Seeing everything proceeding normally as he had expected, Fang Xiao felt his heart settle. He immediately took out another gourd of Essence Blood Wine.
Then, without hesitation, he pulled off the jade stopper, raised it, and drank deeply.
This was not one of those early Fifth Order Essence Blood Wines from before.
It was late Fifth Order Essence Blood Wine refined from the Essence Blood of the Ten Thousand Year Cold Silkworm.
The reason he had not dared use it earlier was entirely because he had been unable to control the four Earth, Water, Fire, Wind tribulations.
With the overwhelming potency of late Fifth Order Essence Blood Wine, using it rashly would only have made an already chaotic situation worse.
But now, the four Earth, Water, Wind, and Fire tribulations had completely receded, while Fang Xiao had also brought the Yin and Yang tribulations under control.
Though he had yet to achieve perfect control, he could at least temper his physical body while using them to suppress the erupting effects of the late Fifth Order Essence Blood Wine.
As expected of the Ten Thousand Year Cold Silkworm. Even though the cold force within its Essence Blood was completely refined away during brewing, the refining process still produced such an intense chill.
But its potency is beyond doubt as well.
Compared to it, the Essence Blood of the Sun Devouring Mastiff probably does not even measure up to a tenth.
Once the Essence Blood Wine entered his stomach, the essence it contained immediately transformed into a terrifying icy current that spread throughout Fang Xiao's body.
Wherever it passed, his blood congealed, his meridians froze, and even Fang Xiao's mana—and his thoughts—slowed.
But the power of the Yin and Yang tribulations had been waiting for this moment.
As the Spirit Wine took