As Gu He thoroughly cleansed away the Soul Hall Vice Master's energy, peace returned to the Medicine Realm. Aside from the countless large and small spatial rifts scattered across the wasteland, silently recounting the fierce battle that had taken place there, nothing else had changed.
The Medicine Realm was vast. Other than the alchemists near the wasteland who had sensed that a battle had occurred there, those elsewhere did not even know that a Dou Saint battle had taken place within the Medicine Realm. They continued searching for the medicinal ingredients listed on the prescription provided by the Pill Tower.
As time passed, one alchemist after another gathered all the ingredients and left the Medicine Realm. They handed the prescription and the required ingredients to the Pill Tower's appointed receivers, then traveled through the Space Channel to the square in the northern district, where the final alchemy competition would begin.
As the judge of this Pill Gathering, Gu He was already seated on the raised platform above the square, resting with his eyes closed.
By now, the area around the square was packed with people. Compared to the somewhat sparse crowds of the past few days, today could truly be called a sea of people. There were even more people than on the opening day of the Pill Gathering. The crowd gathered around the square stretched as far as the eye could see.
With so many people, a tremendous clamor rose across the square. Countless people discussed matters related to the Pill Gathering, guessing who would win the championship and what grades the competing alchemists had reached. Just as the spectators around them eagerly discussed alchemy, the space around the massive black gate at the center of the square suddenly began to fluctuate violently. Then, figure after figure stepped out