Yasenia didn't rush her concoction. The better the concoction result, the easier her transmutation process would be. Therefore, for the next year, Yasenia slowly stripped away the Star Soul Chrysanthemum's aura and mixed it with all the auxiliary pills. The final result was much better than Yasenia anticipated.
Looking at the round pinkish pill with black spots here and there, Yasenia squinted. "59% purity and three tribulation marks…" Her gaze turned toward the door, and she presented the pill, hoping that this would be enough. After all, she was just two percent off from the minimum acceptance ratio she had personally discovered.
Sadly, the door didn't budge. "Ugh… As expected, it must be at least sixty percent. Otherwise, it is not considered a successful pill." Looking at the little ball on her palm, Yasenia sighed and got thoughtful. "Still… If it is just 2% extra, I think I can do it without using one of the last two Star Soul Chrysantheums."
With that in mind, the dragoness used auxiliary herbs and Star Brain Daisy to enhance the pill's purity. Two months later, exactly a year since she began concocting the pill after her failure, Yasenia retrieved the pill from the Transmutation Cauldron with a satisfied expression.
"Sixty-two percent~. Done!"
Click.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, a sigh of relief escaped her. "I managed to keep them. Great. This will give me a cushion for the last one."
"You don't have enough time for the cushion, though." Sui Xing chuckled. "Only one and a half years until you are forced to leave. And, considering your situation, you shouldn't wait until the very last moment."
The dragoness's expression tensed slightly. "You are right. I can't relax."
With a wave of her hand, the concealing formation around her disappeared, revealing her cloaked self.
Seeing the person appear after one year, the now much larger group was startled. "She is out?"
"You are confident she is a woman?"
"If there is a person who can fake that body, lower chin, and lips, I will give up my life right here and swear to be single for my next eight reincarnations! The mantle can only hide so much!"
Yasenia looked at the passionate man with a weird look before checking on the people concocting the first pill. 'Hm? They are still on the first one?'
Sui Xing was not surprised. "They are all mortal children. For them to concoct a Transcendence Realm pill in less than three years, their talent must be exceptional."
Yasenia looked for a little bit, only looking away after someone approached. The woman who approached her was actually someone she was acquainted with.
"Miss, I would like to ask. What is the reward for opening these houses? Also, do you have any idea on how to collect the central [Heaven-Born Spring]?"
The mantle distorted Yasenia's voice, aura, and even scent. So, she wasn't afraid that this person would recognize her. "Protector of the Radiant Flow Sect, Meng Lihua, I don't think it is too courteous to ask such questions."
The woman blinked twice, her lips arching lightly. "Oh? So you do know me."
"Who doesn't?"
Yasenia answered flatly, her tone aloof and indifferent. Then, she turned around to walk in front of the fifth door.
Meng Lihua squinted and rubbed her chin. "Hey, do you know Yasenia Dravory?"
Yasenia didn't stop her steps and answered. "I know about her. Everyone is searching for her."
Meng Lihua chuckled. "I guess so. So, do you not know about my questions?"
"I do know the answer. But why would I share? It's not like I can ask Lady Protector's favor when I am hiding my identity."
Hearing her answers, Meng Lihua rubbed her chin and sighed. 'Hm… Was I confused? I am quite sure that this person might be Yasenia.'
Still, her answers were basically flawless. While that made her look even more suspicious, it also placed her in the same category as a random hiding person. In short, it revealed nothing.
Yasenia was not flustered. Even if they suspected her, only forcefully removing her mantle would reveal her identity. When she arrived in front of the fifth door, Yasenia looked at the last pill's name. [Star Essence Pill]. Then, she checked the ingredients, and her heart calmed down when she saw the main ingredient. "As expected, it was the [Star Spirit Spider Lily]. That's great."
So, without further ado, Yasenia began the refinement. The difficulty for this pill was higher than the [Star Soul Pill] because you refined two million-year-old herbs in the same concoction.
Yasenia didn't hesitate and started her concoction straight away. Knowing that the essence of the plants would attack her during the process, she hardened both her mind and body. Then, it came.
Together, the two ancient herbs struck her soul and dantian, trying to break her and take them down with them. Yasenia was not worried, and she slowly deflected everything. Attack after attack, Yasenia defended and bore the brunt of their strength.
Together with her incredible regeneration that didn't lose to phoenixes and with a sturdy body surpassing dragons, her process continued without any significant setbacks.
It took almost 11 months, slightly longer due to the complexity, but Yasenia had her final pill in her hand. Looking at the round pellet, the dragoness smiled, satisfied and gratified. Then, without even checking the result, she threw the pill into the transmutation cauldron and threw in the remaining spiritual herbs to help her with the process.
Three months later, Yasenia opened her eyes and saw the final product float in front of her. The second she did so, a voice similar to the one she had heard during all the trials echoed in her mind.
"Congratulations. You've passed all the tests and managed to unlock the entirety of the [Five Time Rivers Garden]. You will get ownership of the garden."
Those words echoed like music, and the second they did, everyone who was fighting and collecting around the garden was shifted outward.
"Huh?"
"What happened? Why am I outside?"
"Who did this!? Come out and show your face!"
The people of stronger sects, on the other hand, showed faces full of disbelief. "There is no way…"
"How? Was there even a trial?"
"Impossible! I never heard that others could own the garden."
Among them, Meng Lihua stood stiff, gazing at the large glass structure before her. 'That woman… Did she really get it? Is this why she didn't want to tell us what happened when you completed one of the doors?'
As she thought deeply, she also understood that each of the five doors would need some sort of condition. So, even if they knew, they wouldn't have been able to complete it with the little time they had left.
'Clever devil.' Meng Lihua laughed crookedly. 'I was deceived.'
While everyone was discussing, they suddenly saw the massive glass structure disappear, leaving nothing behind. What was left was a massive empty dirt plane extending as far as their eyes could see.
Reacting quickly, thousands of spiritual senses burst forward and scanned the entire island. Sadly for them, there was no trace of people.
"Someone actually managed to steal this massive garden under the noses of all the major sects…"
When that person voiced what everyone was thinking, people's hearts twisted with myriad emotions.
Meanwhile, Yasenia was rushing in the direction of the exit through her Celestial Intent Domain. While she couldn't control the distance precisely, at least she could establish a straight path to follow.
Yasenia rushed forward for a week straight, her face sweating as if she were holding something from exploding from within. "Sui Xing! I didn't hear of this!? What will I do when the energy wave spreads outward!?"
Sui Xing was also baffled. When Yasenia got the garden, she gained a miniature form of the structure. It was similar to a control unit. From it, she could see, manipulate, and even check the amount of herbs in it. Naturally, now that the garden was hers, she wanted to check the number of spiritual plants that were plundered from her!
"Oh… It's not that bad. From the inner area out, the rates are 14.5%, 21.3%, 8.5%, 4.5%, and 0.2%. Hm… I suppose that, given the significantly fewer spiritual herbs in the central areas, even with similar plundering rates, the percentage is much higher. Garden, tell me how many species were plundered completely in the inner three circles."
The garden showed the information in her mind, and Yasenia sighed in relief. "None in the central area, around 13% in the 500,000-year-old area, and less than 4% in the 100,000-year-old area. That's great, that's great."
Then, without thinking too deeply about it, she waved her hand and stored the garden in her Spatial Ring.
It was then that the problems started.
When the garden and the ring tried to mix, both treasures resonated. Yasenia's [Five Realm Spatial Ring] also had a "garden" realm where she could store life. Therefore, both treasures with similar functions resonated.
Being high-level treasures, they instantly began fighting for dominance. This caused Yasenia's energy, which was linked to both of them, to go berserk. Her face changed as she instantly understood the consequences of the collision between the two treasures.
"I need to find a place to set up a concealing array quickly!"
She could suppress both treasures with the help of her Celestial Black Hole Star Energy Core. Nevertheless, this was nothing but a temporary measure.
Sui Xing calmed her down. "Yasenia, you have nothing else to get in this Secret Realm. How about leaving straightaway? There are only four months left, after all."
The dragoness hesitated. She wanted to find Star Forge and the others to warn them about what she did. After all, now that she had these treasures, the chances of the Star Immortal Sect being targeted skyrocketed. Of course, no one knew she had the garden. But, compared with the Star Breaker Realm Bead, it was nothing.
After mulling over it, Yasenia sighed. "I can't. If I leave without any words, the Star Immortal Sect will probably be exterminated. I must warn… Ah." The dragoness blinked and remembered something. "Didn't I have a communication bead that Star Forge gave me?"
Looking at her unstable Spatial Ring, her heart tensed. "Please work… Just this once, let me retrieve this one item."
She still had Tatyana's talismans outside, coupled with the doll and the few formations. So, in terms of life-saving treasures, she was not that worried even if her spatial ring didn't function.
Therefore, this time, she begged as her spiritual sense dove deep inside the ring. Pain assaulted her mind, the colliding treasures injuring her Spiritual Sense unwillingly.
Far away from Yasenia's current position, Star Forge and the others from the Star Immortal Sect were battling another sect for resources. This enemy sect was not that big of a deal, which gave them enough courage.
At this moment, Star Forge suddenly sensed the communication talisman lighting up. Her hand moved, and the stars floating around Star Forge moved to her will, keeping the person away.
"Yasenia? What's wrong?"
"Thankfully, you answered." Yasenia's relieved voice reached Star Forge, giving her an ominous premonition. "Hear me well, you need to disband the Star Immortal Sect temporarily."
Star Forge almost failed to block the attack of her enemy. "W-What?"
Yasenia then proceeded to explain everything that happened. Thankfully, the communication talisman directed Yasenia's words straight into Star Forge's mind, or there would've been a considerable commotion.
After hearing everything, Star Forge didn't know how to react.