The battle at Starfall Pavilion was an absolutely momentous event throughout the entire Central Plains! The nighttime battle had come abruptly, and relatively few people knew about it. But the joint siege of Starfall Pavilion by Wind Lightning Pavilion, Yellow Spring Pavilion, and Ice River Valley had not been concealed in the slightest, drawing immense attention from the very start.
Not to mention that there were now quite a few people who had experienced it firsthand. This earth-shattering news spread rapidly across the Central Plains. Beyond the Four Pavilions, countless rumors concerning Soul Hall, the Heavenly Luan Clan, and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan emerged, spawning different versions as they passed from mouth to mouth. In the end, there was even an absurd version claiming that six great superpowers—Soul Hall, the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, the Heavenly Luan Clan, Ice River Valley, Yellow Spring Pavilion, and Wind Lightning Pavilion—had jointly attacked Starfall Pavilion, only for Venerable Yao to return from the dead and drive them all back alone. Though Venerable Yao had been missing for many years, his title as the continent's greatest alchemist still carried far too much weight.
Among these rumors, one name once again became the center of discussion throughout the Central Plains—Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan's feat of personally killing Venerable Lei and Venerable Yellow Spring, two long-established Dou Zun powerhouses of the Central Plains, was simply too shocking. Moreover, it had been personally confirmed by many who had experienced the battle at Starfall Pavilion, leaving no possibility of fabrication!
Although Xiao Yan had already made a major impression at the Four Pavilions Conference, that had ultimately only been a competition between juniors. Though he had exchanged blows with Venerable Yellow Spring then, nearly everyone who heard of it believed it had merely been an elder testing