Azure Origin Pill Complete! Evading the Crucial, Dwelling on the Trivial!

Li Bufan carefully controlled the Crimson Fire Flowing Paste, fusing the medicinal liquids bit by bit.

Fire True Meaning flowed quietly as the flame's temperature shifted with precision under his control—fierce when it needed to be fierce, gentle when it needed to be gentle, everything exactly right.

The medicinal liquids, once unruly, gradually became docile beneath his flames and began to meld together.

Though he was a Second-Ranked Alchemist, the difficulty of refining the Azure Origin Pill was enough to rival a top-grade second-tier pill. Thus, he focused with twelve parts of his spirit and did not dare let the slightest carelessness slip through.

His divine sense ran at full force, sensing every minute change within the pill furnace. Fire True Meaning flowed, controlling the flame's temperature to the utmost limit, while Wood True Meaning silently entered, keeping the medicinal liquids alive through the fusion process so they would not be scorched by the fire.

Within the pill furnace, the medicinal liquids gradually fused into a mass of azure liquid, churning in the flames.

Li Bufan controlled it with his divine sense, slowly shaping that mass of liquid and condensing it into the form of a pill. The pill spun within the flames, becoming rounder and more solid by the moment.

He seized the timing, and Wood True Meaning entered once more. The furnace fire burned even more fiercely, and nourished by Wood True Meaning, the pill became richer and purer.

Everything was moving in a favorable direction.

However, there was not much sand left in the hourglass.

Li Bufan swept a glance over the hourglass, and his heart sank. Less than half an incense stick remained before the one-hour limit.

Yet the Azure Origin Pill still needed at least one incense stick's worth of time to condense.

Earlier, he