Every pill had become fuel for his growth in Martial Dao. He swallowed them one after another, converting them into pure blood qi that spread through his body.
But for Qin Yan, who had already entered the Eighth Grade Realm, the blood qi provided by Seventh-Grade Pills was negligible.
Even after he exhausted every pill he had seized in the Cangwu Small World, his blood qi still had not reached the peak of Early Eighth Grade.
So Qin Yan brought out the Blood Coagulation Life Transformation Cauldron and began refining Seventh-Grade Pills that could increase blood qi, using the medicinal ingredients he had on hand.
Spirit herbs went into the cauldron one after another, and top-quality Seventh-Grade Pills poured out in a steady stream.
Qin Yan refined them as he ate, swallowing and absorbing the pills like candy.
Only after he had burned through most of his medicinal reserves did his blood qi finally reach the peak of Early Eighth Grade.
Qin Yan opened the Panel and saw that his Total Blood Qi had soared to 680 million Cal.
"Whew. That's a huge increase, but an Eighth-Rank Grandmaster needs a ridiculous amount of blood qi."
Qin Yan could not help sighing.
They might all have been Seventh-Grade Pills, but he had swallowed an enormous number of them. Piled together, they could probably have filled half a room.
Even so, he had only just pushed his blood qi to the peak of Early Eighth Grade. He had not even reached the threshold of Eighth-Grade Mid-Stage.
This time, though, it was no longer the height of his Golden Bodies that held back his breakthrough. It was resources.
Without enough rare treasures and a vast supply of pills, he would struggle to raise his blood qi any further.
Beyond Eighth Grade, cultivation demanded