The next day.
Inside Maple Tree Courtyard.
Yan Lin, who had been sitting cross-legged atop the Cyan Lotus Seat refining the Brand Poison for an entire day, finally opened his eyes when the morning light fell across his face.
He let out a long breath of turbid air threaded with traces of black Brand Poison. The seven-colored light at his abdomen then faded into hiding, and his grayish-purple eyes gradually returned to their original pale purple.
"This Brand Poison really is a great tonic. Refining just half of it let me break through to a Seven-Star Dou King. If I wait until I've refined all of it, I should at least reach the peak Seven-Star Dou King realm."
After refining the Brand Poison for an entire day, Yan Lin, who had gained tremendously, wore a hint of joy on his face.
The Poison Power contained within the Brand Poison exceeded Yan Lin's expectations. Although the Brand Poison was rather difficult to refine and absorb, the improvement it brought to his cultivation was real, and it pleasantly surprised him.
In truth, this was also because the Brand Poison had been like maggots clinging to bone for years, penetrating deep into Nalan Jie's marrow and corroding and devouring even his Dou Qi along with it. Now that the Brand Poison had been swallowed and drawn out of Nalan Jie's body by Yan Lin, the Dou Qi of Nalan Jie carried within that Brand Poison had also been refined by Yan Lin. That was why the energy of this Brand Poison was so immense.
It was just that this Brand Poison was worthy of being a toxin that required Heavenly Flames to remove. Even the Green Lotus Core Flame could not completely resist its Poison Power, causing Yan Lin's Tribulation Poison Body to