Before long, the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower temporarily returned to calm.
After Gu Long "soothed" Falling Heart Flame, Su Qian led the Inner Academy Elders in reinforcing the seal day and night, and the work progressed smoothly.
The unsettling tremors and scorching heat within the tower noticeably subsided, allowing the students to resume their cultivation.
Yet beneath this calm, undercurrents still surged.
Xiao Yan sat cross-legged in his crude dwelling, the fluctuations of Dou Qi around him now stabilized at the level of a four-star Da Dou Shi.
With the abundant energy inside the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and the tempering of the Heart Flame, he had finally broken through the bottleneck without incident.
Yet there was little joy on his face. Instead, he frowned deeply as he stared gloomily at an ancient pill formula spread before him.
Earth Spirit Pill, a Sixth Grade Pill!
This was one of the auxiliary pills required to devour Falling Heart Flame. It could protect the heart meridians and withstand the agony of Heavenly Flames burning the heart.
His teacher, Han Feng, had told him so. There could be no mistake.
A Sixth Grade Pill!
To the current Xiao Yan, it was no different from an insurmountable mountain.
Under Han Feng's guidance and through his own lavish expenditure of materials on practice, his alchemy had barely reached Peak Fourth Grade. He could successfully refine some ordinary Fourth Grade Pills.
But while Fourth Grade and Sixth Grade seemed separated by only two ranks, the difference was truly as vast as heaven and earth.
It required exquisite control over flame, the utmost use of Soul Power, and a profound understanding of medicinal fusion. Such a barrier could never be overcome through brute force and piled-up resources alone.
Previously, he had gained a hundred days