A Promise to the Girl Was Due to Be Fulfilled

A graceful figure raised her slender hand and gently brushed a strand of dark hair that hung down in front of her chest.

The smooth touch from her fingertips made her eyes slightly warm.

Xiao Yi Xian raised her head, her gaze falling on Lin Ming again, her deep eyes filled with indescribable complex emotions.

Xiao Yi Xian slowly walked to Lin Ming's side, squatted down, looked at his tired yet smiling face, and said in a voice that was slightly hoarse from just waking up, but with an unprecedented gentleness and firmness. "It's a success!"

"Yes, it worked." Lin Ming nodded with a smile, his voice weak but filled with a sense of relief. "Five-Star Dou Venerate, and... my hair has returned to normal, it looks beautiful."

Hearing his direct praise, a faint blush rose on Xiao Yi Xian's fair cheeks, like white jade glowing with rosy light, making her incomparably beautiful. She did not avoid Lin Ming's gaze, but looked at him deeply, as if trying to etch his image into the depths of her soul.

"Lin Ming..." A thousand words were ultimately reduced to just these two. But the weight contained within them far surpasses any flowery language in the world.

From their first encounter in Green Mountain Town, to their companionship in the Chu Yun Empire, to their support throughout the Middle Continent, and now to the condensation of this extremely dangerous Poison Pill... it was he who accompanied her all the way, never giving up, and finally fulfilling his promise from back then, pulling her completely out of the abyss of despair and giving her a new life.

It has always been this person, this name, who has given me encouragement, warmth, and everything!

Lin Ming's face was filled with a smile of joy as he looked at Xiao Yi Xian as if she had been given a new lease on life. He struggled to sit up and said, "Why are you being so polite with me? How are you feeling? Is the Poison Pill still stable?"

Xiao Yi Xian examined herself internally, nodded, and a breathtaking smile curved her lips, "Unprecedentedly good. All the poisonous power is obediently dormant within the Poison Pill, which I can manipulate at will, with no more worries about backlash. Moreover..."

With a slight thought, a wisp of deep gray energy swirled from Xiao Yi Xian's fingertip. This energy no longer carried the previous deathly stillness and destruction, but instead was filled with a restrained, controllable, and domineering toxicity. "My control over poison has reached a completely new level."

She flicked her finger, and the wisp of gray air shot out, landing on a hard Blue Stone in the distance. There was no earth-shattering explosion, but in an instant, the Blue Stone seemed to have been completely weathered by time, silently turning into a sky full of gray powder that fluttered down.

"What a potent poison!" Lin Ming's eyes narrowed, and he couldn't help but exclaim. The concentration and purity of this poison far surpassed the Calamity Poison Gas in its previous out-of-control state.

"This is only the initial stage of control." Xiao Yi Xian withdrew the poison gas, her eyes gleaming with confidence.

"As I become more familiar with and practice the Poison Pill, its power will increase. Moreover, I feel that my physique seems to have undergone some changes..."

Xiao Yi Xian frowned slightly, as if she was trying to understand something.

"Besides absolute control over poisons, his perception of the Heaven and Earth Energy seems to have become even more acute, and his cultivation speed will probably be much faster than that of an ordinary Five-Star Dou Venerate."

"That's natural. The Woeful Poison Body is a rare and special constitution in the world. Once it is mastered, the benefits it brings are far more than just the poison power," Lin Ming said with a smile. He was not surprised by this.

"Congratulations, Xiao Yi Xian! From this day forward, the sky's the limit, and you'll be free from all constraints!"

Xiao Yi Xian looked at Lin Ming, her eyes shining even brighter. She reached out, not to help him up, but to gently grasp Lin Ming's hand. A pure and gentle Dou Qi slowly flowed into his body, helping him alleviate the fatigue from his exertion.

"Yes, no more constraints."

She responded softly, her voice low but filled with unwavering determination and boundless anticipation for the future.

"Together."

Feeling the warm touch from his palm and the pure Dou Qi flowing into his body, Lin Ming was slightly taken aback. He then gripped the soft hand tightly, his smile growing even brighter and more radiant.

Okay, together.

The sunlight shone brightly on the secluded high platform of Dragon Island, elongating the shadows of the two people smiling at each other. Below, Dragon Qi rose and swirled, like a magnificent symphony playing for their rebirth.

With her Black Silk hair cascading down her back, the former "Heavenly Poison Maiden" is now a thing of the past. Standing in the world now is the Poison Venerate, Xiao Yi Xian, who has complete control over her own destiny and possesses an infinite future!

The journey ahead is far from over.

Having resurrected Elder Yao and resolved Xiao Yi Xian's Woeful Poison Body, Lin Ming had already exceeded his promises to the two. Next, at the Pill Gathering, it would be time to fulfill his promise to the girl who had grown up alongside him. Lin Ming always fulfilled, without fail, all the promises he made.

For now, Lin Ming only needs to enjoy this hard-won success and tranquility. The storms of the future can be faced in the future.

On the high platform of Dragon Island, the sun shines warmly, nourishing the land with the Dragon Qi.

Lin Ming and Xiao Yi Xian quietly recuperated for two more days.

In the past two days, Xiao Yi Xian has completely stabilized her cultivation as Five-Star Dou Venerate, and her control over the gray Poison Pill in her body has become increasingly adept. With a thought, she can freely control the poison's power without any stagnation.

Her newly grown, jet-black Black Silk shone with a healthy sheen in the sunlight, making her already beautiful and refined appearance even more vibrant and full of life.

Lin Ming's Dou Qi and Soul Power, which he had consumed, had recovered to their peak state during the past two days of rest. In fact, because of his previous full control over the Heavenly Flames and his meticulous assistance in condensing the Poison Pill, he felt that his Soul Realm had improved slightly, and his control over his power had become more acute.

Once he was in peak condition, Lin Ming sat cross-legged and with a wave of his hand, two cold corpses appeared on the open ground in front of him.

It was none other than Tian Shuang Zi and Venerable Bing He, who were killed by Hei Qing!

The two corpses were preserved quite well, after all, their life force was instantly annihilated by Hei Qing, an Eight-Star Peak Dou Venerate, with absolute power, and no major physical damage was caused.

The body was covered with a thin layer of ice crystals, radiating a chilling aura. Especially the body of the Venerable Bing He, even though he had been dead for a long time, the sharp coldness of the peak of the Five-Star Dou Venerate still lingered, causing the water vapor in the surrounding air to condense into tiny ice crystals.

Lin Ming's gaze was sharp, Soul Power spread out like mercury, carefully scanning the two bodies.

A moment later, a glint flashed in his eyes. Sure enough, under the weak seal left by Hei Qing, he sensed two extremely weak but still tenacious Soul Fluctuation!

"It's still there..." Lin Ming muttered to himself.

Lin Ming understood. When Zi Yan Hei Qing the two, she specifically asked Hei Qing to keep their Remnant Soul and seal them in their remains. She must have done this for him today.

His gaze swept between Tian Shuang Zi and Bing He, and almost without hesitation, it locked onto the corpse of Venerable Bing He.

"His cultivation level was higher, his physical strength was greater, and his control over Ice Attribute power in his lifetime far surpassed that of Tian Shuang Zi... Since we're going to refine it, we should naturally choose the best materials." Lin Ming's mind raced.

"Moreover, with the experience of refining 'Puppet One,' the success rate and the quality of the finished product will definitely be higher if we try again now. Using Bing He's body and Remnant Soul, with his foundation as Five-Star Dou Venerate, if we succeed in refining it, its strength will probably be infinitely close to its former self, and may even surpass it in some aspects!"

Thinking of this, Lin Ming no longer hesitated. He formed a hand seal with one hand, and a gentle breeze swept by, returning Tian Shuang Zi's corpse to his Storage Ring. Before him, only the body of the Venerable Bing He, exuding an icy aura, remained.

Once the main material is selected, the next step is to prepare the other necessary items.

The three main materials for crafting the Heavenly Demon Puppet are: body, soul, and Magic Core.

"The body is the Bing He, and the soul is his sealed Remnant Soul. These two are of the same origin and are the perfect match for making a Puppet!" Lin Ming's eyes gleamed with excitement.

This method of using the Remnant Soul of the original body to refine the physical shell is practically perfect! This means that the Puppet refined can not only perfectly inherit the Ice Attribute Dou Qi of Bing He in his previous life, but also retain most of his combat awareness, experience, and even his understanding of the Heaven and Earth Energy.

In this way, the Puppet created is almost indistinguishable from a living Bing He.

Oh, there is one drawback: it cannot use advanced Dou Technique that require the coordination of internal Dou Qi and soul. But a killing machine that is not afraid of pain or death, absolutely obedient to orders, and has the combat experience of Five-Star Dou Venerate, is terrifying enough to make any opponent tremble in fear!

"As for the Magic Core..." Lin Ming focused his mind on the Storage Ring he had obtained from Bing He, and after a brief search, he found a Magic Core that was carefully stored in Cold Jade Box.

The Magic Core was the size of a fist, its entire body was ice blue, and its surface was as smooth as a mirror. Inside, it seemed as if an extremely cold ice storm was slowly rotating, and the energy fluctuations it emitted were extremely powerful. It was clearly an Eighth Order Ice Attribute Magic Core!

"Eighth Order ice-type Magic Core, perfectly matched with the Bing He's attributes! Haha, this is truly a stroke of luck!" Lin Ming couldn't help but laugh out loud. This Bing He was practically Puppet material tailor-made for him, even providing the most difficult-to-find matching high-tier Magic Core on its own.

With the three main materials gathered together and their attributes perfectly matched, a foundation for success has already been laid.

Then, as if by magic, Lin Ming took out all sorts of metals and ores from his Storage Ring.

These materials shimmered with different lusters; some were as heavy as mountains, some as light as feathers, some as hot as magma, and some as cold as ice... These were all auxiliary materials used to strengthen the Puppet's body.

Thanks to the rich spoils from the series of kills he had previously acquired, Lin Ming's reserves of high-grade ores had reached an astonishing level. Lin Ming roughly estimated that the metal ores he had obtained were more than enough to refine ten more Heavenly Demon Puppet.