The Thunder Falls, the Pill Is Complete

Amid the crowd's discussion, the Tier 9 Medicinal Pill could no longer be contained. It turned into a streak of light and shot into the air.

This was the Creation Heaven-Returning Pill itself. A pill that reached Tier 9 was a marvel that stole the heavens' creative power. It naturally developed a faint, tender spark of intelligence. Though its mind was as uncomprehending as a newborn's, it possessed the basic instinct to seek safety and avoid danger. It sensed the mortal threat of the destructive black thundercloud overhead and dimly perceived the countless eager, covetous gazes below. Escape became its only thought.

Xiao Yan had remained on high alert. There was no way he would let the fruit of all that hard work run away.

"Trying to leave? Stay right there!"

A fire dragon formed from concentrated purplish-red flames suddenly appeared. Anxious himself, Xiao Yan charged toward the pill alongside the flames. The fierce purplish-red fire twisted and swelled in an instant, becoming an enormous, lifelike dragon with flying scales and claws!

The pill had only just emerged from the furnace, and its resistance was still feeble. The streak of light darted left and right, stirring ripples in its wake, but it could not break through the wall of flame formed by that extreme heat.

Xiao Yan reacted as swiftly as lightning. With his left hand wrapped in Red Lotus Star Flame, he seized the radiant Tier 9 Medicinal Pill, brimming with vast life energy, and held it firmly in his palm.

"What tremendous power!"

Looking at the Tier 9 Medicinal Pill in his hand, Xiao Yan could not contain his emotions. A grin spread across his face. Successfully refining a Tier 9 Medicinal Pill brought a sense of accomplishment anyone would be proud of.

Yet Xiao Yan's appearance left