"Whew! That's it!"
Nie Yun stood quietly where he was for an unknown length of time. Then his eyes lit up as a pill formula took shape in his mind.
"None of the medicinal properties in this formula have anything to do with the soul, yet they are all connected to the soul. Whether it succeeds will be decided in one stroke!"
He carefully scrutinized it twice and, finding no flaws, finally let out a sigh of relief.
He had never seen or refined the pill formula he had deduced before. He had merely derived it from the properties of the herbs. Its true purpose was not to help the soul break through, but to make the body brim with draconic vigor and tiger-like vitality, gathering flesh, energy, and momentum to their utmost limits.
Once all the strength in the body was concentrated to the extreme, with abundant blood and qi, a breakthrough of the soul would become much easier.
"Let's begin!"
Since he had never refined this pill before, everything depended on his control and calculations regarding the herbs. Whether it would succeed remained uncertain. However, these herbs could at most be used to refine a pill of this level, so he stopped overthinking it. With a grasp through the air, the herbs flew into his palm. Pill Fire rose, blazing hot without cease.
He was an expert at pill refining, and with his Pill Fire talent, he did not even need a pill furnace to refine pills of this level.
Whoosh!
In the time it took to eat a meal, pills formed one after another in his palm. They gave off a rich medicinal fragrance; one whiff made one's heart stir restlessly, bringing an indescribable comfort. "Success!"
The Pill Fire vanished. Nie Yun reached through the air, and