"Self-World."
In the Cultivation Chamber behind the shop.
Qin Hao sat cross-legged, opened the Self-World within his Dantian, and began refining Xuanhuang Qi.
The Star Realm's Xuanhuang Qi was like the Star Sea's Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy and Origin Laws: it drifted freely between heaven and earth.
Qin Hao needed no preparations. He could refine it directly.
Buzz, buzz, buzz.
As his Self-World opened, Qin Hao seemed to become a gap in space. Vast amounts of Xuanhuang Qi poured into his body without end.
Almost at once.
Qin Hao sensed the Great Dao Miasma suppressed throughout his body beginning to loosen further.
His Self-World also began to change subtly.
But neither the loosening of the Great Dao Miasma nor the changes to his Self-World came close to what refining a Great Dao Origin Crystal had achieved.
The changes were gradual!
The main reason was that too little Xuanhuang Qi drifted between heaven and earth. It was nowhere near as concentrated as the qi within a Great Dao Origin Crystal.
Qin Hao had expected as much.
Although the Star Realm contained Xuanhuang Qi, and he had found a city like Wind-Sand City where it was relatively more concentrated, it was still far too thin.
There was no way to dispel the Great Dao Miasma in a short time.
Buzz, buzz, buzz...
His Self-World continued to change slowly.
The Great Dao Miasma also trembled as it was gradually broken down and expelled.
It was a lengthy process.
After Qin Hao had expelled and dispelled some of it, the remaining Great Dao Miasma had become harder to break down. Dispersing it now was harder still.
The days passed one by one.
Each day, Qin Hao also used his Devouring Doppelganger to open the shop, occasionally refining a few pills. His Fire Doppelganger,