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Chapter 580: Zi Yan Recovers, Her Cultivation Rises to Late Four-Star Dou Saint!

Chapter 580: Zi Yan Recovers, Her Cultivation Rises to Late Four-Star Dou Saint!

As soon as Gu He’s true body appeared, he spoke with a hint of reproach, “Zi Yan, this time you’ve really disappointed your master.”

“Master, it’s my fault. You’ve already helped me so much, but in the end, I still handled things so poorly.”

Hearing Gu He’s words, Zi Yan’s cheeks flushed red. She lowered her head, not daring to look at him.

“You still don’t understand what I mean… What upsets me is that you kept your condition from me.” Gu He sighed.

He hadn’t expected the North Dragon King to use the Demon Dragon Transformation Array. Originally, he thought that after being seriously wounded, the North Dragon King would see the situation clearly and yield, just like the West and South Dragon Kings. He hadn’t imagined the North Dragon King would stubbornly persist down a dead end.

“Master, I won’t do this again next time!” Zi Yan felt a wave of warmth in her heart and replied earnestly.

“Don’t think about anything else right now. Just focus on recovering your lost vitality.”

As he spoke, Gu He took out a ninth-grade profound pill—a healing pill—from his system space and tossed it to Zi Yan.

“This is a ninth-grade profound pill. Take it and you should be able to return to your peak state,” Gu He added.

“Ninth-grade profound pill!”

Zi Yan was shocked the moment she heard this.

A ninth-grade profound pill was second only to the golden ninth-grade and imperial-grade pills. It was so powerful that it possessed its own intelligence and could take on human or beast form. Refining such a pill required the power of heaven and earth, and ancient records said that whenever one was born, all the energy in the surrounding land would be drawn into the pill.

Originally, Zi Yan thought that a treasure pill was the limit of what Gu He could produce. She never imagined he could actually take out a ninth-grade profound pill, and use it just to help her heal.

Zi Yan knew how rare and precious such a pill was. To use it for healing injuries alone seemed far too extravagant. But she also knew Gu He’s temper—if she refused, he would only get angry.

Not wanting to upset him, Zi Yan nodded gratefully and caught the pill in her hand.

“Don’t hesitate. Swallow it now, and I’ll keep watch for you,” Gu He urged.

The medicinal power of a ninth-grade profound pill was immense. Even a five-star Dou Saint would need to be cautious taking it. Although this pill was for healing and its properties were mild, in her current state, Zi Yan might still have trouble refining and absorbing it. That’s why Gu He wanted to supervise her personally.

“Alright!”

With no more hesitation, Zi Yan brought the pill to her lips.

As soon as it neared her mouth, it transformed into a stream of pure green medicinal liquid and entered her body.

The moment the pill’s energy began to surge inside her, it raced through every part of her, restoring her depleted vitality. As her body healed, even her hair, which had faded to gray from blood loss, gradually returned to a vibrant purple.

This process lasted a full eight hours. Gu He stayed nearby the entire time, watching over her closely.

After a day, the pill’s medicinal energy finally completed the healing of Zi Yan’s body.

But at this point, only about forty percent of the pill’s power had been used. The remaining sixty percent, though gentle, was still far too much for Zi Yan, who was currently at the peak of three-star Dou Saint, to absorb all at once.

After recovering, Zi Yan struggled to refine the massive medicinal power inside her. However, her refining speed was far slower than the rate at which the energy was spreading. Before long, the energy that Zi Yan couldn’t absorb right away began to form crystalline layers of energy within her body.

This situation was very similar to the last time she tried to refine the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.

When powerful energy couldn’t be refined in time, it would turn into these ice-like energy crystals. As they accumulated, her body would gradually become crystalline. In the worst-case scenario, even her soul could become sealed within the crystal layers, leading to a loss of consciousness—and she might end up in an endless slumber.

This outcome was almost exactly what Gu He expected.

Although his own cultivation was only at mid two-star Dou Saint, his ability to refine such energy was many times greater than Zi Yan’s, who was at the peak of three-star Dou Saint.

“Zi Yan, focus. I’ll help you!”

As he spoke, Gu He summoned his natal divine flame. Just like when he’d helped Zi Yan refine the Dragon Phoenix crystal layers before, he wrapped his soul power around his divine flame and sent it into Zi Yan’s body. After carefully testing for the right temperature, he began to help her refine the profound pill’s medicinal power on a large scale.

With Gu He’s divine flame refining the stubborn energy crystals, they soon began to melt and transform into a surge of potent liquid energy. This energy flowed through Zi Yan’s meridians, following the path of her cultivation technique. At one point, there was even a rushing sound as the energy moved.

As more and more of the energy was refined into powerful Dou Qi and merged into Zi Yan’s body, her newly advanced peak three-star Dou Saint aura kept building, reaching saturation—and then started to slowly climb higher. The incredible power of the ninth-grade profound pill, after healing her injuries, revealed itself again.

With Gu He’s assistance, two days passed in the blink of an eye.

Suddenly, a muffled sound came from within Zi Yan’s body. Her aura surged and broke through to the four-star Dou Saint level.

Even after the breakthrough, her aura continued to climb. Nearly thirty percent of the pill’s energy remained.

The refining process continued for another three days. Finally, all the medicinal power was refined with Gu He’s help and turned into rolling Dou Qi, merging completely into Zi Yan’s body.

By this time, Zi Yan’s cultivation had soared to the late stage of four-star Dou Saint. She was now comparable to the Twin Sky Demon Phoenixes Gu He had met before. With her ancient Dragon Phoenix bloodline, her strength had become truly terrifying. If she were to face the North Dragon King again, she could completely overpower him.

A ninth-grade profound pill, meant mainly for healing rather than boosting cultivation, not only restored Zi Yan’s injuries but, thanks to the leftover energy, pushed her up an entire star level.

Such a result could only inspire awe—ninth-grade profound pills were truly extraordinary.

(End of this chapter)

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