[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-record-of-a-demon-s-cultivation":3,"chapter-record-of-a-demon-s-cultivation-record-of-a-demon-s-cultivation-chapter-386":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Record of a Demon's Cultivation",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},951830,1246,"Chapter 386: Condensing the Golden Pill","record-of-a-demon-s-cultivation-chapter-386",386,"\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Translator: Cinder Translations\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The process of refining the golden pill involves numerous spiritual herbs and is complex, but Song Wen proceeded with each refining step methodically, confident and organized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flames of spiritual power were precisely controlled, sometimes vigorous, sometimes dim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The temperature inside the furnace was consistently maintained within an appropriate range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One after another, spiritual herbs were continuously added to the furnace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drops of liquid containing the essence of the herbs were extracted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After half a month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Wen added a two-hundred-year-old Yin-Yang Blood Weeping Branch into the furnace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Yin-Yang Blood Weeping Branch was the most crucial main ingredient for the golden pill and also the last herb to be added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the appropriate temperature for quenching, the vital energy of heaven and earth contained in the Yin-Yang Blood Weeping Branch was extracted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This vital energy began to gradually merge with the liquid extracted earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the fusion was complete, Song Wen could attempt the final step-condensing the pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the two were about to merge into one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a \"bang,\" the furnace shook, and wisps of black smoke billowed out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The furnace exploded!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the first failure in refining the golden pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Wen's expression remained calm, showing no signs of disturbance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had made no mistakes in his control during the refining process, yet the pill had still failed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could only be said that he had not completely grasped the key points of refining the golden pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were errors in the refining method he had initially envisioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He closed his eyes, recalling his refining technique just before the explosion, and compared it with the insights from the jade slip and Fang Pengyi's refining experiences to identify his mistakes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A month later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Wen opened the furnace again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, during the final step of condensing the pill, the effort came to naught.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another month passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Wen opened the furnace for the third time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a lengthy twenty days of refining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A soft crisp sound emerged from the furnace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the sound of the pill taking shape and falling to the bottom of the furnace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After nearly a year of preparation and refining, the golden pill had finally been successfully produced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Wen couldn't help but feel joy on his face as he waved his hand to open the furnace lid, and a golden pill flew out, landing in the jade bottle he had prepared in advance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps due to the first successful refinement of the golden pill, he had only obtained one pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was fewer than the two to three pills that should have been produced in one batch according to the insights in the jade slip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not stop refining the golden pill there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another month later, Song Wen opened the furnace again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the Yin-Yang Blood Weeping Branch he used was the oldest one, nearly five hundred years old.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the experience of the first successful refinement of the golden pill, this time it was much easier; he just needed to follow the steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twenty days later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Wen was filled with joy as he successfully refined the golden pill again, producing three\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>pills this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After storing the golden pills in the jade bottle, Song Wen opened the array's restrictions and ended this period of seclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He concealed his aura, avoiding flying beasts and monsters, and lived in seclusion on the island for half a year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During these six months, he lived like a mortal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would go out at sunrise, searching for ingredients on the island to fill his belly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At sunset, he would return to the cave dwelling to rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason he did this was that he had read in a notebook left by a predecessor in the\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beastmaster Sect a saying:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Absolute cultivation must return to the foundation of human survival, which may assist in tempering one's character and dispelling the threat of heart tribulation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Wen was unsure whether this saying was correct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps even the one who left this saying does not know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He considered these six months a rare relaxation since stepping into the world of cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having spent six months without cultivating or using spiritual power, he still gained something. It helped stabilize the spiritual power within him, which could be seen as an\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>unexpected benefit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Song Wen entered closed-door training again, this time for three years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During these three years, he continuously tempered the spiritual power within his body and\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his physical form, aiming to reach a perfect state to attempt condensing the golden pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sun was shining brightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gentle sea breeze was blowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Feiyun Beasts caught several giant sea beasts and feasted as a clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, while the Feiyun Beasts were eating, a rodent-like monster sneaked into their cliffside nest, stealing three eggs and one chick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monsters on the island displayed their powers, all managing to acquire food. Everything\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>on the island appeared harmonious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed even the heavens and earth were indicating that today was a good day for pill\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>condensing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Wen arranged four high-grade spiritual stones around the array formation of the Spirit\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gathering Array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pure spiritual energy within the stones was forcibly drawn out by the formation, causing\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the concentration of spiritual energy in the cave to surge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this was still not enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took out several thousand low-grade spiritual stones, using the Ghost King and Silver\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Corpse to smash them all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The concentration of spiritual energy in the cave increased once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Wen crossed his legs and took out a bottle of ten-thousand-year spiritual liquid, tilting\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his head back to take a big gulp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ten-thousand-year spiritual liquid entered his stomach and transformed into a continuous stream of pure spiritual energy for Song Wen to absorb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Operating the \"Longevity Technique,\" this spiritual energy was gradually refined and\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>integrated into his meridians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spiritual power flowed through Song Wen's limbs and bones like a rolling flood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, it converged in his dantian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within Song Wen's dantian, the spiritual power from the \"Longevity Technique\" and the\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Corpse King Blood Refining Technique\" each condensed into a vortex of spiritual power, clearly defined, one yin and one yang, one black and one white, resembling the Eight Trigrams, constantly rotating within the dantian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This refined spiritual power began to merge into the vortex of the \"Longevity Technique.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The capacity of the vortex of the \"Longevity Technique\" reached its limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the refined spiritual power found no place to settle, it started to slowly dissipate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Wen's expression grew serious as he continued to refine the spiritual energy provided by\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the ten-thousand-year spiritual liquid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qualitative changes arise from quantitative changes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the spiritual power within Song Wen accumulated more and more, the spiritual power\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>from the \"Longevity Technique\" gradually began to transform into magical power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, half a year passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Wen had completely refined a whole bottle of ten-thousand-year spiritual liquid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the spiritual power from the \"Longevity Technique\" transformed into magical power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next was the second step of condensing the core, converting magical power into the golden\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a thought, a jade bottle appeared before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bottle cap opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A golden pill flew out on its own, landing in Song Wen's mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the golden pill entered his stomach, the vital energy of heaven and earth contained within\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it erupted violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This vital energy rapidly surged into the dantian, merging with the magical power cultivated\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>from the \"Longevity Technique.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The magical power gradually began to condense, forming a golden pellet the size of a sesame\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>seed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the golden pellet appeared, it quickly began to draw in the magical power from the dantian, wanting to strengthen itself and form a true golden core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vortex of spiritual power from the \"Corpse King Blood Refining Technique\" in the\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>dantian suddenly trembled violently, as if the balance of yin and yang had been disrupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vortex of spiritual power lost its restraint over the magical power, and the black spiritual\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>power from the \"Corpse King Blood Refining Technique\" erupted violently, pouring out and filling the entire dantian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The golden pellet that had just condensed was suddenly contaminated by the impurities in\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the \"Corpse King Blood Refining Technique\" and collapsed unexpectedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dantian shook!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sharp pain surged from within the dantian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Poof!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Wen spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, staining his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of the Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Read (RDC) ahead on (pa treon.com\u002FCinderTL) - Chapter 576.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Early access starts at $5. 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