In a way, perfecting the Poisonous Refinement would offer more benefits than the compound concoctions, at least immediate ones.
The compound concoctions were crucial to Liam's breakthroughs, but getting there was the main problem, and the Poisonous Refinement could solve it.
Enemies would never stop coming after Liam, so increasing the benefits from looting their corpses would turn his terrible predicament into an advantage.
Even if those Liam killed didn't carry their nutrients, their homes would definitely have them, and having that new alchemical frontier at his disposal would ensure growth from the plunder.
Of course, Liam would have to perfect the Poisonous Refinement and extend it beyond his venom to turn other experts' nutrients into resources that would nourish his cultivation.
