King Mu

On Kunlun Mountain.

Zhong Shenxiu opened his eyes, and three pills suddenly appeared before him.

"This method of forming pills has finally been deduced to perfection. From now on, the foundation of the immortal path is complete!"

Delight surfaced on his face as he first summoned a golden pill of pure chaos:

"This is the finest-grade pill. It uses the Great Void as the cauldron, Tai Chi as the furnace, purity as its wondrous function, non-action as its foundation, essence and life as lead and mercury, concentration and wisdom as water and fire, natural creation as the true seed, and the four forms of Heaven and Earth as the fire control. The pill forms on its own, with boundless wondrous effects. It is the pill of the Great Dao. Unfortunately, among the world's outstanding talents, I fear not one person in billions of years will be able to refine it..."

Zhong Shenxiu summoned another half-transparent pill of primordial energy:

"This is a middle-grade pill. It uses qi as lead, spirit as mercury, noon as fire, midnight as water, the liver, heart, spleen, lungs, and kidneys as ingredients, the year, month, day, and hour as the fire control, and embracing the origin and guarding the one as its method of operation. With the fire control properly circulated, it takes three years to take shape... If one possesses extraordinary talent, one should be able to refine it."

The last remaining pill truly glittered with golden light and looked extraordinary, but Zhong Shenxiu could not be bothered to spare it a glance:

"This low-grade golden pill uses one's own body as the furnace and cauldron, smelting the qi of yin baleful intent and yang hard qi, then adding lead and mercury. It is indeed the easiest to begin with... Alas, one will have