Steam rose, mist swirled, and the entire room lay veiled in a hazy shroud, like an immortal realm.
Through the haze, Yue Chan sat cross-legged inside the cauldron, completely naked, sacred and flawless, her whole body unblemished as she underwent the baptism.
At such a critical moment, her mind should have been clear and empty, her bearing solemn. Instead, Yue Chan's heart refused to settle, pounding incessantly as a rosy blush spread across her lovely face.
"Concentrate. Don't let your thoughts wander," Lin Fan reminded her, turning around.
He looked at Yue Chan, whose head was only half visible above the cauldron, with eyes utterly free of improper thoughts, clear and pure.
Seeing this, Yue Chan felt considerably reassured. She immediately composed herself, refined her divine radiance, and circulated her divine power, making her final preparations for the breakthrough.
"Go ahead," she said, indicating that she was ready.
Lin Fan then added one spirit herb after another to the great cauldron, along with all manner of poisonous insects and even ores. The bewildering assortment was almost dizzying.
Anyone unaware of the circumstances would have thought he was concocting poison rather than conducting a baptism.
This was thanks to the marvelous Pill Formula of the Shi Clan. It could refine pills, but it could also refine people, allowing the medicinal liquid to be absorbed directly into every inch of the body rather than congealing into pills, achieving the effect of rebirth through nirvana.
As the various Treasure Medicines were added, the Black Cauldron underwent a transformation. Its walls shone and seethed, resonating with the dissolved spirit herbs in a thunderous roar.
Boom!
At that moment, waves of chanting seemed to rise from the gods themselves, accompanied by the grand sounds of sacrificial rites. An inexplicable resonance of the Dao emerged, creating