Three pill furnaces stood apart in the Water-Fire Chamber, vessels of the three paths of true fire, ding fire, and nurturing earth. They bore the images of Bifang, the Calamity Hound, and the 𫅗 Sheep, majestic and uncanny, yet savage and fearsome, as though they might step out of their furnaces at any moment.
This was the first Purple Mansion Pill Chamber to open. The cultivators gathered here, waiting quietly for the formation to break and the furnaces to open.
The pill furnaces were sealed, their contents unknown. Only wisps of pill fragrance drifted out. The cultivators stood in separate corners of the Pill Chamber, holding back for now as they awaited the opening of the furnaces.
Even the weakest cultivators here were at the foundation establishment middle stage. There were also three late-stage fighters specially nurtured by the immortal daos, each stationed before a furnace. Few dared approach them.
The atmosphere grew increasingly tense. Sounds kept issuing from the furnaces, accompanied by shifting visions of soaring white cranes, water and fire in perfect balance, dragons amid clouds, and wind tigers. The three furnaces undoubtedly held great pills, perhaps even those few spirit pills unique to the Mysterious Pivot Immortal Dao. Now that their formulas were lost, they were all the more precious.
A purple-robed woman suddenly entered from outside. Her face was as radiant as morning blossoms, and her bright eyes swept over the cultivators. Her expression was cool, her bearing ethereal and untouched by worldly dust.
She quietly cradled an ancient bronze sword, walking slowly with exquisite poise. Her calm, unrestrained presence stunned the gathered cultivators for a moment, before they immediately realized who she was.
Xu Yi of Yin Thunder Mountain, who still carried a portion of [Thunder Tribulation Origin Liquid].
The cultivators cast veiled glances her