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On Little Swallower's sleek, dark fur, a blood-red pattern suddenly appeared!

Immediately after, a small lump bulged on the left side of its neck!

Jiang Xuan, already quite familiar with the contents of the Beast Taming and Artifact Refining Manual, immediately deduced that Little Swallower was undergoing... Bloodline Evolution!

Little Swallower was a Heavenly Demon-level Yao Beast; the next level down was a True Spirit.

However, in that Fantasy World, True Spirits were all Emperor-level existences, and the Azure Dragon, as the most supreme among True Spirits, was even comparable to a Heavenly Emperor.

Advancing from a Heavenly Demon to a True Spirit was almost impossible; there was a hidden rank in between—the Pseudo-True Spirit.

It could be said that Pseudo-True Spirit was almost the pinnacle of advancement for all Yao Beasts; unless they had an unimaginable stroke of luck or consumed a divine item like the azure dragon secret fetus pearl, ordinary Yao Beasts could never become True Spirits in their lifetime.

Only the offspring of a True Spirit, and offspring that had 100% inherited the True Spirit Bloodline without any dilution, could become a True Spirit.

And now, Jiang Xuan could clearly feel that after consuming this heavenly demon essence nourishing pill, Little Swallower had begun to transform towards becoming a Pseudo-True Spirit!

As a Sky-Swallowing Hound, Little Swallower's corresponding Pseudo-True Spirit would be a Six-Headed Sky-Swallowing Hound, which would grow five more heads, each possessing Divine Abilities as powerful as its current head!

The current Little Swallower, once it matured, could directly possess the combat power of a Martial Venerable, but if it could become a Pseudo-True Spirit, it could even possess the combat power of a Martial Saint after maturity!

"From the looks of it, it will take two more heavenly demon essence nourishing pills... but this kind of Medicinal Pill is probably very rare..."

Jiang Xuan secretly pondered, deciding to keep an eye out for Little Swallower in the future.

After undergoing such a strange change, Little Swallower's eyelids became heavy, and it quickly lay down on the bed and fell into a deep sleep; clearly, digesting the medicinal power of the heavenly demon essence nourishing pill was not so easy.

Jiang Xuan chuckled slightly, waving his hand to store it in the Yao Beast space in his palm.

Then his gaze fell upon the last Jade Slip remaining on the bed.

"Alchemy..."

Based on his conversation with the Senior from the Yao Beast Sect just now, Jiang Xuan could infer that he had a Master who was extremely skilled in Alchemy.

Alchemists, like Artifact Refiners, are divided into Yellow Rank, Profound Rank, Earth Rank, and Heaven Rank, from low to high.

And the bone thorn pill refined by the Master of that Yao Beast Sect Senior was directly a Heaven Rank Medicinal Pill!

Of course, it was one of the more useless types.

But from another perspective, if used on an elder below the Heavenly Gang Realm whose lifespan was nearing its end, it was an incomparable Divine Pill, barely living up to the name of a Heaven Rank Medicinal Pill.

Then, as the disciple of a Heaven Rank Alchemist, the Alchemy method given by this Senior would definitely not be bad!

Having experienced his Divine Soul and brain almost collapsing when he mastered the Qiankun Artifact Refining Method last time, Jiang Xuan was prepared this time; after taking a deep breath, he sat cross-legged, circulated his True Essence to protect his entire body, and then picked up the Jade Slip.

As soon as it touched his forehead, bang—

A sky-filling crystal light, no less intense than that of the Qiankun Artifact Refining Method, burst forth, darting around his bedroom like meteors trailing fiery tails, instantly illuminating the dark room.

Then, all the crystal light rushed towards Jiang Xuan with lightning speed!

Jiang Xuan instinctively covered the center of his forehead, hoping to block the speed at which the crystal light surged in and slightly alleviate the pain.

But he never expected that these crystal lights would directly surge into his Dantian!

"No way, are you playing with me?!"

Jiang Xuan cried out in agony, feeling as if his Dantian had been brutally ripped open by two large hands, and he instantly fell onto the bed, his body curled into a shrimp-like shape.

Boom—!

A wisp of scorching hot flame ignited from within his Dantian, which was his lower abdomen, and countless pieces of knowledge emanated from that flame, surging into his mind.

Jiang Xuan took deep breaths, calming himself down, and began to absorb the knowledge.

At the same time, he noticed that as the flame ignited, the intense pain in his abdomen was rapidly disappearing!

Moreover, after the knowledge had finished emanating, the flame still did not dissipate, but instead kept changing between various colors.

Almost instantly, Jiang Xuan understood what that flame was from the knowledge he had received.

Origin Pill Fire!

This was the foundation for every Alchemist to carry out Medicinal Pill refining; or rather, only Cultivators who could ignite Origin Pill Fire could become Alchemists, otherwise, they couldn't even cross the threshold.

At the same time, Jiang Xuan immediately learned an extremely important piece of knowledge about this Origin Pill Fire!

That was, every Alchemist's Origin Pill Fire was divided into seven grades: single-color, dual-color, triple-color... all the way to seven-color.

Moreover, this had nothing to do with talent, purely relying on luck; anyone who could ignite Origin Pill Fire had a chance to activate the highest-grade, top-tier seven-color Pill Fire, or they might activate the lowest-grade single-color Pill Fire.

As the pain rapidly subsided, Jiang Xuan was able to calm down and examine his Dantian internally, concentrating all his attention on the Origin Pill Fire in his Dantian.

The Origin Pill Fire flickered with colors, then suddenly stopped, turning into... a dazzling azure!

"No way, single-color?"

Jiang Xuan's heart skipped a beat; he had just complained when suddenly the Origin Pill Fire's color changed again, becoming like a crystal refracting sunlight, ethereal and dreamlike, extremely miraculous!

It was... six-color Pill Fire!

Jiang Xuan's eyes suddenly burst with ecstasy; six-color Pill Fire was already an extremely high grade!

As for seven-color Pill Fire, according to this Universe Pill Refining Art, it could only be activated by people from ancient times and is now basically extinct.

In other words, his six-color Pill Fire was top-tier even in that Fantasy World!

"Good, good, I was really scared just now..."

Jiang Xuan instantly relaxed. Origin Pill Fire, if it was azure, meant he was better at refining healing Medicinal Pills; if it was red, he was more skilled at refining Body Refining Medicinal Pills, and so on. Purple Pill Fire was better at refining cultivation-type Medicinal Pills, while yellow Pill Fire was better at refining male and female... Um, this cannot be elaborated upon.

And undoubtedly, the more colors the Origin Pill Fire had, the more types of Medicinal Pills it was skilled at refining, which is why the more colors the Origin Pill Fire had, the higher its grade.

His Origin Pill Fire only lacked green among the seven colors, meaning he was not particularly skilled at refining plant-based Medicinal Pills, which was not a big problem.

"Starting tomorrow, I can try to refine what kind of Medicinal Pills using the natural spiritual objects and other Materials from our world. No, why is this Alchemy also called Universe Pill Refining Art? Could it have been created by the same Great Emperor?"

Jiang Xuan couldn't help but inwardly complain; if it were true, then this Great Emperor was too lazy... Suddenly, his eyes moved, as if sensing something, and with a wave of his hand, the space ring on his index finger glowed, collecting all the items on the bed.

Then Jiang Xuan sat cross-legged, pretending to begin to Cultivate.

Before long, a tiny black figure, only the size of a grain of rice, flew in from outside the window and hovered in front of Jiang Xuan. As soon as it spoke, it was the voice of the mysterious man from the Devouring Darkness.

"Jiang Xuan, the plan to assassinate Xuanyuan Feng has been fully launched. I am now giving you the first related commission."