Under everyone's shocked gazes, Xu Qing remained steady and composed.
His eyes stayed fixed on the pill furnace as his hands continuously formed seals, runes flowing into the furnace like water.
The starlight within the pill furnace grew increasingly brilliant, as though it had illuminated the entire plaza as brightly as day.
Suddenly, a deep rumble came from within the pill furnace, as if something was about to burst out of it.
Xu Qing's expression tightened. His hands formed seals even faster as more runes poured into the furnace, attempting to stabilize the anomaly within.
"Boom!"
With a thunderous crash, the pill furnace's lid was blasted open by a powerful current of air.
A dazzling beam of light shot out from the furnace and soared straight into the clouds.
Within that beam, a mass of pill liquid emitting faint starlight slowly rose and hovered in the air. Around it, five-colored rays of light shimmered faintly.
"Five-Colored Danxia!!!"
A Bao Dan Sect elder cried out in shock.
Among the alchemists who had left the competition but had not yet dispersed, some abruptly rose to their feet, staring at the scene in utter disbelief.
"Five-Colored Danxia has appeared before the pill has even taken shape! This... this is absolutely impossible!!!"
Nearly every accomplished alchemy expert present cried out in shock at that moment.
Or stood there with their mouths agape.
Or widened their eyes.
In the viewing stands, everyone looked at one another, their eyes filled with disbelief.
They had never imagined that such a young cultivator could refine pill liquid of such extraordinary quality.
"Hmph, this boy truly is exceptional. Still, he has my Bao Dan Sect's alchemy techniques to thank for it."
Though the Bao Dan Sect Master was inwardly stunned, he forcibly maintained a calm expression, trying to salvage