At the same time, her soul was extensively refined by me, and its corresponding material appeared within my flames.
Previously, I had killed Water Navy Xuanwu, and after the automatic refinement of its soul by the flames, what I received was still "slag". It was just overwhelmingly massive in size, essentially no different from the substance obtained after killing Chen Long and the Divine Spear. However, this time, I deliberately showed mercy towards Yinyue, with the intent of not killing her. Firstly, killing Yinyue would mean Changan could not be saved; secondly, I also wanted to conduct an experiment to see if, with the intention of Artifact Refining in mind while wielding the flames, a different outcome could be achieved.
Whether "slag" is obtained from an enemy has nothing to do with whether the enemy is dead or not. As long as damage is done to the soul, "slag" will appear. The Artifact Refining Power inherently within the Vermilion Bird Seed likely follows the same logic.
