"A fourth-tier upper-grade alchemist!"
Outside the simulation, Zhou Qing was in excellent spirits.
Advancing another step in alchemy meant more than mastering his first fourth-tier upper-grade art.
It also provided the surest foundation for refining the Five Sages Transcendence Pill next.
The Five Sages Transcendence Pill was a quasi-fifth-tier pill. Only an alchemist of at least the fourth-tier upper grade had any hope of successfully refining it.
Only by becoming a fourth-tier upper-grade alchemist could Zhou Qing refine this pill without relying on another alchemist.
"Five simulations' worth of accumulation, a thousand or two thousand years of experience, and my alchemy has finally reached this level..."
Zhou Qing's thoughts wandered. In the century or two since coming to the Central Province, he had devoted all his energy outside his regular cultivation to studying alchemy.
During that time, only his formation skills had, thanks to his earlier accumulation, luckily reached the fourth-tier mid-grade. His other arts had barely progressed at all.
"Next, I'll attempt to refine the Five Sages Transcendence Pill, cultivate to the peak of the nascent soul middle stage, and then break through to the nascent soul late stage..."
Zhou Qing considered this inwardly. These were his plans and goals for his subsequent cultivation.
He wanted to improve his chances of reaching the nascent soul late stage as much as possible.
A formidable bottleneck and barrier stood between the nascent soul middle and late stages.
Even with the quasi-fifth-tier spiritual treasure, the Lotus Heart Seed, Zhou Qing had no assurance of success.
If he could successfully refine the Five Sages Transcendence Pill, it would undoubtedly offer help he could not afford to overlook.
Although the Five Sages Transcendence Pill could only slightly improve his chances of breaking through to the late stage, at the crucial moment, that tiny difference