The cloudless sky stretched for ten thousand miles like an ocean turned upside down, a streak of searing white running through its blue. The sun had only just risen, and golden light spilled over Sacred Pill City, slowly awakening this holy land of alchemists on the Dou Qi Continent.
In this city, arguably the most prosperous on the Dou Qi Continent, quite a few young alchemists were already hurrying about.
Just then, a ripple spread through the space overhead, and a handsome young man dressed in black stepped out of it.
Looking down at the bustling city slowly awakening beneath his feet, Xiao Yan could not help letting out a soft sigh.
Back when he had first left the Xiao Clan, the Pill Tower had been his first stepping stone toward making a name for himself on the Dou Qi Continent.
At the time, he had only been a Dou Emperor who had recently begun practicing the Flame Mantra, his Dou Qi even somewhat weaker than that of certain elite cultivators at peak Dou Wang.
Now, in just four short years, he had reached the peak of Nine-Star Dou Zun and was drawing ever closer to his modest goal of Dou Sheng.
Counting it up, four years have passed. Dan Chen and Cao Ying have finally grown "big," too.
At that thought, a strange smile suddenly appeared on Xiao Yan's lips.
"Keh keh keh!"
Standing in the void, he took a single step, crossing both the Pill Tower's outer and inner cities to arrive directly before the enormous tower that soared into the clouds.
The instant he entered the Pill Tower's inner city, several immensely powerful strands of soul power swept across his body.
Three souls at the peak spirit realm, and two at the heavenly realm?
Sensing that soul