Chen Qing felt the surging, impassioned power within his body.
It was a fullness and sense of control he had never experienced before.
Within his dantian, his True Essence formed a solid sea.
With every breath, it was as though he could stir a response from the surrounding Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi.
He could even hear blood rushing through his veins, see True Essence circulating through the tiniest reaches of his Meridians, and sense the vast power contained within every inch of muscle and bone.
"Fourteenth Refinement?"
With a thought, Chen Qing took out a jade box.
When he opened the lid, a pill lay quietly upon the velvet within, giving off a strange, obscure fluctuation.
The Reversing Fate Star Vortex Pill!
A miraculous pill Old Deng had given him, capable of forcibly increasing the number of True Essence Temperings by one!
"Back then, Patriarch was stuck at the Fourteenth Refinement."
A trace of fiery anticipation flashed through Chen Qing's eyes. "Since Patriarch attempted it, that proves the path of the Fourteenth Refinement exists—it is feasible!"
An even bolder thought, one that could practically be called arrogant, surged forth uncontrollably.
"If I... rely on my own foundation and resources to complete the Fourteenth Refinement first, then take this Reversing Fate Star Vortex Pill..."
"Could I... possibly reach the Fifteenth Refinement?!"
Once this thought arose, it spread like wildfire across the prairie, burning fiercely in his heart.
Fifteenth Refinement!
That would truly surpass all historical records!
What rank would the Golden Core it condensed be?
And how terrifying would its future potential become?
Just thinking about it made his blood race.
But Chen Qing quickly calmed down.
"A tempering method is crucial, but it isn't the only thing. What matters even more is whether my own foundation can withstand it,