Battle Through the Heavens: The Road to Rise Begins at Jia Nan Academy

Within the pillar of fire, the faintly spreading yet formidable energy fluctuations filled the academy elders with alarm. As for the students, they trembled beneath that pressure, their eyes brimming with reverence.

Under countless gazes, the azure pillar of fire shot straight into the heavens. Wherever it passed, clouds churned. Within a few blinks, an enormous black thundercloud had gathered in the sky above the pillar's peak. The thundercloud roiled with flashes of lightning and rumbling thunder as a terrifying might of heaven and earth gradually spread forth.

The Master and Disciple's Thoughts, the Refinement Complete

At Pan's Gate headquarters in the Inner Academy of Jia Nan Academy, inside a small pavilion.

"Sure enough, it's a Tier 8 pill!"

Yao Lao's illusory figure floated out from the Bone Flame Ring on Xiao Yan's finger. Looking toward the towering pillar of fire, he said gravely, "Qin Chen's alchemy has truly reached the Tier 8 level. I just wonder how many colors of Pill Lightning this Tier 8 pill will attract."

Yet after speaking, Yao Lao's heart was filled with doubt. What pill is he even refining? I've never encountered this pill fragrance or these energy fluctuations before. Could it be something he's refining for Queen Medusa?

He searched through everything he knew, yet found no record whatsoever of this Tier 8 pill.

At that moment, Yao Lao only felt that the mystery surrounding Qin Chen was becoming ever deeper. This little fellow likely had far more trump cards than he had imagined. Perhaps...

"A Tier 8 pill..." Xiao Yan stared fixedly at the azure pillar of fire stretching into the heavens. His lips parted slightly, and his eyes were filled with complicated emotions—envy, astonishment, and an intense sense of urgency.

No one in Jia Nan Academy had ever seen such a