Sacrificing His Looks
In the blink of an eye, almost a year has passed since Xiao Lin entered the Star Domain.
During this period, many things also happened on the Dou Qi Continent.
The most immediate impact will be on the Central Plains after Xiao Yan breaks through to the Dou Sheng.
It should be noted that there are very few Dou Sheng Experts in the Central Plains.
Aside from the major Great Emperor clans and the three Monster Supreme families plus the Demon Saint Valley, the only forces in the Central Plains that clearly possess Dou Sheng Expert are One Hall, One Tower, One Palace Soul Hall, the Danta, and the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.
Aside from these three top forces, outsiders are unaware of the situation in Burning Flame Valley, and then there's Starfall Pavilion.
Before Yao Lao's return, the strength of the Starfall Pavilion was only about the same as the other three pavilions.
However, this coincided with the return of the Yao Lao.
First, he himself broke through to the Dou Sheng Realm, and now even his disciple Xiao Yan has also achieved the Dou Sheng!
For a time, the Starfall Pavilion, with its two Saints, was absolutely unparalleled in its fame.
Moreover, both Yao Lao and Xiao Yan are top-notch Alchemists on the Dou Qi Continent.
As a result, the Starfall Pavilion now receives a huge number of Calling Card every day, and even the threshold of the sect is being worn down by people.
However, faced with this unprecedented grand occasion since the establishment of the sect, every member of the Starfall Pavilion, from Elders to Ordinary disciples, wore an undisguised smile and pride.
After all, they share in the glory of their sect's growing strength.
Furthermore, with two great Alchemists, Yao Lao and Xiao Yan, the Elders of the Starfall Pavilion were all fed to the Dou Venerable realm.
Moreover, many Dou Zun expert also chose to join the Starfall Pavilion.
This has led to the current Starfall Pavilion becoming the third most powerful force in Central Plains, second only to the One Hall, One Tower, One Palace!
However, as the Starfall Pavilion grew stronger, the conflict between it and the Soul Hall also became increasingly acute.
Especially after the Bodhi Ancient Tree appeared in the Vast Desolate Ancient Region, due to the deaths of Hun Yu, a group of the Hun Clan Dou Zun expert, and Soul Hall's Second Heavenly Venerate Gu You, the Soul Hall is now targeting Starfall Pavilion in almost every aspect.
Therefore, over the past year, the two sides have engaged in several open and covert struggles.
Although the Starfall Pavilion has become much stronger, the Soul Hall, as a long-established super power, still holds the initiative and advantage overall.
Faced with this situation, the Starfall Pavilion would naturally not sit idly by and wait for its demise.
It can only be said that the Soul Hall may have really offended too many people in Central Plains, coupled with the influence of Yao Lao's connections.
As the conflict between the Starfall Pavilion and the Soul Hall intensified day by day, the former directly brought in a large number of allies, resulting in the Soul Hall's advantage over the Starfall Pavilion never being able to be converted into a victory!
In the end, the two sides reached a stalemate.
However, everyone knows that this is just the calm before the storm.
The Soul Hall clearly wants to find an opportunity to completely crush the Starfall Pavilion in one fell swoop!
As for the Starfall Pavilion, they are also actively seeking various forms of assistance.
To this end, Xiao Yan first went into seclusion to thoroughly digest his insights after experiencing Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation under the Bodhi Tree, raising his strength from the Early One-Star Dou Saint to the Late-Stage One-Star Dou Saint!
Meanwhile, Yao Lao also broke through to the Early-Stage Two-Star Dou Saint realm during this period.
Compared to the Original Work, this reveals the benefits that Yao Lao gained from being resurrected in this life using the complete Dou Sheng Skeleton.
It's important to know that in the Original Work, even up to the finale, it wasn't mentioned that Yao Lao broke through to the level of Two-Star Dou Saint.
In this life, he has become significantly stronger!
Of course, Xiao Yan and his Yao Lao's breakthrough in strength is one thing, but they also plan to establish an alliance later.
An alliance specifically designed to deal with the Soul Hall!
Therefore, just like in Original Work original story, the Heavenly Mansion Alliance was born!
Now that the Heavenly Mansion Alliance has been established, it will definitely need to recruit more members.
First and foremost, Xiao Yan's first thought was naturally the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.
Given the current relationship between the two sides, how could Xiao Yan not seek help from the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace for something as simple as attacking the Soul Hall?
However, in order to avoid their own fate from causing the Hun Clan to suffer the same fate as them.
The Myriad Formation Spirit Palace did not choose to join the Heavenly Mansion Alliance directly. Instead, they promised to restrain any Hun Clan experts who intervened. They also sent the Xiao Ding and Xiao Li brothers, along with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, to the Starfall Pavilion under the guise of "exchange and learning."
In short, the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace has handled this matter flawlessly, preventing the Soul Hall from having the opportunity to call upon the Hun Clan for much support.
Xiao Yan was actually quite satisfied with this result.
Just as the Leadership of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace were worried, he was also somewhat concerned that if the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace were brought into the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, it would lead to the Hun Clan also suffering the same fate.
Then they truly have no chance of winning.
It can be said that, at present, they do not want to give the Hun Clan such a reason for their fate, as that would put the Heavenly Mansion Alliance back into a passive position.
On the contrary, the best outcome is for the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace to keep an eye on the Hun Clan and send some juniors to the Starfall Pavilion to "learn".
Finally, Xiao Yan left the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace with a satisfied heart.
After leaving the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, Xiao Yan set his sights on the Danta.
It's important to know that before the rise of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, the Danta was the only force in the Central Plains that could openly rival the Soul Hall!
In addition, the Alchemist Danta have been persecuted by the Soul Hall over the years, so Xiao Yan had no reason not to seek help from the Danta.
In fact, to persuade the Pill Danta to join the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, Xiao Yan even went to the Danta and obtained an Elder's seat.
The Danta is a relatively loosely organized faction; any Alchemist can join.
At the same time, Alchemists Danta the Pill Tower are not restricted from joining other factions.
This is also why Xiao Yan was able to obtain a seat Pill Tower Elder.
After becoming Elder of the Danta, Xiao Yan naturally gained a certain degree of influence within the Danta.
However, there is a conservative faction within the Danta who is unwilling to become mortal enemies with the Soul Hall.
Because, although the Soul Hall often hunts Alchemists from the Danta, this group of conservatives belongs to the privileged class within the Danta. They are not worried that the Soul Hall's hunting of Alchemists will one day target them.
Therefore, even though Xiao Yan became Elder of the Danta at the beginning, his push to join the Heavenly Mansion Alliance did not go smoothly.
Until one thing happened...
That day, Xiao Yan dragged his teacher to the Danta.
Then, he devised a plan to create an opportunity for the Yao Lao and Xuan Yi, one of the Pill Tower's Three Giants, to be alone together.
It's unclear what the two discussed, but three days later, Danta announced that he had joined the Heavenly Mansion Alliance!
It is said that when the two parted, Xuan Yi was all smiles, while Yao Lao was covered in sweat.
Rumors also circulated that, in order to allow Danta to join the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, the Starfall Pavilion's Yao Lao sacrificed his virtue...