After Xuankong Zi finished speaking, the hall fell silent in an instant.
Xuanyi reclined sideways in a rosewood chair, elegantly smoothing her skirt before parting her red lips.
"How could we possibly believe it?"
"Xuankong Zi, you've been an old hand in the martial world for over a century. Why ask when you already know the answer?"
"At twenty years old, he was already at Peak Nine-Star Dou Zong, and his alchemy had reached Eighth-Rank Mid-Stage."
"Such a monster—if we turned the entire Pill Tower upside down, from its founding until now, has there ever been even one like him?"
Xuanyi's voice echoed through the great hall.
Sky Lightning Child sat on a black stone stool to one side, his expression grave and his voice as deep as rolling thunder.
"Xuanyi is right."
"I carefully examined his physical bone age. He truly is only twenty, not some old immortal disguising himself with youth-preserving methods."
"Such terrifying foundations and inheritance are beyond the means of any ordinary faction to cultivate."
"Even if one hall, one tower, two sects, and three valleys of Central Plains poured all their resources into him, they could never produce someone like this before the age of twenty."
"Only the Ancient Eight Clans, which rarely revealed themselves to the world—the ancient great clans bearing Dou Di Bloodlines—might be able to raise their most exceptional prodigies to such a level."
Sky Lightning Child's words rang out forcefully, directly exposing the crucial speculation.
Xuankong Zi withdrew his gaze, turned around, and let out a soft sigh.
"That is my conjecture as well."
"The Dou Qi emanating from his body is exceedingly unusual. It is not merely Fire Attribute Dou Qi, but carries an unfathomable, chaotic quality."
"Furthermore, he has subdued three Heavenly Flames. An ordinary alchemist risks death merely