Pill Tower

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Pill Tower (丹塔)
Alias(es)	Pill Pagoda
Type	Neutral alchemist organization
Affiliation	Pill Domain, its primary sphere of influence 123
Occupation/Role	Continent-spanning alchemist authority; sacred land of alchemists; organizer of assessments and the Pill Gathering 123 360
Status	Active; Song Qing leads its affairs after Ye Chen and the previous generation leave the continent 612
First Appearance	9

Background

The Pill Tower is regarded as the sacred land of alchemists, the strongest alchemist organization on the continent, and one of Central State's two top powers. Its authority makes it the central institution for alchemist recognition, training, major competitions, and access to rare alchemical resources. 123

Its founders included an ultimate expert capable of opening an independent space. The organization later captured the ancient Pill World, a decayed realm once comparable to an Ancient Race's territory, and secured it behind layered defenses. 254 327

The Pill Tower maintains a long-standing arrangement with the Pill Domain's Five Great Families. Each family operates an assessment site whose alchemist ranks are recognized by the Pill Tower, effectively helping administer the region's alchemist population. The families may retain Elder Council seats only if they continue meeting the Tower's standards; failing three periodic assessments removes their status and opens their place to another alchemist family. 11 19

Organization

Leadership

Period	Leadership	Notes
Before the succession crisis	Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi	The Three Great Heads jointly led the Pill Tower; Xuan Kongzi also served as Chairman. 145 327
Presidential succession	Ye Chen	Ye Chen became President after the three previous Presidents stepped down. 395 414
Later administration	Cao Ying and Dan Chen	The two acted as Pill Tower Presidents during the response to Shi Xin's attacks. 557
After Ye Chen's departure	Song Qing	Xuan Kongzi briefly stabilized the Tower before transferring its affairs to Song Qing. 612

Internal Bodies

• Three Great Heads — The Pill Tower's principal public leadership: Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi. 327
• Eight Great Elders — Senior Pill Pagoda elders led by Qiu Ling. 145
• Small Pill Tower Elder Council — A council of ten great elders that judges many major Pill Tower matters and forms the institution's true foundation. 327
• Core Disciples — Elite alchemists admitted through public assessments and placed under the Pill Tower's direct cultivation. 149 162
• Pill Tower Guardians / Venerable Council — Combat forces established under Ye Chen to remedy the organization’s lack of readily deployable high-level fighters. 414 425

Recruitment and Assessments

• Alchemists of the Five Great Families can use their families' recognized assessment sites rather than travel to a Pill Tower testing point. 11
• Public Core Disciple recruitment accepts Sixth Grade Alchemists under thirty; assessments historically admitted no more than five people at once. 132 149
• The Soul Power trial uses Soul Measuring Pearls: candidates may not use Dou Qi and are ranked by how many pearls they support with Soul Power. 157
• Entry into the Small Pill Tower requires the ability to refine a Rank Eight pill that draws Seven-Colored Pill Lightning and a Spirit Realm soul. 327

Territories and Resources

Sacred Pill City

The Pill Tower is based in Sacred Pill City, where its true headquarters is a black tower nearly a hundred zhang tall. The tower contains specialized rooms whose walls absorb energy disturbances from cultivation and pill refinement. 145 165

• Its official alchemist badges are dark gold, decorated with flames and a giant tower; five purple-gold stars mark a Fifth Grade badge. 80
• Sacred Pill City hosts the Pill Gathering, a three-stage contest open to Fifth Grade Alchemists and above. 360
• The Tower’s reputation deters violence within the Pill Region; offenders cannot easily evade its pursuit. 63

Small Pill Tower

The Small Pill Tower exists in a separately opened space accessed through a concealed spatial passage within the main tower. Its inhabitants live simply and focus almost exclusively on alchemy, cultivation, and tending extraordinarily rare medicinal fields. 327 328

• Its medicinal gardens contain materials rarer and of higher grade than those in the Pill World's Myriad Medicine Mountain Range. 327
• Its elders include powerful alchemists and combatants; the Third and Fourth Elders are Mid Half-Saints, while the Great Elder is a Two-Star Dou Saint. 254
• Only the Great Elder and Second Elder were known to refine Ninth-grade Pills before Ye Chen's breakthrough. 410

Pill World

The Pill World is an ancient captured realm that can grow high-grade medicinal materials and nurture treasures such as Earth Core Soul Marrow. It is entered through a single heavily guarded gate, with defenses on both sides of the passage. 254

• The Fourth Elder guards its entrance and provides authorized entrants with maps and Space Talisman Stones for emergency extraction. 255
• Powerful magical beasts inhabit the realm and are used to create trials for Pill Gathering participants. 257
• The Pill Gathering's second round sends contestants into the Pill World to collect assigned medicinal materials while surviving magical beasts and rival competitors. 363 364

Star Domain

A special Star Domain above Sacred Pill City seals the Three Thousand Burning Flame. Strange tremors and a dragon's roar prompted Xuan Kongzi to have the Small Pill Tower assist with its defense. 145

Story Role

The Pill Tower's public assessment brings Ye Chen into its ranks. After the assessment, Ye Chen and two others become Core Disciples, greatly raising both his status and the Ye Family's influence. 149 162

The Pill Tower Old Ancestor takes interest in Ye Chen after detecting his exceptional soul talent and unusual star power. The Old Ancestor reports this discovery to Xuan Kongzi, leading the leadership to observe Ye Chen closely. 146

When the Soul Hall targets Ye Chen, the Pill Tower launches a purge of Soul Hall affiliates across the Pill Region and Central State's Central Region. Xuan Kongzi attracts more than fifty Dou Zun experts to Sacred Pill City by offering three Rank Eight Pills to each participant in the coming campaign. 246

Ye Chen later earns the Small Pill Tower Elder Council's recognition by refining the highest-grade Six Yang Supreme Pill and enduring its Six-Colored Pill Lightning. This grants him formal candidacy for a Pill Tower Giant position. 329 330 331

The Pill Gathering publicly confirms Ye Chen's standing as a candidate Pill Pagoda Titan. He appears above the eight Great Elders beside the Three Great Heads, signaling the Pill Tower's endorsement to the wider alchemist community. 360

After the three Presidents step down, Ye Chen succeeds them. His succession ceremony exposes the Pill Tower's weakness in high-end combat power against the Hall of Souls, prompting his creation of the Pill Tower Guardian group and expansion of the Venerable Council. 395 414

Under Ye Chen, the Pill Tower becomes the leading power in Central State, forms alliances with the Starfall Pavilion and Flower Sect, and ultimately helps sweep away the Hall of Souls' influence in the region. 457 500 514

Before departing the continent, Ye Chen and Cai Die create a new Pill Realm for the Pill Tower and leave behind four Dou God-level defensive formations. 563

Relationships

• Five Great Families — Recognized regional partners that administer alchemist assessments; their status and Elder Council privileges depend on periodic Pill Tower evaluations. 11 19
• Small Pill Tower — The Pill Tower's secluded core and true foundation, governed by its ten-member Elder Council. 327
• Soul Hall — Long-term hostile force responsible for hunting alchemists; the Pill Tower purged its affiliates and later participated in plans to eliminate its Central State presence. 246 502 500
• Ye Chen — Former Core Disciple, Giant candidate, and President who reformed the Tower’s military structure and elevated its influence. 162 331 414
• Pill Tower Alliance — Coalition headquartered in Sacred Pill City and led by the Pill Tower during its campaign against the Hall of Souls. 500 522
• Ancient Void Dragon Clan — Respected external power; its representative Hei Qing acknowledged the Pill Tower's guarded control over the Pill World. 363

Trivia

• The Pill Tower's vast wealth in medicinal materials exceeds even Ye Chen's personal resources by a margin that shocks him after he visits the Small Pill Tower. 415
• Its Pill Gathering is maintained not merely for rewards or recruitment, but as a continent-wide stage for alchemists to demonstrate their abilities. 360
• The Pill Tower once suffered severe losses in a war with the Hall of Souls after a Small Pill Tower Master's disciple was revealed as a Soul Clan infiltrator. 502