Cao Ying had truly done herself proud during this period.
While Shi Kang was in seclusion, striving for a higher realm and refining the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder, she had not relaxed for even a moment.
As early as half a month before Shi Kang officially emerged from seclusion, Cao Ying had fully inherited the legacy left behind by Tou She Ancient God. In one stroke, she crossed the insurmountable chasm that had blocked countless experts throughout their lives—becoming the second true Dou Di on the Dou Qi Continent after Shi Kang.
When the news spread, the entire Stone Clan was shaken.
Zhu Kun was green with envy.
Yet Cao Ying had no attachment whatsoever to empty fame. After spending a few days with Shi Zheng, she plunged headfirst into the private alchemy chamber that had long been prepared for her.
Even having a child could not hinder Cao Ying's love for alchemy.
With the perspective and methods of a Dou Di, ordinary pills no longer caught her eye.
The Dou Qi Continent had no Origin Qi, so Emperor Pills were out of the question.
She could only settle for refining a Ninth-grade Golden Pill.
The pill-refining process was utterly uneventful, proceeding far more smoothly than imagined.
Cao Ying was now a Dou Di. Her soul, Dou Qi, and comprehension of alchemy had all reached the pinnacle of this world. The moment she stirred her Heavenly Flames, the world's Dou Qi gathered of its own accord, and the essences of every medicinal herb fell perfectly into place without the slightest hitch.
On the day the golden pill was about to be completed, a Nine Profound Golden Thunder Tribulation descended from the heavens as expected.
Such a lightning tribulation would once have been enough to reduce any Ninth-grade Alchemist to ashes,