887: Chapter 888 Ninth-Order Pill Recipe

However, by the bedside sat a stunningly beautiful woman with a gentle and dignified bearing, yet deep exhaustion and worry were etched between her brows. This was none other than the Celestial Fox Queen, Yun Xiu. Her face was pale, her aura slightly unsteady, clearly showing the immense mental and Demonic Power drain from days of relentlessly operating a secret technique to eradicate the curse. At this moment, her gaze was fixed unwaveringly on her unconscious husband, the worry in her eyes so thick it seemed tangible.

Hearing the hurried footsteps, Yun Xiu lifted her weary face. Seeing Yao Delong being pulled in by Yuyi, a spark of hope instantly ignited in her dim eyes.

"Great Master Long!" She struggled to stand up, offering a graceful curtsey, her voice hoarse with urgency. "We trouble you, Great Master!"

"Please, no formalities, Madam. Time is of the essence. Allow me to examine him first." Yao Delong's expression was grave, forgoing any pleasantries. He knew every moment was precious and strode to the bedside.

Yuyi and Yun Xiu immediately held their breath. Xue Li clenched her small fists tightly, her big eyes wide and unblinking as she stared at Yao Delong's hand.

Yao Delong extended his right hand, placing his fingertips on the vital gate of Demon Emperor Xue Wuya's wrist. Instead of probing with Demonic Power, he condensed a strand of pure, gentle Divine Thought, imbued with an aura reminiscent of the essence of life itself, and carefully sent it into the body of this Peak-level Demon Emperor powerhouse.

Like a silken thread, under Yao Delong's exquisite control, the Divine Thought swiftly coursed through Demon Emperor Xue Wuya's limbs, bones, Meridians, and acupoints.

'Just as I thought!' Yao Delong inwardly exclaimed.

The condition inside Demon Emperor Xue Wuya's body matched Yuyi the Demon Emperor's description perfectly!

That terrifying Chaos Soul-Devouring Curse, the black demonic patterns that clung like maggots to the bone, had been completely eradicated and annihilated, leaving not a trace behind.

Vast Demonic Power surged and flowed through his broad, resilient Meridians. Though not yet at its Peak state, it had regained most of its vitality and was spontaneously nourishing his Physical Body.

Within his Sea of Consciousness, the Celestial Fox Primordial Spirit, representing the core of the Fox King's Divine Soul, now emitted a gentle silver-white radiance. The cracks upon it had been repaired ninety-nine percent by the powerful medicinal efficacy of the great void spirit nurturing pill. His Soul Power was stable, his spirituality vibrant, with absolutely no risk of dissipation!

From a Human Race perspective, this was already a state of "complete recovery"!

But the problem was—this was the Demon Domain! Demon Emperor Xue Wuya was a demon! A Celestial Fox of noble Bloodline!

Yao Delong's consciousness sank deep into Demon Emperor Xue Wuya's Sea of Consciousness. Beside the stable Primordial Spirit, he "saw" another crucial core!

It was a luminous orb, existing between the tangible and intangible, shaped like a miniature nine-tailed Celestial Fox, emanating a brilliant silver radiance and an aura of ancient Bloodline!

This luminous orb was the demon's Demon Soul!

It was both the manifestation of a demon's Bloodline Origin and the core hub of their Demonic Power cultivation. It was also the key to communicating with the Laws of Heaven and Earth and unleashing innate Divine Abilities! Its importance was equal to the Primordial Spirit, even surpassing it in certain aspects!

At this moment, this Demon Soul, representing the supreme glory of the nine-tailed Celestial Fox, appeared in a dimmed state!

Although its form was intact, the silver radiance flowing across it seemed listless. The originally cold and clear Bloodline aura, which should have been like a bright moon, had become exceptionally weak, like a flickering candle in the wind! More seriously, from deep within the Demon Soul, there was a faint sense of exhaustion, a depletion of its Origin! It was the immense trauma left behind after being long eroded and devoured by the Chaos Soul-Devouring Curse, which had consumed its Demonic Power Origin! Like a great tree whose roots have been hollowed out by insects, its outer branches and leaves remain, but its core is perilously unstable!

'So that's it!' Yao Delong suddenly understood!

For Human Race Cultivators, from Nascent Soul to Soul Transformation, the Primordial Spirit was the Foundation, governing everything. If the Primordial Spirit was unharmed, the person was unharmed.

But for the Yao Race, both the Primordial Spirit and the Demon Soul held equal importance! The Primordial Spirit governed the will of the Divine Soul, while the Demon Soul carried the power of the Bloodline and the Origin of demonic cultivation!

Demon Emperor Xue Wuya's Primordial Spirit had been repaired and stabilized by the miraculous effects of the great void spirit nurturing pill. However, his Demon Soul, representing the Origin of his power, had been severely "gnawed at" during the prolonged struggle against the curse, becoming riddled with holes and drained of power!

This was akin to a person whose Soul had been saved, but whose body had become extremely depleted and weak from fighting the illness, falling into a deep coma—a state of self-preservation!

This was not a curse remnant at all, but a deep slumber caused by Origin depletion and Demon Soul injury! Pure Soul-nurturing pills only treated the symptoms, not the root cause!

Yao Delong slowly withdrew his Divine Thought, opened his eyes, and with a slight frown, clearly and professionally informed the anxiously waiting Yuyi and Yun Xiu of the situation he had detected within Demon Emperor Xue Wuya: "Primordial Spirit stable, but Demon Soul Origin severely wounded."

"Demon Soul Origin?! The injury is there?!" Yuyi's face changed drastically. Although she was a Demon Emperor, her understanding of injuries involving the core Origin, especially at the Demon Soul level, was not deep. Yun Xiu's face turned as pale as paper. She only knew her husband's Origin was depleted, but she never imagined that even the most core Demon Soul, symbolizing the Foundation of his Bloodline, had suffered such severe damage! This was thousands of times more terrifying than a mere drop in cultivation!

"Origin injury..." Yuyi took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down. A flicker of determination passed through her eyes. "Sister-in-Law, the clan's secret vault has several 'Nine Revolutions Origin Restoration Grasses.' Combined with your power, they should help Big Brother recover his Origin Demonic Power! But..." She looked at Yun Xiu, her tone carrying a note of unwavering certainty. "We need to employ the 'Hearts United Soul-Guiding Art'! This is our Heavenly Fox Clan's core Dual Cultivation secret technique. It requires close kin sharing a Bloodline, hearts and minds in harmony, and the union of Yin and Yang to stir the Origin Qi of Heaven and Earth, allowing us to rebuild Big Brother's Origin Foundation!"

"The Hearts United Soul-Guiding Art?!" Upon hearing this, two blushes instantly appeared on Yun Xiu's pale, weary face. A flash of shyness crossed her eyes but was immediately replaced by resolve. She nodded firmly. "If it can save Wuya, this concubine... would not hesitate even if it meant death ten thousand times!" For her husband's sake, she was willing to bear any shyness or personal cost!

Seeing this, Yuyi hesitated no longer. She gathered a point of golden light at her fingertip and tapped Yun Xiu's glabella with lightning speed. A secret technique imprint containing profound information instantly surged into Yun Xiu's Sea of Consciousness.

Immediately after, the gazes of Si Shu and Yun Xiu, as if by prior agreement, turned towards Yao Delong with their final and greatest hope.

For the Primordial Spirit injury, Great Master Long had Divine Pills!

For the Origin depletion, they had a secret technique!

But for this most troublesome severe Demon Soul injury... they could only look to this mysterious and unfathomable Pill Dao Saint before them!

Feeling the intensity of those two gazes, Yao Delong's heart also tightened.

Repair a Demon Soul? He had just figured out what this thing was! Where would he find a secret technique or Pill Formula for that?

However...

His consciousness instantly sank into his Sea of Consciousness: 'System! Scan and optimize! Is there a Pill Formula that can repair a Yao Race Demon Soul? Now! Immediately! Use my existing nine aperture spirit nurturing pill Formula as a basis for optimization!'

In his Sea of Consciousness, the dormant System interface instantly lit up.

[Ding! host demand detected...]

[Analyzing target life form... Target is a high-level Yao Race member. Core injury is Demon Soul Origin trauma...]

[Matching host's existing Pill Formula reserves... Using Eighth Order Peak Pill Formula 'nine aperture spirit nurturing pill' as basis...]

[Optimization direction: Enhance Demon Soul repair effect → Deeply supplement Yao Race Origin → Touch upon core nourishment of Demon Soul...]

[Optimization required: yin-yang value 100 points]

[Proceed with optimization?]

'Optimize! Optimize immediately!' Yao Delong roared inwardly! 100 points of yin-yang value wasn't a huge amount, but it was worth it!

[Ding! yin-yang value 100 points consumed!]

[Eighth Order Peak Pill Formula 'nine aperture spirit nurturing pill' optimization successful! → Ninth Order Low Grade Pill Formula 'Nine Apertures Soul Nurturing and Demon Soul Supplementing Divine Pill'!]

[Pill Formula information transmitting...]