Invincible Dad-Chapter 751 Pill Success_1

"Saint."

"The Saint has returned!"

「Sakura Country, Moon Sect Holy Island.」

Following behind his elder sister, Ji Gui was startled by the fervent cries.

When had Ji Jie amassed such a vast force of zealous followers on Earth? Could it be... that she had harbored treacherous thoughts long ago? Otherwise, how could she dare to call herself the Saint of the Moon Sect and disregard our father, the Moon King!

"It’s just some trivial squabble. Father doesn’t care in the slightest." With years of interaction, a single glance was enough for Ji Jie to read what her apparently gloomy and ruthless, yet actually naive, Crown Prince brother was thinking.

Ji Jie shook her head. "You never learn to hide your emotions. Everything is written on your face, making you far too easy to read."

"And what good would it do me to learn now?" Ji Gui gave a self-deprecating smile. "My Golden Core is shattered. I’m just a cripple. Father remains unaware of this, yet he has already given up on me."

"Indeed." Ji Jie said unsparingly, "You are of no value now. It’s only natural for Father to discard you like a worn-out shoe."

Ji Gui fell silent.

As they entered the Holy Hall, the personal maid, Ren Shi, dismissed the others and prepared a table of simple dishes as the Crown Princess had instructed. On the table was also a jug of bamboo wine with two cups. Ren Shi was secretly surprised that the ’former Crown Prince Ji Gui’ was still alive, but her expression remained impassive as she poured wine for the siblings.

Ji Gui took his seat. He didn’t touch the cup at the table’s edge but instead snatched the wine jug from Ren Shi’s hands and gulped down several large mouthfuls. Wine spilled from the corners of his mouth, wetting the front of his clothes and releasing an acrid smell of alcohol. The bamboo wine wasn’t particularly strong, but after a few big gulps, Ji Gui was utterly drunk, his face a mask of dejection and disillusionment.

"You know, I knew all along it was impossible for me to become the Moon King. Although Father has no ambition, he does have Mother, after all."

"Hahahaha, all those experts from the Moon Clan sent to investigate the Sea of the Moon years ago were all sent to their deaths. Father was just indirectly weakening the combat power of the major Crescent Moon Clans."

"Sister, you must be wary of Father in the future. In his eyes, the blood of his own children means nothing."

"We’re all just pawns, completely expendable."

"..."

The drunken Ji Gui rambled on and on. Ji Jie listened in silence, not saying a word, not even touching the small dishes or the wine on the table.

"If only I were an ordinary person, how wonderful that would be. To know nothing of immortality, nothing of Cultivation, nothing of the Universe’s splendor."

"Maybe then... I could be a little happier..."

Ji Gui slumped over the table, muttering to himself, clearly plastered.

Ren Shi remained silent for a long while before finally speaking in a low voice, "Crown Princess, regarding the fact that the Crown Prince is still alive, should we inform the Moon King..."

Ji Jie looked at her calmly.

Ren Shi’s heart trembled, and she quickly bowed her head to explain, "This subordinate has no intention of interfering in the Crown Princess’s family matters, but... I worry that if the Moon King finds out later, he might hold it against you."

"My good-for-nothing brother has offended many people in the past. Without his Boundary, he couldn’t survive in the Moon Clan. Just let him stay on Earth," Ji Jie finally lifted her cup and took a small sip. It was unclear whether she was speaking to Ji Gui or to herself as she added, "Being an ordinary person really isn’t so bad."

At that moment, Ren Shi felt slightly bewildered. She had never expected the Crown Princess to let the Crown Prince off so easily. She had assumed he would be flayed, his tendons torn out, and then turned into a specimen, just as the Crown Princess had often described in the past.

But with his Golden Core shattered, recovery was as difficult as ascending to the heavens. For Ji Gui, the best fate for the rest of his life could only be that of an ordinary person.

WHOOSH.

Ji Jie stood up. Her blood-red gown swayed in the wind as her fingertips twirled a strand of her black hair, her face regaining its usual bewitching allure.

She stated languidly, "Notify the Royal City that starting today, I am entering seclusion. I will only emerge after I have achieved a breakthrough."

"Crown Princess, are you going to..." Ren Shi looked bewildered.

"To survive, of course."

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「Hua Country」

On Wednesday morning, Xu Lai dropped his daughter off at kindergarten. Ruan Tang said in a gentle voice, "You can go. I’ll drive to the office myself."

The annual celebration was just three days away. Xu Lai had planned to take Ruan Tang and Yiyi back with him in a couple of days, but Baize, the Divine General from the Heavenly Court, had sent an urgent message out of the blue. The Second Divine General wouldn’t say what the matter was, but she, who was normally so composed, had gravely urged the Supreme Emperor to return to the Heavenly Court as soon as possible. It seemed something significant had occurred.

"Very well." Xu Lai nodded. "I’ll go on ahead then."

Saying this, he bent down and placed a gentle kiss on Ruan Tang’s forehead. Then he glanced at his daughter, whose twin ponytails bounced as she walked onto the school campus. Xu Lai did not linger; he transformed into a streak of light and vanished over the horizon.

"Supreme Emperor, what has happened? Divine General Baize urged me to return to the Heavenly Court at once as well." Another figure appeared beside Xu Lai. It was Taotie, the fearsome and renowned Divine General of the Heavenly Court, looking extremely grave. Taotie hadn’t even brushed his teeth this morning. After giving Liu Wan a heads-up, he’d hurriedly changed and rushed over.

While Xu Lai didn’t know the specifics, he could deduce a few things. It was likely connected to the two one-hundred-thousand-foot-tall giants. They were not from a race of the Immortal Domain; it was highly probable they came from The Other Shore, which Elder Huang Quan had mentioned.

Previously, Baize had asked Xu Lai for the leaves of the Snowflower. She intended to ask Pill Emperor Shan Baiwan to concoct the Emperor’s Elixir, the White Crane Elixir. This was because Divine General Baize suspected that poison might be able to awaken the two giants.

And the White Crane Elixir was the most toxic elixir seen in the Immortal Domain in the last one hundred epochs.

These past few days, Baize and Shan Baiwan had poured all their focus into this task. They must have made some progress.

So, the elixir is almost ready. Xu Lai calculated with his fingers, and his speed instinctively increased by a third. Baize probably needed him there to take charge.

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「Heavenly Court」

There are one hundred Divine Generals. The number of Heavenly Soldiers and Generals is countless, making it the strongest Tao Lineage in the Immortal Domain today. After all, a single Emperor is enough to suppress any Holy Land’s legacy in the Universe, even those that have existed for dozens of epochs.

Each of the one hundred Divine Generals has their own title. Some achieved their Dao through slaughter, others swept across the Immortal Domain with formations or chess, and some possessed unparalleled defensive Divine Skills. But regarding the Tenth Divine General, Shan Baiwan, cultivators from any race, Holy Land, or Tao Lineage throughout the Immortal Domain would respectfully address him as ’Pill Emperor.’

To have crafted half a furnace of Emperor’s Elixirs with the power of a peak Immortal Venerable—such an achievement was undoubtedly unprecedented and likely never to be surpassed. Especially after Shan Baiwan stepped into the first layer of the Quasi-Emperor realm, the leaders of the Holy Lands and powerful unaffiliated Loose Cultivators who sensed it nearly broke down the Heavenly Court’s gates in their eagerness.

It was for no other reason; they all came to offer congratulations. Of course, they also harbored the intention of forming a good relationship with Shan Baiwan to make it easier to request elixirs in the future. While obtaining an Emperor’s Elixir was unrealistic, a Quasi-Emperor Elixir was still within the realm of possibility.

Regrettably, the Third Divine General, Xuanwu, stopped everyone. He announced that Divine General Shan had chosen to enter seclusion to solidify his Boundary and was not available to receive guests. The leaders of the Holy Lands and the powerful Loose Cultivators all expressed their understanding, left their congratulatory gifts, and departed.

What they did not know was that at this moment, Shan Baiwan was not in seclusion. He was in the middle of concocting a furnace of Emperor’s Elixir, and this elixir was about to be completed.

"How much longer until the Supreme Emperor arrives?" Shan Baiwan’s corpulent body trembled, his complexion exceptionally pale. This was not only due to the immense mental and spiritual strain of Alchemy, but also from sheer worry.