Five years had passed since the last demon tide, but its impact on the Thousand Islands Alliance was far from over. Rampant Demons and lurking Demon Cultivators still caused turmoil from time to time.
However, the cultivators of the islands had long since grown accustomed to such upheaval; they had certainly seen worse.
In the Dawn Island archipelago, the name of the Three Friends of Dawn had long been forgotten. The islands were now ruled by the moderately famous Golden and Silver Boys.
The pair were Independent Cultivators who had appeared on Dawn Island five years ago. Though they looked like two small children, their Power was astonishing and completely at odds with their appearance. Thus, the people had nicknamed them the Golden and Silver Boys.
Gossips speculated that the two must have consumed some Celestial and Earthly Treasure that had permanently locked their bodies in a childlike state.
But what people envied most about them wasn’t their Power—it was their incredible luck. With a mere Foundation Establishment Cultivation, the pair had managed to occupy both Dawn Island and Golden Bell Island, raking in a fortune.
The Nascent Soul Cultivators of the Thousand Islands Alliance had determined that the giant Demon Whale that attacked Dawn Island and killed the Three Friends of Dawn was the legendary Feathered Whale. In the Nine Heavens World, the Feathered Whale bloodline was at the apex of the food chain, with virtually no natural predators.
This species of whale was particularly adept at Escape Techniques and breaking through all manner of Restrictions.
Wood Palace True Monarch, infuriated that the Feathered Whale had stolen his Flying Sword, invited two other True Monarchs of Nascent Soul Cultivation to hunt the beast and retrieve his sword. They toiled for three whole years to no avail.
Moreover, this particular Feathered Whale was extremely petty and vindictive.
As one of the top ten islands in the Thousand Islands Alliance, Dawn Island naturally had many covetous onlookers. One Golden Core Cultivator, seeing the island was masterless, tried his luck and attempted to occupy it, only to be grievously wounded and forced to flee by the returning Feathered Whale.
After this happened several times, no Golden Core Cultivator dared try to occupy Dawn Island again, even with the backing of Wood Palace True Monarch.
This continued until the Golden and Silver Boys volunteered themselves to Wood Palace True Monarch, offering to act as bait in place of a Golden Core Cultivator.
Wood Palace True Monarch’s state of mind was already in turmoil from the Feathered Whale’s relentless harassment. Seeing that the two were willing to act as bait, he set another ambush for the creature.
Perhaps because the new occupants of Dawn Island were two mere Foundation Establishment Cultivators, the Feathered Whale was careless. This time, Wood Palace True Monarch’s ambush succeeded, and the beast was forced to flee, wounded.
Not only had Wood Palace True Monarch won a great victory, but he had also seized the chance to reclaim his stolen Flying Sword. Overjoyed, he decreed that the Golden and Silver Boys would be the new Island Masters of Dawn Island.
With a Nascent Soul True Monarch backing them, the other Golden Core Cultivators could only accept the appointment, though they were practically red with envy.
After becoming the Island Masters of Dawn Island, the Golden and Silver Boys began consolidating their rule. They recruited numerous Independent Cultivators, even offering Foundation Establishment Pills as rewards.
Even in the Central Continent, a land rich in resources and dense with Spiritual Mechanism, a Foundation Establishment Pill was a Treasure Pill that would cost an Independent Cultivator their entire fortune. As a result, a steady stream of Independent Cultivators flocked to join the Golden and Silver Boys.
In the past two years, one cultivator after another on Dawn Island successfully reached Foundation Establishment.
Dawn Island, once desolate and bleak from the Feathered Whale’s attacks, quickly returned to its former bustling prosperity.
Within a Quiet Chamber located on Dawn Island’s Main Spirit Vein, Yang Jing sat cross-legged on a Meditation Cushion. His Magical Power was nearing Perfection; any further increase was as difficult as ascending to the heavens.
The Golden Core in his Dantian was perfectly round and flawless, covered in a dense web of Talismanic Script. It contained a terrifying might capable of shaking the heavens and the earth.
The Profound Celestial Furnace stood before him, the Five-Colored Spiritual Fire roaring inside. Even through the furnace walls, he could sense the astonishing heat.
His disciples—Iron Head, Yinjiao, Chi Yu, Ji Feng, and Yellow Foot—stood in a circle with Si Taizhen.
The meditating Yang Jing suddenly opened his eyes. A white light seemed to flash through the room.
"The Pills are ready!"
The words had barely left his lips when a muffled, thunderous tremor echoed from the Profound Celestial Furnace. It was followed by a series of sharp pops, like countless Elixir Pills bouncing wildly inside.
"Get ready to catch them!"
With that, Yang Jing formed a Spell with his hands and opened the lid of the Profound Celestial Furnace.
Five glittering golden Elixirs shot out from the Pill Furnace like shooting stars.
Since Yang Jing had already described the strange phenomena that would occur when he opened the furnace, his five disciples were prepared. Chi Yu was the fastest. Her small frame transformed into a streak of blood-red light, enveloping one of the Spirit Pills. An instant later, she returned to her human form, grasping the Spirit Pill in her hand.
Ji Feng, on the other hand, channeled her Magical Power to form a massive, five-colored hand that snatched another one of the darting Spirit Pills.
Even Yellow Foot, the one with the weakest Magical Power, merely had to focus his mind to manifest a Divine General clad in Zha Armor and wearing the mask of an Evil Ghost. The general soared into the air and seized a Spirit Pill.
Only after seeing their three juniors secure their Spirit Pills did Iron Head and Yinjiao act, each plucking a Spirit Pill from the air with effortless grace.
Seeing that all five Spirit Pills had been caught, Yang Jing nodded in satisfaction.
This batch of Spirit Pills was the most difficult he had ever refined. They were called Yin Yang Two Qi Pills.
The main ingredient of the Two Qi Pill was the Yin Yang Qi he had personally extracted from his own Magical Power. He used various rare Spiritual Materials as supplementary ingredients to harmonize the mutually attractive and repulsive nature of the Yin Yang Qi. This was to prevent the yin and yang from clashing and exploding within the user’s Dantian after consumption.
While this Yin Yang Qi was a far cry from true Innate Yin Yang Qi, it could still be considered a Celestial and Earthly Treasure in its own right.
In essence, its quality was comparable to the Magical Power of a Nascent Soul Cultivator.
If not for this power, Yang Jing would never have been able to escape from Wood Palace True Monarch’s grasp time and time again.
When a cultivator consumes a Yin Yang Two Qi Pill, its medicinal energy doesn’t simply dissolve like that of an ordinary Elixir. Instead, it is like a stubborn stone that the cultivator must constantly grind away at with their own Magical Power, slowly refining and unlocking the energy condensed within the Two Qi Pill.
According to Yang Jing’s estimates, it would take an ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivator at least five years to fully refine one Yin Yang Two Qi Pill, but it would grant them twenty-five years’ worth of Magical Power. Furthermore, there were no side effects of unstable power. On the contrary, the process of refining the pill’s energy would also purify the cultivator’s Magical Power and enhance its very essence.
Once the Yin Yang Two Qi Pill was completely refined, it would increase their chances of successful Core Formation by about twenty percent.
For a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, the Yin Yang Two Qi Pill was as significant as the Foundation Establishment Pill was to a Qi Cultivator.
Yang Jing let out a slow breath. Although the Yin Yang Two Qi Pill was meant for Foundation Establishment Cultivators, its refining difficulty was on par with even the most challenging Golden Core-grade Elixirs.
It was so full of Spiritual Essence that the pills would even attempt to escape on their own once the furnace was opened.
After taking the Yin Yang Two Qi Pills, the disciples immediately sat down cross-legged. They first used their Magical Power to refine the Spiritual Essence within the pills, then used it to anchor the Two Qi Pills in their Dantians.
"Iron Head, with your level of Cultivation, you should be able to refine this Yin Yang Two Qi Pill in about a year. Once you do, you can begin preparing for Core Formation."
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