Refining the Humanoid Transformation Pill

"Slurp, slurp." This Empress will barely forgive your previous rude behavior, Ice Empress said, chewing on the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow with her words slurred. "Also, don't forget about that pill of yours."

"No rush, I will definitely refine the pill for you." Xiao Jinchen's mouth twitched slightly; the Ice Empress had already consumed eight of his Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrows.

The explanation the Ice Empress gave him was that she had sustained hidden injuries while undergoing her three-hundred-thousand-year heavenly tribulation, so wasn't it normal to eat a little more to heal?

"Ice Empress, I have a miraculous pill; would you like to hear about it?" Xiao Jinchen said with a smile.

"Slurp, slurp." The Ice Empress ate another Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow and asked, "Is it another pill that can speed up cultivation?"

"A Humanoid Transformation Pill, a high-grade tier seven pill."

"With the Humanoid Transformation Pill, a spirit beast can completely transform into a human form. Once transformed, not only will your cultivation speed increase, but the heavenly tribulation you have always worried about will also cease to exist." Xiao Jinchen smiled gently and said, "How about it?"

"Clatter."

The Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow fell to the ground and rolled twice.

The Ice Empress's small hand remained frozen in mid-air, her amber eyes wide open. Like a kitten that had its tail stepped on, she stared blankly at Xiao Jinchen.

She even forgot to wipe the ice shavings from the corner of her mouth, her face filled with astonishment.

"Get... get rid of the heavenly tribulation!?"

The Ice Empress's voice rose by half an octave involuntarily, carrying a trace of trembling.

Watching the Ice Empress's adorable, dazed expression, Xiao Jinchen couldn't help but chuckle.

He stepped forward, raised his hand, and gently wiped the crystal-clear speck at the corner of her mouth, tenderly clearing away the ice shavings.

As his fingertips touched the Ice Empress's cool skin, her whole body stiffened. Her amber eyes blinked subconsciously, as if she hadn't yet recovered from the shock, and she could only let Xiao Jinchen continue his movements.

"Yes." Xiao Jinchen withdrew his hand, looked into her eyes, and said firmly, "Get rid of the heavenly tribulation."

"Once you have this pill, you will never have to worry about that so-called heavenly tribulation again."

The Ice Empress stared blankly at the handsome Xiao Jinchen, a blush involuntarily appearing on her pretty face.

The Ice Empress subconsciously pursed her lips, as if confirming whether what he said was true.

"Re... really don't have to undergo the tribulation?"

The Ice Empress murmured, her voice as small as a mosquito's.

Suddenly, the Ice Empress snapped back to reality. As if afraid that Xiao Jinchen would go back on his word, she grabbed his sleeve, her amber eyes flashing with unprecedented brilliance, and asked eagerly, "Then can you refine this Humanoid Transformation Pill right now? What are the main ingredients? This Empress... I will go find them for you!"

As she spoke, she bent down to pick up the fallen ice marrow, her movements so flustered that her hair strands fell loose.

Xiao Jinchen reached out and gently caught the Ice Empress's falling emerald-green hair, tucking it behind her ear.

"No need to rush." Xiao Jinchen looked at her flustered appearance and said softly, "Leave the materials to me; you just need to wait and eat."

After saying this, Xiao Jinchen didn't look at the Ice Empress's cheeks, which were red enough to bleed, and began selecting medicinal herbs at the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well.

"Transformation Grass, one of the main ingredients for refining the Humanoid Transformation Pill..."

"Ice-Fire Soul-Melting Fruit..."

"Water Spirit Lotus Seed Heart..."

"Ice-Condensing Grass..."

"Frost Lotus Seed..."

"Spirit-Gathering Grass..."

After searching the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well for about half an hour, Xiao Jinchen smiled with satisfaction and prepared to begin refining the Humanoid Transformation Pill.

Once he had gathered the herbs, Xiao Jinchen found a spot and prepared to start refining. He gently raised his right hand, and the Emperor Flame surged up from his palm, followed by the Green Lotus Core Flame splitting off from it.

With a flick of his finger, the Green Lotus Core Flame instantly transformed into a medicine cauldron, hanging in mid-air as if it had no weight.

Refining with fire instead of a cauldron! Medicine refining without a vessel!

Just by this display, it was clear that Xiao Jinchen's medicine refining skills had reached a state of perfection.

Although he had never evaluated what tier of alchemist he was, refining tier six pills was effortless for him, so refining a tier seven pill shouldn't be a major problem.

Following this, Xiao Jinchen raised his palm slightly, and the Emperor Flame instantly surged into the medicine cauldron, with scorching heat sweeping out from within.

Xiao Jinchen swiped his Storage Ring, and a large, cold-emitting eyeball fell to the ground—it was none other than the Evil Eye Tyrant that had been killed by the Ice Empress!

Xiao Jinchen rummaged through the Evil Eye Tyrant's large eyeball for a moment and pulled out a small, silver skull.

Whenever the Evil Eye Tyrant species produced a Spirit Bone, it was inevitably a head Spirit Bone, as their bodies consisted almost entirely of their heads.

Xiao Jinchen looked at the silver-white Spirit Bone in his hand and threw it into the medicine cauldron without hesitation.

The materials for the Humanoid Transformation Pill included a Magic Core to provide the source energy required for transformation. Usually, this required a Magic Core produced by a tier six magic beast, and the hundred-thousand-year-old Evil Eye Tyrant was roughly equivalent to a tier six magic beast on the Dou Qi Continent.

"Ah Chen, why did you throw the Spirit Bone in!?" Seeing this, the Ice Empress's eyes widened, and she asked in surprise. This was a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Bone! Why was Ah Chen throwing it into the medicine cauldron instead of absorbing it?

"A Spirit Bone is one of the materials for refining the Humanoid Transformation Pill. Since I can't absorb it anyway, I'm using it to refine the pill for you," Xiao Jinchen replied while controlling the Emperor Flame to calcine the Evil Eye Tyrant's Spirit Bone into liquid, removing impurities, and then adding the Ice-Fire Soul-Melting Fruit and Water Spirit Lotus Seed Heart.

"Ah? Ah Chen, you can't absorb Spirit Bones?" The Ice Empress said with some surprise. "Can't you humans all absorb Spirit Bones?"

"Perhaps my constitution is a bit special. Every time I try to absorb a Spirit Bone, it melts away," Xiao Jinchen said softly. "In any case, I just can't absorb them."

Xiao Jinchen then used the Spirit-Gathering Grass to neutralize the violent energy within the Spirit Bone, and under his control, a pure, silver-white energy merged with the other medicinal materials that had already been calcined into powder.

The prototype of the Humanoid Transformation Pill slowly began to take shape.

"Hoo." Xiao Jinchen took a deep breath. With a wave of his hand, ten stalks of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow and the remaining ice-attribute medicinal herbs were cast into the medicine cauldron. He had no intention of refining an ordinary Humanoid Transformation Pill; instead, he planned to craft one that would allow the Ice Empress to reach the level of a Limit Douluo immediately upon transforming.

The Humanoid Transformation Pill Xiao Jinchen was refining this time was tailor-made specifically for the Ice Empress.

In any case, the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow was of no use to him; excluding what he used for refining and what he had previously fed the Ice Empress, he still had twenty-three stalks remaining.

As time slowly ticked by, the pill's prototype within the cauldron became round and plump, and icy blue patterns began to emerge across its surface, making it look quite beautiful.

"Give me! Condense!"

Xiao Jinchen's gaze suddenly sharpened as he let out a low shout, and the temperature of the Emperor Flame inside the cauldron surged instantly.

"Hum!"

Following his shout, an extremely rich medicinal fragrance wafted out from the cauldron, spreading until it covered the entire Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well.

Humanoid Transformation Pill! Formed!

However, Xiao Jinchen did not feel happy about the successful refinement, for he knew there was one final step awaiting him.

"Rumble!"

Yet, just as the Humanoid Transformation Pill was forged within the cauldron, thunderous sounds suddenly echoed across the sky above the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well. Looking up, one could see black thunderclouds gathering, and within those dark clouds, streaks of lightning resembling black dragons surged quietly.