Across a desolate plain thick with spiritual plants, a golden roc soared above the clouds, looking down upon the many densely populated places below. In the forests farther away, there were signs of demons as well.
Soul blood was refined from the heart's blood of living beings with the Bright Soul constitution, then used by powerful cultivators of this path to cultivate their divine abilities. Those with the Bright Soul constitution could be of any race—not only the Demon Race or humanity, but even the Devil Race. Nor was it limited to those with higher cultivation. As a result, vast numbers of living beings had to be harvested.
More than a dozen mighty cultivators of the Divine Void Realm from various races were scattered around the wilderness. A killing aura immediately enveloped the plain. Slaughter spread beneath a bloodcurdling aura that blotted out the sky; even the heavens, once blue and cloudless, were now shrouded in rolling dark clouds.
The golden roc watched from the void as slaughter raged below without pause.
Gathering soul blood was a long-term undertaking that consumed no small amount of time. By the time the golden roc had collected enough, Lu Xiaotian had already refined more than half of the Fire-Containing Morning Pearl recently delivered by Dong Feng at Riftwind Gorge. He had also finished refining the previous pearl and used it to control the Formless Profound Flame while testing a few batches of pills. The results had been decent, but he wanted to make everything as perfect as possible. Before refining the Buddha-Dust Bone-Cleansing Pill, he had to prepare every condition as well as he could.
With his first attempt behind him, Lu Xiaotian corrected every tiny flaw when refining the Fire-Containing Morning Pearl a second time. He carved the array patterns directly with