As I cursed the old man under my breath, I also sped up and began absorbing the Six-Element Spirit Root Crystal Pill at the springhead to crystallize.
The Crystal Realm was a process that unfolded naturally. Since my spirit roots were complete and the Crystal Pill of the six elements provided immense power, extracting the energy within it was enough to complete my crystallization. Thus, the process encountered hardly any twists or turns. I did not even run into a heart demon, and crystallization succeeded with ease.
The process of crystallizing the six spirit roots was essentially one of mutually linking attributes, with ceaseless generation and an endless flow serving as the main theme of the entire crystallization. Thus, the structure of my crystal was completely different from that of ordinary single-attribute crystals. My crystal took on the form of a magnificent vortex. Thanks to my experience, I had adjusted the various spirit roots to the most perfect balance. No spirit-root attribute surpassed the others, so the vortex crystal appeared exceptionally orderly.
The condensation of the crystal also meant that most of the unnecessary impurities in my body had been eliminated. After crystallization came the assault on the Pill Dao Realm. The Pill Dao Realm was the process of turning the crystal into a pill; in the Proving Dao Heaven, it was also called the Core Formation Realm. Turning it into a pill was a process of refining the body away—in other words, causing the carbon-based elements of the body to gradually disappear. From a metaphysical perspective, it was also a process of gradually becoming ethereal.
All living things in the world were fundamentally carbon-based. To escape from that foundation, one had to become ethereal. Cultivation was itself a process of strengthening the spirit, and that process was destined to