A Quasi-Emperor's body

Zhuolu.

After a brief discussion with the Flame Emperor, Fang Yang casually found a bluestone to sit on. He placed the Chiyou Divine Pill in his palm and carefully examined this pill, which ranked almost directly beneath the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill.

The Chiyou Divine Pill was a completely lusterless black, like a miniature black hole that contained the flesh-and-blood essence within. Upon contact with suitable matter or energy, it would even devour them.

As a Great Saint, he could naturally resist this devouring force with ease. But if an unprotected Saint touched the Chiyou Divine Pill, all their essence would be consumed in an instant, leaving behind only worthless dregs.

A Saint King could remain unharmed after touching the Chiyou Divine Pill, while a Great Saint could use their own power to extract anywhere from one percent to one-fifth of its medicinal potency.

As its medicinal potency diminished, the Chiyou Divine Pill's devouring force would grow increasingly powerful, eventually reaching the Quasi-Emperor level. Only a body as powerful as a Quasi-Emperor's could fully withstand that force.

The difficulty of refining the Chiyou Divine Pill was naturally not due to any deficiency in the Flame Emperor's alchemy. Rather, he had made the best choice based on Fang Yang's physical strength, giving it a full fifty percent more medicinal potency than the ordinary version.

The Chiyou Divine Pill spun, then followed the pull of Fang Yang's divine power along a perfect arc into his stomach.

The next moment, the Dao Tribulation Gold Cauldron emerged from the depths of his bitter sea. Runes flashed with lightning across its surface, including the many lightning patterns he had imprinted from past heavenly tribulations: Chaos thunder patterns, yin-yang thunder patterns, five-element thunder patterns, and more.

Now that he possessed the Thunder Emperor Precious Technique, Fang Yang's