"Being the Lord of the Pill Pagoda sure made many things more convenient."
On the Ninth Stage of the Pill Pagoda, an ancient bronze pill furnace stood before Li Yu. Flames churned beneath it, while rows of wooden racks beside him held all manner of medicinal herb seeds.
"Having comprehended the Pill Dao, I still needed to verify my own Dao. Alchemy was indispensable."
With a wave of his hand, he summoned herb seeds one after another. Activating the Purple Cloud Spiritual Art, he catalyzed the various herbs and continuously fed them into the pill furnace.
All the knowledge of the Way of Grass and Trees, along with the various teachings within the Purple Cloud Pill Scripture, flowed endlessly through his mind, colliding and sparking flashes of wisdom.
It was not merely the Alchemy Method of this world. The methods from the Doupo World, the Yang Shen World, the Mortal World, and every other Pill Dao method Li Yu had encountered throughout his journey all circulated through his mind.
They verified one another, merged together, and became Li Yu's own Pill Dao.
"Buzz..."
Daoist incantations shot forth from his hands. The pill furnace suddenly trembled, its Furnace Fire Pure Blue.
"Let Heaven and Earth be the furnace, Creation the craftsman; Yin and Yang the charcoal, Myriad Things as Copper!"
Li Yu chanted aloud and slapped the furnace. The lid blasted open, and a brilliant golden light shot out, condensing into a pill that was entirely golden, as though cast from pure gold.
"This was the external elixir! This was the Golden Core!"
With a beckoning gesture, the dazzling golden pill landed in Li Yu's palm.
There was no spreading fragrance, no surging spiritual energy. It looked like nothing more than a golden bead, a lump of metal.
"The medicinal potency