Hearing this, Fairy Lingyue nodded and said:
"That mass of purple qi should be your Pill Embryo. Only once you reach major attainment in the Spirit Refining Realm will it truly take shape. Whether it turns out to be a worm or a dragon will depend on your cultivation during this time."
Xu Taiping nodded, then continued:
"Besides the Pill Embryo, my Qi Mansion has also become much more spacious than before. It looks like a sea."
"Also, the Niwan Palace at the top of my head seems to have opened. There's a little figure sitting inside, with a halo above its head."
At this point, he suddenly opened his eyes and asked Fairy Lingyue with great curiosity:
"That would be my Primordial Spirit, right?"
"That's right." Fairy Lingyue nodded, then raised a hand and formed a little figure in her palm about the same size as Xu Taiping's Primordial Spirit. Pointing at the halo around the figure's head, she said:
"What you cultivate in the Spirit Refining Realm is your Divine Soul. Once your Divine Soul Power increases to a certain point, another halo will appear around your Primordial Spirit's head. When there are six halos behind its head and your Pill Embryo has taken shape, you'll be qualified to break through to the Transformation Realm."
Understanding immediately dawned on Xu Taiping's face as he said:
"So the two major stages, Qi Refining and Spirit Refining, are actually both preparations for the stage of True Cultivation."
Fairy Lingyue nodded slightly at his words, then added:
"The more thoroughly you prepare beforehand, the greater your power will be after breaking through to the Transformation Realm."
"That's also why cultivators in the Qi Refining stage need to pursue the Ultimate Realm, and why Emperor Youyun even specifically arranges a Golden Scale