"First, the materials!"
"We've never even heard of many of the main and supplementary ingredients in these Primordial pill formulas. Judging by the properties and hazy forms we gleaned through contemplation, more than half were probably rare treasures that existed only under the conditions of the Primordial Era. They've long since vanished from the Ancient Region!"
"Take the Spacetime Coral required for the Nine-Revolution Heaven-Stabilizing Pill. It must grow for ten thousand years inside a void rift where the flow of time is wildly unstable."
"The Innate Fire Spirit Marrow needed for the Nirvana Creation Pill is said to arise only in the depths of an innate source of fire from the dawn of heaven and earth."
"And the Chaos Green Lotus Seed, the main ingredient of the Cosmos Creation Pill, is the stuff of legend. Where are we supposed to find these materials?"
"Second, the difficulty of refining them!"
A master Alchemist from the God Race who specialized in controlling fire took up the thread, his expression grave.
"The methods in these formulas are extraordinarily complex. Their demands on heat control, the timing of ingredient fusion, and the precision of each Pill Art are exacting to a monstrous degree!"
"Many steps require the Alchemist to have a profound understanding of the relevant laws. Some even call for a resonance with specific Heaven and Earth Laws."
"With our current attainments in the Pill Dao and our cultivation, the odds of success are probably less than one in a hundred. Wasting materials would be the least of our worries. If a failed refinement caused a backlash or blew up the furnace, the consequences would be unthinkable."
"Third, the environment!"
Another master, an Elf Race expert in Spirit Plants, added, "Even if we somehow find substitutes for some ingredients, or locate seeds