Picking up the medicine ball the size of a fist, Zhang Rongfang didn't know its specific effect.

But after taking the medicine this time and breaking through, he could reach the final stage, which is Swallowing Heaven.

The final stage of the Golden Toad Skill was originally a fantasy calculated by the Second Generation Moon King.

In its entirety, as he looks at it now, it is filled with unquantifiable fantasy and conjecture.

The whole text is littered with terms like possible, probably, maybe, and the like.

But despite this, without actually trying it, Zhang Rongfang was still unwilling.

All because the Golden Toad Skill had helped him immensely.

Picking up the medicine ball, he casually took an iron lid and covered the fire pit below the pill furnace, extinguishing it.

He then quickly left the alchemy backyard and went to the quiet cultivation room.

In one corner of the quiet room, the wish bell and Blood God statue still faced each other, unmoving.

Zhang Rongfang ignored them, sitting cross-legged on the cushion by himself.

Taking the medicine ball, he took a deep breath, began adjusting his body and mind, followed the steps of the Golden Toad Skill's Chasing the Sun Technique, manipulating his muscles, altering his breathing, constantly patting and pressing his body, guiding the change in his body's qi and blood.

After more than ten minutes, when his body was adjusted to the limit.

Zhang Rongfang first picked up a kind of potion, opened the lid, and drank it down in one gulp.

The Golden Toad Skill is not effective just by consuming one medicine ball.

It requires a whole set of medication processes, progressively guiding and adjusting, allowing the body to cooperate with the medicine's efficacy for transformation.

As time passed.

The effect of the first type of medicine began to manifest.

Zhang Rongfang sat cross-legged on the ground, motionless, but sweat began to slowly seep from his skin.

This influence of the medicine from the inside out was much stronger than the accumulation of toxins infiltrated from the external world at the Five Cauldrons Sect.

No matter who it is, the internal strength of the body is absolutely far inferior to the external strength.

This is also why Zhang Rongfang, when he arrived at the Five Cauldrons Sect, had to act while holding his breath.

Then came the second type of medicine.

The third type of medicine… 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

And so on.

Finally, after more than an hour, it was time for the twelfth type of medicine.

This was the special main drug he had just refined.

Opening the wax ball, he took a bite into it with his mouth.

The fist-sized medicine ball, like a chocolate egg, was instantly bitten off a piece by Zhang Rongfang's sharp teeth, and as it entered his mouth, it produced a slight hissing and corrosive sound.

Pain!

Intense stinging pain continuously spread throughout his body from his mouth.

Zhang Rongfang didn't expect the main drug to be this painful to consume.

He felt as if all the flesh and blood in his mouth were melting and decomposing.

The pain in his teeth was also piercing.

Once the main drug dissolved, mixed with saliva, and flowed into the throat and esophagus, the sensation was equally extremely uncomfortable.

This medicine was like a ball of fire; its toxicity and corrosiveness were thoroughly remodeling his mouth and esophagus.

The transformation was so intense that without his prior foundation, an average person consuming a bit of this medicine would equate to ingesting strong acids and bases, extremely toxic.

Mouth, teeth, esophagus, all the way to the stomach, intestines.

The entire digestive system was like a burning branch, turning from stinging to searing, tearing pain.

Hoo...

Bright red bloodwater continuously oozed from Zhang Rongfang's mouth corner.

Even with his current healing power, it couldn't keep up with the corrosive speed of the medicine.

Time passed bit by bit.

Not knowing how long had passed, Zhang Rongfang's consciousness was almost blurred by the severe pain.

Finally, the pain gradually faded away.

He slumped on the cushion, suddenly opened his mouth, and spat out a mouthful of dark red, almost black, blood phlegm.

The blood phlegm, when it hit the ground, actually corroded it, emitting black smoke and revealing a dent.

Waiting for the pain to disappear completely.

Zhang Rongfang quickly opened the attributes panel to look at the Golden Toad Skill item.

'Golden Toad Skill — Chasing the Sun (Perfect in Third Layer)'

"....." Failed.

After the Chasing the Sun stage, he had long since upgraded it to perfection with attribute points. And now, it remained unchanged.

This meant that his previous breakthrough had failed.

Bam!

Zhang Rongfang slammed the ground with his palm.

Although he had anticipated it in his heart, facing it head-on was still incredibly disappointing.

This meant that his idea of accelerating the accumulation of attribute points in the future was shattered.

"All my efforts in searching for this precious medicine were in vain!"

He sighed.

In fact, if it weren't for the search for the medicine, he would have left Wushan Prefecture and returned home early on.

But now....

Standing up, Zhang Rongfang glanced at the wish bell and Blood God statue in the corner.

'It seems, from now on, I should patiently wait for time, wait until more attribute points accumulate, and then plan accordingly....'

After Zuo Han took the elite of the Thousand Stone Sect away, the plan on Qingchuan Prefecture's side halted.

Relying solely on the Rebel Sect's limited strength was far from enough to build the absolutely secure headquarters Zhang Rongfang envisioned.

'If the Moon King summons all Sensing Sect members, the Thousand Stone Sect, which once supported me because of the Heir of Moon King, will inevitably turn away when the Moon King truly appears.

Apparently, nothing compares to having power that is entirely one's own.'

He sighed in his heart.

Thinking about the abilities he just discovered, akin to the offspring development of the zombie blood race.

Perhaps it could....

With this thought, Zhang Rongfang couldn't help but expand his thinking.

This blood infection ability, in fact, was superior to worshiping gods; it not only didn't restrict the enhancement of power but also improved the body's overall quality.

Besides this, no other drawbacks were found.

After tidying up the medicine bottles, he stood up and was about to leave the quiet room.

Suddenly, Zhang Rongfang paused in his steps.

Suddenly remembered something.

'Right, my failure to break through the final layer of Swallowing Heaven, could it be related to my currently too formidable physique?'

In this world, there may never be another who possesses the same self-healing ability as him.

Of course, excluding the worshippers.

'This might be the case, after all, even the second-generation Moon King could never have imagined that someone's body's self-healing ability and physical strength could reach my level.

Therefore, his designed path is likely based on a normal Martial Artist!'

With this thought, many fogs in Zhang Rongfang's mind suddenly cleared up.

"If that's the case..."

He suddenly looked at the various medicine bottles in his hand.

Then quickly sat down to readjust his condition.

Soon, he repeated an entire set of procedures again, and once more picked up the new guiding potion, drinking five times the original amount in one go.

Then, for every subsequent medicine, he increased the dosage to five times the original amount.

As time passed.

Finally, it came to the last one, which was the main medicinal ball he found on this trip.

Without hesitation.

Zhang Rongfang fully stuffed the remaining medicinal ball into his mouth.

Hiss....

Black smoke emerged from his mouth and nose, filling the entire quiet room.

This time, pain far more terrifying than before swept through his entire body.

His mouth rotted, esophagus rotted, even his stomach seemed to have a hole, completely leaking.

A large amount of digestive juice was neutralized by the medicinal liquid, actually losing most of its corrosiveness.

This could be considered a blessing in misfortune.

Only the intestines barely maintained operations but were also riddled with holes.

The terrifying medicinal power instantly pierced through Zhang Rongfang's entire digestive system.

If it had been someone else, they probably would have been corroded into a puddle of corpse water by now.

But for him, only the digestive system forcibly dissolved.

'Damn it, the dosage seems too large!'

This thought flashed through Zhang Rongfang's mind.

But soon.

Countless flesh and blood in his body spontaneously began to wriggle and gather.

From the wounds, massive growths spread, like tender shoots breaking through bricks in ruins.

This time's regeneration, vaguely under the soaking reaction of special liquids from the medicinal and digestive fluids, produced different changes.

Time ticked by.

Soon, a completely new digestive system was reconstructed inside Zhang Rongfang, absorbing all surrounding accumulated liquid, transforming it into nutrients.

At this point, in the attribute column, a change occurred in the item belonging to Golden Toad Skill.

'Golden Toad Skill - Swallowing Heaven (First Layer Entry)'

"So that's how it is.... So that's how it is!!" Zhang Rongfang finally understood at this moment.

It turns out the process of Swallowing Heaven is to thoroughly ruin the digestive system, then mix medicinal power with gastric juice to form a new kind of reconstruction environment.

'Perhaps this is the legendary destruction before creation!'

At this point, breakthrough post-cultivation memories flooded his mind once again.

He closed his eyes to feel the influx of numerous scenes, but there was only a sense of luck in his heart.

This Swallowing Heaven breakthrough was extremely perilous.

Only he dared to push through with such strong self-healing abilities.

Anyone else definitely wouldn't make it.

It was outright gambling with life.

A slight mistake would end in death and the dissipation of the Tao.

"But.... at least I passed.... successfully...."

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Great Capital, Celestial Sincerity Palace.

Yue Dewen sat happily on the Sect Leader's throne.

"I've finally made it!"

"Did you really make it?" In the empty hall, a graceful figure suddenly appeared.

It was Jin Yuyan dressed in white with a golden crown.

She carried a wooden box and stepped out from the shadows.

"Did you really become the Moon King of the Sensing Sect?"

"Is there any doubt?" Yue Dewen grinned.

"Then how did you pass the final divine test?" Jin Yuyan asked in surprise.

"I have my ways, but I can't tell you about them. Oh, dear Master Aunt." Yue Dewen stood up, walking closer with a smile.

"Now that my Great Dao Teaching has returned to its former glory, shouldn't the provisional measures from back then be undone?"

"Provisional measures? Undone? What do you mean?" Jin Yuyan tossed the box in her hand to the ground.

The lid fell open, rolling out a preserved head.

If there were Celestial Lock Teaching members present, they would recognize it as the head of their sect's second-ranking Grandmaster, Light Chain Sanidya.

This Grandmaster never worshipped, always pursued the ultimate enhancement, alas...

Yue Dewen glanced at the head, squinting slightly.

"Descent of the God?"

"Yes, just one Descent, useless to me." Jin Yuyan replied, "You haven't answered my question, what do your previous words mean?"

Her beautiful eyes shifted, seeming to flash with silver light as she stared at him.

"Well, actually, now that my Great Dao Teaching has returned to its position, it's time to be unified once again." Yue Dewen said with a smile, "Jade Void Palace and Celestial Treasure Palace were provisional measures back then, now, there's no need for such detailed division anymore. Right, Master Aunt?"

"Oh?" Jin Yuyan squinted her eyes.

"Reunite, I agree. But.... who will be Sect Leader?"

"You're joking, Master Aunt. You're already old, such matters should naturally be handled by Xiaoyue, by me, instead." Yue Dewen smiled.

"You?" Jin Yuyan couldn't help but let out a silvery laugh.

"Actually, I don't care who becomes Sect Leader, I just have one question for you." Her laughter stopped.

"Earlier, you said you'd cooperate with Snow Rainbow Pavilion to suppress the world, clear out rebellious forces everywhere, to win more vastly. I agreed with you."

"Now, why did you hand over the territories we've won to those sent by the Spirit Court's royal family?"

"What, our Jade Void Palace's masters losing lives are not losses? Their royal family's masters, noble Spirit People, are lives more precious?"