"Liu Ling has grown quite quickly. Not bad..."
In the back mountains of the Misty Cloud Sect, within the Nine-Colored Realm, hundreds of thousands—indeed, millions—of li away, Gu He gazed toward the Central Plains with a faint smile. Just moments ago, Old Man Mu Gu, the Soul Hall alchemist under his control, had informed him of Liu Ling's victory.
Originally, Gu He had intended for Old Man Mu Gu to interfere with the Pill Gathering and seize Three Thousand Yan Yan Fire when the opportunity arose.
Something as dangerous as Three Thousand Yan Yan Fire would wreak havoc like mad once it broke free. Gu He's original plan had been to have Old Man Mu Gu provoke it into awakening and helping it escape, then send some Soul Hall peak experts under his control to capture it, before personally stepping in to take it away.
Now that Liu Ling had participated in the Pill Gathering and even claimed the championship, Gu He naturally canceled that plan. With Liu Ling's current cultivation, coupled with the fact that he cultivated the Divine Flame Art and had refined a Destiny Divine Flame, he stood a very good chance of forcibly subduing and refining Three Thousand Yan Yan Fire.
After all, in another spacetime, Xiao Yan had successfully subdued Three Thousand Yan Yan Fire with cultivation below the Dou Zun realm, only an early Earth-class Flame Mantra, and a Dragon Seal. Liu Ling held far greater advantages than he did.
Go forth and explore to your hearts' content, little ones. As your master, there is little left on this continent for me to fear! Gu He murmured inwardly.
At that moment, two hundred figures stood not far before Gu He. The weakest among them had reached the One-star Battle Saint level, while most were