440: Chapter 440 The Journey Across Boundaries, Xuan Kongzi's Sensation

Outside Holy Pill City!

Hun Tiandi stood atop a mountain peak, his cyan robes fluttering despite the lack of wind as he looked down upon the Pill Tower with disdain.

With a casual movement of his left hand, a trace of Yao Ling's aura swirled in his palm, moving like a flood dragon, looking quite eerie.

He flipped his right hand, and a cluster of light that seemed both illusory and solid appeared. At times it resembled stars, at others it seemed like nothingness, incapable of taking a fixed shape or casting a steady shadow.

He looked down at the crossing of the realms in his hand; this was a great treasure of the Dragon Tribe.

The crossing of the realms was a personal treasure of the Dragon Tribe's ancestors, possessing the power to traverse the void and locate Yin and Yang.

Boom!

He brought his hands together, and Yao Ling's trace of aura merged into the crossing of the realms, suddenly erupting with a terrifying wave of energy.

It diffused toward the endless space. After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, it converged on a single point—exactly where Yao Ling was located within the Pill World.

“What's going on?” Yao Ling sensed something. She tossed her azure long hair, a look of shock appearing in her beautiful eyes.

Previously, she had sensed something landing on her body.

“Found you, Pill World!”

Hun Tiandi gave a wicked smile. The Fighting Qi within his body poured into the crossing of the realms, transforming into a black and white Yin-Yang Taiji that slowly rotated.

A terrifying power circulated and shot violently into the void, forming a pitch-black spatial passage similar to a space wormhole.

However, the crossing of the realms was even more profound, acting as its own world as it merged into the void.

Black and white light enveloped Hun Tiandi, and he disappeared from the mountain peak.

“Hmm?” Within Holy Pill City, Xuan Kongzi suddenly turned his head, his gaze cold as he looked toward the peak where Hun Tiandi had vanished.

He felt an alarm in his heart. He had just sensed a violent fluctuation of spatial energy outside Holy Pill City, a sight that greatly startled Xuan Kongzi.

One must know that the Pill Tower was currently at a critical moment, holding the Pill Gathering.

If any accident occurred, it would have a significant impact on the Pill Tower's prestige.

“Xuan Kongzi, what's wrong?” Xuan Yi, who was beside him, turned her head. Seeing Xuan Kongzi's solemn expression, she asked in a low voice.

“It's nothing!” Xuan Kongzi withdrew his gaze and murmured, hoping it was just an illusion.

Yao Ling sat cross-legged with others. Not far away, in front of a spatial passage, an ordinary-looking elderly man in hemp clothes sat atop a giant tortoise.

The badge on his chest clearly marked him as a member of the Pill Tower, though not many people had seen him before.

The Pill Tower was indeed a place of hidden dragons and crouching tigers!

Yao Ling scanned with the corner of her eye. The elderly man, who had been closing his eyes, had opened them at some unknown point, his gentle eyes carrying a sense of majesty.

“The time for the first stage has ended. All Alchemists entering the Pill World, please collect a task list for medicinal ingredients, as well as a Spatial Stone and a map. You must find the medicinal ingredients on the list to pass this stage!”

“The map records the exit of the Pill World. After collecting the ingredients, you may head to the exit!”

“The Spatial Stone is for moments of life and death. Once crushed, you will be transported out of the Pill World. However, doing so means forfeiting your qualification for the Pill Gathering!”

The old man spoke indifferently.

The people present nodded upon hearing this. Every single one of them who could make it here was a genius, and they all understood the old man's terrifying power.

“The Pill World is dilapidated, and some areas are very dangerous. You have ten days to find the required medicinal ingredients. Additionally, powerful Magical Beasts survive within the Pill World, and their strength is quite formidable!”

“If you encounter them, leave immediately. No one will save you. The Pill Gathering is not child's play; people will die!”

“There can be only one champion of the Pill Gathering!”

The white-haired old man said coldly.

One by one, the Alchemists stepped forward. After receiving their items, they stomped their feet and headed toward the rotating spatial passage, promptly disappearing.

Yao Ling hesitated for a moment before walking toward the old man, taking her items and entering the passage.

When she reappeared, she was on a desolate plain. The ground was a pale yellow, but the trees were lush, releasing vitality.

A group of Magical Beasts ran wildly, disappearing into the distance with a cloud of dust.

The space distorted, and a figure streaked out from the void. This person was Yao Ling, who had entered the Pill World. Looking at this world, her eyes flickered slightly as she floated in mid-air.

“So this is... the Pill World!”

Yao Ling's gaze shifted. Looking toward the end of the plain, she saw some mountain ranges and frowned slightly.

The energy here was indeed robust, but it contained some other elements—the remnants of decay!

“Eh? A spatial fluctuation? Did someone enter the Pill World?” At the entrance of the second stage, the old man sitting on the giant tortoise noticed a slight ripple in the space before him.

It was as if something had passed through, gone in a flash!

“Not good, this message must be reported to the Association President!” the old man said solemnly, a beam of light shooting from his hand and disappearing into the space before him.

“I hope no other accidents occur in the Pill World this time!”

Holy Pill City!

Buzz!

A glow appeared in the space before Xuan Kongzi. His spiritual power surged out, and after reading the intelligence, his face turned completely grim.

“Xuan Kongzi, what happened?” Tian Leizi asked in a booming voice.

“Someone has infiltrated the Pill World!” Xuan Kongzi said in a heavy voice. Upon hearing this, the smiles vanished from the faces of the other two giants; no one had ever done such a thing before.

“Who has such ability? Is it a Dou Sheng expert?” Xuan Yi said in shock. This was truly unheard of.

The Pill World had always been a treasure land of the Pill Tower. Although it had become dilapidated over the years, no one had ever snuck inside.

Such boldness, and such heaven-reaching methods.

“I hope this Pill Gathering can be held successfully!” Xuan Kongzi closed his eyes and said softly. The robust spiritual power at his brow diffused toward the Pill World.

He wanted to sense exactly who it was that had entered the Pill World in such a manner.

Within the Pill World!

A patch of space distorted slightly, and a black hole appeared. A black and white Taiji rotated, and a figure streaked out from the spatial passage.

This figure was naturally Hun Tiandi, who had used the divine artifact crossing of the realms to smuggle himself into the Pill World.

His eyes were cold as he gazed at this small world.

“The Pill World?” Hun Tiandi said softly. On the Fighting Qi Continent, opening up a space was a heaven-reaching method that only Dou Sheng experts could display. Even once opened, it required maintenance in the future.

Otherwise, it would gradually decline.

“The methods used to open this world are truly crude!” It was not on the same level as the Nether Small World he had personally opened.

The Nether Small World possessed the potential for growth. In the future, it was even possible for it to evolve into a low-level plane like the Fighting Qi Continent; it could be said to have infinite potential.

In contrast, the Pill World opened by a Dou Sheng was attached to the Fighting Qi Continent and required periodic repairs!

Otherwise, the final result would be its shattering.

With a flicker of his body, he landed from mid-air onto a towering tree. Hun Tiandi's deep gaze seemed to be calculating something.

Shua!

He suddenly opened his right hand, and blood-red light erupted. One after another, Blood God Children appeared, looking extremely evil. Hun Tiandi spoke indifferently: “Go, pack up all the heavenly treasures and bring them back to this deity!”

Jie jie jie!

The Blood God Children laughed eerily and streaked toward all directions of the Pill World like bolts of blood-red light.

To find heavenly treasures, doing it himself would be too much effort.

Standing with his hands behind his back, he gazed at this Pill World, a crazy idea forming in his heart. If he were to devour the Pill World and merge it into the Nether Small World...

Then could it evolve into a Nether Lesser Thousand World, an existence comparable to the Fighting Qi Continent?

A vast spiritual sensation swept across the Pill World. Hun Tiandi moved his body, his aura merging into a large tree. Coupled with the violent factors contained within the natural energy, it made the sensation extremely blurred.

Buzz!

Xuan Kongzi withdrew his spiritual power. He had originally intended to sense the contestants within the Pill World, or that strange aura that had infiltrated.

“Alas, this person's ability to hide their aura is too powerful. I found nothing!”

Xuan Kongzi said helplessly.

Tian Leizi and Xuan Yi looked at each other, their expressions solemn. Something was going to happen at the Pill Gathering!