Breakthrough in Strength

The Battle of Holy Pill City, with the defeat of the Hall of Souls, ultimately drew to a close, leaving many wanting more.

The outcome of the great battle was also thoroughly publicized, causing a sensation throughout the entire Central Plains.

The Hall of Souls, the Overlord Force that had stood in the Central Plains for hundreds of years, finally suffered a major setback at the hands of the Pill Tower after its unbridled arrogance for so long.

Dou Sheng Expert is a figure of great stature, an Old Ancestor, in any place. Especially the Hall of Souls Great Heavenly Venerable, who has dominated the Central Plains for hundreds of years. Even if he is not as powerful as the Hall of Souls Master, he is still the infamous Hall of Souls Third Hand.

However, in this instance, he suffered a crushing defeat and was killed in Holy Mortal City.

This kind of achievement is something the Pill Tower has never accomplished before, and this kind of deterrent effect is incomparable to the Pill Tower's destruction of one or two Hall of Souls Branch in the past.

Of course, as the great battle spread widely, Xiao Ming, who killed the Great Heavenly Venerable, once again became the subject of heated discussion in Central Plains, and this time it was even more intense than before.

The battle that day, after being passed down by word of mouth, has become almost mythical.

In their mouths, Xiao Ming was described as a god-like figure, someone who could step on Heavenly Venerable, kill Dou Sheng with a palm strike, and fight the Hall of Souls Master for three hundred rounds.

Such rumors left Xiao Ming speechless. Even though he understood there was some exaggeration in his claim of fighting the Hall of Souls Master, these rumors still caused Xiao Ming's status to rise dramatically in the eyes of the Pill Tower members, elevating him to a position equal to the Small Pill Tower Great Elder.

The families and factions to which the Pill Tower belonged, or rather, the Branch Tower in other regions, were unsurprisingly shocked and overjoyed as if the sky had fallen.

The entire Pill Tower was in a frenzy of celebration. All members of the Pill Tower, even the outermost ones, could hold their heads high and feel proud when talking about Xiao Ming, simply because Xiao Ming was a direct descendant of the Pill Tower.

Xuan Kongzi and the others were not surprised by this situation, nor did they try to stop it, after all, Xiao Ming deserved this honor.

Other forces have reliable intelligence sources and won't be misled by exaggerated news. However, even so, when they received the news that Xiao Ming was able to kill Dou Sheng, their first reaction was to verify the authenticity of the information.

After confirming the information was true, I felt genuine admiration and awe.

When the Sound Valley and Yin Yin Nan sisters heard this news from Qing Yi, they were stunned and it took them a long time to come back to their senses before they could even utter a sigh.

"Young friend Xiao Ming, you are truly a prodigy."

In Burning Flame Valley, Tang Zhen, seeing that Xiao Ming had caused such a commotion so soon after returning, said to Tang Huo'er, "Xiao Ming's achievements are unprecedented. In my opinion, he has the Dou Di Potential."

Tang Huo'er did not refute, but instead looked on in agreement.

Flower Sect, Ice River Valley...

Within the Pill Realm, countless Medicinal Garden flourish. A type of medicinal herb, quite rare in the outside world, grows abundantly here, filling the entire Pill Realm with its Medicinal Fragrance.

In a secluded and tranquil place, a stream meanders through the forest, eventually transforming into a silver waterfall that cascades down into the clear lake below.

In the center of the lake, a figure sat cross-legged on the water, motionless. Ripples that spread around him would automatically dissipate when someone approached within ten meters of him. There seemed to be an extremely still aura around him, which was quite strange.

"Buzz!"

This extreme stillness lasted for about half a day before the figure slowly opened his tightly closed eyes. A faint flame flickered in his dark eyes. Then he lowered his head and gently clenched his palm. Instantly, the space around his palm shattered, revealing an incomparably dark void.

The figure was none other than Xiao Ming. Three months had passed since the battle in Holy Pill City.

Xiao Ming has been exceptionally busy these past two months.

First, they were busy resurrecting the fallen elders.

Reviving the elders wouldn't require Xiao Ming to provide medicinal herbs, as the Pill Tower itself had a more than sufficient supply. Nor would Xiao Ming need to refine the pills; the Little Pill Tower had dozens of Alchemy Grandmaster, making pills similar to the Bone Regeneration Blood Fusion Pill incredibly easy for them.

Xiao Ming didn't even need to prepare corpses, since as long as the original corpses weren't too damaged, they could be reused.

Xiao Ming was only responsible for the final step, but even so, it still took Xiao Ming a considerable amount of time to revive the elders.

The resurrected elders were all extremely grateful to Xiao Ming, but Xiao Ming paid no attention to it.

On the contrary, Xiao Ming's Dou Qi was repeatedly consumed and replenished during the process of reviving those elders, eventually growing to the Dou Zun Eight Star Peak.

Then, Xiao Ming went into seclusion and finally broke through to the Dou Zun Nine Star today.

"Dou Zun Nine Star, that's not enough."

Feeling the power within his body, Xiao Ming exhaled softly and gently smoothed the crack with a wave of his hand.

Now, Xiao Ming's Soul Power far exceeds his Dou Qi Realm Xiao Ming realm, so this mere Nine Stars Dou Zun strength is somewhat insufficient for him.

The methodical cultivation I had been doing for a while was simply to solidify my cultivation level.

The situation is now fairly stable, and we can continue to increase our strength.

"How can I quickly increase my strength?" Xiao Ming's eyes narrowed slightly.

He quickly realized something, waved his sleeve, and took out several transparent Jade Bottle. Through the transparent jade walls, one could see that there was a faint gelatinous substance inside the Jade Bottle.

These are Dou Sheng Marrow Capsule that Xiao Ming obtained from the Dou Sheng Ruins.

After estimating the number of remaining gel particles, Xiao Ming felt that these particles should be enough to cultivate an Intermediate Half-Saint.

If some of it hadn't been used up, the previous Dou Sheng Marrow should have been enough to create an Advanced Ban Sheng.

Advanced Ban Sheng?

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Ming took out the corpse of a sinister old man.

The old man exuded a ghostly aura; although he had no Aura, he emanated a powerful aura that made him appear quite extraordinary.

This is the corpse of the Hall of Souls Great Heavenly Venerable.

"Should we refine the corpse of the Hall of Souls Great Heavenly Venerable into Heaven Demon Puppet, or extract its blood for recycling?"

Xiao Ming was somewhat conflicted. To be honest, if he were to refine it into a puppet, he wouldn't need a bodyguard weaker than himself, and since he didn't possess a sufficiently powerful soul, the resulting Heaven Demon Puppet would definitely be much less powerful. However, he could use such a puppet to protect others.

To be honest, Xiao Ming was still a little uncomfortable if he didn't turn them into puppets, but instead extracted their blood for recycling.

Reaching the level of Dou Sheng, it's no exaggeration to say that one's entire body is a treasure trove. Dou Sheng Marrow can be refined and absorbed, so naturally, the corpse before him can also be refined and absorbed. If Xiao Ming were to throw this corpse to those Magical Beast Family, it would probably be devoured very quickly.

Currently, it's not that Xiao Ming is being coy and afraid to use it; it's just that personally killing someone and then draining their blood to consume them makes him feel somewhat strange.

If he were to switch to Cultivation World, he would undoubtedly become a Demonic Path Giant.

Xiao Ming extracted the Dou Sheng Capsule from someone else's remains; he did not personally kill the opponent.

Most importantly, this Great Heavenly Venerable is somewhat ugly.