Time flew by. It had already been a year since Xiao Shuang returned to the Jia Ma Empire.
During this time, the Xiao Alliance had developed into one of the strongest alliance forces in the Northwest Region, with a great number of powerful experts active in the open.
Under such circumstances, the Xiao Alliance expanded at an astonishing pace. It had previously been supported by the Xiao Clan of the Black-Corner Region, and now it also had the support of Central Continent's Starfall Pavilion. Incorporating the other forces of the Northwest Region into the alliance no longer seemed impossible.
Furthermore, with the pills supplied by the Pill Hall, Cai Lin and the others rapidly improved in strength. As for the issue of pills causing one's Dou Qi to become unstable, Xiao Yu could resolve it quite well.
As long as they could endure the tempering of Xiao Yu's Heavenly Flames, the Dou Qi within their bodies would become incomparably solid, and their combat strength would greatly increase as well.
Of course, not just anyone was qualified to enjoy body tempering with Heavenly Flames. At present, only Cai Lin, Qing Lin, and a few others had undergone it several times.
Moreover, Cai Lin was a Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python, so her strength improved even faster. She had already touched the threshold of a Five-Star Dou Zun.
Xiao Shuang had also reached the peak of the Four-Star Dou Zun realm. He could no longer cultivate as he had before; ice-attribute medicinal ingredients could not be supplied to him alone.
The Pill Tower alchemists brought over by Xuan Yi, as well as the alchemists of the Pill Hall, all required enormous quantities of medicinal ingredients.
The strength of a Four-Star Dou Zun was sufficient for Xiao Shuang now...
"Shi Tian, have you considered