Neidan emphasized appeasing the inner gods that inhabit the human body by practicing alchemy with compounds found in the body, rather than the mixing of natural resources that was emphasized in early Dao alchemy.
nˈiːdən ˈɛmfɐsˌaɪzd ɐpˈiːzɪŋ ðɪ ˈɪnɚ ɡˈɑːdz ðæt ɪnhˈæbɪt ðə hjˈuːmən bˈɑːdi baɪ pɹˈæktɪsɪŋ ˈælkəmi wɪð kˈɑːmpaʊndz fˈaʊnd ɪnðə bˈɑːdi, ɹˈæðɚ ðɐn ðə mˈɪksɪŋ ʌv nˈætʃɚɹəl ɹᵻsˈoːɹsᵻz ðæt wʌz ˈɛmfɐsˌaɪzd ɪn ˈɜːli dˈaʊ ˈælkəmi.