Shen Yi sacrificed a slightly cracked Golden Bead.
He had Qinghua stay nearby, ready to transform into the Golden Body Dharma Identity at any moment.
Then, he opened the panel and began to channel demonic life force into the Heaven-Devouring Elixir Technique.
Perhaps there was a certain knack to refining the Spiritual Root.
For example, the master observing the disciple's Spiritual Root and the Dao Infant in person, then creating a specialized refining method for them.
But Shen Yi knew he certainly would not receive such treatment.
It was clear that Wutong Mountain had no intention of accepting any more disciples, and while Mysterious Light Cave might have been a possibility before, after he personally killed one of their Divinity Transformation beings and two Upper Realm Primordial Grandmasters, that path too was utterly severed.
Slowly grinding away.