Yang Xiao stood still and first examined the inside of his body.
His mystic core was still the same, but a pale blue pattern had appeared on its surface, winding halfway around it before stopping, as though it had always been there.
It had taken him less than a single night to advance from perfected core condensation to the pill-pattern realm.
He had no need to spend years gathering energy in a treasure ground. Simply killing a pill-pattern Demon King let him seize its abilities—a remarkably swift method.
But a question suddenly surfaced in his mind.
Other people might only have one pill pattern. What if I accumulated several? How would that work?
And how would I break through to the core illumination realm?
After a moment's hesitation, Yang Xiao could only set the question aside for now.
He lacked the experience to work out the answers himself. He would ask Li Hanguang when he returned.
After he seized the pill pattern.
All the Demon Power remaining in the Little Dragon King's demon core poured into his mystic core, drawn by the [Heaven-Melting Treasure Furnace].
The demon-baleful pill fluid, which had previously filled only half the furnace, slowly churned and rose, increasing little by little until it finally stopped at ninety percent.
As for the trait, it was gone after the fifth equipment slot seized the pill pattern.
But the pill pattern was so valuable that it more than made up for the missing trait.
What mattered most now was just how powerful this Canglan Water Pattern was.
Yang Xiao closed his eyes and sensed it for a moment.
He could clearly feel that, wherever moisture was abundant, the surrounding water essence seemed to come under an invisible pull, flowing at his command.
This means of controlling water was rather