Chapter 650: Bodhi Hundred Generations Refining Heaven!

Xiao Yan slipped his hands into his pockets, gazing at the Nine Profound Golden Thunder before him, his eyes slightly narrowing as a flicker of unusual light passed through them. "Meeting is fate. I can refine you into a Thunder Tribulation Pill."

Upon hearing Xiao Yan intended to refine him into a Pill, the Nine Profound Golden Thunder's eyes instantly flared with rage, golden lightning surging through its body as if it meant to self-detonate and take Xiao Yan down with it.

Xiao Yan ignored the Nine Profound Golden Thunder's outburst. Even now, let alone before the Spirit Gathering attempt, he never believed the Nine Profound Golden Thunder could match him in a mutual destruction.

"Don't rush. I'm only refining you into a Pill—I didn't say I'd eat you." Xiao Yan's expression remained calm. If that former Dan Tower Senior Brother could refine a being like the Dan Tower's Ancestor, why couldn't he?

Is my Alchemy inferior to that Dan Tower Senior Brother?!

Mystical Pill!

Xiao Yan was going to challenge a Mystical Pill—and this Mystical Pill was the Thunder Tribulation Pill, refined from the Nine Profound Golden Thunder!

Xiao Yan had already planned this from the start: when the Nine Profound Golden Thunder failed Spirit Gathering, it would unleash massive Golden Thunder energy, and he intended to use that energy to refine the Thunder Tribulation Pill!

Using the Nine Profound Golden Thunder as material, the resulting Thunder Tribulation Pill would reach Nine Grade Profound Pill rank—meaning Xiao Yan had long intended to challenge the Mystical Pill, and today was the day!

But after witnessing the Nine Profound Golden Thunder's failed Spirit Gathering, Xiao Yan developed another idea.

Refining an ordinary Mystical Pill was no real challenge for Xiao Yan; with two or three sets of materials, he could easily produce a Nine Grade Profound Pill Thunder Tribulation Pill.

But was an ordinary Mystical Pill enough?

The Yao Clan's Pill Scripture was the de facto gathering of the Dou Qi Continent's top Alchemists. Even if the Yao Clan had declined from its former glory, the Pill Champion still held the highest honor in the hearts of the most elite Alchemists.

Hun Tian Di had ordered Xiao Yan to participate in the Pill Scripture. And Hun Tian Di needed Xiao Yan to collaborate with Hun Xu Zi to refine an Imperial Grade Embryonic Pill—refining an ordinary Mystical Pill would clearly be insufficient.

He might not even match Hun Xu Zi.

Seeing the failed Spirit Gathering of the Nine Profound Golden Thunder, Xiao Yan conceived an idea: since the Dan Tower's Ancestor had already been created, why not directly refine the Nine Profound Golden Thunder into a Nine Grade Peak Profound Pill like the Dan Tower's Ancestor?

Only a Peak Profound Pill was truly challenging! Only by refining a Nine Grade Peak Profound Pill could one have the qualifications to win the Pill Scripture!

"Whether you'll ever become a being like the Dan Tower's Ancestor—able to cultivate Cultivation Methods, Dou Techniques, roam the world, and wander among mortals—depends entirely on your and my fortune." Xiao Yan's gaze was calm, yet the confidence deep within his eyes could not be hidden—and he had no intention of hiding it.

He might not be the strongest fighter in the world, but when it came to Pill Alchemy, after enduring Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation and fully inheriting Yao Chen's entire legacy, Xiao Yan possessed absolute confidence in his Alchemy!

I don't need to learn from the Dan Tower's Ancestor—I will surpass him!

Roar! Roar! Roar!! The Nine Profound Golden Thunder, despite its injuries, surged upward with all its might, its massive dragon head level with Xiao Yan's, less than ten meters away. Even wounded, it still stood like an invincible monarch of thunder, its eyes radiating an aura of dominance.

Facing the colossal Nine Profound Golden Thunder that blocked his vision, Xiao Yan's expression remained serene, his gaze still carrying that same unshakable confidence.

He had never refined a Nine Grade Profound Pill—but he was going to challenge a Nine Grade Peak Profound Pill!

For a moment, the air deep within the Void Thunder Pool fell into an eerie silence; the surrounding Black Demon Thunder grew still, as if time itself had paused.

Crack! A sharp, clear explosion rang out as the immense body of the Nine Profound Golden Thunder suddenly cracked open, golden light bursting forth from within. The cracks multiplied, until they spread across its entire form like a spiderweb.

Boom! Its colossal body suddenly exploded, revealing its core within!

Like a Demon Fire or the Bodhi Ancient Tree, the immense Nine Profound Golden Thunder was merely accumulated energy over countless ages; its true origin lay buried deep within, somewhat akin to the spirit of the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

A core emerged—resembling lightning yet shaped like a True Dragon. From this core, it was clear the Nine Profound Golden Thunder's Spirit Gathering had utterly failed, even more insubstantial than the Bodhi Ancient Tree's spirit.

This core wasn't even a Spirit. In truth, the Nine Profound Golden Thunder possessed no complete Spiritual Soul—it was more like a fragmented remnant, incomplete, which was why it sought Spirit Gathering.

Originally, refining a Thunder Tribulation Pill required only the Nine Profound Golden Thunder—but such a Pill would merely be a simple power-boosting Elixir, incapable of mutation like the Dan Tower's Ancestor.

But the Nine Profound Golden Thunder possessed faint sentience. By incorporating its core into the Thunder Tribulation Pill, Xiao Yan wouldn't need to sacrifice himself as the former Alchemist had done to mutate the Dan Tower's Ancestor.

Moreover, Xiao Yan had experience—he had once helped Xiao Yixian use a Demon Fire core to refine a special Pill.

Of course, the Thunder Tribulation Pill differed fundamentally from the Demon Fire Poison Pill, since the Poison Pill method was designed to refine Xiao Yixian's Eternal Calamity Poison Body, while the Thunder Tribulation Pill was merely an ordinary Elixir.

Seeing the Nine Profound Golden Thunder voluntarily reveal its core, Xiao Yan knew it had agreed—it didn't want to remain in a dazed, half-sleeping state forever, absorbing thunder while unconscious, never knowing when it might awaken.

To the Nine Profound Golden Thunder, Xiao Yan was merely someone it had seen a moment ago—just an open and closed eye. Its consciousness was hazy, incomplete. It wanted to become whole.

"Heheheheh! Good. A wise man adapts to circumstances. Bold and courageous—I admire you."

Xiao Yan's eyes gleamed with a confident madness. Refining a special Thunder Tribulation Pill required more than just his powerful Alchemy—it required the Nine Profound Golden Thunder's willingness to gamble. When he refined the Demon Fire Poison Pill, if the Spectral Poison Fire hadn't been refined by him, the Pill could never have been made—others would have resisted.

Xiao Yan hadn't truly expected the Nine Profound Golden Thunder to dare to gamble. Even if Xiao Yan poured his entire soul into the refining, failure would mean the Nine Profound Golden Thunder's utter destruction.

"Mao Wu, absorb the excess energy." Xiao Yan waved his hand, and Mao Wu emerged from the Void, beginning to devour the energy released by the Nine Profound Golden Thunder.

These energies, accumulated over countless years, were naturally Xiao Yan's payment for refining—he wouldn't refine for free.

With a sweep of his hand, thousands upon ten thousands of Medicinal Materials surged forth like a flood from Ya Fei's storage ring.

Only one set of Medicinal Materials—Xiao Yan had only one chance!

Instantly, a wave of medicinal fragrance drowned the space; the Medicinal Materials swirled like a vortex, surrounding Xiao Yan and the faint core of the Nine Profound Golden Thunder.

Boom! Mao Wu sealed half the energy, leaving behind a portion of the Nine Profound Golden Thunder—after all, refining the Thunder Tribulation Pill still required some of it as the main Medicinal Material.

As Xiao Yan's Medicinal Materials appeared, the Sky erupted with thunderous roars, golden light surging violently, the booming sounds triggering violent thunderstorms above.

Xiao Yan took a deep breath, adjusting his state to its absolute peak.

Xiao Yan wasn't without confidence: first, his Soul Force had reached Heaven Realm Great Perfection, bordering on Emperor Grade. Second, his Cultivation Realm neared Sixth-Star Dou Sage. Third, the Burning Scripture had evolved to Emperor Grade, granting Xiao Yan Fire Control Power beyond comprehension.

Most importantly, after enduring Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation and two years in the Demon Fire Space, Xiao Yan had finally created his own unique Pill Refining Method.

Xiao Yan suddenly opened his eyes, a flash of strange light passing through them. "Begin."

Instantly, his hand seals formed like lightning. Then, his heart pounded violently—thump, thump—a strand of emerald light erupted from the center of his chest.

Bodhi Heart! That was the Bodhi Heart Xiao Yan had refined!

The Bodhi Heart could pierce through all illusions and grant wisdom. Activating it allowed its wielder to enter a state of absolute calm and unwavering focus—the perfect state for Pill Refining.

"Refining Heaven Ancient Formation, activate!" Xiao Yan waved his hand, and Yi Wa emerged from the Spirit Ring.

"Yi Wa! Refine!"

Yi Wa spat forth an endless torrent of milky-white flame. The Pure Lotus Demon Fire instantly constructed two ancient arrays, each hundreds of meters wide. But this time, the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation differed from the one in the Demon Fire Space: the upper and lower arrays emitted threads of milky-white fire, weaving into the shape of a Bodhi Ancient Tree.

"Bodhi Hundred Generations Refining Heaven."

This was the unique Pill Refining Method Xiao Yan had created, combining the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation with his Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation Alchemy experience, using the Pure Lotus Demon Fire and the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation to refine Medicinal Materials into Pills!

Black Demon Fire was now utterly insufficient—it wouldn't even withstand the violent energy of the Nine Profound Golden Thunder.

"Enter the Medicinal Materials!"

Xiao Yan's Soul Force began manipulating the floating Medicinal Materials—Boom! Instantly, his mind recalled the steps of the Thunder Tribulation Pill, locking onto the materials, and his Soul Force directed the flood of Medicinal Materials into the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation without pause.

When the Medicinal Materials flew into the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation, it began to slowly rotate, like a millstone—terrifying milky-white demonic flame transformed into a demonic flame millstone, burning the incoming Medicinal Materials, submerging and extracting their medicinal substances.

One by one, the Medicinal Materials flew orderly into the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation; as the Formation rotated, they turned into Medicinal Powders of various colors.

Yet strangely, once the medicinal substances of these materials were extracted, they were not set aside, but enveloped in demonic flame, flowing from the roots of the Bodhi Ancient Tree as if being absorbed, moving along a special path.

Finally, under Xiao Yan's Wood-element Battle Qi catalysis, after passing through the Bodhi Ancient Tree's cycle, they were refined into the most perfect state he required.

Puff—a single leaf slowly grew from the Bodhi Ancient Tree, composed entirely of the extracted medicinal substances; then more and more leaves appeared.

Extracting the Medicinal Materials and catalyzing them was merely the first step of Spirit Refining, but to refine a Nine Grade Profound Pill, not even the simplest step could be taken lightly—everything had to be perfected, the medicinal substances required one hundred percent perfect compatibility, not the slightest error allowed.

Although Xiao Yan used the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation and Pure Lotus Demonic Flame to refine the Medicinal Materials, tens of thousands of plants still required considerable time.

After half a month passed, all the Medicinal Materials were finally extracted. Yet these tens of thousands of plants were merely auxiliary herbs—the true main herb was the Nine Profound Golden Thunder Origin!

In the upper Sealing Array of the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation, Xiao Yan shifted his intent, synchronizing with Mao Wu; the next instant, Mao Wu drew in a deep breath, and the Golden Thunder energy swirling around flooded continuously into the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation.

Endless Nine Profound Golden Thunder Origin formed into a Golden Dragon, halved in size, trapped within the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation.

But unlike the Nine Profound Golden Thunder Origin from half a month ago, this Golden Dragon's eyes were cold, devoid of Spirit—merely a torrent of energy.

As Xiao Yan rapidly formed hand seals, the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation spun wildly, a powerful force suppressing it, beginning to refine the Nine Profound Golden Thunder Origin.

Under the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation's refining, the Nine Profound Golden Thunder Origin turned en masse into thick golden liquid, floating within the Formation—within these golden liquids surged immense, unrivaled energy fluctuations.

Spirit Refining required none of the Nine Profound Golden Thunder Origin's violent factors—only its purest energy.

After these thick golden energy liquids appeared, they transformed into streams of nutrient fluid, irrigating the roots of the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

Hum!! At the instant the vast golden energy fluid poured forth, the Bodhi Ancient Tree constructed from Xiao Yan's Demonic Flame came alive—its veins turned golden, absorbing and refining the golden energy liquid obtained from the Nine Profound Golden Thunder Origin.

Xiao Yan's expression grew grave now, for what followed would test him: these golden energy liquids had to be paired with the medicinal substances.

Proportions were critical—mixing different medicinal substances with the Nine Profound Golden Thunder energy liquid was like nitroglycerin; the slightest error would render all prior effort useless.

Under Xiao Yan's exquisitely precise, particle-level manipulation, every extracted medicinal substance achieved its perfect ratio—the leaves hanging from the Bodhi Ancient Tree began emitting waves of Golden Light.

From afar, the entire Bodhi Ancient Tree appeared forged from gold—its trunk and branches flowed with golden liquid, especially its leaves, vivid and exquisitely beautiful.

At Xiao Yan's side, the Nine Profound Golden Thunder Origin watched, stunned—it had never before witnessed Spirit Refining, yet its instinct told it this man's technique was transcendent, peerless!

As Xiao Yan infused his Battle Qi, Xiao Yi continuously controlled the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation to refine the Nine Profound Golden Thunder Origin.

Xiao Yan was now triply focused: controlling Mao Wu's rate of absorbing the Nine Profound Golden Thunder Origin, directing Xiao Yi to refine it, and simultaneously guiding the entire Refining Heaven Ancient Formation to fuse the Medicinal Materials.

Xiao Yan's greatest terror was not merely triply focused control—he wielded it flawlessly, achieving a divine, microscopic precision!

(End of Chapter)