As all the magical power clouds poured in, Li Ji’an’s dantian’s spiritual pressure reached its limit, and it all pressed towards the center where the pill, already preliminarily condensed into crystal grains, was.

The pill, pressed by the collapsing crystal grains, was forced to compress again, as countless crystalline froths erupted on the surface of the grains, forming a ring of fiery cloud dust around the pill.

At the same time, impurities within the crystal grains were spun away at high speed, converging into the fiery cloud and instantly vaporizing, then attaching to the dantian wall, being absorbed little by little and then expelled from the dantian.

Until the outermost impurities gradually peeled away, Li Ji’an’s divine sense operated at full strength, not only penetrating the outer fiery cloud of the pill but delving deep inside, guiding the magical power to remove impurities within the pill.

This requires extremely high demands on the divine soul of a cultivator who is attempting a core breakthrough.

Most cultivators can only use their divine sense to remove about ten percent of the impurities from within the pill; more requires reliance on heaven and earth spirit treasures, such as the Qiuli Water that Duanmu Qin requisitioned back then.

As one of the top ten purifying effects among Core Formation Spiritual objects, Qiuli Water can remove at least sixty percent of impurities.

Regarding the quality of the refined pill, on the basis of compact condensation of the pill, the fewer impurities there are, the higher the quality.

Xiao Changfeng’s pill is considered a middle-level true pill because at least fifty percent of the impurities inside his pill were removed.

Aside from the purifying effect of the Earth Source Essence, his divine sense is undoubtedly stronger than that of ordinary cultivators attempting a core breakthrough.

At this moment, Li Ji’an’s divine sense, comparable to the peak of the early-stage true core, showed its value.

Not only did it withstand the burning of the outer fiery cloud of the pill, it also intricately delved into the pill and meticulously removed impurities within it...

Three months later,

More than thirty percent of the impurities inside the pill were removed!

Looking inwardly at the pill now, its internal fire light was circulating, crystalline and clear, with only tiny impurities mixing in the pill fire, no large impurities visible.

This is the limit that Li Ji’an’s divine sense can achieve.

Too small impurities, even with the traction of magical power by divine sense, cannot be precisely grasped within the rapidly rotating pill.

If at this moment, there could be purification effects like those of the Earth Source Essence, Li Ji’an estimated at least three to four more percent could be removed, having a chance to rival the purity of an upper true pill.

Unfortunately...

Taking another look at the overall solidity of the pill, the magical power spiritual pressure was ultimately insufficient, the crystalline grain sensation on the pill surface was still very obvious, and the structure of the pill was loose and sparse, causing concern that it would collapse once the spiritual pressure dispersed.

Helplessly, Li Ji’an could only withdraw his divine sense and continue to maintain the magical power’s compression of the pill until eventually shaping the pill.

If the second step has sufficient spiritual pressure, the pill will quickly form, and once the spiritual pressure compresses the magic pill to the utmost extent, there will be no rebound.

Thus, this persisted for a whole year.

"Whew~" On this day, Li Ji’an sensed the state of the pill and exhaled deeply, finally it was shaped.

Almost all was within his expectations, although the pill was fully solidified from liquid magical power to solid-state pill, it was not solid.

The only thing that exceeded his expectations was that his pill, not even reaching a true core, had very few impurities, comparable in purity to ordinary lower true pills.

Because of this, he carefully sensed his current magic pill aura, seemingly not weaker than the veteran Fake Pill True Man Qin Henian.

It’s conceivable that once his realm stabilized, his magical power might even be a bit stronger than his.

This is probably because of the purity of the magic pill.

Due to the Core Formation quality, he leveled the innate spirit root and the disparity of the cultivation technique.

Unfortunately, a fake pill remains a fake pill, unable to further transform, and hopes for a next step are lost.

The dust settled, after a year and nine months of breaking through the core, Li Ji’an successfully condensed a fake pill, becoming a Fake Pill True Man.

At the same time, as the pill stopped rotating, the dantian interior settled into tranquility, the spiritual qi in the cave mansion dispersed, and the sky above the cave mansion went back to calm.

"Congratulations Alchemist Li on successfully forming the core! Congratulations to our sect on producing another Core Formation True Man!" The Supreme Elder Master Yun Qing’s authoritative voice suddenly echoed throughout the sect.

"Congratulations Alchemist Li on achieving core formation!"

"Welcome True Man Li!"

...

Immediately, a flood of congratulatory voices rose and fell within the sect.

"It’s done! Master has become a True Man!" Xu Xiaochun suddenly dashed out of the Pill Room, listening to the overwhelming congratulatory voices, excitedly soared into the sky.

"Junior brother, do not overstep!" Guo Wanzhi, also excited with a small face, saw Xu Xiaochun violate the sect’s rules, flying above the permissible height for disciples, hurriedly reprimanded.

"No harm in it, let the youngster be happy for a while." Master Jade Pill also came out from the Pill Room, looking gratifyingly in the direction of Li Ji’an’s secluded cave mansion. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

"It actually happened!" His bloodshot eyes revealed a pleased look.

"The old man finally has someone to succeed him!" The sect is about to have another Tier Three Pill Master aside from himself, he felt gratified, at least his Tier Three Pill Medicine insights and comprehension could finally be passed on.

"Young man, go, notify Pill Cauldron Peak, immediately prepare for the core celebration, once your master stabilizes and exits seclusion, our Pill Cauldron Peak will revel in a grand occasion!" In the end, Master Jade Pill laughed aloud and instructed Xu Xiaochun, from now on, with two Tier Three Pill Masters, Pill Cauldron Peak would surely become the focal point of the entire Biyun Sect.

In the Law Enforcement Hall, Zhao Qi, who was originally concentrating to calm his mind, trying to transcend from the Core Formation Spirit Treasure used by Li Ji’an, suddenly opened his eyes.

"Li... True Man!"

Clearly, the use of the Core Formation Spirit Treasure had almost guaranteed the formation of a fake pill, but knowing the success still made his somewhat unstable mind once again show fissures.