.

Yet Ye Yuan wanted to refine them simultaneously!

This act alone expressed infinite contempt for Zhou Xianchen.

But even though Ye Yuan had successfully refined two thousand Eight-Aperture Seal-Breaking Pills, they still didn't believe he could succeed with these Hundred-Fate Heavenly Aperture Pills.

Such a feat was too bizarre.

Disbelief aside, this time people were not so quick to jump to conclusions.

Ye Yuan had already displayed overwhelming strength; regardless of the outcome, it was an indisputable fact that he had crushed the younger generation of the three major alchemy powers.

No one could deny that.

But if Ye Yuan truly succeeded, he would ascend to another peak!

For now, Zhou Xianchen still had the qualifications to compare with him.

But if Ye Yuan succeeded, Zhou Xianchen wouldn't even have the right to compete with him.

The two would no longer be on the same level.

This was the significance of this refinement.

Thus, everyone put aside their shock and focused on Ye Yuan's refinement.

Compared to the Eight-Aperture Seal-Breaking Pills, this refinement was less spectacular in appearance.

The cluster of Nirvana Fire was much smaller.

But those in the know could see that the power of the flame was several times stronger than before!

This time, a tense expression finally appeared on Ye Yuan's face.

Fine beads of sweat began to seep from his forehead, but they quickly vaporized in the Nirvana Fire.

In the void, Wutian's pupils contracted sharply, and he exclaimed, "Good lad, he was still holding back! Impressive! Impressive! Such refinement can only be described as the pinnacle of perfection! Even I, in my time, was far inferior to him! Who would have thought that after so many years, such a prodigy would emerge again!"