If they truly could turn the Extraterrestrial Evil Race's demonic qi into its most fundamental energy, then that terrifying demonic qi, which had once made people pale at its very mention, would become a resource everyone coveted.
When something harmful became beneficial, it was no longer a threat that made people turn pale at the mention of it. Instead, it might well be hunted until it became a protected species.
Just imagine: if the people of the Great Thousand World learned that killing the Extraterrestrial Evil Race could raise their cultivation level and bring them enormous benefits, this war would probably turn from a defensive war into a war of plunder immediately.
"But..."
Hun Miaomiao looked at the demonic qi within that pocket of space and said somewhat helplessly, "All I've managed so far is to use the power within heavenly flames to annihilate the sinister power within that demonic qi.
"The result is that most of the fundamental energy is annihilated along with that sinister power. Less than a tenth of the fundamental energy remains.
"If we refine demonic qi this way, the gains clearly won't outweigh the losses."
Her words cooled Xiao Yan's excitement somewhat.
Indeed, if refining this demonic qi required such vast quantities of heavenly flames, then even if Xiao Yan personally became a machine for refining demonic qi, the consumption of heavenly flames and Dou Qi would be tremendous.
Ultimately, they would merely gain a negligible amount of energy while annihilating demonic qi. They were still a long way from treating the Extraterrestrial Evil Race as a cultivation resource.
"It's fine. We still have plenty of time. We have all the time we need to research it."
Xiao Yan smiled faintly, then suddenly reached out and wrapped his arms around her slender waist.
"What are