The tenacity of the Nine Nether Iron exceeded Yuan Ming's expectations, and the refining process was incredibly lengthy. Fortunately, Yuan Ming had made ample preparations and even had a good supply of mid-grade spirit stones on hand to replenish the spiritual power consumed by releasing the Pill Fire.
After ten days, the Nether Iron Gourd was finally completely melted, its impurities fully expelled by Yuan Ming, leaving behind only a fist-sized blob of pitch-black iron slurry.
Besides the Nether Iron slurry, the fragment of jade that was in the gourd also continued to float. After such a long time being scorched by Pill Fire, the Nine Nether Iron itself had melted into a liquid, yet the piece of jade remained unchanged, with its surface lustre even becoming brighter.
