Chapter 3229: Great, Big Brother Finally Woke Up
Looking at the detailed information on the flesh and soul pills, Lin Moyu murmured softly, "This pill is very sinister and harms the natural order, creating endless karma."
"I really wonder what kind of person would create such a pill."
There are countless pill formulas, and there are millions of pills that can increase cultivation.
But such insidious and vicious pills are very rare.
Lin Moyu felt a trace of disdain for the person who created this pill.
Suddenly, he realized something was wrong.
"No, no, Iâm thinking about it wrong. My thinking is too narrow."
"This pill formula is very special. It doesnât rely on the Great Dao; it only requires that trace of innate energy."
"If you use human children to refine pills, itâs naturally extremely sinister. But what if you use creatures from other worlds?"
Flesh and soul pills donât require the Great Dao; they only need innate energy, which gives them a kind of universality.
In other words, this kind of pill doesnât discriminate against the Great Dao world.
Lin Moyu thought that if the creator of this pill formula targeted creatures from other worlds, it would be completely different.
Although still insidious, for the Origin Continent, it might be the best method.
Used well, it could wipe out other worlds completely, leaving no survivors.
Taken further, it could even involve raising other worlds like livestock, using their creatures as nourishment to strengthen oneself.
Thinking of this, he couldnât help but sigh, "Though insidious, when has the struggle between worlds not been cruel?"
"The karma of other worlds has nothing to do with our world!"
Lin Moyu continued to examine the true soul pills.
True soul pills are refined using souls as materials. They require souls from accomplished cultivators; the higher the cultivation, the stronger the soul, and thus the stronger the refined true soul pill.
True soul pills also have first, second, and third refinements. A true soul pill refined from a Dao Venerableâs soul can enhance a Dao Venerableâs cultivation.
The effect is better than flesh and soul pills but has a drawback: one must endure the backlash from true soul pills, which affects oneâs foundation.
Occasional use is fine, but they canât be used long-term. Each use requires a lot of time to repair oneâs foundation.
This is an inherent side effect of the pill. To eliminate this side effect, one must perform second or even third refinement on the pill.
This raises requirements for quantity.
A Dao Venerable wanting to enhance their cultivation with third-refinement true soul pills would need to kill hundreds of Dao Venerables and obtain their souls for refinement.
Itâs easy to see how difficult this would be.
For example, Dragon Subduing Ancient Buddha and the poison dragon would need to kill Supremes or Ancient Heavenly Buddhas of their level to refine true soul pills.
Killing one or two might be possible; killing a hundred or two hundred would be a dream.
"True soul pills require that trace of true spirit power in souls. They donât rely on the Great Dao and are similar in type to flesh and soul pills."
"This pill was created to deal with cultivators from other worlds."
Lin Moyu thought of four words: "Sustain war with war."
By killing cultivators from other worlds and collecting their souls for pill refinement to strengthen oneself.
It could also involve raising other worlds like livestock. With certain methods, one could obtain true soul pills continuously.
The methods are equally insidious but very effective.
Having finished examining flesh and soul pills and true soul pills, only void soul pills remained.
After examining them, Lin Moyu couldnât help but sigh, "The person who created this pill formula was truly brilliant."
He was now 100% certain that the creator of these pill formulas was definitely not Soul Pill Daoist.
Soul Pill Daoist merely stumbled upon the Soul Refining Furnace and obtained these three formulas.
The creator must have been more ancient than even the era of the Origin Catastrophe.
Void soul pills require lost souls from within Soul Void as materials.
Using enough lost souls as materials can refine pills that enhance soul levels.
However, they have high requirements for lost souls: at least ten lost souls from the Great Dao realm are needed to refine one void soul pill.
But void soul pills are extremely effective; one void soul pill can elevate a ninth-level Dao Venerableâs soul to a half-step innate level.
Half-step innate means having one foot in the Great Dao realm.
With higher soul levels come easier comprehension of the Great Dao. Simply put, cultivation speed increases significantly.
Moreover, breaking through ninth-level Dao Venerable and facing Great Dao trials becomes easier too.
This is why those with special physiques find breaking through to the Great Dao realm much easier than ordinary cultivatorsâbecause their souls are already innate souls.
If one had three void soul pills, they could directly elevate their soul into an innate state. Breaking through into the Great Dao realm would then be almost guaranteed.
The three types of soul pills have different functions but all serve great purposes.
How they are used depends on the alchemist refining them.
Moreover, refining these pills requires using the Soul Refining Furnace; no other furnace will do.
Lin Moyu felt he had gained immensely this time; these three types of soul pills might prove invaluable in future endeavors.
Besides acquiring the Soul Refining Furnace and three types of soul pills, there was another unexpected gain this time around:
Lin Moyu finally understood how innate souls were classified by level:
Innate soulsâ classification actually corresponds with levels within Great Dao realms too:
After reaching Great Dao realmsâcultivation focuses mainly on oneâs own spirit though physical bodies can still be cultivated traditionallyâbut typically levels are based on spirits instead...
Even among innate spiritsâthere exist nine different grades:
The lowest being ninth-grade innate spiritsâwhich most newly-entered-Great-Dao-realm individuals possess...
Some special physique individuals possess innate spirits right upon birth...
Though possessing innate spirits initiallyâthey cannot utilize them until reaching Great-Dao-realms...
Upon entering such realmsâthey become eighth-grade or even seventh-grade innates directly...
Individuals like Little Moon possessing natural jade spirits might directly possess seventh-grade innates upon entering such realms...
Lin Mouyu felt his own spirit level would at least reach seventh-grade innates upon entering such realms...
Higher spirit levels mean greater harmony with The-Great-Daoâallowing greater utilization thereof effortlessly...
Great-Dao-realms represent merging into The-Great-Dao itself...
Receiving protection thereof grants immortalityâimperviousness against timeâand limitless potential...
Lin Mouyu mused aloud: "Ninth-grade innates... First-grade innates... Truly fascinating..."
"To become Lord-of-The-Great-Daoâone must first achieve first-grade innates..."
"And within Soul-Void lies opportunities for enhancing spirit levels..."
Enhancing spirit levels proves exceedingly difficultâhence why those in The-Great-Dao seek out Soul-Voidâto enhance their own spirit levels...
Finallyâthe World-Burning Fire completely refined The-Soul-Pill-Daoistâs fragmented spiritâtransforming fragments into numerous tiny crystals...
Though small individuallyâtheir combined total reached several hundred pieces...
When quality lacksâquantity compensates instead...
With just one waveâthese tiny crystals flew towards Dragon-Soul-Crystal excitedly devouring them whole eagerly!
"Eating so fast? No oneâs competing against you!" Lin Mouyu chuckled softly before returning consciousness back unto reality once more...
In realityâLittle Mei watched anxiously yet dared not disturb him until seeing eyes open again joyfully exclaiming aloud: "Great! Big Brother finally woke up!"