Five years is neither long nor short.

For those mighty beings whose cultivation has reached the Realm King Realm or even the Dao Realm, five years is like a snap of the fingers, and their progress in martial arts cultivation is minimal.

But for Ye Zhen, the Heavenly Wing Three Saints, Liao Feibai, and others, five years is absolutely crucial.

Whether it’s Ye Zhen’s ventures outside, acquiring cultivation resources from defeating formidable opponents, or the astonishing gains from massacring the Heavenly Temple branch twice and consecutively raiding thirty-one princely treasure vaults in a single night.

Or the Heavenly Wing Three Saints expanding outward and exterminating formidable ocean demons, with profits from the Market of Dulong Island mounting like piles of gold, all accumulating top-tier cultivation resources for Hai Li.

They desperately needed a certain amount of time to digest these massive high-quality cultivation resources and convert these gains into strength in the shortest time possible.

Before today, Ye Zhen and the others always had this idea but never had the opportunity.

The pressure from outside forces made them perpetually cautious, preventing them from dedicating five or six years to wholehearted cultivation.

But now, with the artifact possessing temporal power brought out by Ye Zhen, half a year’s time could be turned into five years.

In an instant, this urgent need became a reality, especially for Ye Zhen!

Therefore, not long after cultivation began, there was a minor breakthrough, advancing from the early-stage Sixth Stage of Divine Communication Realm to the mid-stage Sixth Stage of Divine Communication Realm.

Whether it was Ye Zhen, the Heavenly Wing Three Saints, or Liao Feibai, each one’s combat power far surpassed martial artists of the same level, but their common shortcoming was cultivation.

Thus, from the beginning of their intensive cultivation, whether it was Ye Zhen, Liao Feibai, or the Heavenly Wing Three Saints, their goal was simple.

Within five years, they would not cultivate any martial skills or divine power secret techniques, focusing entirely on elevating their cultivation.

The resources used for cultivation were also top-tier.

For over ninety percent of martial artists on the Primordial Continent, having a few Low Grade Thought Spirit Pills for cultivation is quite good, but Ye Zhen and the others directly used High Grade Thought Spirit Pills for continuous cultivation.

The spirit stones used for cultivation were also high grade.

However, what made Ye Zhen even more delighted was the pills crafted for the four by Shuili Dan King to suit their needs.

Originally, according to Ye Zhen’s plan, Shuili Dan King wasn’t included in this five-year intensive cultivation.

But, considering that Shuili Dan King was also the one most in need of time, Ye Zhen invited him in as well.

After all, Shuili Dan King knew many of Ye Zhen’s secrets, and this wasn’t different.

Unexpectedly, Shuili Dan King gave Ye Zhen a big surprise first, handing over a bottle of pills.

"What is this?"

"Heavenly King Ye, this is the Five Elements Refining God Pill!

It is one of the pill formulas that Fairy Liao collected with a significant expenditure from the Four Seas Flower. But after my research, I found that these Five Elements Refining God Pills have miraculous effects on the cultivation enhancement of Heavenly King Ye."

After a slight modification, I refined these Five Elements Refining God Pills, which I think should be useful for Heavenly King Ye," Shuili Dan King said.

"Miraculous effects on cultivation improvement? Please, King Peng Dan, tell me more," Ye Zhen suddenly became interested.

According to King Peng Dan, the Five Elements Refining God Pill’s formula isn’t actually valuable; it’s rare to see them circulating in the market.

The main reason is that while this pill has miraculous effects on enhancing the cultivation of martial artists cultivating the Five Elements Spirit Palace, its effects are ordinary for non-cultivators, leaving toxic residues.

In this world, especially the Primordial Continent, most martial artists prefer to cultivate singular or mutually supportive spirit palaces with strong offensive power and combat strength.

Very few cultivate the Five Elements Spirit Palace, which is known for abundant and enduring spiritual power.

Without a market, there is no demand, coupled with high costs, making the Five Elements Refining God Pill rare, even impossible to buy directly.

However, for martial artists like Ye Zhen who cultivate the Five Elements Spirit Palace, the effects are astonishingly powerful.

One can refine one a day, and the spiritual power enhancement effect from refining one is equivalent to two days’ worth of laborious cultivation for other martial artists.

Refining one Five Elements Refining God Pill only takes three hours of effort.

Three hours of effort is equivalent to three days of intensive cultivation effect for others, demonstrating the profound effect of this Five Elements Refining God Pill.

More importantly, these Five Elements Refining God Pills remain effective until Ye Zhen’s cultivation breaks through to the Dao Realm.

Even when cultivation reaches the Realm King Realm, increasing the years of the heavenly materials and earthly treasures used for alchemy will not diminish its effect.

Equivalent to the cultivation results of two regular martial artists over two days.

The potent efficacy stunned Ye Zhen.

Doesn’t this mean that if he took one Five Elements Refining God Pill a day, it would be equivalent to two days of cultivation for other martial artists?

So, wouldn’t these five years of intensive cultivation be equivalent to fifteen years of cultivation for other martial artists?

If this is true, the effect would be terrifying.

A slightly incredulous Ye Zhen took one Five Elements Refining God Pill on the spot to personally experience the effect of the pill.

Three hours later, when Ye Zhen fully refined the effects of the medicine and opened his eyes, he saw Shuili Dan King smiling at him.

Ye Zhen quickly stood up, cupped his hands, and bowed deeply to Shuili Dan King, "Please accept my bow, Pill King. I am ashamed for doubting your marvelous skills."

"Not at all, not at all!" Shuili Dan King waved his hand, "It’s just that the Five Elements Refining God Pill’s effect truly is extraordinary. Without personal experience, it is indeed hard to believe.

However..."

"However, what?" Ye Zhen pressed.

"Heavenly King Ye, another reason the Five Elements Refining God Pill is so rarely seen is because of its extremely high cost. Other pills may only have one or two main ingredients, but the Five Elements Refining God Pill has six, and the price of each is not low.

Moreover, my current pill formation rate is only forty percent. On average, the cost of heavenly materials and earthly treasures for each Five Elements Refining God Pill is about one thousand high-grade spiritual stones!

Over the year, the consumption is at least around four hundred thousand high-grade spiritual stones! Furthermore, this is influenced by the Market of Dulong Island, where the prices of many spiritual medicines are bulk effect prices.

Just the cost alone is beyond what ordinary martial artists can afford. Plus, as Heavenly King Ye’s cultivation level increases, the age of the spiritual medicines used will increase, and prices will multiply."

"Just forty hundred thousand high-grade spiritual stones?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Zhen was taken aback, then waved his hand, "No problem, King Peng Dan, you go ahead and refine them—this amount of spirit stones I can still afford!

In that case, I cannot let King Peng Dan expend his energy for nothing. I will purchase each Five Elements Refining Pill at twice the cost price.

In the future, if the cost price rises, it will be the same."

Shuili Dan King wanted to decline, but Ye Zhen continued, "King Peng Dan also has a big family under him, and over the years, he has taken in several water clan beauties. Without some income, it would be difficult; we can’t let him refine pills for us for free, can we? It’s decided.

In the future, as long as King Peng Dan refines pills, we will purchase them at twice the cost price." Ye Zhen said.

Though Shuili Dan King is passionate about the Alchemy Dao, his spirit remains youthful, and over the years, Ye Zhen knows he has taken in four water clan beauties.

Ye Zhen did this as a long-term strategy; otherwise, waiting until Shuili Dan King harbors resentment would be too late.

Moreover, even if Ye Zhen purchased them at twice the cost price and let Shuili Dan King earn half, in reality, Ye Zhen still profited greatly.

Pills made by this Primordial Master Alchemist do not cost less than three times the cost price.

Indeed, the better quality the pill, the greater the profit.

Previously, the market price for the Five Elements Refining God Pill was between 3500 and 4000 high-grade spiritual stones, and this was only for martial artists of the Divine Communication Realm to use.

"If that’s the case, then I wouldn’t be able to refuse! However, these foreign realm water clan beauties have a distinct charm, Heavenly King Ye...."

Before Shuili Dan King could finish speaking, Liao Feibai’s gaze shot towards Shuili Dan King like an arrow, frightening the latter into immediate silence.

Ye Zhen quickly changed the subject and asked, "By the way, I have the Five Elements Refining God Pill, so what about my senior sister and three elder brothers, do they have suitable pills?"

Upon hearing this, Shuili Dan King smiled.

"Yes, they all have suitable ones!"

"In these years, I did not waste my efforts! Mainly because Heavenly King Ye is often away, all pills tailored for enhancing Heavenly King Ye’s cultivation have come out the latest.

For example, the pills Fairy Liao requires are quite special, and the heavenly materials and earthly treasures used are rare, just formulated recently; but for the three Great Saints, their pills have long been prepared," Shuili Dan King said.

The three members of the Sky Wing Three Saints are from the demon race, and the pills they use mostly focus on dragon clan blood essence, with Shuili Dan King using several spiritual medicines to maximize the effects of the dragon clan blood essence.

Refining them into Dragon Blood Golden Pills, which can increase the medicinal effects of dragon blood by over thirty percent compared to previous levels.

Nowadays, the Sky Wing Three Saints cultivate using True Dragon essence blood, no longer in that incredibly wasteful way of directly consuming dragon blood.

Instead, they take Dragon Blood Golden Pills, with not a trace of medicinal power wasted, and further strengthening the body.

The pills needed for Liao Feibai’s cultivation are even more special.

Liao Feibai mainly practices Ice Element Cultivation Techniques, and she does not want ordinary pills for increasing cultivation.

She wants Shuili Dan King to make pills that can both enhance cultivation and store Ice Fiend power, to synchronize the enhancement of cultivation and Ice Fiend power.

The refining difficulty of this pill is quite high, but after countless years of accumulation in the Primordial Continent, the number of pill formulas appearing is comparable to the sands of the Ganges.

Many pill formulas are not due to ineffective pill effects, but because they are too costly for many martial artists to afford, gradually losing their market, and ultimately can only trade the pill formulas for some income.

The Northern Nether Cold Departure Pill refined by Shuili Dan King for Liao Feibai belongs to such a pill—no demand but surprisingly effective.

The cost price of a single Northern Nether Cold Departure Pill is higher than Ye Zhen’s Five Elements Refining God Pill, each amounting to three thousand high-grade spiritual stones.

According to Shuili Dan King, this expensive Northern Nether Cold Departure Pill is only made by those alchemy offerings within ancient noble families who focus solely on Ice Fiend Qi and have inherited vast wealth.

However, for Ye Zhen, the Sky Wing Three Saints, and Liao Feibai, the only thing missing now is a fast way to enhance their strength; price is no issue.

"During these days, I would ask King Peng Dan to stay here and dedicate himself to refining the pills we need for cultivation," Ye Zhen bowed deeply again.

"This is my duty!"

At that moment, Ye Zhen felt that bringing Shuili Dan King to the Primordial Continent was an incredibly wise decision!