Level 71

Having enjoyed the breakneck advancement brought by the Saint Dread Pill, Song Ankang naturally had no desire to cultivate and improve slowly anymore—though his idea of slow applied only to himself.

Song Ankang set his sights on the Nether Race. After all, across the entire Xuanhuang Continent, only the Nether Race possessed Saint Dread Pill materials in large quantities. It was said that their reserves alone amounted to no fewer than a hundred sets.

If he could obtain all those Saint Dread Pill ingredients and refine them into Saint Dread Pills, they might directly raise Song Ankang's cultivation realm to level 100, allowing him to advance to the level of a Second-Rank Dao Master.

What an immense temptation that was!

Song Ankang could not refuse such a temptation, so he dispatched a clone to the western region to quietly enslave Nether Race Saint Lords and have them exchange for Saint Dread Pill materials on his behalf.

Over the years, Song Ankang had already secretly enslaved several Third-Rank Saints of the Nether Race. Now, acting with all his strength, he enslaved several more within only a few years, bringing the total to twelve.

To avoid arousing suspicion, Song Ankang had these twelve Nether Race Saint Servants separately exchange for different Saint Dread Pill ingredients from the Nether Race's various treasure vaults.

The Nether Race operated under a merit system. As long as one contributed to the Nether Race, one could earn merit, which could then be exchanged for all manner of rare materials, including Saint Dread Pill ingredients.

And Saint Dread Pill ingredients were absolutely not cheap, even to Third-Rank Saint Lords.

To help his Saint Servants exchange for more Saint Dread Pill ingredients, Song Ankang even spared no expense, handing over the resources and treasures he had saved so they