This time, it was as though even heaven had chosen to aid him.

The moment the pill embryo took shape, the pressure that had weighed on Luo Chen for so long finally eased. Even so, he did not allow himself to relax. Forming the pill was only the ninetieth step of a hundred. The final step remained, the part where he had to draw spirit energy into it, and this part was critical.

Luo Chen thus cast the Qi Control Art. At once, streams of spirit energy rushed toward the cauldron from everywhere. Guided by his shifting hand seals, they flowed downward and entered the cauldron one after another, and the Law Scrutiny Pill absorbed them in the prescribed sequence.

As he watched the process unfold, excitement rose within him. "According to the formula, this final stage should take only three months. Once those three months are over, the pill will be complete."

He steadied his breathing and drew deeply upon the mana within his body. The two cores revolved without pause, releasing mana to support the Qi Control Art and draw in ambient spirit energy.

As the process continued, however, Luo Chen gradually noticed something strange. The spirit energy within the Alchemy Realm flowed toward the cauldron like swallows returning to their nests. The earth itself released bursts of spirit energy, while the countless spirit veins beneath...