Emperor Grade Nascent Pill

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Emperor Grade Nascent Pill (帝品雏丹)
Alias(es)	Tou She Ancient God (disguise); Little Fledgling; Little Nascent
Species/Race	Emperor-grade medicinal pill transformed into human form
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion; later Cloud Palace
Occupation/Role	Former guardian of Tou She Ancient God's Exotic Flame origins; Cang Lan's bound subordinate and alchemist
Status	Active; bound to Cang Lan through the God-Bestowed Halo and God Level Pill Transformation Ring
First Appearance	Ch. 1 (mentioned); Ch. 28–29 (arrival and direct appearance)

Background / History

The Emperor Grade Nascent Pill existed in the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion for thousands of years. He assumed the appearance of Tou She Ancient God and guarded the origins of the cave mansion's Heavenly Flames; Cang Lan states that Tou She left him to guard the origins of twenty-two flames. He had previously torn open space at great cost to allow Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and Nihility Devouring Flame to escape, hoping they would eventually find a way to free him as well 40 41.

When repeated clone explosions beyond Cang Lan's Invincible Domain drew his attention, he discovered an unfamiliar spatial barrier. He needed a full-strength strike to breach it, entered to investigate the newly appeared Cloud Palace, and became trapped when the barrier restored itself. His attacks thereafter dissipated against the barrier, exhausting his energy 17 29.

After being suppressed by an unseen golden-mountain-like strike, he concluded that the master of Cloud Palace was an unfathomable expert from beyond the heavens. Seeking a route out of the cave mansion and a chance to reach the Dou Emperor realm, he approached Cang Lan respectfully 40.

Cang Lan warned him that Nihility Devouring Flame was destined to refine him using a Pill Refining Ring within ten years, after which another would consume him to become a Dou Emperor. Fearing this fate, the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill voluntarily accepted Cang Lan as master and merged his essence blood into the God-Bestowed Halo; the God Level Pill Transformation Ring then entered his body and bound his soul with invisible shackles 41.

Appearance

In human form, the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill resembles an elderly man, though his presence and coloring are distinctly unnatural.

• Wears black robes 28 40.
• Has long, multicolored or rainbow-colored hair, each hue resembling a rising flame 28 29 113.
• Possesses ordinary facial features but starry, abyss-like eyes that evoke the bearing of a sovereign 28.
• Usually takes the likeness of Tou She Ancient God 29 89.

Personality

Initially proud and detached, the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill considered himself the absolute ruler of the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion. The appearance of Cang Lan's barrier and Cloud Palace shattered that confidence, leaving him wary of a potential Dou Emperor or higher-plane expert 29 40.

His overriding ambition is freedom from the cave mansion and the chance to become a Dou Emperor. This desire makes him anxious over Cang Lan's judgment and eager to demonstrate his usefulness, but he serves Cang Lan respectfully after recognizing that his own fate and safety depend on the Divine Lord 41 50 89 113.

Abilities & Skills

Pill-Life Physiology

As a pill that attained sentience and human form, he possesses power feared even by the continent's strongest figures.

• His appearance is treated as an extraordinary phenomenon: ordinary pills require at least ninth rank to take human form 9.
• He can release a trace of Dou Di pressure 29.
• A casual strike is stated to be comparable to a four-star Dou Saint's full-force blow 29.
• His aura is described as above the peak of the Dou Saints by those observing him after Cang Lan's return 113.
• He is vulnerable to pill-control artifacts, particularly the Pill Refining Ring and Cang Lan's God Level Pill Transformation Ring 7 41.

Spatial Manipulation

He can tear open space and form spatial rifts, though doing so expends substantial energy.

• Previously opened space to help Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and Nihility Devouring Flame leave the cave mansion 40 41.
• Created a spatial rift for Cang Lan's departure from the cave mansion using countless ancient black runes 54.
• Required time to recover after spatial travel and transport operations 89.

Exotic Flame Control

As guardian of the Exotic Flame Plaza, he controls and seals the origins of its Heavenly Flames.

• Summoned twenty Exotic Flame origins from stone pillars at Cang Lan's command 50.
• Compressed the flames into longan-sized multicolored beads 50.
• Used ancient runes to imprison the compressed flames safely 50.

Pill Refinement

He is an accomplished alchemist by virtue of being born from a pill.

• States that refining pills below ninth-grade treasure-pill level is not difficult for him 90.
• Identified the Yin Yang Creation Pill as a ninth-grade pregnancy-nurturing pill capable of improving a Dou Zong's cultivation and granting exceptional innate potential to the child 90.
• Refined six Yin Yang Creation Pills from the limited medicinal ingredients stored in the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion 113.
• Is trusted to assist in refining Bodhi Seeds for Cang Lan's children 161.

Bound Artifacts

• God-Bestowed Halo — A halo into which he merged a drop of essence blood when acknowledging Cang Lan as master 41.
• God Level Pill Transformation Ring — Cang Lan's artifact for restraining pill-born lifeforms; after the binding, it entered the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill's body and became invisible soul-binding shackles 7 41.

Relationships

• Cang Lan — Master and benefactor. Cang Lan subdued him, promised to help him evade his foretold calamity and eventually become a Dou Emperor, and employs him as Cloud Palace's powerful guardian and alchemist 41 50 89 131.
• Nihility Devouring Flame — Former beneficiary of his spatial escape assistance. The Emperor Grade Nascent Pill regards him as a betrayer after learning that Nihility is destined to refine him 40 41.
• Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame — Former beneficiary of his efforts to tear open space and escape the cave mansion 40.
• Tou She Ancient God — The Ancient Emperor whose appearance he adopts and whose cave mansion and Flame origins he guarded 29 41 89.
• Bodhi Ancient Tree — Its reaction to the Immortal Spirit Liquid alerted him to the Stone Jade Bottle's extraordinary power and renewed his hope of becoming a Dou Emperor 130 131.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Drawn into Cang Lan's Domain

Cang Lan identifies him as the primary obstacle between himself and the Exotic Flame Plaza, preparing the God Level Pill Transformation Ring as a countermeasure. By sending clones beyond the Invincible Domain, Cang Lan eventually attracts the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill to his barrier 7 8 17 28.

Defeat and Submission

The Emperor Grade Nascent Pill breaches the barrier, becomes trapped, and is weakened by his failed attempts to escape. He later seeks out Cloud Palace, where Cang Lan leverages the threat of his future refinement to secure his voluntary submission and bind him with the Halo and Pill Transformation Ring 29 40 41.

Service to Cloud Palace

Following his submission, he retrieves and seals twenty Exotic Flame origins, moves Tou She Ancient God's Stone Statue, creates spatial passages, and refines Yin Yang Creation Pills. He consistently seeks Cang Lan's acknowledgment and waits for the promised opportunity to become a Dou Emperor 50 54 89 90 113.

The Bodhi Ancient Tree Incident

When the Bodhi Ancient Tree enters the cave mansion, he identifies it and later senses that the Stone Jade Bottle contains a power connected to his hoped-for breakthrough. Cang Lan reaffirms his promise to help him become an emperor before investigating the tree alone 130 131.

Notable Quotes

“As long as Divine Lord is willing to act and erase this old man's calamity! This old man is willing to acknowledge you as his master and follow you unto death from this day forth!” 41

“This old man was born from a pill. Refining any pill below the level of a Ninth-grade treasure pill is not difficult for me!” 90