Rumble after rumble, each explosion far louder than the last. As the two battled with their arts, cracks began to spread across the entire Ascending Pill Altar, splitting it cleanly down the middle.
Lu Xiaotian and Kuang Ziyou both blurred at the same time, each staggering backward.
The astonishment in their eyes deepened. They were not shocked by their opponent's strength, but by the abnormality that had appeared inside the Pill Soul Pagoda.
As the battle continued, the more pill qi their opponent drew upon, the more tightly they felt themselves merging with the Ascending Pill Altar and the Pill Soul Pagoda.
If things continued at this rate, it seemed their entire bodies would merge with the Pill Soul Pagoda.
"Keep fighting." Emperor Qinling's voice suddenly reached him through telepathy. "Only when the Pill Soul Pagoda trembles can I seize the Five-Element Soul Mud below."
Lu Xiaotian's heart gave a jolt. It seemed Emperor Qinling was nearby. If so, did that mean the Thousand Tribulations Punishment Lord's Wuxian tribulation avatar was not far away either?
Could Emperor Qinling, while dealing with the Wuxian tribulation avatar, still have enough strength to handle Ying Gou if he chose to attack him?
Although Emperor Qinling had always seemed unfathomably deep to Lu Xiaotian, Lu Xiaotian could not help worrying for a moment.
"It's hard to determine the victor from one furnace of pills. Let's refine another!" Kuang Ziyou stood facing Lu Xiaotian in the void.
"Good!" Lu Xiaotian nodded in agreement. Though there had been many coincidences involved, and he had also relied on the vast pill qi within the Pill Soul Pagoda and the inspiration provided by the countless pill shadows, the Dragon-Urn Nine Extremes Profound Soul Pill had been successfully formed. At the very least, he had now successfully stepped into