Why couldn’t Xu Yangyi use his hand to put in the ingredients? It was quite simple, because as the process was done, he needed to be constantly monitoring the magiks to sustain the arcane effort’s revolution. Refining a pill was to refine a man. This was where the Eternal Alchemy Canon’s greatest superiority lay. 

“Right now, the composition of a Qi Condensation medicinal pill doesn’t go over ten ingredients…” He gently grasped a purple flower from a pile of ingredients in front of him. The flower was a gorgeous amethyst from petal to stem, yet it was ice-cold to the touch. Even stranger was that the moment it was placed on the floor all of its petals folded. And yet with the bump of a finger’s warmth, the flower immediately spread open, similar to a violet sun.

Casually, he softly brushed it. This was a component of the Spirit Strengthening Pill’s formula, the Violet Yang Flower. It grew in temperatures at absolute zero or below. It was considered one of the best artificial reproductions of heavenly treasures.

“The Foundation Establishment formula—the known pill formula—has at least thirty-five heavenly treasures. I haven’t seen the Core Formation formulation, but it shouldn’t be less than fifty…”

“The long degree of time is noted, and spiritual sense and spiritual force are doubly consumed. Cultivation state always has to be maintained. This is to take precautions against insufficient qi reserves in the qi sea and cause a failed pill refining....