In a desolate little mountain somewhere within the Autumn Mountain Domain.
After Li Qing had carved out a simple cave here, he began cultivating the Soul Pill method within the barren mountain's belly.
He had tried cultivating it several times before and deeply understood just how difficult the secret technique Senior Wu Yuan had passed down to him was to cultivate. It was absolutely not something that could be achieved in one stroke.
"Hiss!"
Within the icy, pitch-black cave, Li Qing sucked in a sharp breath.
Immediately afterward, a pleasant chime rang throughout the cave. As the Soul Nurturing Bell was activated, the waves of piercing pain in his soul quickly subsided.
"I truly can't imagine how Senior Wu Yuan persevered back then. Even with the Soul Nurturing Bell, I can only barely endure this kind of soul-rending agony."
Li Qing's face was incomparably pale, and waves of weakness showed in his eyes.
The pain caused by damage to one's soul was far more real and distinct than an injury to the physical body. Ordinary people found it difficult to withstand.
This was also why Immortal Cultivators who specialized in cultivating the soul were rarely seen in the cultivation world. Such cultivators were even rarer than Body Cultivators.
At least, up to this point, Li Qing had not seen a single soul cultivator.
When the bell's chime faded, Li Qing sighed.
"Ah, let's continue."
He had cultivated the Soul Condensing Slash before. If soul pain were to be ranked by levels, then cultivating the Soul Condensing Slash would at most be level three, while the pain of cultivating this Soul Pill secret technique was at least level six, perhaps even higher!
The key to the Soul Pill method was to actively split apart one's own soul, then condense it into