Meanwhile, elsewhere.
The Heaven River Realm.
At the residence of the Shining Star Immortal Sect, one of the realm's two top Transformation God Forces.
In Shining Star Valley, a Fifth Grade Peak Spirit Land.
Two middle-aged cultivators with the air and bearing of immortals stood atop a cliff.
Both carried a rich fragrance of pills, clearly the result of many years spent refining them.
They were the Shining Star Dao Lord and his disciple, the Shining Spirit Dao Lord, both at Spirit Transformation Full Completion.
Though they looked about the same age, the Shining Star Dao Lord was actually at least a thousand or two thousand years older than his disciple.
His cultivation was deeper, and his wealth had allowed him to consume many treasures that extended his lifespan. That was why they appeared so close in age.
His disciple, the newly advanced Shining Spirit Dao Lord, had not only impressive cultivation but had also learned his master's formidable art of Pill Refining.
Gifted in Pill Refining himself, he had reached the level of an established Fifth Grade High-Rank Pill Refiner many years ago.
And since advancing to Spirit Transformation Full Completion, he had taken to Pill Refining even more like a fish to water.
He even had every chance of catching up to the Shining Star Dao Lord one day and becoming a Fifth Grade Peak Pill Refiner.
That was why the Shining Star Dao Lord had taken notice of him early on and supported two successive attempts to break through to Spirit Transformation Full Completion.
After all, a Fifth Grade Peak Pill Refiner could bring far more value than an ordinary cultivator at Spirit Transformation Full Completion.
"That young friend Ling Xiao of the Azure Profound Lineage truly had abilities far beyond the ordinary. I never expected him