Chapter 2041: Twin Dragons Reappear!

A primeval aura burst forth from Danyu Heavenly Sovereign.

This aura was more powerful than anyone before, including Ye Yuan.

Facing Danyu Heavenly Sovereign was like facing the Heavenly Dao itself.

The vicissitudes of time, the shifting of stars—all were laid bare in that moment.

"So this is the Ancestral Realm?" Ye Yuan looked at Danyu Heavenly Sovereign, lost in thought.

This was the pinnacle of alchemy, the zenith of the Dao of Alchemy!

Even Ye Yuan yearned deeply for such a realm.

Danyu Heavenly Sovereign reached out with a hand, and a pile of seventh-grade spiritual herbs instantly turned into fine powder, flying into his heavenly sovereign spiritual treasure. A dense yellow light mass slowly expanded, enveloping Piaoyu Heavenly Sovereign.

"This is Danyu Heavenly Sovereign's凌霄化天术 (Soaring Sky Transformation Art). Legend says that when cultivated to the extreme, it can refine the very heavens, omnipotent. Seeing it today, it truly lives up to its reputation."

"No wonder he's the number one alchemist of the Southern Domain. Such strength makes one lose all courage to fight him! Piaoyu Heavenly Sovereign was too impulsive. Even if he's stepped into the Ancestral Realm, how could he possibly be a match for Danyu Heavenly Sovereign?"

"So this is the Ancestral Realm? Truly extraordinary! I feel that my own alchemy is like an ant before him."

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Not to mention the Southern Domain, even in the entire Tongtian Realm, Ancestral Realm experts were as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.

Even for those Seven-Star Divine Alchemists, seeing an Ancestral Realm expert in action was extremely rare.

In fact, many Seven-Star Divine Alchemists had never even seen Danyu Heavenly Sovereign fight.

That Danyu Heavenly Sovereign was an Ancestral Realm expert was itself a legend.

But today, that legend was taking action before everyone's eyes!

Everyone stared unblinkingly at Danyu Heavenly Sovereign, afraid to miss a single detail.

Such an experience was invaluable to all.

"Piaoyu, challenging me is asking for humiliation! Don't forget, if you lose, Golden Radiance Emperor Capital will have to cede half of its pill share!" Danyu Heavenly Sovereign sneered.

"Rest assured, I won't go back on my word," Piaoyu Heavenly Sovereign said calmly.

Ye Yuan frowned, somewhat puzzled.

He had thought this was just an ordinary alchemy exchange, but now it seemed otherwise.

"Brother Ziyi, what do they mean by that?" Ye Yuan asked Ziyi Heavenly Sovereign.

Ziyi Heavenly Sovereign smiled bitterly: "It's a long story. The Cloud Alchemy Assembly is indeed an excellent place for alchemists to exchange ideas, but it's also a crucial venue for dividing interests!"

It turned out that the leaders of the seven holy lands had formed the Southern Domain Alliance, with Cloud Alchemy Emperor Capital as the leader due to Danyu Heavenly Sovereign.

These seven top holy lands divided over seventy percent of the Southern Domain's pill and spiritual herb trade.

After all, pills and spiritual herbs were necessities for martial artists, with enormous profits.

Especially for holy lands with Dao Realm Perfection experts, their positions were unshakable.

The seven holy lands had originally agreed that Cloud Alchemy Emperor Capital would take the lead.

If any holy land wanted more territory or shares, they would settle it at the Cloud Alchemy Assembly.

However, Danyu Heavenly Sovereign held an exalted position, always commanding the other six cities as the alliance leader.

Cloud Alchemy Emperor Capital occupied forty percent of that seventy percent, while the other six divided the remaining sixty percent.

When the six holy lands divided territory among themselves, each could only stake ten percent of their own share as a bet; the winner gained ten percent, the loser lost ten percent.

But since the other six were roughly equal in strength, after many Cloud Alchemy Assemblies, their shares remained balanced.

Logically, Piaoyu Heavenly Sovereign was the strongest, so Golden Radiance Emperor Capital should have the largest share. However, Danyu Heavenly Sovereign often used his position as alliance leader to suppress Golden Radiance Emperor Capital, so its share was actually smaller than the other five.

Because of this, Piaoyu Heavenly Sovereign held considerable resentment toward Danyu Heavenly Sovereign.

But to challenge the alliance leader, one had to stake fifty percent of their own share as a bet—a huge gamble.

If he won, Golden Radiance Emperor Capital would soar to become the alliance leader, and the Cloud Alchemy Assembly would be renamed the Golden Radiance Assembly.

If he lost, the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion's share in the Southern Domain would shrink dramatically.

After hearing all this, Ye Yuan realized how many interests were entangled in this Cloud Alchemy Assembly.

"Indeed, 'the world bustles with activity, all for profit; the world hustles and bustles, all for gain.' So the territory of the Southern Domain has long been divided!" Ye Yuan sighed.

He finally understood why Danyu Heavenly Sovereign had targeted him.

With the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion having two Dao Realm Perfection masters, and himself a master who could break through to the Ancestral Realm at any time, the pressure on Danyu Heavenly Sovereign was immense!

Ziyi Heavenly Sovereign smiled bitterly: "Yes! The Heavenly Emperor's Dao Field stands aloof from worldly affairs; it's the various emperor capitals that truly handle mundane matters. And the status of alchemy holy lands is even higher than other emperor capitals. Still, I think Brother Piaoyu was too reckless! Even if he's broken through to the Ancestral Realm, he may not be a match for Danyu."

"Whoosh!"

Before Ziyi finished speaking, two dragon roars soared into the sky, drawing exclamations of amazement!

Yes, two roars.

Two divine dragon phantoms intertwined, producing an extremely powerful fluctuation.

Their momentum was not at all inferior to Danyu Heavenly Sovereign's!

Two Ancestral Realm experts confronted each other, neither giving an inch.

Piaoyu Heavenly Sovereign's aura was actually on par with Danyu Heavenly Sovereign's!

Seeing this, Ye Yuan couldn't help but smile.

"Hehe, Brother Ziyi, rest assured. This match, Brother Piaoyu is sure to win!" Ye Yuan said with a faint smile.

The scene before him was extremely familiar—it was exactly the same as when he and Piaoyu Heavenly Sovereign had competed in alchemy!

But this scene was much weaker than that previous alchemy duel.

It wasn't that Piaoyu Heavenly Sovereign was weaker; rather, the resonance they had triggered back then was too intense!

The resonance between Ye Yuan and Piaoyu Heavenly Sovereign was not a simple one-plus-one-equals-two; it produced some kind of strong chemical reaction.

This intense resonance had even surpassed the Ancestral Realm!

After all, the pills they had finally refined were both Resting Spirit Divine Pills!

Even Danyu Heavenly Sovereign, an Ancestral Realm expert, could not refine a Resting Spirit Divine Pill.

Piaoyu Heavenly Sovereign had clearly gained great inspiration from that battle, which allowed him to break through to the Ancestral Realm.

And with the might of the twin dragons, although he had just entered the Ancestral Realm, his strength was in no way inferior to Danyu Heavenly Sovereign's.

Danyu Heavenly Sovereign's expression was extremely grim. He had never expected that Piaoyu, a rookie who had just entered the Ancestral Realm, would be so strong!

The two dragons shone in harmony, as if weaving a massive cage between heaven and earth, putting immense pressure on Danyu Heavenly Sovereign.

The two Ancestral Realm experts engaged in a fierce dragon-and-tiger struggle, contending for three whole days.

During these three days, auspicious clouds surrounded the skies above Cloud Alchemy Emperor Capital, radiant and dazzling.

"Condense!"

"Condense for me!"

The two Ancestral Realm experts spoke in unison, successfully forming their pills!

Everyone held their breath, eager to see the outcome of this battle.

The leaders of the five holy lands simultaneously stepped onto the arena to open the cauldrons and examine the pills.

"Danyu Heavenly Sovereign, Haoling Divine Grade!"

"Piaoyu Heavenly Sovereign, Haoling Divine Grade!"