"A Life Devouring Pill? Trading your remaining life force for power? A pill like that actually exists?" The fact that Xiao Yan could now refine a Life Devouring Pill left Dugu Bo rather astonished, and he spoke in disbelief.
His gaze remained fixed on the pill in Xiao Yan's hand. With the exceptional spiritual power of a Titled Douluo, Dugu Bo could vaguely sense that this pill was indeed somewhat different from ordinary pills.
Yet he could not say exactly where that difference lay.
After pondering for a while, Xiao Yan grew slightly tense. A moment later, he took a stalk of snow ginseng from his Soul Tool and said to Dugu Bo, "The main ingredient needed to refine a Life Devouring Pill is this snow ginseng. If a Soul Elder consumes it directly, their soul power can probably rise by four or five levels, but their remaining lifespan will be squeezed down to just seven or eight years."
"But if I combine it with other medicinal ingredients that forcibly increase strength and refine them into a pill, it can raise a Soul Elder to the Soul King realm in a short time. The Soul Master who takes it will also have their lifespan squeezed down to just two or three years."
Dugu Bo froze briefly at those words, then seemed to understand.
"Straight from Soul Elder to Soul King? That crosses two major realms. Would someone who takes your pill no longer need to obtain soul rings?" Listening carefully to Xiao Yan's explanation of the Life Devouring Pill, Dugu Bo felt both astonished and puzzled.
Xiao Yan explained, "A cultivation bottleneck doesn't prevent a Soul Master's soul power from increasing. Without a soul ring to guide it, they simply can't enter the next stage and can only cultivate at