Frost Heavenly Venerable and Protector Yan

Outside Danta's Painting World.

Beneath the boundless Sea of Clouds, lush green mountain ranges loomed in and out of view, with a faint medicinal fragrance drifting from within.

This was, astonishingly, the second trial of the Pill Gathering: the Pill Realm!

Upon reaching the Dou Saint realm, one could open up a small world of one's own. Yet even among Dou Saints, there were differences, and the completeness of a small world was the best reflection of one's cultivation.

Aside from the dim yellow sky, this place known as the Pill Realm was practically no different from the outside world. One could well imagine just how formidable the cultivation of the person who had created this world must have been.

It could be said that, aside from the Eight Clans, the Pill Realm was unparalleled.

Several thousand figures stood across the open ground at the Pill Realm's entrance. None of their auras were weak; clearly, they were contestants who had passed the Illusionary Realm Trial.

Hun Ruoruo, who emerged from the Illusionary Realm Trial last, happened to be standing at the very back.

"Miss."

The instant she landed, two figures, one large and one small, drifted over and bowed slightly in Hun Ruoruo's direction.

Hun Ruoruo nodded lightly, sweeping her gaze over the crowd in mild surprise.

"So many people?"

At those words, Cao Ying's eyes flickered as she lowered her voice.

"I heard that some unforeseen change occurred in the Painting World earlier. The mist originally used to form illusions completely dispersed, and even the world itself was reshaped. It was most likely the work of someone from the Yao Clan."

As Xuan Kongzi's disciple, Cao Ying was clearly quite familiar with the Pill Gathering's proceedings. With such a sudden anomaly occurring, she naturally fixed her suspicions on Yao