Beside the great river of lava, a Daoist sat cross-legged atop a lotus with a cauldron suspended above his head. Yet despite finally obtaining the treasure he had come for, a trace of hesitation lingered on his face. His gaze remained fixed on the center of the pod, where five fist-sized lotus seeds were embedded. 

Those seeds were treasures in their own right. Having grown from a Five Elements Lotus Pod that stood only a single step away from the fifth tier, any one of them could serve as the primary ingredient for a fourth-tier pill. If refined into an artifact instead, it could become a powerful one-time-use enchanted treasure comparable to the Lightning Immortal Pearls once found within Bai Ye's pocket world.

Yet despite their value, Luo Chen had little interest in them at the moment. The Nascent Soul Pill required only the pod itself. With that, he reached...