[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-dao-dust-pearl":3,"chapter-the-dao-dust-pearl-the-dao-dust-pearl-chapter-63":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Dao Dust Pearl",{"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},2359564,4614,"Chapter 63","the-dao-dust-pearl-chapter-63",63,"\u003Cp>Qian Chen, using the Wei family’s hundred ghosts’ eyes, also witnessed this scene inside the stone boat; he even noticed Cui Dan and his servant, who whispered to each other beside him, many words reaching his ears and causing Qian Chen to smile with nostalgia—this familiar absurd flavor was just like his internet trolls from his past life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Zhen Daoren lit the furnace to preliminarily extract the medicinal properties of the spirit herbs, Qian Chen could hardly bear to watch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you keep wasting like this, there won’t be enough spirit herbs left for me to cause trouble!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a flick and pull of his peachwood sword, Qian Chen linked the qi patterns, causing the strange energies hidden within the spirit herbs to begin corroding and hollowing them out, transforming within the furnace into countless insects…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When I refine pills… the hundred ghosts of the netherworld steal and offer herbs; the essence of plants and trees is obtained through insect infestation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Zhen Daoren seated before the furnace suddenly noticed the flame’s color stabilizing rapidly; the originally blue-green flame now took on a faint pallor, appearing slightly blue. The medicinal aroma emitted by the furnace suddenly became purer, as if the spirit herbs, under this newly stabilized heat, retained most of their essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But inside the furnace, unseen by him, each spirit herb had its essence stolen by hidden strange energies, transforming into insects that crawled out of the herbs and wriggled within the furnace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qian Chen, borrowing the malevolent qi of the hundred ghosts, transformed the yin and murky aspects of cosmic qi into ghost-like states, then exploited the yin side of cosmic qi to steal the essence—just as ghosts corrode spirit herbs, then steal their properties, transforming them into “medicine ghosts.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Qian Chen operated remotely, his pill-refining technique surpassed Zhen Daoren’s by more than a hundredfold; he effortlessly stole nine-tenths of the spirit herbs’ medicinal essence, and even used the remaining impure medicinal properties to refine qi beneficial for cultivating medicine ghosts, turning the furnace’s herbs into countless pill-ghost corpses and insects…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hundred ghosts within the furnace even began stabilizing the heat, manipulating the fire crows to exhale flames altered in nature by ignition herbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was this single thread of yin qi that infected the yang nature of the flame… causing it to appear ice-blue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhen Daoren felt his refining becoming smoother and smoother, as if each spirit herb he tossed in instantly transformed into pure medicinal essence, stored neatly within the divine chamber; he couldn’t help secretly rejoicing: “Could it be that after fifty years of diligent pill-refining, I’ve finally found my breakthrough? The Buddhist sects speak of sudden enlightenment—today’s smooth progress, every obstacle overcome as if divinely aided… Could this be my sudden enlightenment?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under such smooth conditions, Zhen Daoren completed the refining of the auxiliary herbs in only half the expected time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Cui Dan felt surprised: “The Wei family’s pill-refiner truly has some skill—this speed of refining auxiliary herbs is much faster than I imagined… He’d be worthy of being a chief pill master in my Cui family. I never expected such talent to exist in the remote reaches of Jiuzhen…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the real Wei family pill-refiner turned pale with shock…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How is this man’s pill-refining technique?” Wei Lecheng walked slowly behind the Wei family pill-refiner, gazing up at the stone boat’s platform, and asked softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Divine!” the Wei family pill-refiner said with sincere admiration: “Even just the speed of refining spirit herbs is nearly five times faster than mine. If I had attempted this furnace, the medicinal essence would have been reduced to less than one-tenth—how could it possibly retain seven or eight tenths? Aside from the initial moment when the immortal seemed unaccustomed to the furnace’s heat and burned off some essence, leaving a faint burnt scent, everything afterward far surpasses me… If I may speak frankly without fear of my lord’s wrath, my eyes can see no further. I can no longer judge the quality of this refining technique!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Lecheng watched Zhen Daoren grow increasingly adept on the platform, his movements flowing like clouds and water, then asked: “Earlier, the City God sent word that the Daoist transformed his pill into water, then regenerated a tree, which bore plums with extraordinary medicinal properties surpassing many spirit herbs… That Daoist was once our guest and even gifted us pills to taste. What do you make of that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old pill-refiner hesitated: “My lord, I have never seen that pill with my own eyes… But turning a pill into a tree that bears fruit capable of regenerating flesh and bone—that is truly exaggerated… Perhaps it was merely an illusion, using pill-water to paint plums onto an existing plum tree to create this marvel?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Lecheng nodded slightly, said no more, and stood with his hands clasped behind his back, quietly awaiting the end of the pill assembly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After refining the auxiliary herbs, Zhen Daoren began performing rites to consecrate the furnace… He took out a thousand spirit coins strung together with red thread into a money sword, waved his hand to ignite the pre-prepared talismans and cast them into the spirit spring, turning them into talisman water; he sipped a mouthful and spat it onto the money sword, the crimson talisman qi making the sword even more formidable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped in the Yu steps, circling the furnace, muttering incantations under his breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his money sword dipped in cinnabar, he inscribed talismans on each of the furnace’s eight trigram positions… His incantations were muffled, sounding like names and titles of deities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qian Chen, through the hundred ghosts’ eyes, watched this scene with keen interest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These talismans aren’t drawn wrong… the Li trigram is marked with the Star Lord of Fire, but why is the Zhen trigram marked with the Green Emperor’s talisman? Does this minor left-path cultivator really expect the Green Emperor’s favor? The Kan trigram is the Star Lord of Water, but why are the Qian and Kun trigrams marked with the Six Ding and Six Jia guardian deities?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could it be because they serve as guardians and grant all requests?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ding Chou extends my life, Ding Hai binds my soul. Ding You subdues my corporeal Po , Ding Wei wards off my calamities. Ding Si delivers me from peril, Ding Mao delivers me from misfortune. Jia Zi protects my body, Jia Xu preserves my form. Jia Shen solidifies my Ming …” Zhen Daoren’s incantation grew faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Draw the altar, exit the Heavenly Gate, enter the Earthly Portal, seal the Golden Gate, ride the Jade Chariot. Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, Gouchen, Tengshe—the Six Ding and Six Jia generals ride with me. Today’s Yu steps align with the Heavenly Gang, dispelling all ill omens, subduing all spirits, ensuring no harm befalls me. What I offer reaches its target, what I strike breaks apart, what I seek is granted, what I wish is fulfilled. This disciple’s wish: may the furnace’s fire return, may the spirit pill be divinely protected… Swiftly, as decreed by the Supreme Dao Ancestor!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After performing this chaotic mix of divine rites, Zhen Daoren somehow accidentally attracted the attention of a few deities, who granted divine responses—several of the talismans drawn beside the furnace began to function.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Divine rites differ from Daoist methods: they involve summoning deities to perform magic, not relying entirely on one’s own magical power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus they often achieve marvels beyond one’s own strength: after the consecration, a layer of divine light enveloped the furnace, making it impossible for any demonic or foul qi to penetrate—truly miraculous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this divine power came from the Six Ding and Six Jia guardian deities, who were all high-level Daoist primordial spirits who, after enduring tribulations, refused to reincarnate and instead entered the divine path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are the most orthodox lineage of the Daoist sect within the Heavenly Court, hence their role as guardian deities—in short, Daoist elders granting favors to their successors; whenever Daoists perform rites, whether exorcising demons, subduing monsters, refining pills, or selecting dwellings, merely reciting a few divine incantations summons their power to respond to talismans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over time, as long as one isn’t on the Daoist blacklist, any cultivator in the world who speaks kindly and recites a few incantations receives some favor from these guardian deities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are the easiest deities to summon…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhen Daoren knew this secret well, which is why he concocted this hybrid, ill-matched ritual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By summoning this divine power, pill-refining success isn’t necessarily increased, but preventing contamination from foul qi proves remarkably effective… Qian Chen lightly raised his peachwood sword and cried: “Supreme Dao Ancestor, swift as the decree!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When I refine pills—Six Ding sweep and clean, Six Jia fan the wind; Five Poisons become deities, seated atop the furnace. Five Immortals stoke the charcoal, the Supreme One observes from above. Celestial essence descends…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After this grand boast, relying on the secret talismans of the Louguan Dao sect, Qian Chen sent a surge of magical power—and the Six Ding and Six Jia deities immediately granted convenience. The divine power upon the furnace completely ignored Qian Chen’s actions: he had infused his five-poison incarnations as furnace deities, settling them within the furnace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The divine power meant to repel evil and suppress malevolence paid no attention whatsoever to Qian Chen’s manipulations inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhen Daoren carefully placed the main ingredients for pill-refining—the nine spirit insect molts…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ice Cicada Flower—formed from the growth of spirit fungi on cicada molts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Green Rhinoceros—antidotal horn, shed by a great serpent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood Toad Skin—refined from the shed skin of the blood toad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nine-Transformation Spirit Silkworm Cocoon—spiritual herb left behind by the spirit silkworm’s cocoon…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the spirit herbs entered the furnace, the Five Poisons furnace deity sealed all qi within completely; the five energies representing evil, poison miasma, yin corruption, malevolent Sha , and plague were subtly drawn by the Five Poisons furnace deity, nourishing this batch of pills… No, these were not pills—they were a battle of slaughter and consumption among the hundred ghost-insects born from the spirit herbs.\u003C\u002Fp>",1680,"2026-06-21T05:39:58.326Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","ed745443db36b49ffb61033e208255bd2fafd284d2f5dbfc73bf08751952255c","the-dao-dust-pearl-chapter-64","the-dao-dust-pearl-chapter-62",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-dao-dust-pearl-cover.jpg"]