Pill Embryo Takes Shape

Yao Dan shook his head slightly. In his heart, he did not believe any of the four could successfully refine it. Therefore, this contest would likely end with all four failing, resulting in a draw. However, for the Yao Clan, this seemed to be a good thing as well.

High in the distant sky, energy howled madly before finally gathering into four enormous tornadoes. One end of each storm connected to a fiery cauldron, while the other desperately absorbed the dense energy of heaven and earth, continuously pouring it into the cauldrons.

Faced with the four men's near-suicidal absorption, those around the square suddenly faintly sensed the Dou Qi within their bodies about to burst forth. Terror surged through their hearts, and in their panic, they hurriedly retreated, afraid that the Dou Qi they had painstakingly cultivated would be dragged away by the four storms in the sky. That would truly be far too great a loss.

This phenomenon in the sky persisted for nearly three days. During those three days, no one knew how much energy of heaven and earth had been drawn from this land. All they could sense was that the energy drifting through the surrounding air had grown much thinner. Even the medicinal materials around the square had begun to wither and yellow, their energy forcibly drawn out as well.

A Nine-Grade Xuan Pill was already akin to an artificially created divine object. The energy required for it to take shape was so terrifying that it could astonish even many Dou Sheng experts. Ancient records stated that in ancient times, wherever a Nine-Grade Xuan Pill was born, the land for nearly a thousand li around would become barren, because all the energy in that region had been drawn into the Medicinal Pill. It was precisely because