129: Thunder Tribulation Pill is completed, Demon Phoenix Blood Pool

Refining a Ninth-Grade Mysterious Pill was no small matter; even with Xiao Lei's current cultivation and Alchemy knowledge, he had to give his all.

The pill he intended to refine was the Lightning Tribulation Pill, with the energy of the Nine Profound Golden Lightning as its main ingredient.

Over the past half-month, Xiao Lei had listed numerous Materials, and the Stone Family, completely unaware of the Medicinal Pill Xiao Lei was refining, could only grudgingly comply and send him a massive amount of medicinal Materials.

After his meditation, Xiao Lei immediately summoned his Heavenly Flame and officially began the refinement of the Lightning Tribulation Pill.

The energy of the Nine Profound Golden Lightning had been suppressed and stored by Xiao Lei using his Heavenly Flame, but now, freed from its suppression, it immediately shot into the sky, transforming into a giant golden Dragon thousands of feet long.

A violent aura, mixed with scattered lightning, spread to every corner of the Stone Realm, causing all the Stone Family members to tremble.

Even Shi Zhen, in the Artifact Refining room, couldn't help but stop what he was doing and come out to check the situation.

Upon discovering the powerful Nine Profound Golden Lightning, his heart immediately shook, and he was about to rush over.

If such a behemoth were allowed to wreak havoc freely among the Stone Family, it was feared that the clansmen would suffer heavy casualties.

However, the next moment, Shi Zhen saw the Nine Profound Golden Lightning suddenly fall...

At this time, Xiao Lei, who was seated before the Dragon Soul, was unusually calm, a mysterious light flashing in his eyes.

His powerful pupil technique instantly invaded the Nine Profound Golden Lightning's already scarce intelligence.

“You really thought I did nothing while you stayed in my Heavenly Flame for so long!”

Xiao Lei had long ago quietly left the Fallen Heart Flame within the opponent's energy, and at this moment, he simultaneously attacked the opponent's only remaining bit of intelligence.

How could the Nine Profound Golden Lightning, which had not yet gathered its Soul, withstand such an attack?

It immediately fell into an illusionary dream.

In the dream Xiao Lei constructed for it, it would successfully gather its Soul, kill Xiao Lei, and dominate the Fighting Qi Continent.

Of course, in the real world, it floated down, landed in Xiao Lei's hand, and was then thrown into the Medicine Cauldron.

A large number of Demonic Beast cores were continuously thrown into the Medicine Cauldron by Xiao Lei, and the energy within the Medicine Cauldron grew increasingly powerful and gentle.

Only by shedding the ferocity of the Pill Lightning would it transform into a Medicinal Pill that could be consumed.

Soon, about a week passed, and Xiao Lei sat withered before the Medicine Cauldron, continuously controlling the Heavenly Flame to refine the Nine Profound Golden Lightning.

During this period, Shi Zhen had already completed the Artifact Refining of the Mysterious Blaze one step ahead.

At this moment, Shi Zhen glanced at the long saber in front of him.

In appearance, there was nothing particularly strange; it was just the style of an ordinary long saber.

However, the ink-black blade seemed capable of absorbing Soul, and points of sharpness flickered on the blade.

If someone with weaker strength were to approach, they might even be injured by its sharpness.

Even more ingenious was that Shi Zhen, following Xiao Lei's idea, cleverly utilized the inherent properties of the Mysterious Blaze's own Materials to imbue the Mysterious Blaze with its own unique characteristic.

It could transform into fragments at will.

The three-foot-long saber transformed into twenty-two fragments, yet they remained connected and always as one.

“A masterpiece, truly a masterpiece!”

As an experienced Artifact Refiner, Shi Zhen was extremely proud to have refined such a peerless divine weapon.

Stepping out of the Artifact Refining room, he gazed in the direction where Xiao Lei was refining the Medicinal Pill, “Now, we just have to wait for the Medicinal Pill to be refined!”

No sooner had Shi Zhen's voice fallen than the heavens and earth suddenly shook violently, and then the heaven and earth energy rapidly surged.

A vast aura, without any concealment, instantly covered the entire Stone Realm.

A giant energy vortex rapidly formed, with Xiao Lei's position as the core, drawing in the heaven and earth energy of the entire Stone Realm.

Seeing the scene before him, Shi Zhen's heart trembled wildly, “It really is a Ninth-Grade Mysterious Pill!”

Given Shi Zhen's status, he naturally knew that the refinement of a Ninth-Grade Mysterious Pill required the absorption of a large amount of heaven and earth energy.

How long had it been since a Ninth-Grade Mysterious Pill had appeared on the Fighting Qi Continent!

Previously, when Xiao Lei said he wanted to refine a Ninth-Grade Mysterious Pill, Shi Zhen still had some doubts.

At this moment, Xiao Lei's expression was as usual, calmly and unhurriedly controlling the flame in his hand, while simultaneously activating the Burning Technique to its maximum extent to sweep up the heaven and earth energy and pour it into the Medicine Cauldron.

His decision to perform Alchemy within the Stone Family also had this consideration.

The refinement of every Ninth-Grade Mysterious Pill required a large amount of heaven and earth energy.

If he were to perform Alchemy within the Purple Thunder Pavilion, it would likely directly weaken the surrounding heaven and earth energy, making it impossible to refine Ninth-Grade Mysterious Pills for a long time afterward.

And Xiao Lei still had another important Medicinal Pill to refine later, so he could only let the Stone Family bear the consumption of this heaven and earth energy.

This absorption of energy continued for a long time.

Finally, after Xiao Lei cast the Pill Collection Tips, everything was successfully completed!

Putting away the Mysterious Pill, Xiao Lei then contentedly prepared to solve the Stone Family's problem, “Time to get down to business! Otherwise, it'll be exposed, won't it!”

The Heavenly Flame within his body rapidly underwent Fusion, then transformed into a Mysterious Yellow Flame with an extremely powerful aura.

However, compared to the three withered Mysterious Yellow Flames in front of him, this Mysterious Yellow Flame possessed intelligence.

That was Xiao Cai, the Fire Spirit!

“Xiao Cai, do it!”

As Xiao Lei's Fire Spirit, the two were telepathically connected.

Xiao Cai immediately, according to Xiao Lei's instructions, stripped off a portion of the Heavenly Flame Origin, then divided it into three, integrating it into the three Mysterious Yellow Flames.

Along with this, a bit of Xiao Cai's Soul was also integrated into the Mysterious Yellow Flames.

This was also a traditional method of Alchemists to prevent the other party from playing tricks.

As Xiao Lei continuously replenished the Origin for the three Heavenly Flames, Shi Zhen and the other two immediately felt the feedback from the Mysterious Yellow Flame.

Shi Zhen and the other person with higher cultivation didn't feel it as obviously, but Shi Po, who was only a Dou Zun, felt his cultivation sharply increase by a significant margin.

Shi Zhen immediately burst into tears, “It really can be done! Pavilion Master Xiao is truly a celestial being!”

Amidst his excitement, Shi Zhen did not forget to ask Shi Po, who was beside him, almost delirious with joy from his greatly increased cultivation, “Son, I told you to record the medicinal Materials; you must have done so, right!”

At this point, Shi Po finally snapped back to reality and hurriedly said, “Of course, I recorded all the medicinal Materials this time, but I don't know if the Nine Profound Golden Lightning that appeared at the end counts among them.”

Shi Zhen also had his own ulterior motives.

Although Xiao Lei wouldn't tell him the Pill Formula, he could record the medicinal Materials Xiao Lei requested and then ask people from the Medicine Clan to deduce a possible Pill Formula from the medicinal Materials based on the balance and Fusion of their medicinal properties.

If Shi Zhen's idea reached Xiao Lei's ears, the latter would probably burst out laughing, as there was simply no Medicinal Pill that could restore the Mysterious Yellow Flame.

Xiao Lei was simply reporting whatever medicinal Materials he lacked to Shi Po.

If the Medicine Clan could deduce a Pill Formula from these medicinal Materials with vastly different properties, that would truly be creating something out of nothing, deceiving themselves and others.

Subsequently, Xiao Lei returned the Heavenly Flame, and Shi Zhen handed over the brand new Mysterious Blaze to Xiao Lei...

At the same time, the forces of the Purple Thunder Pavilion had already pierced through the entire Beast Region like an arrow, directly striking towards the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan.

However, what made the Dou Saints of the Purple Thunder Pavilion feel unusual was that they hadn't encountered many members of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan along the way; instead, some affiliated Families were resisting.

Feeling uneasy, the four immediately headed together towards the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan's headquarters — the 棲梧 Phoenix Nest!

At this moment, the 棲梧 Phoenix Nest was also deathly silent, with only a blood pool in its deepest part occasionally rippling slightly...

Medusa, the most domineering of the four, stirred her Dou Qi and launched a series of attacks on the 棲梧 Phoenix Nest, striking all the way to the blood pool.

Seemingly sensing the unusual nature of the blood pool, Medusa stopped, and then Zi Yan and the other three appeared.

“How can there be such a blood pool within the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan! Looking at this quantity, it's truly terrifying; how many Heavenly Demon Phoenixes would this require!”

Zi Yan, being a Demonic Beast herself, was extremely sensitive to everything before her and immediately guessed that the missing members of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan might have transformed into this blood pool.

But why would the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan do this!

“Hmph, playing tricks, get out!”

Medusa, possessing the Souls of many Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Pythons, had the keenest perception.

She immediately detected some abnormality within the blood pool, and then an attack boomed into the blood pool.

Bang!

As the attack landed, ripples stirred in the blood pool, and then, at the bottom of the blood pool, a pair of tyrannical eyes suddenly opened.

A powerful aura broke through everything and erupted...