Refining the 'internal destruction pill' was harder than what Shun Long had originally estimated.

The whole refinement process took more than an hour to complete and in the end, Shun Long was lying on the floor, drenched in sweat while inside his cauldron was one crimson-red medicinal pill.

Shun Long didn't even meditate, he just gasped for breath for a while due to his overdrawn qi and spiritual strength.

The 'internal destruction pill' had to be consumed within an hour after it was concocted, so Shun Long didn't have much time to rest.

After sitting up and observing the pill in his hands, he noticed that there were faint white lines on its surface

''Thankfully I managed to refine a high-grade pill.''

Even pills had their own ranks, from low-grade, to middle-grade and high-grade.

All the special 'Qi barrier-breaking' pills that Shun Long had refined and sold to the 'Treasure Pavilion' were between low and middle-grade. The reason for that was because Shun Long had only just started as an alchemist so his aim was to complete the refinement process.

However, this time was different.

The 'internal destruction pill' could only be consumed once, and the higher the grade of the pill, the better the results would be.

Without hesitation, Shun Long swallowed the pill as he started circulating the method of the 'Monarch's Eternal body'.

As the pill dissolved inside Shun Long's mouth, the energy inside it followed the circulation method of the 'Monarch's Eternal body' as it flowed from Shun Long's meridians to every nook and cranny inside his body.

''AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH'' Shun Long roared like a beast in pain.

Even if he wanted to stop the circulation of the body refinement at this point, he wouldn't be able to as the energy had already started to wash every part of his body bringing along unbearable pain with it.

Shun Long had grown much more resistant to pain after his soul had been forcefully enlarged by the 'golden book' in the past, however the pain he felt now wasn't much lower than that.

The 'internal destruction pill' had started with his blood as it slowly burned it, while with the help of the 'Monarch's Eternal body' that was circulating inside him, the healing properties of the pill were slowly replenishing the blood that he was burning, refining it again and again, making it even purer and stronger.

After his blood, all of his internal organs as well as his meridians followed, as they were all destroyed and then re-created, from his liver to his heart and, even his brain and eyes, they were all turned into a pool of blood before being reformed.

The only reason that Shun Long was still alive, was thanks to the 'Monarch's Eternal body' that was circulating inside his body reforming his destroyed organs.

After that, his bones followed, with his skin coming in last.

Everything inside and outside Shun Long's body had turned into blood, before being slowly reformed by the 'Monarch's Eternal body'.

The pain and suffering that he was feeling throughout this process was enough to leave even the most resilient men wanting to die.

This whole process took nearly a month.

A month of constant destruction and creation.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Shun Long was a different man now, after consuming the 'internal destruction pill'.

After this one month, his body had been completely reformed.

His external appearance could have been considered handsome before refining his body but now, aside from becoming even more handsome, his body also naturally emitted a domineering aura.

He could feel that he was bursting with energy inside, as every part of him was more than 100 times stronger than before.

But the most miraculous thing was that he could now sense the space around his body if he willed it.

He raised his right hand in the air as he tried to touch the space around him. He could sense a matter that was like water and yet not water, something nonexistent and yet tangible at the same time. It was almost as if the space around him was hugging his body, while it didn't hinder his movements at all.

Shun Long tried cutting through space with his hand, and a small space tear appeared in front of him.

After deliberating for a while, his eyes focused as he slowly put his hand inside it.

His hand had disappeared in the space tear, as it appeared through another tear in space 2 meters away from his original position. Shun Long tried to move the fingers in his hand, and although the hand was 2 meters away from him, it still moved exactly as Shun Long willed it to.

As he retracted his hand from the space tear, the tear then closed.

''Does this mean that I can now move through space?''

Shun Long wanted to test some more of his theories when suddenly his 'sect identifying jade' started glowing.

The voice of an old man appeared from the jade as it said

''All new disciples that have entered the sect in the past year, are to gather in front of the city gates within one hour''

Shun Long's eyes brightened as he thought

''Could it be for the 'outer sect examination'?''

Calculating the time that Shun Long had spent in seclusion refining his body, it should be the time for the 'outer sect examination' to begin.

After gathering all his important belongings and putting them inside the 'Stone of Time', Shun Long walked towards the city gates.