
by yb705
The Ninth Empire is a runaway train. The royal family commands, the consortiums seize the reins, and ordinary citizens like Aaron burn as fuel. As a disposable mining slave, Aaron is destined to freeze or bleed to death in the wilderness. But he has a secret: a heaven-defying, monstrous talent for potion-making. While the Empire fights millennia-old wars against the Church, pharmacists are the true masters of this dystopian world, capable of concocting miracles from a handful of weeds. Given a few basic formulas by a murdered pharmacist, Aaron doesn't just learn; he innovates. He doesn't brew healing salves for his consortium masters; he spends a year brewing an odorless, untraceable poison to wipe out his overseers in a single night of slaughter. Escaping the mine is only the first step. To survive the lethal "seed" ticking like a time bomb in his head, Aaron breaks into the upper echelons of the Empire. Armed with formulas that took elite masters decades to comprehend, the former slave will rewrite the rules of power. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What to expect: 1. Male MC 2. Crafting & Intelligence 3. Weak to Strong 4. Gritty & Dystopian World 5. No Harem / Minimal Romance 6. Seven Chapters a week
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|---|---|---|
| 0 | Chapter 1: The Wilderness Boy | 0 |
| 1 | Chapter 2: Unexpected Events and the Transport Team | 0 |
| 2 | Chapter 3: Revelry and Death | 0 |
| 3 | Chapter 4: Encounter on the Road | 0 |
| 4 | Chapter 5: Crisis Under the Moonlight | 0 |
| 5 | Chapter 6: Master Scott | 0 |
| 6 | Chapter 7: Killing a Force Adept | 0 |
| 7 | Chapter 8: Strangely Rescued | 0 |
| 8 | Chapter 9: Learning | 0 |
| 9 | Chapter 10: Fortress City | 0 |
| 10 | Chapter 11: Suspected Ability User | 0 |
| 11 | Chapter 12: Senior Pharmacist Apprentice Assessment | 0 |
| 12 | Chapter 13: Making a Name | 0 |
| 13 | Chapter 14: Signing the Contract | 0 |
| 14 | Chapter 15: Sorry, I Can’t | 0 |
| 15 | Chapter 16: Golden Generation | 0 |
| 16 | Chapter 17: What’s So Hard About This? | 0 |
| 17 | Chapter 18: The Embarrassed Hunter Group | 0 |
| 18 | Chapter 19: Coercion | 0 |
| 19 | Chapter 20: Hello? | 0 |
| 20 | Chapter 21: Girl in the Rainy Night | 0 |
| 21 | Chapter 22: Cultivating the Force | 0 |
| 22 | Chapter 23: Surrounded by Poverty | 0 |
| 23 | Chapter 24: Truly Talented | 0 |
| 24 | Chapter 25: His Talents Are Suffocatingly Impressive | 0 |
| 25 | Chapter 26: Just Hang On, I’ll Be Gentle | 0 |
| 26 | Chapter 27: Young Master Sixth | 0 |
| 27 | Chapter 28: Watch Out For Yourself | 0 |
| 28 | Chapter 29: Holy Scion | 0 |
| 29 | Chapter 30: The Lecture | 0 |
| 30 | Chapter 31: First, Be Yourself | 0 |
| 31 | Chapter 32: Yes, That’s Right | 0 |
| 32 | Chapter 33: Master Rhine, Do You Think I Am Violent? | 0 |
| 33 | Chapter 34: So That’s How It Is | 0 |
| 34 | Chapter 35: Forum Explosion | 0 |
| 35 | Chapter 36: The Previous Empire’s Civilization | 0 |
| 36 | Chapter 37 Divine Ruins | 0 |
| 37 | Chapter 38: Climbing the Mountains of Ordinary People | 0 |
| 38 | Chapter 39: There’s a Mole Among You | 0 |
| 39 | Announcement: Short Hiatus (Family Emergency) | 0 |