The night sky, as black as a curtain, gradually began to glimmer with starlight as Zhao Xian perished. The oppressive atmosphere that had enveloped this world also eased.
Only then did Xiao Yan slowly raise his head, his dark and deep eyes gazing at the Milky Way above, a sky shimmering with countless stars.
"Oh... it's already dark."
A hint of surprise flashed deep in his dark eyes. It turned out that the battle with Zhao Xian had lasted for a whole day without him even realizing it. Although the process was a bit more difficult than Xiao Yan had originally imagined, fortunately, with Gu You by his side, today's events could be considered to have ended without any major incidents.
With a long sigh of relief, Xiao Yan's Xiao Yan, which had been tense all day, finally relaxed. However, he quickly roused himself again, his eyes flashing with a sharp light, and his gaze slowly moved down until it landed on a milky white ball of light floating in front of him.
This ball of light was Zhao Xian's Soul Origin, which had been completely refined from the inside out by the Heavenly Flames. Of course, it not only contained Zhao Xian's own Spiritual Strength, but also almost all of Xiao Yan's Spiritual Strength.
It was precisely because of this that Xiao Yan was able to instantly obliterate Zhao Xian's consciousness in such a short time. As for the present moment, after being refined by the Heavenly Flames, what remains of this Soul Origin is the purest Soul Origin power.
The purity of this Soul Origin is enough for anyone to easily refine it without any aftereffects. However, the only difference is that because Zhao Xian's soul consciousness was erased by Xiao Yan, his Soul Origin was also damaged to some extent.
Therefore, even if Xiao Yan could absorb all of the Soul Origin in front of him, only the vast majority of it could actually be used.
"Call..."
Xiao Yan let out another long breath, but instead of rushing to devour the Soul Origin in front of him, he forced himself to sit cross-legged in the void.
Regardless, Xiao Yan needs to recover some of his strength first; otherwise, any haste could irreversibly alter the final outcome.
The Soul Origin before him was extremely attractive to Xiao Yan at this moment, but Xiao Yan also understood that it was impossible for him to easily refine such a massive amount of Soul Origin power in his current state. In order to avoid any mistakes, it was worthwhile to delay a little longer.
In the blink of an eye, night was about to fall, and a faint glow, like a layer of white frost, quietly covered the entire earth. Another day had quietly arrived.
When the first rays of dawn fell on Xiao Yan's eyelids, Xiao Yan seemed to sense it, his eyelids trembled slightly, and then he slowly opened them.
A night of cultivation did not restore Xiao Yan's pale complexion much. After all, what Xiao Yan truly lacked at this moment was Spiritual Strength, which could not be easily made up for by a little bit of Dou Qi.
However, even so, this was enough for Xiao Yan to devour those Soul Origin.
Xiao Yan Xiao Yan out a soft breath, his dark eyes once again fixed on the Soul Origin before him. Although his internal energy still seemed weak, a fiery light couldn't help but shine deep within his eyes.
Besides his own original Spiritual Strength, he wondered if his Spiritual Strength would reach the level of Third-Tier Alchemist if he were to devour and refine Zhao Xian's Soul Origin.
Of course, this was just Xiao Yan's subjective imagination. After all, the Spiritual Strength required to reach the Third-Tier Alchemist was extremely large. With the experience of Gu You lending him his Spiritual Strength, Xiao Yan knew that this Spiritual Strength alone was not enough for him to reach the level of Third-Tier Alchemist.
Moreover, while strong Spiritual Strength is the primary standard for an alchemist, alchemy skills still present considerable pressure for Xiao Yan, who has never been exposed to third-tier pills before.
After all, compared to second-tier pills, the difficulty of refining third-tier pills is far greater. To refine them, it is not enough to rely solely on the strength of one's Spiritual Strength; it also requires the alchemist to have a more advanced control over the flame.
In the void, Xiao Yan sat cross-legged, the fiery emotions rising in his heart sweeping away all his fatigue. At this moment, although Xiao Yan's face was pale, his mental state was exceptionally good, mostly thanks to the milky white Soul Origin in front of him.
With a thought, the Soul Bead in Xiao Yan's mind trembled slightly. At the same time, the Soul Origin floating in front of Xiao Yan also moved, as if drawn by some force, and moved closer to Xiao Yan's body.
The Soul Origin, as large as a football, emanated wisps of mist-like lines that intertwined on Xiao Yan 'Xiao Yan chest, then penetrated his black robe, seeped into his skin, and reached the very core of his soul.
"Hmm..."
As the first wisp of Soul Origin flowed into his soul, Xiao Yan's seated body trembled slightly, and at the same time, the muscles on his face twitched slightly, and he couldn't help but let out a soft groan.
Next, Soul Origin, like separate tributaries, first separated, then intertwined and converged, and finally flowed into Xiao Yan's body.
The Soul Origin that Xiao Yan had consumed the day before was also rapidly recovering under this seemingly slow, yet subtly rapid, absorption and refinement.
Before he knew it, another day had passed silently through his fingers. The Spiritual Strength that Xiao Yan had been missing from his body had been fully restored. Xiao Yan's face had changed from pale and bloodless to rosy and healthy. There was also an invisible pressure emanating from Xiao Yan's body, which made him a force to be reckoned with.
Under this continuous refining process, by the evening of the second day, the Soul Origin floating in front of Xiao Yan had gradually changed from the size of a soccer ball to the size of a fist, until finally it turned into a milky white light spot the size of a thumb, which Xiao Yan absorbed completely.
"Call..."
After two full days of refining, Xiao Yan finally completely absorbed the Soul Origin in front of him. As a result, the Spiritual Strength within Xiao Yan's body had reached an extremely terrifying level. Although it was still far from being comparable to Third-Tier Alchemist, it was believed that this level of Spiritual Strength was probably comparable to that of Xu Songming!