With the primary ingredients fully integrated, Shen Yuan sealed the mixture with Pure Spring Essence, its liquid glow enveloping the pill-in-progress.
He reduced the flame’s intensity, allowing the pill to crystallize slowly under controlled heat.
The cauldron emitted a low, resonant chime, signaling the refinement’s completion.
Shen Yuan extinguished the Pure Heart Flame and opened the cauldron, his eyes lighting up at the sight within.
Three radiant pills lay inside, their surfaces shimmering with a soft, golden hue. Each pill was marked with seven distinct veins, proof of their extraordinary quality.
“Seven-veined Pristine Origin Pills,” Shen Yuan said, his voice filled with excitement. “This will make my breakthroughs not just smooth, but fucking easy.”
[Congrats, but will you break through now or continue to make more pills?]
She curiously asked.
“I still need more pills,” Shen Yuan shook his head and continued, “These are not enough for what I intend to do.”
Shen Yuan carefully stored the Seven-veined Pristine Origin Pills in a jade vial, sealing them to preserve their potent energies.
The golden glow of the pills dimmed slightly as the vial’s protective runes activated, ensuring their Essence remained undisturbed.
He exhaled softly, calming his mind. The refinement had taken quite a bit of time and was even taxing on him, but the result was rewarding. However, he wasn’t done yet.
“I don’t know how good the potency of these pills will be. It’s better if I refine a few more, just in case,” Shen Yuan muttered, his eyes gleaming with determination.
Summoning the Pure Heart Flame once more, Shen Yuan began preparing for another round of refinement.
The room filled again with the herbal aroma of Earth-grade ingredients, their spiritual energies mingling in the air.
This time, he worked with even greater efficiency, his mastery of Crimson Lotus Flame Art evident in every motion.
He seamlessly ground, soaked, and infused the ingredients, balancing their Essence as though it were second nature to him.
As the cauldron hummed with life, Shen Yuan adjusted the flame’s intensity with precision, ensuring the essence of the ingredients mixed perfectly.
The room glowed with a faint, golden light as another batch of pills neared completion.
After an hour, the cauldron emitted its familiar resonant chime. Shen Yuan opened the lid to reveal three more radiant pills, their surfaces shimmering with six distinct veins.
“Six-veined Pristine Origin Pills this time,” he murmured, nodding in approval. “Not as perfect as the last batch, but still good enough.”
Over the next few hours, Shen Yuan repeated the process, refining additional pills with extreme focus.
By the time he put away his Pure Heart Flame, he had amassed a collection of pills ranging from five to seven veins.
“These should be enough,” Shen Yuan finally said, stretching his arms and exhaling deeply. The chamber was filled with a lingering warmth, a testament to the relentless efforts he made for refining pills.
Shen Yuan sat down cross-legged in the center of the chamber, calming his mind and regulating his breathing.
The dense Qi in the chamber resonated with his cultivation base, aiding his recovery.
He closed his eyes and entered a meditative state, his spiritual sense sweeping through his Dantian.
The energy stored within was vast and stable, but the energies of the multiple Primordial Yin stored in his Dantian pulsed faintly, constantly reminding him about the immense power he had yet to harness fully.
As his breathing steadied, Shen Yuan visualized the transformation he intended to achieve.
He had already reached the 5th Level of the Origin Core Creation Realm, but he needed to refine it even further to break through to higher levels.
“It’s about time,” Shen Yuan said softly after a long moment, opening his eyes. His gaze was sharp and resolute.
Shen Yuan retrieved a Seven-veined Pristine Origin Pill from the jade vial.
The pill radiated an overwhelming spiritual energy that seemed to sing in harmony with the Qi in the chamber.
He swallowed the pill without hesitation.
The moment it entered his body, a surge of pure Essence erupted within him, coursing through his meridians and flooding his Dantian with overwhelming energy.
Shen Yuan quickly controlled the Essence and directed it, guiding it toward his Dantian’s core. The energy began to condense, reshaping the very foundation of his cultivation base.
The process was smooth at first, the energy from the pill perfectly balanced.
However, as the energies of both the pill and the Primordial Yin intermixed in his Dantian, they amplified each other, making it hard for him to control either one of them.
“Damn it!” Shen Yuan muttered, his brows furrowing as he struggled to control the explosive energies within.
The Pristine Origin Pill’s energy and the potent Primordial Yin Energy surged against each other, creating a storm of chaotic Essence.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, summoning every ounce of his willpower to stabilize the surging energies within him.
He activated his Primal Harmony Physique, channeling its balancing principles into his spiritual sense to refine the energies into perfect harmony.
The surging energies gradually subsided as the two energies began to merge, forming an immensely potent Essence that surpassed his expectations.
His Dantian expanded and transformed, its core shining with a radiant glow that resembled a miniature sun.
The energy surged outward, shattering the bottleneck of the 6th Level with ease.
Shen Yuan didn’t stop there, allowing the combined energies to push him through the 7th Level and directly into the 8th Level of the Origin Core Creation Realm.
As the breakthrough came to a stop, his Dantian stabilized into a new, refined state.
The pure Essence within it swirled with a harmonious blend of power, far denser and more potent than before.
Shen Yuan opened his eyes, his gaze filled with excitement. The chamber felt silent as his overwhelming Qi flowed freely from his body.
[You actually broke through to the 8th Level in one go!]
Yue Lan’s voice rang in his mind, with a hint of astonishment in it.
[I knew you were bold, but this… even I didn’t expect it!]
Shen Yuan chuckled softly, standing up and stretching. “The energy from the pill and the Primordial Yin was more potent than I anticipated. I couldn’t let it go to waste.”
[You’re really something else, Yuan’er. This reminded me of the first time you cultivated with Qi. You nearly entered Qi deviation that time, haha.]
He felt his eyebrow twitching, hearing her words. “Don’t remind me about that time. I was quite reckless. I didn’t even have physiques like Purity or Chaotic Vessel to handle the bulk of the load.”
[But you still did it nonetheless. But this is good. You are nearing the peak of the Origin Core Creation Realm. Only a single more refinement is left before your core reaches perfection.]
Shen Yuan nodded his head. “True, I doubt anyone in this region has refined their cores up to nine times.”
[But you have, and that’s an achievement not many can claim to.]
“Anyways, now I need to practice Blacksmithing. My body needs some time to adapt to the new realm as well. I can’t break through continuously,” he said before moving his gaze toward the center of the room.
Shen Yuan took a deep breath, calming his mind with the abundant energies of the chamber as he adjusted to his newly refined cultivation base.