Inside the alchemy chamber of the Hall of Spiritual Flourishing.
Su Che looked at the lump of jade-green fire before him. With a flick of his finger, a wisp of gray powder rose and fell into the emerald flames.
The instant the powder met the firelight, it transformed into layers of mist that drifted upward along the flames.
Another flick of his finger sent out a thread of sword intent, weaving itself into a net that gathered the mist together.
The black box opened, and a three-tailed centipede as thick as a child's arm crawled out. Its dark carapace reflected the jade-green firelight.
Before long, it recklessly burrowed into the jade flames, as though some immense temptation lay within.
In an instant, it was scorched dry. Its black shell curled up and became a clump of worthless ash.
A demon soul flew forth and plunged into the mist above.
Su Che cleared his mind and silently released his divine soul. Thread after thread of thought entwined with the mist.
A vortex immediately formed beneath the force of his thoughts.
The mist gradually spun and condensed, becoming two pills that dropped into Su Che's palm.
"It's done."
Su Che examined the pills in his hand. One was green, the other red, and each gave off a rich medicinal fragrance.
He had found these Duality Demon-Soul Pills among the Longevity Sect's pill formulas. They were an "ancient grade" formula, one that roughly revealed the Longevity Sect's original inheritance and counted as one of the formulas closest to the Mystic Gate's original appearance.
Of course, even this formula had fallen into the demonic and bizarre path.
The Duality Demon-Soul Pills came as a Yin and a Yang pill. Taken separately, both were deadly poisons. If one took the Yin Pill, yin fire would