[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-ten-thousand-laws-of-the-occult-i-am-the-spirit-":3,"chapter-ten-thousand-laws-of-the-occult-i-am-the-spirit--ten-thousand-laws-of-the-occult-i-am-the-spirit--chapter-21":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Ten Thousand Laws of the Occult, I Am the Spirit Sovereign",{"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},2356204,4609,"Chapter 21: Refining the Forbidden Egg","ten-thousand-laws-of-the-occult-i-am-the-spirit--chapter-21",21,"\u003Cp>\"Done!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But this process, why does it feel like ordering takeout?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yu sat cross-legged on the bed, holding the mechanical fox with its excellent texture, stroking it back and forth involuntarily while muttering to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was no wonder he thought this way; initiating a trade, the other party preparing, and arriving after a certain amount of time—as a veteran takeout enthusiast in his past life, Li Yu was all too familiar with this routine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this so-called \"contactless trade\" was just another way of saying \"leave the takeout at the door.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What brought him great relief was that the salesman who accepted the bounty was not Meng Shenji.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half an incense stick of time passed in a flash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Jiao family courtyard, Li Yu and Hongdou, who had returned to her human form, were silently waiting for something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, both of them sensed something, and the door was knocked upon at that very moment. A rather sleazy, hoarse voice squeezed through the door crack and reached their ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I... am Shi Dazhu!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Fire Essence and the basic-model alchemy furnace are here. Do you want to inspect the goods?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Li Yu nodded at Hongdou, and the maid immediately threw a heavy cloth bag from her arms through the doorway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a dull thud, the bag containing nearly a thousand taels of silver landed in someone's hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The short, fat shadow weighed it, smiled with satisfaction, and amidst a dense sound of hissing steam, the person rode off on some strange mechanical mount, disappearing into the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long, the Jiao family gate swung open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hongdou’s figure darted out, and with a massive strength that completely belied her delicate, maidenly appearance, she hugged a giant package and carried it into the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next morning, in a smoke-vapor house on the main street of the Heavenly Mystery Workshop—the most remote one, yet one that still had an endless stream of customers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A clerk, thin as a rail, was placing items such as cinnabar, mica, saltpeter, hematite, and gypsum one by one into an exquisitely crafted wooden box, adding some strange pipes, glass tubes, and red copper lamps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, his mouth didn't stop, half-introducing and half-pitching:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These are all top-tier ores, pure as can be. As long as you use our 'Vaporization Set,' you can turn them into pure smoke-vapor to refine your flesh and organs, experiencing the most wonderful sensation in the world. That is exactly how the Qi-refiners of the ancient era cultivated.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But your master certainly has heavy tastes; he picked all the potent medicines.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, it's still not potent enough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have plenty of even more potent goods here. Have your master come over to experience them himself another day; I guarantee it will make him feel like he's in heaven, hehe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Many thanks!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fully armed and covered tightly, Hongdou frowned slightly upon hearing these words from the clerk, then paid, took the items, and turned to leave without a hint of hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were the previous Hongdou!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She would actually have been unable to perform the task of going out to buy things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, not only could she do it, but she could even show a trace of disgust toward the clerk who tried to lure her master into depravity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was seen carrying the wooden box, walking through the bustling main street, cleverly avoiding the gazes of all the neighbors, entering a dilapidated alley, and leaping fiercely over a wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she landed again, she was already in the elegant and eerie Jiao family courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The storage room that served as a mysterious trading place last night now had its doors wide open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hardwood round table and official-hat chairs had been removed, replaced by an alchemy furnace two meters tall, made of bronze, and equipped with a complex steam boiler and instrument panels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yu was standing in front of the furnace, performing tests and familiarizing himself with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was unclear what he had suffered early in the morning; as he moved, he kept clutching his abdomen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His brows were tightly furrowed, and a look of pain occasionally appeared on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing his maid return, there was still little joy in Li Yu’s eyes, the reason being the horrific song that kept echoing and resounding in his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Song of the Food-Person!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s right, even though Li Yu had not borrowed the power of the Food-Person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since last night, the related symptoms had appeared, and they were constantly intensifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the Forbidden Egg that should have been sleeping in his belly seemed to be waking up, and the millions of egg-filaments inside his body were constantly writhing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every breath, his sensations were different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In addition to the vivid scenes of cannibalism that came with the Song of the Food-Person in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His ears could hear all sorts of subtle sounds in the surroundings, including the bed movements of the neighbors next door; his eyes could see all kinds of horrific and disgusting microorganisms in the air; his hands could feel the pain of tiny burrs scraping his skin when touching the alchemy furnace... his five senses were being crazily amplified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary people encountering such \"torture\" would either become addicted or go straight insane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yu, however, gritted his teeth, clutched a yellow-skinned gourd, and frantically poured Spirit-Locking Pills with a faint stench into his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pills that had decent effects at the gathering now had a negligible numbing effect on the spirituality of the Forbidden Egg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Li Yu realized: the last chance to borrow the power of the Food-Person was gone; the Forbidden Egg and he were already considered one, and it had an instinctive perception of its own impending doom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this did not stop Li Yu from opening his mouth, mocking and cursing:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You piece of shit finally realized something was wrong... too bad it's too late.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hongdou!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Master.\" In response, Hongdou was already standing by Li Yu’s side, opening the wooden box to reveal the thirty-six types of highly toxic minerals placed in categories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Open the furnace!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following Li Yu’s low shout, the lid of the alchemy furnace in front of him was slammed open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apparently, he had already preheated it; in an instant, fiery red steam gushed out from various pipes, and at the same time, Li Yu took an object from his arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a strange and eerie sphere, as if forcibly fused together from individual scarlet eyeballs, with red root-like things extending from the gaps, and its surface was mottled, like a shrunken, extinguished sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The touch was ice-cold, but Li Yu clearly felt a scorching spirituality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation, he loosened his hands, and this strange object called \"Fire Essence\" was thrown into the alchemy furnace, which had been heated to the extreme.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next breath!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A shrill screech, as if a living creature were suffering, resounded through the storage room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Fire Essence, which had been an ore, seemed to truly come alive, writhing with the flames, and emitting roars from its gaps and holes that made one's eardrums ache.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yu’s enhanced ears were directly perforated and rendered useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>=9+Shu_ba\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he seemed not to feel the pain, and with extreme calmness, he tossed the various highly toxic minerals onto the body of the now-living Fire Essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"True Lead!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cinnabar!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mica!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though he was in unbearable pain, his hand movements and the order of operations never had the slightest confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the addition and calcination, astonishing changes were taking place inside the alchemy furnace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The swaying and writhing \"Fire Essence\" did not refuse anything, regardless of the size of the toxic minerals, swallowing them all into its belly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this process, it began to condense, changing toward the shape of a pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waves of intensely concentrated, special fragrance began to drift out from the alchemy furnace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just one whiff was enough to make one's essence, energy, and spirit erupt completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Secret Medicine of the Pill Disciple!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as joy appeared on Li Yu’s face, his maid suddenly issued a strong warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Detected that the Secret Medicine of the Pill Disciple being refined by the Master is about to take form... there is a certain probability of escape...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Detected that the Master’s body is deteriorating rapidly... the parasite has completely awakened... it is about to break out of the abdomen...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bang!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hiss, hiss, hiss!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A horrific scene appeared without warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yu’s belly burst open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there were no organs or intestines inside, only a bloody ball of flesh, its surface bearing a face exactly identical to Li Yu’s. It was pulling the millions of egg-filaments out of Li Yu’s body, while tentacles began to grow from beneath the flesh ball, attempting to crawl out of Li Yu’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of the egg-filaments and tentacles, still coated in mucus and blood, had already fallen to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This scene looked exactly like childbirth, only far more disgusting and terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost simultaneously, a dull thud came from inside the alchemy furnace, and a red dot, like the radiance of a setting sun, was about to break free from the furnace and fly away into the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two abrupt and terrifying incidents occurred almost at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Li Yu, at this moment, seemed to completely ignore the pain, completely possessed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the moment he started preparing the \"Secret Medicine of the Pill Disciple,\" he had entered a state of abnormal focus that even he himself had not noticed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, he ignored his shattered belly, his hands reaching out fiercely to grab the already-refined Secret Medicine of the Pill Disciple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accompanied by the loud \"hissing\" sounds, his palms were directly roasted, but he ignored it entirely, stuffing the pill directly into his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He crunched and swallowed it, then his free hands reached down and forcibly stuffed the underdeveloped but extremely ferocious Forbidden Egg back into his own abdomen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the process, the Forbidden Egg actually emitted strange cries like those of an infant in pain, enough to make anyone involuntarily feel pity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this did not include Li Yu, who had already gone mad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was seen not only stuffing it back but also pressing down hard on that face identical to his own, laughing wildly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you screaming for? Today, either you help me attain the Dao, or we perish together.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst the maniacal laughter, Li Yu climbed directly into the red-hot alchemy furnace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before falling into the inner chamber of the furnace, he did not forget to turn his head and instruct his maid:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hongdou!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Start refining!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1782,"2026-06-21T04:11:00.205Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","b43c09ee4bfb6f1265eab52bb4536408b8dceda4c43fa29c9fe30d05287606a9","ten-thousand-laws-of-the-occult-i-am-the-spirit--chapter-22","ten-thousand-laws-of-the-occult-i-am-the-spirit--chapter-20",427,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ften-thousand-laws-of-the-occult-i-am-the-spirit--cover.jpg"]