By the banks of the Nine Nether Yellow Spring, black mist rolled like ink.
The river water gleamed with a ghastly pale light, bubbles burbling up from its depths, where bones could faintly be seen.
Lin Chen sat cross-legged atop a Nether Stone that was black all over.
Before him floated a purple-gold pill furnace with three legs and two handles, its body carved with intricate ancient Nether patterns.
As spiritual energy flowed from Lin Chen's fingertips into it, a faint purple-gold radiance shimmered across its surface.
The pill he intended to refine was a Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill made especially for Medusa: the Nine-Turn Nether Phoenix Blood-Tempering Pill.
This pill used the Nine Nether Deep Earth Python Clan's clan treasure, the Nether Phoenix Flower, as its catalyst, supplemented by thirty-six heavenly treasures and earthly treasures, including Yellow Springs water, Blood-Vein Jade Marrow, and the Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Lotus Heart.
Its core effect was to shatter the shackles of one's bloodline and purify the power of one's ancient bloodline.
It might even allow Medusa to awaken the legendary Nether Phoenix Bloodline and rise in a single leap to the ranks of the Beast Domain's top powers.
"Buzz!!"
As Lin Chen slowly guided the final ingredient, the Blood-Vein Jade Marrow, into the furnace, wrapped in spiritual energy—
The purple-gold pill furnace suddenly trembled violently, and wisps of purple-gold pill aura surged from the gaps around its lid.
The pill aura gathered in the air, taking the shape of a phantom Nether Phoenix that let out a clear, ringing cry.
This drew the energy of heaven and earth from tens of thousands of miles around, forming a visible tide of energy that surged toward the furnace.
Lin Chen's eyes were half-closed as the power of his Emperor Realm Soul spread out.
He kept precise