A month later.
The fragrance filling the room gradually faded.
This was not because the alchemy had failed, but because the Spirit Pill was drawing in its essence.
Before long.
With a sweep of Cheng Buzheng's hand, the furnace lid moved aside on its own.
Rosy clouds wreathed in immortal mist slowly rose from within the pill furnace!
A Spirit Pill radiating a faint purple halo floated above the pill clouds.
After putting away this final Purple Sun Pill, Cheng Buzheng did not linger and left the Alchemy Chamber directly.
As he passed through the small hall, he swept out a hand!
A Long-necked Jade Bottle landed on the table.
Then.
He went straight up to the second floor and entered the cultivation chamber.
Fudao Hall.
Within the second-floor cultivation chamber, Cheng Buzheng sat cross-legged atop the Mind-Clearing Spirit Jade Bed.
Thought stirred.
Surging Spirit Energy swept toward the figure on the jade bed like rivers flowing backward into the sea!
Over the following days!
Cheng Buzheng remained in closed-door meditation and pure cultivation, ignoring all worldly matters.
In the blink of an eye.
Two years passed!
This day.
Inside the Secret Realm's spacious Teleportation Room.
Within a Light Screen surrounded by purple light was an expanse of blood-red radiance!
Such dense bloodlight came from a rather small Blood Crystal Pool.
At this moment!
A figure sat quietly cross-legged atop the raised platform within the Blood Crystal Pool.
There was not a trace of spirit blood left in the pool. Only a layer of black, mud-like matter covered its bottom.
Upon closer sniffing!
There was a faint scent of blood, along with a nauseating stench...
This foul stench originated from the mud-like substance at the bottom of the Blood Crystal Pool.
The figure seated atop the platform in the