Mortal: Starting with the Falling Cloud Sect, I proved my Dao through gacha pulls.

"This item is truly destined for me!"

Su Mu was filled with turmoil. He carefully extracted the corpse of the Netherworld Dust Insect. The insect's life force had long been extinguished and its soul had been annihilated. It was likely that it had perished completely after laying its eggs.

He felt a slight pang of regret, then gently held the dozen or so insect eggs in his palm and examined them intently.

Most of the insect eggs were lifeless, and some were even dead. It seems that even this ancient and ferocious insect could not withstand the erosion of time.

Su Mu snapped his fingers lightly, and a cluster of myriad beast spirit fire rose from his palm, condensing into a flower bud shape, enveloping all the insect eggs.

In an instant, several insect eggs trembled slightly, as if they were moving.

He then took out a drop of divine spring water, divided it into more than ten portions, and slowly poured it into the insect eggs.

In an instant, apart from a few dead eggs, the remaining eggs all showed a faint awakening of their spirits, and a fierce aura suddenly spread.

The ghost moths in the insect chamber immediately lay down on the ground, trembling all over, showing their awe.

"They're some fierce little guys."

Su Mu chuckled lightly. The fact that the insect egg itself possessed such power made him even more satisfied.

He immediately forced out a drop of his life essence blood, and following the mysterious control method of the "Beast Taming and Spirit Communication Technique," he formed a soul bond with the insect egg, forcibly making it recognize him as its master.

In a short while, the contract was completed. These insect eggs were already extremely weak and had no power to resist. They were completely subdued by Su Mu in an instant.

With their minds connected, Su Mu clearly sensed a series of warm yet hungry thoughts emanating from the insect eggs.

"She's quite a glutton."

Su Mu gazed at the insect eggs in his palm with increasingly tender and doting eyes, and took out another drop of divine spring water to gently nourish them.

Then, another clean insect chamber was found, and the myriad beast spirit fire and insect eggs were placed in it together, slowly nurtured and carefully cultivated with the spirit fire and divine spring.

This Netherworld Dust Insect is an ancient ferocious insect. Once it matures, it will become his trump card, so naturally he must treat it with such care.

With everything settled, Su Mu moved to the herb garden, specially dug a clear pond, added three drops of divine spring water to dilute it, and then replanted the Jade Soul Mushroom in it.

He then probed his divine sense to check the amount of divine spring water stored in the Dream Ring. He had drawn a full amount of divine spring water back then, but he had only used a small portion of it so far. The remaining amount was enough for him to use for a long time.

"Sigh, if only the cheat system were a bit more powerful, it would be great if it could just pull out the Heavenly Palm Bottle directly!"

Su Mu sighed inwardly, unable to resist indulging in his own fantasies, then chuckled and gently shook his head.

He looked at his current lifespan balance and realized that the next 100 draws wouldn't be far off.

Current Life Number: 807

"It'll be soon, looks like we still need to do something."

......

Four years later, inside the alchemy room.

"Haha, it worked!"

Su Mu held six lustrous, translucent pills in his palm, his eyes filled with joy.

This is the Jade Soul Pill recorded in the "Complete Record of Human Realm Alchemy". Over the past four years, it has been carefully nurtured by the divine spring water. The Jade Soul Mushroom, which had exhausted its medicinal power, has been completely revived, and its internal soul energy has been fully restored.

He had previously extracted a portion of the Ganoderma lucidum and refined a wisp of its pure soul energy, taking more than two months to finally complete the elixir.

Because of the limited amount of soul energy injected, the potion's power is greatly reduced, making it difficult to achieve the miraculous effects described in the classics. However, it is superior in that it is gentle and practical, nourishing the primordial spirit and repairing the soul, while also allowing for steady progress in cultivation.

He carefully put away the six Jade Soul Pills and placed them into an exquisite jade box. At this moment, there were many pill bottles around him, all of which contained various pills that he had personally refined over the past four years.

After storing the jade box and all the pill bottles into his storage ring, Su Mu turned and entered the insect chamber where the Ghost Pattern Moth was located.

The few hundred ghost-patterned moths of the past have now multiplied to several thousand. The patterns on their bodies have all transformed into four ghost faces, brimming with spiritual energy, and their cultivation is no less than that of a moth.

Su Mu nodded in satisfaction, then casually produced a large number of Spirit Feeding Pills and carefully fed them to the spirits.

After taking good care of the ghost moth, he stepped into the insect chamber next door. As soon as he entered, a wisp of ethereal black silk affectionately circled around him.

Upon closer inspection, the black threads were actually formed by more than a hundred tiny flying insects, each as fine as a cow's hair. Despite having no wings, they could strangely stretch out in mid-air.

They condensed into thin black threads, intimately wrapped around his fingers, seemingly real, but upon investigation with his divine sense, they were empty, extremely eerie.

Su Mu's heart stirred, and he took out a live level-three demonic beast from his spirit beast pouch. As soon as the beast appeared, about to roar and attack, the swarm of Nether Dust Insects suddenly flew close.

The level-three demonic beast was initially stunned, as if it had seen something extremely tempting. It collapsed to the ground, its expression one of frenzied excitement. Then, a phantom primordial spirit slowly floated out from its body.

The Netherworld Insects immediately swarmed in, burrowing into the demon beast's primordial spirit and greedily devouring its original power.

In a short while, the beast's primordial spirit was completely absorbed. The beast remained in an excited state, but its soul and life force had long since been extinguished, leaving no trace of its former life.

Afterwards, the Nether Dust Insect seemed to have eaten its fill, and its ferocious aura faded considerably. It once again coalesced into a wisp of dark silk, lazily coiling in Su Mu's palm, docile and obedient.

"You guys are really picky eaters."

Su Mu chuckled softly, flicked his fingertips, and put the Netherworld Dust Insect back into the Insect Room for resting. Then, with a casual wave of his hand, he put the empty shell of the demon beast into his storage ring, preparing to give it to the Ghost Pattern Moth as a treat in the future.

The dozen or so insect eggs from that year have all hatched. In the past four years, in addition to carefully feeding them with his own magic power and spirit-feeding pills, he has also often sought out the primordial spirits of demonic beasts for them to devour.

However, these Netherworld Dust Insects are an ancient and exotic species with extremely low reproductive desires and a naturally lazy and indolent nature.

Even with the Beast Taming and Spirit Communication Technique to accelerate taming and the nurturing and amplification by the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire, after four years, the number of beasts has only increased to a little over a hundred.

It will take a long time to develop a substantial number of trump cards that can be used as killer moves.

After leaving the insect chamber, Su Mu took out two communication talismans and recorded the process of refining the Jade Soul Pill into them. He then immediately sent his clone to deliver the message to Jin Qing and Hu Yue's cave.

After delivering the message, he took out a Crimson Essence Pill, sat cross-legged on the futon, closed his eyes and concentrated, continuing to diligently refine his own magical power.

Half a day later, in the guest room of the cave dwelling.

"This is the Jade Soul Pill?!"

Jin Qing and Hu Yue stared at the six lustrous, shimmering pills, their eyes shining, their breathing becoming rapid.

When they received the communication talisman, they had already packed up and were about to explore a small cultivator's cave together. Upon learning that the elixir had been refined, they immediately postponed their trip and rushed over.

"That's right, this is the Jade Soul Pill!"

Su Mu nodded with a smile, condensing a wisp of magic power at his fingertips and gently brushing it over the pill. The hidden purple soul patterns on the pill instantly appeared, overflowing with spiritual energy.

He then slowly explained, "I refined the entire Jade Soul Mushroom, extracting every last trace of its soul energy, to create these six pills. However, the losses were too great, and the potency of the pills is far less than what is described in the ancient texts."

Upon hearing this, Jin and Qing were both surprised and delighted. They quickly stood up and bowed to Su Mu with their hands clasped in respect.

"Even so, it is still an astonishing feat! Fellow Daoist Xiao's alchemy skills are far beyond our expectations, it's truly unbelievable."

"Indeed, I, Old Hu, have had my eyes opened today!"