Nuwa, the goddess of immortality, said that cultivating immortality does not require spiritual energ

Time flies like an arrow; more than a month has passed since the start of the school year.

That morning, Qin Le had just finished taking a walk in the college when his phone rang. It was his mother, Lin Wanrou.

"Son, come home when you have time." Lin Wanrou's voice was filled with obvious joy.

"What's wrong, Mom?" Qin Le asked.

"I've hit the jackpot again! I just refined a batch of 'Transformation Pills,' and this time it turned into three!" Lin Wanrou said triumphantly, as if she had won the lottery.

Three?

Upon hearing this, Qin Le rubbed his temples in exasperation.

Among his dining companions, besides Chen Yun and Lu Qingshuang who had already taken the Transformation Pill, there were also Chu Xiaonan, Luo Qiuyue, Li Yanran, and Wang Zhiheng waiting for him.

Three coins are simply not enough to go around.

When he got home, Lin Wanrou was already waiting in the living room, smiling as she handed him an exquisite little jade bottle.

Qin Le took it, uncorked it, and sniffed it. The rich medicinal fragrance did indeed carry a unique aroma.

"Mom," Qin Le said, putting away the pills, "show me all the information you've gathered about the Transformation Pill."

Lin Wanrou smiled, seemingly expecting this, and didn't ask any further questions: "Here it is."

A flash of light appeared on the storage ring on her finger, and instantly a stack of papers, notebooks, and jade slips, taller than Qin Le, appeared on the living room floor.

The book is filled with densely packed notes on formula ideas, medicinal material analysis, failure records, insights and experiences... It can be described as a massive "Research Notes on Transformation Pill".

After handing the documents to her son, Lin Wanrou hummed a song and turned to go back into the alchemy room.

She knew exactly what her son wanted to do—he simply wanted to understand the principles of the Transformation Pill and find a way to produce it in large quantities.

She wholeheartedly agreed and even hoped that Qin Le could overcome this problem as soon as possible.

Qin Le sat down on the sofa and began to bury himself in the book.

He read extremely quickly; his divine sense swept over the pages, and the contents flowed into his mind like water. More than an hour later, he closed the last notebook, but his brows furrowed slightly.

He had finished reading the materials and fully understood his mother's thought process in refining the Transformation Pill. He even understood how the effect of turning into an animal was achieved by blending several special spiritual herbs.

But he still hasn't found the answer to the most crucial question.

Why can this Transformation Pill enhance comprehension?

He searched through all the records but found no known elixirs that could enhance comprehension in the process.

There is no data or inference to suggest that these combinations of herbs produce such miraculous effects.

This completely violates the basic principles of alchemy—the effects of elixirs either come from the inherent properties of the main ingredients or from the new effects produced by the synergistic interaction of the ingredients.

The enhancement of comprehension by the Transformation Pill seemed to appear out of thin air.

Unable to figure it out, Qin Le simply gave up struggling and called out in her mind, "Mother Nuwa, are you free? I have a question I'd like to ask you."

"Hmm?" Nuwa's lazy thoughts came through.

"Do you know why the Transformation Pill can enhance comprehension? I've looked through all of Mom's research materials, but I haven't found the principle behind it," Qin Le asked humbly.

If he couldn't figure it out himself, he should ask his mother. He didn't want to spend years with his mother in the alchemy room.

"Of course I know," Nuwa replied matter-of-factly.

At her level, the concept of the unknown no longer exists.

"Then tell me about it?" Qin Le pressed on, seizing the opportunity.

"The root cause lies in the fact that at the moment the elixir took shape, a wisp of the 'Origin of Heaven' was activated and incorporated," Nuwa explained calmly.

All things in the Three Realms, except for sages, are governed by the rules of Heaven.

The Transformation Pill refined by Lin Wanrou can enhance comprehension, not because of the medicinal materials, but because when the pill was made, a wisp of the Heavenly Dao's essence was activated, which was then integrated into the pill, giving it this additional divine effect.

"The origin of the Heavenly Dao?" Qin Le was even more confused: "But I didn't sense any fluctuations of Heavenly Dao level power in the pill."

Given his understanding of the Great Dao, he should be very sensitive to the power at the level of the Heavenly Dao.

"That's not surprising," Nuwa chuckled. "The power of origin has been completely integrated into the elixir, transforming into the elixir's own 'medicinal properties,' just like salt dissolving in water. You can still see the salt grains, but you can taste the saltiness."

Qin Le suddenly realized that this was the reason.

Then Qin Le thought of the key point: "Then... Mother Nuwa, is there any way to ensure the stable mass production of the Transformation Pill? I mean, to stably draw out that wisp of the Heavenly Dao's origin."

"There are solutions, of course," Nuwa said with a hint of amusement. "But I don't recommend that you, or your mother, try it."

Why?

"Because that means actively and forcibly 'seizing' the origin of the Heavenly Dao." Nuwa's voice became somewhat serious. "Doing so will first trigger a Heavenly Tribulation—not an ordinary one, but a tribulation that incurs the wrath of the Heavenly Dao. Secondly, even if you manage to survive the tribulation and successfully seize the origin, you will still bear the 'Heavenly Dao karma' that even saints try to avoid. Do you think your mother, with her Earth Immortal cultivation, can withstand either of these?"

After hearing this, Qin Le immediately shook his head: "Then forget it."

What a joke! Forget about the terrifying karmic consequences of Heaven, even a Heavenly Tribulation would probably be too much for Mom.

Even if I have the ability to help her withstand the heavenly tribulation, karma is directly tied to an individual, and unless I achieve sainthood, I simply cannot bear it for her.

Lin Wanrou's success is purely by chance, a voluntary descent of the Heavenly Dao, not by force, and therefore there is no calamity or cause and effect involved.

Having figured this out, Qin Le got up and went into the alchemy room. Lin Wanrou was deep in thought, facing the alchemy furnace, seemingly pondering the next improvement.

"Mom," Qin Le said directly, "Stop trying to figure out how to reliably produce the 'Enlightenment Version' Transformation Pill; it won't work."

He repeated Nuwa's explanation.

Upon hearing this, Lin Wanrou's excitement visibly faded, and she muttered dejectedly, "Ah? Does that mean my 'Transformation Pill' is doomed?"

She didn't really care about that slight improvement in understanding; what she was obsessed with was the interesting effect of turning people into animals.

"It's not that bad." Qin Le walked to the table, pulled out a blank prescription sheet, and picked up a pen: "It's quite simple to get a transformation pill that only turns people into animals."

As he spoke, he wrote down a series of medicinal herb names, quantities, refining temperatures, and steps in a swift and elegant manner.

This is the pure version of the Transformation Pill formula that he has deduced and optimized in his mind after reviewing all the materials, eliminating all uncertainties and unexpected additions.

The only possible effect is transformation, perhaps with a few minor benefits such as strengthening the body and replenishing spiritual energy.

Lin Wanrou leaned closer for a look, and her eyes instantly lit up again: "I'll give it a try!"

She was a woman of action, and immediately followed the prescription her son had written, setting up the furnace, heating the cauldron, adding the medicine, controlling the fire... all in one go.

Qin Le watched from the side with his arms crossed, also wanting to confirm whether this pure version of the pill formula would still trigger the origin of the Heavenly Dao.

More than an hour later, the furnace shook slightly, the lid opened, and five round, crystal-clear pills, emitting a faint fragrance of herbs and trees, rolled out.

There were no unusual phenomena, no fluctuations in the celestial order; it was just an ordinary elixir.

"Success!" Lin Wanrou picked up a pill, beaming with joy. Then, her eyes darted around, and she looked at her son with a mischievous smile. "Son, come on, want to try it? See how well your recipe works!"

"No." Qin Le refused without even thinking.

The novel experience of becoming an animal is enough once; he doesn't want to do it a second time.

"You stingy person."

Lin Wanrou pursed her lips, not forcing the issue, picked up a pill, examined it curiously, and then popped it into her mouth.

The pill melted instantly upon entering her mouth. The next moment, a soft halo emanated from her body, enveloping her entirely.

The halo rapidly contracted and changed. When the light dissipated, Lin Wanrou was nowhere to be seen, only a pile of clothes remained.

From the pile of clothes, a palm-sized, furry hamster with bright black eyes emerged. It nimbly collected the clothes from the ground one by one into its storage ring, then hung the miniature version around its neck.

"Squeak!" The hamster version of Lin Wanrou squealed happily twice, speaking in a clear, human voice: "The effect is really good! The transformation is very smooth, and there is no discomfort."

As soon as she finished speaking, her body flashed with light again, and the hamster form quickly elongated and changed. In the blink of an eye, a round, orange-spotted fat cat squatted on the ground and swished its tail contentedly.

The orange cat stretched out its paw, licked it contentedly, and spoke in a human voice—it was Lin Wanrou's voice: "Not bad, not bad, able to switch between different animals freely! As expected of my son, so thoughtful! Haha!"

She seemed to be in a playful mood and began to stroll around the alchemy room like a cat, getting used to her new body.