He raised his hand and waved. The mass of deep-blue medicinal liquid slowly merged with the hundred-odd other streams.
Next—
Came the most crucial step.
Huo Yuhao's gaze fell on the emerald-green Thousand-Year Soul Bone.
A wood-attributed torso bone.
Around three thousand years old, well-preserved, and brimming with Soul Power.
It was the main ingredient in the Ascension to Heaven Pill.
He took a deep breath and beckoned with one hand.
The emerald-green Soul Bone slowly rose, hovering above the pill cauldron.
Huo Yuhao's spiritual power entered it, carefully sensing the structure within the Soul Bone.
A Soul Bone was a precious treasure formed from the essence of a Soul Beast's entire body after its death.
It contained some of the Soul Beast's abilities from when it was alive, as well as the essence of its Soul Power, making it an excellent material for refining pills.
But refining a Soul Bone into spiritual liquid required extremely high temperatures and precise control.
If the temperature was too low, the Soul Bone wouldn't melt; if it was too high, its essence would be lost.
Huo Yuhao closed his eyes and sensed the temperature inside the cauldron.
A moment later, he opened them.
"Go."
He gave a gentle push, and the Soul Bone slowly descended into the cauldron.
Flame of the Holy Spirit instantly enveloped it.
Pure white flames leaped and burned across the emerald-green Soul Bone.
The Soul Bone began to melt, little by little.
The process was agonizingly slow, so slow that the change was almost imperceptible.
Only by sensing it carefully with spiritual power could one detect the faint signs of melting on the Soul Bone's surface.
Time passed, second by second.
A quarter of an hour.
Half an hour.
An hour.
At last—
The emerald-green Soul Bone had melted