I Can Accumulate Proficiency, Starting from Alchemy

Chapter 1027: Chapter 425: Inverse Tao Crystal, The Change of the Altar_3 Chapter 1027: Chapter 425: Inverse Tao Crystal, The Change of the Altar_3 Han Yi’s thoughts surfaced with information about the mysterious altar he had stumbled upon, but he didn’t relax. Instead, he held the giant ax against his chest and gathered the Sky-devil Halberd shards to his side, highly vigilant.

Although the iron fragment was eerie, the Altar of Truth also greatly shook him.

He had not expected that this object could actually leap out on its own, which truly surprised Han Yi. Had he known this earlier, he never would have stored it inside the Qiankun Ring; after all, from what had just occurred, it seemed that the Altar of Truth was not under his control.

As thoughts flickered.

In just three breaths, the shifting glow that connected the iron piece to the altar suddenly retracted. Then, the iron piece fell downwards, landing atop the altar and floating in front of Han Yi.

At the same moment, a stream of information transmitted from the altar to Han Yi.

“Name: Inverse Tao Crystal.”

“Offer it as a sacrifice to obtain the method of sacrifice refinement from the Altar of Truth, embark on the Journey of Truth, and gain ten Truth Points.”

Two sentences, two pieces of information; the first likely being the identification made by the Altar of Truth concerning the iron fragment, named the Inverse Tao Crystal, and the second detailing the function of this Inverse Tao Crystal.

In just an instant, countless thoughts surged through Han Yi’s mind, compelling him to stow away the iron piece. He remained full of concerns, but if he could directly offer it as a sacrifice, that would certainly be best. Moreover, according to the information conveyed by the altar, after offering the sacrifice, he would obtain the method of sacrifice refinement and ten Truth Points.

This method of sacrifice refinement was probably the way to refine this altar. Once refined, the altar would belong to him and would no longer be an uncontrollable entity.

And the ten Truth Points were likely akin to the credit system of the Truth Wizard World, similar to the Immortal Court points in the Age Candle Immortal Court.

With his thoughts settled, Han Yi did not hesitate and conveyed his intention.

“Sacrifice.”

As soon as the thought was conveyed, the finger-sized black iron fragment—the Inverse Tao Crystal identified by the altar—was absorbed by the altar and disappeared without a trace.

At the same time, the method of sacrifice refinement surfaced in Han Yi’s heart, but this so-called method of sacrifice refinement caused Han Yi to frown.

His Divine Consciousness, following a particular frequency, flickered and entered into the altar, lasting for half a breath’s time. Considering the speed of his Divine Consciousness, the number of changes within half a breath was terrifyingly many.

Half a breath later, the palm-sized altar began to refract lights of various colors.

The light abruptly retracted, and the altar returned to its original state. However, in his Divine Consciousness, the Altar of Truth was no longer strange to him; it was linked to him and no longer held any secrets.

“Is this the refinement? It’s this simple?”

Han Yi was slightly astonished, but he quickly realized something.

“No, it’s not simple. The different frequencies of Divine Consciousness flickers formed a long string of passwords. This password is the key that unlocks the Altar of Truth.”

“This is the altar’s method of sacrifice refinement.”

At the same time.

After establishing a close connection with the Altar of Truth through his Divine Consciousness, using the altar, his Divine Consciousness crossed endless space and connected to a grand will. He had an intuition that with just a thought, he could converse with this majestic will, or rather, communicate and trade with it.

Han Yi instantly understood that this grand will must be that of the Truth Wizard World.

But at this moment, being in the strange Emperor Cliff Heaven Realm, he dared not attempt to connect so casually; he had to quickly withdraw. With a flicker of thought, he stored the Altar of Truth inside the Qiankun Ring.

“Inverse Tao Crystal.”

Han Yi’s brow furrowed.

“What exactly is this?”

Han Yi had no time to ponder, for he discovered that several miles away, a storm of spiritual energy had erupted, with cultivators battling those Immortal Court cultivators who had been transformed into something bizarre.

He flashed briefly and disappeared from the spot, cautiously moving toward that position, but just as he had traveled a distance of a mile, he saw two silent figures swooping in from both sides.

Two terrifying auras erupted, with the one on the left comparable to the pinnacle of Half-immortal, causing Han Yi’s face to change.

Not daring to take any more risks, he stopped his body, holding a giant axe, as silver-white light circled around him. He chose to strike toward the left first.

Three breaths later, Han Yi had slain two Great Luo Cultivators who had been strangely infested and completely blasted them into dust; at the original location, there appeared two iron shards, the Inverse Tao Crystals identified by the Altar of Truth.

He examined them and found that the two Inverse Tao Crystals were different in shape and size, and despite probing with Divine Consciousness, he could detect nothing.

He took out an unused top-quality Spiritual Treasure from his Qiankun Ring, a short knife the size of his forearm, and then holding the knife, he tried to collect the Inverse Tao Crystals, but discovered that the knife could not interact with the crystals. As he swiped at them, they seemed to be nothing but empty space to his eyes.

“What is this?” Han Yi pondered with further doubt about the Inverse Tao Crystals.

But just then.

He found that the first Inverse Tao Crystal he had encountered began to fade into nothingness, and then, it simply vanished from sight.

The moment the thought crossed his mind, he figured out something, took out the Altar of Truth, and as his intent fell upon it, a ray of light spread from the altar, drawing in the second Inverse Tao Crystal.

This second Inverse Tao Crystal was also fading away, but as the light shone upon it, it solidified again, and then under Han Yi’s intent of ‘sacrifice’, it disappeared from view.

This phenomenon gave Han Yi the feeling as if the altar was competing with some entity for the possession of the Inverse Tao Crystals.

With this thought, a slight tremor went through Han Yi’s heart.

“No good, I must not continue to collect these Inverse Tao Crystals.”

According to Han Yi’s initial speculation, the fall of Emperor Cliff Heaven had a great connection with these Inverse Tao Crystals. Cultivators afflicted by the strange influence would leave behind a crystal upon death, which was hard to collect by cultivators and would vanish, likely reclaimed by that entity.

But the Altar of Truth was not ordinary either; it served as a connector to the Eternal Life Immortal World’s Truth Wizard World. That magnificent will could collect the Inverse Tao Crystals, essentially snatching them from right under the nose of this sinister entity.

With this being the case, wouldn’t the Lawless One who caused the collapse of Emperor Cliff Heaven Realm notice him? To play tricks before such an entity was an assured dead end.

After making up his mind, Han Yi dared not use the Altar of Truth to vie for the Inverse Tao Crystals anymore.

But he did not stop where he was; instead, he continued to move forward.

…

Just as Han Yi sacrificed the Inverse Heaven Crystal, in the southwest of the Daluo Immortal Realm, within the Ancient World that split the Nine Realms, specifically within the Eternal Life Immortal World.

In a space that existed on the reverse side of the world, the Land of Nothingness.

A will descended upon this space in a grand palace. At the top of the palace was an elder browsing through a bronze ancient book. He seemed to sense something, stretched out his hand, and gently reached forward. Miraculously, it was as if his arm reached into another space as the front half disappeared into the palace’s normal space, and then he brought out something, pressing it onto the ancient book.

On his bronze ancient book, a progressing changing scene of light and shadow appeared.

If Han Yi were here, he would be shocked to find that this light and shadow depicted his own location, and astonishingly, sounds even emanated from it.

The elder glanced at Han Yi, his eyes unrippled. With a thought, the view on the bronze book began to zoom out and expand.

It expanded to encompass the entire Emperor Cliff Heaven Realm.

Then, it focused on a certain location and began to enlarge; this location was the core area of Emperor Cliff Heaven, where Emperor Cliff Immortal Monarch resided.

After a clear view, the elder frowned.

“Has Void Ancient lost his mind?”

“Isn’t he worried about playing with fire and getting burned by the Tao Contrarian?”