The next day, Liuli plunged into the small space Gongsun Lin had created and began cultivating to impact Dou Sheng.
After the Sword Clan's Jian Dian, all its members returned to their normal lives, and the Jian Realm regained its former peace and tranquility.
Time passed quietly, and before anyone knew it, two years had gone by.
Unlike the Sword Clan's tranquility, the Central Continent had been a turbulent place over the past two years.
A year ago, the Pill Tower's Alchemist Convention officially began. Countless Alchemists from across the continent flocked there, hoping to make a name for themselves in the grand competition and gain fame throughout the land. Yet years later, whenever people recalled that convention, they would all sigh at how fantastical it had been. It had all begun with a black-haired, black-robed young man—Xiao Yan!
Old Man Mu Gu of the Soul Clan had refined a pill that summoned Four-colored Pill Lightning at the convention, dazzling everyone. Just when all believed he would claim the championship, that young man of humble origins had stirred the heavens and earth with Eight-colored Pill Lightning. With unstoppable force, he swept aside the gathered master Alchemists and seized the championship of the Alchemist Convention!
This feat far surpassed the Eighth-grade pill that had summoned Four-colored Pill Lightning when his Master, Venerable Yao, competed in the convention years ago. It directly shattered the record for the highest-quality pill ever refined during the convention since its founding.
And "Xiao Yan," a name previously unfamiliar to the people of the Central Continent, was etched into everyone's minds and resounded completely across this land!
Over the following year, many more events took place, all related to him: Xiao Yan subdued the Pill Tower's Three Thousand Burning Flame; Starfall Pavilion welcomed back Venerable Yao, while