Beast Tamer: My pet has a game panel.

Chapter 502 Fifth-Order Potion
After seeing the progress of the Netherflame Knights, Corpse Lords, and other undead, as well as the production of Soul Orbs, Ye Mo did not linger. He did not go down to talk to the Golden Skeleton King and the others, but left directly and returned to the burial hill where he had come from.

Sitting in the chair in front of the workbench, Ye Mo squinted and leaned back to rest for a while. Little Liu'er chattered away to Bai You, who was clearly getting impatient as she still had to study the formation. But in the end, she reluctantly became a good listener.

"The Corpse Lord, the Necromancer..."

Ye Mo murmured the names of those fourth-tier undead.

Currently, among his undead subordinates, only a handful are likely to be the first to break through to the fifth rank.

With the help of the Xuanming Ghost General and the Xuanming Ghost Commander's Soul Pearl, the progress of those undead powerhouses in condensing their souls has exceeded forty percent, with the most outstanding even reaching half. This is of great help to their breakthrough to the fifth rank.

Moreover, those undead are different from his spirit pets. Hanhan, Xiaoliu'er, and Isaac, as his contracted spirit pets, need to fulfill breakthrough requirements to break through to the fifth rank. Once all breakthrough requirements are met, they can directly break through to the fifth rank and become monarch-level beings.

However, for undead powerhouses like the Netherflame Knights and Corpse Lords, the requirements for breaking through to the fifth rank are not as stringent. Just like most extraordinary beings, once they reach level 49, which is the peak of the fourth rank, they can actually begin to break through to the fifth rank.

However, such a breakthrough would either result in death or serious injury, and the chance of success would be infinitely close to zero.

Therefore, most fourth-tier transcendents who want to break through to the fifth tier spend a lot of time accumulating strength and laying a solid foundation. Once they have almost reached the limit of advancement, they adjust their state to its most perfect state before attempting the breakthrough. However, even so, it is often difficult for even one in hundreds of fourth-tier transcendents to successfully break through.

The bottleneck of breaking through from the fourth to the fifth tier is still too great.

However, because of the extreme difficulty of breaking through, many extraordinary individuals have divided the process of breaking through from the fourth to the fifth level into several smaller levels in order to gradually increase the chances of breaking through.

The criteria for this division are domain and soul.

As we all know, after successfully breaking through from the fourth rank to the fifth rank, in addition to the transformation of the individual, they will also awaken a domain and condense a complete soul.

Of these three points, the first can be improved by using rare and precious materials to enhance the foundation, thus increasing the success rate of transformation. The latter two can even help awaken the domain and condense a complete soul ahead of time at the fourth stage.

Although the domain awakened at the fourth level is difficult to compare with the domain of a fifth-level transcendent being, and the complete soul condensed at the fourth level is somewhat weak compared to the fifth level, these factors can increase the chances of breakthrough, which is beyond doubt.

Therefore, most fourth-tier transcendents who want to break through to the fifth tier will try to awaken their domain and condense a complete soul when they are at the peak of the fourth tier, and only then will they begin their breakthrough. After all, this way the success rate of the breakthrough will be higher.

However, awakening a domain and condensing a complete soul are not so simple. Most fourth-order extraordinary beings often cannot complete either one in their entire lives. In the end, they can only try to reach the fifth order while their strength has not declined.

While awakening one's domain and condensing one's soul increase the chances of breaking through to the fifth tier, it's not necessary to complete either of those two steps to succeed. Therefore, most fourth-tier transcendents either break through directly without awakening their domain or condensing their soul, or they begin their breakthrough after achieving one of these two steps.

It is actually the rarest to break through to the fifth rank only after achieving both.

According to Ye Mo, the Corpse Lord, a top-tier fourth-tier undead, had attempted to break through to the fifth tier after awakening its domain, but failed and spent a considerable amount of time recuperating.

There was also a powerful giant gargoyle leader who attempted to break through three times, but failed each time. When it finally failed, it was said that even its core was injured, and it took more than ten years to recover.

Aside from those two powerful undead, quite a few other powerful undead attempted to break through to the fifth rank; roughly a third of them had tried. However, breaking through to the fifth rank was indeed extremely difficult, and none of them succeeded. They all suffered injuries from their failed attempts and had to recuperate for a long time.

However, as undead creatures, their lifespan advantage is still too great. For them, spending more than ten years to recuperate after a failed breakthrough is nothing. But if other fourth-tier transcendent beings were to spend more than ten years to recuperate after a failed breakthrough, they would only have a few opportunities to break through in their entire lives.

Of course, this doesn't mean that undead creatures have unlimited opportunities to break through. If they fail to break through from the fourth to the fifth tier, the difficulty of subsequent breakthroughs will gradually increase. After all, the breakthrough process is a transformation, and if a breakthrough fails, it means that the transformation is stopped halfway through, and the resulting impact cannot be recovered simply by resting.

Therefore, if there are too many failed attempts to break through, it is very likely that it will become impossible to break through at all.

Ye Mo had seen and learned a lot about this when he was looking for information related to breakthroughs.

Although Yanhuang was founded not long ago, less than a hundred years ago, the number of fourth-tier beast tamers has been quite large over the years, and countless peak fourth-tier spirit pets have attempted to break through to the fifth tier.

One example is a King-level Beast Tamer whose child wanted to break through to the fifth rank, but even though his main battle pet condensed a complete soul, the breakthrough failed repeatedly.

Even though the beast tamer's father, a king-level figure, would use rare resources to nourish the spirit pet after each failed breakthrough, the pet still couldn't even attempt to break through again due to the sheer number of failed attempts.

"Forget it, let's study the potion first." Ye Mo shook his head, his eyes bright, and said.

He was initially hesitant about whether to have the few undead with the highest progress in condensing their souls begin absorbing the soul beads of the Xuanming Ghost King in an attempt to break through.

Thinking about it now, it really wasn't necessary. The soul beads of the Xuanming Ghost General and the Xuanming Ghost Commander were simply absorbed, since the output was already quite substantial. But the soul bead of the Xuanming Ghost King was far more precious to him.

If the Ghost King Soul Pearls are used to accelerate the soul condensation progress of those undead, then the Xuanming Ghost King Soul Pearls accumulated during this period will probably not be enough to keep many.

In that case, it would be better to let him first research a potion that can condense a complete soul, and then use the potion's power to help those undead. If there are enough potions available, we might even witness a group of fourth-tier undead breaking through together.

After making his decision, Ye Mo calmed down, adjusted his state, and took out various resources and materials that he had prepared long ago from the contract space to begin his research.

Meanwhile, Xiao Liu'er began purifying the Soul Pearl, while Bai You hid in a shadowy spot and continued to immerse himself in the formation.

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For the next few days, the entire burial ground remained silent. Only the location of the teleportation array occasionally flashed with a silver light.

On the Golden Skeleton King's side, he diligently led his undead army in producing Soul Orbs. Meanwhile, Ye Mo, relying on his powerful detection abilities, and through continuous experimentation and research, along with the knowledge and abilities gained from breaking through to the fifth-tier cultivator level, made his research on the new potion increasingly successful.

During the process, Ye Mo would sometimes think of materials that were more suitable and arrange for people to return to Qingxue Mountain Range or the Pioneer Merchant Guild to purchase them. Xiao Liu'er and Bai You would also occasionally make a trip to the Cangcui Islands.

The former, Xiao Liu'er, was there to nurture those spiritual plants and magical herbs, ensuring their proper growth and development. The latter, Bai You, was there to manage the Pirate Merchant Guild, Pirate Bay, and other forces.

Although Ye Mo had considered entrusting the management of the Pioneer Merchant Guild and other forces to Isaac and Bai Ling, they were simply not cut out for it, performing even basic management tasks poorly. Therefore, Ye Mo had no choice but to hand it over to Bai You.

And so, more than a week passed after the Soul Bead production line was set up in the Burial Grounds using the incomplete [Heart of the Mysterious Netherworld].

Meanwhile, in Yanhuang, it was already February, and the Lunar New Year was just around the corner. "We succeeded! We finally succeeded!"

At the top of Burial Hill, a surprised voice suddenly rang out. Ye Mo looked at the brand-new potion in front of him, his eyes filled with undisguised joy.

[Mysterious Soul-Gathering Potion]

[Rank: Fifth Rank]

[Rating: 66 (Excellent)]

[Effect: Increases the user's soul condensation progress by 6%-9%]

[Evaluation: This potion helps to condense a complete soul; for a fourth-tier transcendent being who has not yet condensed a complete soul, its value is priceless.]

[Note: This potion uses the Xuanming Ghost King's Soul Pearl as its main ingredient. Each extraordinary individual can absorb a maximum of ten doses...]

The fifth-tier Xuanming Soul-Gathering Potion, a potion that accelerates the process of condensing a complete soul, has finally been successfully used.

Ye Mo looked at the grayish-black potion in front of him, unable to suppress the joy on his face.

He had devoted a tremendous amount of effort to researching this type of potion during this period. However, the results were quite gratifying, with the effects of this first fifth-tier Xuanming Soul-Condensing Potion being the greatest proof.

Just one dose of the potion can increase the progress by 6% to 9%. Although a maximum of 10 doses of the potion can be taken and absorbed, that is enough to increase the progress of a superhuman's soul condensation by 60% to 90%!
It should be noted that if an extraordinary person only absorbs the Xuanming Ghost King's Soul Pearl and continues to absorb until the limit is reached, the progress they can improve is only a little over 40%, and at most just over 50%.

Compared to this potion, the Xuanming Ghost King Soul Pearl is utterly insignificant.

Moreover, although the production of this fifth-tier Xuanming Soul-Gathering Potion requires a full Xuanming Ghost King Soul Pearl, that Xuanming Ghost King Soul Pearl is produced by the Burial Ground.

If that soul bead is brought to the Xuanming Underworld Secret Realm, then the Xuanming Ghost King Soul Bead will have to be preceded by the word "approved".

After all, the Xuanming Ghost Kings born from the incomplete [Xuanming Heart] in the Burial Ground are all Xuanming Ghost Kings that have not yet condensed a complete soul. If the soul beads they drop are directly absorbed, it can only increase the progress by about three percent.

This further demonstrates the power of this new medicine.

And most importantly, this medicine only scored 66 points, which is only considered excellent quality.

If the quality of the potion reaches 80 or above (excellent), or 90 or above (perfect), or even 100 or above (breaking the limit), then the potion's function will be much greater than a mere 6% increase.

At that time, it's likely that even ten doses of medicine won't be needed to elevate a fourth-tier transcendent from scratch to the point of condensing a complete soul.

Thinking of this, Ye Mo couldn't help but laugh.

"Phew—the fifth-tier Profound Nether Soul-Gathering Potion is finished. I'll practice making it more from now on. I also need to start stockpiling the other ingredients for this potion."

After thinking it over to himself, Ye Mo nodded.

As a potion, its ingredients naturally cannot be just a single soul bead of a Xuanming ghost spirit. For example, the fifth-tier Xuanming Soul-Gathering Potion in his hand contains one of the fifth-tier resources as an auxiliary ingredient.

Although a single dose of the potion requires less than one fifth-tier resource, the cost of producing one fifth-tier Xuanming Soul-Gathering Potion, when combined with the value of other auxiliary materials, is estimated to be over five million.

This is incredibly cheap for a fifth-tier potion. However, he needs a very large quantity of this potion, and once it's used up, it will likely cost a lot of money.

With a flash of light, Ye Mo put away the fifth-tier potion, and then took out similar potions from his contract space.

Both of these potions were grayish-black in color, and at first glance, they seemed somewhat mysterious.

[Ghostly Soul-Gathering Potion]

[Level: Level 4]

[Rating: 91 (Perfect)]

[Function: Enhances the user's concentration of spirit by 2%-2.5%]

【evaluate:……】

[Note: This potion, made primarily with a fourth-tier Xuanming Ghost General Soul Pearl, can be consumed in a maximum of twenty doses per extraordinary individual...]

That's right, this new potion was developed using the Xuanming Ghost General Soul Pearl as the main ingredient.

Its effects are quite good; if you take twenty doses, it can increase the progress of soul condensation by 40% to 50%.

In terms of effectiveness, the fourth-tier Ghost Spirit Soul Condensing Potion is in no way inferior to the fifth-tier Profound Nether Soul Condensing Potion.

Moreover, apart from the Xuanming Ghost General Soul Bead, the other materials for the fourth-tier Ghost Spirit Soul Condensing Potion cost only about one million in Yanhuang. In terms of cost-effectiveness, it is currently much better than the fifth-tier Xuanming Soul Condensing Potion.

However, since there are potions made primarily of the soul beads dropped by the Xuanming Ghost King and Xuanming Ghost General, there should also be a Soul Condensation potion made primarily of the soul beads dropped by the Xuanming Ghost General.

However, during Ye Mo's actual research, the effect of the Xuanming Ghost General Soul Bead was too weak. After continuous research, although he managed to create a potion that could help condense the soul, not to mention that its cost was close to that of a fourth-tier Ghost Spirit Soul Condensation Potion, its effect was not even one-tenth as good as the Ghost Spirit Soul Condensation Potion.

Therefore, after some research, he temporarily abandoned the Soul Condensation Potion, which used the Xuanming Ghost General Soul Pearl as its main ingredient, and instead focused on two other types of potions.

(End of this chapter)