What constrained Alchemists in refining Ninth-grade Pills, aside from Heavenly Soul Power, was Pill Lightning. The former determined whether one could refine one; the latter determined whether one could succeed.
The Pill Lightning of a Ninth-grade Pill was no longer ranked by the number of colors like that of an Eighth-grade pill. Instead, it became a dark lightning known as Black Demon Lightning. Though Black Demon Lightning was fewer in number than Eighth-grade Pill Lightning, its power far surpassed the latter's. A single bolt could severely injure an ordinary Half-Saint if they were even slightly careless.
Throughout history, many alchemy prodigies had fallen beneath Black Demon Lightning due to their insufficient strength, ending with their pills destroyed and their lives lost.
Xiao Yan watched the dark lightning churning within the black clouds with a grave expression. The destructive power contained within that Black Demon Lightning was even comparable to the Dou Skill he had created, Buddha Rage Reincarnation. It could not be underestimated in the slightest.
After all, with a single strike of Buddha Rage Reincarnation, he could directly obliterate a High-level Half-Saint!
The black clouds continuously gathered above Xiao Yan's head. At the center of the massive swirling dark vortex, a huge circular hollow formed, like a deep black hole capable of swallowing everything.
He rubbed the Storage Ring on his finger, and five golden streaks shot out, transforming into five golden puppets that appeared above the Fire Dragon.
A black bolt as thick as an arm suddenly struck from within that pitch-black hollow, hurtling straight toward the pill within the Fire Dragon below. Seeing that bolt of lightning, the surrounding Alchemists paled in terror and hurriedly retreated, afraid of being touched by even the slightest bit of it.
The five golden puppets moved at Xiao Yan's will, using