Battle Through the Heavens: Beauties Abound Starting with Yunlan and Her Disciples

379: Section 379The giant hand clenched lightly in the void, and the energy between heaven and earth surged frantically toward its palm. Finally, it condensed into an ancient seal, flickering with nine-colored light and possessing profound, extreme mystery!

The owner of that giant hand, Gu Clan Chief System Spirit, did not appear. Instead, she merely executed the Emperor Seal Skill, using this seal—condensed from her great Dou Sheng power—to declare to the entire continent the Gu Clan’s highest endorsement and absolute responsibility for this news! Once these words were spoken, the entire Central Plains was shocked!

The four words ”Young Dou Di” resounded like a divine thunderbolt imbued with supreme power, exploding across the skies of Holy Pill City and the entire Central Plains! The raging waves they stirred were thousands of times more violent and shocking than the sensation caused by a Dou Sheng expert tearing through space!

If the previous arrival of Xiao Xun Er and the strike of the Gu Clan Dou Sheng merely made people feel awe and fear stemming from their very life essence, then this earth-shattering declaration ignited a wildfire called ”madness” in everyone’s heart! Dou Di!

That was a supreme Realm on the Fighting Qi Continent that almost only existed in legends! Since ancient times, for ten thousand years, no one had been able to reach that legendary domain!

And ”Young Dou Di” represented the favored destiny of an era, a future supreme ruler set in stone! Yet today, at this highly anticipated Pill Gathering ceremony, the Gu Clan—one of the oldest and most powerful clans on the continent—had used its Chief’s name to bestow such a heavy and glorious title upon an unknown youth! Holy Pill City had gone completely mad!

After a brief silence, the square below, which could hold hundreds of thousands of people, was instantly drowned in a tsunami of discussion. Countless gazes, filled with fanaticism, worship, jealousy, skepticism, greed... and a myriad of other complex emotions, surged like a tide toward the independent private room on the top floor of the Pill Tower.

They wished they could pierce through the walls with their gazes to catch a glimpse of the legendary ”Young Dou Di” and see exactly what kind of sacred being he was. Inside the private room, however, the atmosphere was strangely quiet. Yun Yun, Cai Lin, and Wind Idle, three Dou Zun experts who had seen their fair share of grand events, were also looking at the slowly dissipating Emperor Seal outside the window and Xiao Xun Er, who was suspended in the air like a goddess, in shock, unable to speak for a long time.

Although they had long known of Yun Xiancheng’s extraordinary nature, they had never expected that he would be pushed to the forefront of the entire continent in such an earth-shattering manner!

As for Xuan Yi, the Pill Tower giant who had just experienced extreme intimacy with Yun Xiancheng, after her initial shock, a look of unprecedented solemnity and determination quickly appeared on her charming, graceful face. She stood up abruptly from the soft couch, and from her mature, voluptuous body erupted a terrifying aura that far exceeded the peak of the Dou Zun Realm—one capable of freezing space itself! That was... the might of a Half-Saint!

After uniting with Yun Xiancheng, her bottleneck, which had been stagnant for hundreds of years, had been broken through in one fell swoop without her even realizing it! ”No!” Xuan Yi’s voice was low and firm, filled with decisiveness. ”Chaner’s resurrection is imminent! Now that he bears the name of ’Young Dou Di,’ it is both a glory and a shackle! When a tree stands above the forest, the wind will surely destroy it! Before he truly grows up, he must have a sufficiently powerful Dao Protector!”

Her gaze swept over Yun Yun and the others present, and she said in a deep voice, ”Although your strength is not weak, it is far from enough! This matter must be handled by our Pill Tower!”

Before her voice had even faded, her figure blurred in place, directly ignoring the barriers of space, and she instantly vanished from the private room. The next moment, her figure appeared deep beneath Holy Pill City, inside an ancient and mysterious giant tower shrouded in endless starlight. This was the true core of the Pill Tower—the Little Pill Tower.

Without the slightest hesitation, Xuan Yi directly activated her authority as one of the Pill Tower Three Giants, sending a message containing her Half-Saint will into those stone chambers that had been locked for years and seemed to have existed since the dawn of time. ”Respected Ancestors, Xuan Yi has an urgent matter to report! It concerns the fate of our Pill Tower for the next ten thousand years. I implore you all to come out of seclusion and meet!”

The Little Pill Tower fell into a long silence. Only the ancient, flowing starlight silently spoke of the vicissitudes of time. I do not know how much time passed before an old sigh that seemed capable of seeing through all things in the world slowly drifted out from one of the stone chambers. ”Sigh... System Spirit, that crazy woman, has finally taken this step after all. Very well, this matter... our Pill Tower will accept it.”

Immediately after, indifferent or solemn responses came one after another from the other stone chambers. ”Agreed.” ”Seconded.” As a result, it was passed unanimously!

As an ancient force with a heritage spanning tens of thousands of years, the Pill Tower had countless intricate connections with entities like the Ancient Eight Clans and the Void Ancient Dragon, and naturally, it knew many unknown ancient secrets. They understood better than anyone else in the outside world what the four words ”Young Dou Di” truly meant. For ten thousand years, no Dou Di had appeared; this felt like an invisible curse hanging over the heads of all top experts. Yet now, the Gu Clan had so brazenly pushed a youth into this position. Could it be... that a new Dou Di was truly about to be born in this era? Regardless, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Establishing a relationship with a future Dou Di in advance was an investment that, for the Pill Tower, was a guaranteed profit!

Meanwhile, this news, capable of overturning the entire continent’s landscape, spread through various secret channels at a speed exceeding light to every corner of the Fighting Qi Continent. In the Soul Realm, a handsome man dressed in green robes was quietly listening to a subordinate’s report. This was none other than the Hun Clan Chief, Hun Tiandi.

”Oh? Young Dou Di? Certified personally by System Spirit?” After hearing the report, there was not a trace of the shock or anger that outsiders might imagine on Hun Tiandi’s face. Instead, it was as if he had heard a boring joke, his lips curling with a mocking and disdainful sneer.

He waved his hand, signaling the trembling Hun Clan elder to withdraw. He then slowly stood up, stood with his hands behind his back, and gazed into the eternal, gray sky of the Soul Realm, muttering to himself: ”Others are ignorant and think this ’Young Dou Di’ is some rare treasure. Ridiculous, truly ridiculous...” His voice carried a sense of vicissitude and arrogance, as if he had insight into ancient secrets.

”Back in the day, Xiao Xuan of the Xiao Family was a ’Young Dou Di,’ Gu Yuan of the Gu Clan was one, and that crazy woman System Spirit was one too. Even I was once crowned with this title, wasn’t I?” He chuckled. ”They speak of it as if it were something amazing. When the Xiao Clan was destroyed, I personally slaughtered the two so-called ’Young Emperors,’ Xiao Xuan and Gu Yuan. Although I was injured myself, allowing that bunch from the Gu Clan to dominate as number one until now... but so what?”

Confidence glittered in Hun Tiandi’s eyes. ”My Hun Clan’s millennium-long grand plan has reached its final stage! A little brat who has just stepped into the threshold of the Dou Zun Realm—no matter how monstrous his talent, even if I gave him ten years, could he break through to Nine-Star Dou Sheng? Don’t make me laugh!”

He seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world, emitting a low, hoarse laugh. ”If he really broke through to Nine-Star Dou Sheng in just over a decade, then I, Hun Tiandi, would die at his hands willingly! It’s a pity, though... daydreaming is not something people at our level should be doing.”

He reined in his smile, his eyes turning cold and indifferent once again. ”Pass down the order,” his voice echoed through the empty palace, ”let the clansmen do as they are doing. Do not lose your footing just because of a mere Dou Zun brat. That crazy woman System Spirit is likely trying to use this so-called ’Young Emperor’ as bait to lure us into making a move. Hmph, if we were to disrupt our clan’s millennium-long plan for such bait, that would be the true disaster!”

For a true mastermind like Hun Tiandi, standing at the very pinnacle of the continent’s pyramid, an undeveloped genius was simply not enough to move him in the slightest. However, for the younger generation of the Ancient Eight Clans, who were far from reaching his state of mind, this event was undoubtedly a loud slap, fiercely striking their arrogant faces! The Yan Clan, the Lei Clan, the Medicine Clan, the Shi Clan...

Within these ancient and powerful clans, countless young people who considered themselves the pride of heaven exploded with excitement the moment they heard this news!

”Why?! Why should someone from the Central Plains... No! I heard that guy isn’t even from the Central Plains; he’s just a savage from that barren land, the Northwest Continent! Why on earth was he handpicked by the Gu Clan as the Young Dou Di?!”

”I refuse to accept this! I believe my talent is second to none! Why should the title of Young Dou Di fall upon the head of a nobody?!”

”Is the Gu Clan openly insulting all of us Ancient Eight Clans?! I’m going to personally meet this so-called ’Young Dou Di’ and see exactly what he’s made of!”

For a time, indignation ran high within all the major Ancient Eight Clans.

Driven by intense jealousy and resentment, countless arrogant young people ignored the warnings of their clan elders, snuck out of their clan boundaries, and swarmed toward the Central Plains!

They had only one goal: to personally defeat that so-called ”Young Dou Di” and prove to the entire continent who the true protagonist of this era really is!

A massive storm, sparked by the title of ”Young Dou Di,” had already quietly taken shape above the entire continent.

Yet, as the center of this storm, the private room where Yun Xiancheng was staying welcomed an unexpected guest.

Just as countless people in Holy Pill City were still stunned by that slow-moving golden step, a graceful figure wearing magnificent imperial robes and possessing an ethereal temperament appeared silently beside the soft couch in the private room, as if teleporting. It was none other than Xiao Xun Er, who had returned.

The moment she appeared, a shadow emerged from Yun Xiancheng’s shadow, bowed slightly in greeting, and then faded back into the darkness. Xun’er was very satisfied that her personal maid had become completely infatuated with Yun Xiancheng.

At this moment, she had long since shed the majesty and solemnity she displayed before the public eye. In her beautiful golden eyes, there remained only an inseparable, deep affection and the endless longing that had been suppressed for so long. ”Brother Cheng...”

She called out softly, her voice trembling slightly with a choked sob.

The next moment, she could no longer suppress her inner emotions. Like a swallow returning to the woods, she threw herself into Yun Xiancheng’s arms, burying her stunningly beautiful face—a face capable of making the heavens and earth lose their color—deep into his chest. ”Xun’er... I missed you so much...”

Warm tears instantly soaked through Yun Xiancheng’s lapels.

Yun Xiancheng gently stroked her smooth long hair, feeling the violent trembling of the soft, delicate body in his arms, and his heart was filled with deep emotion. ”Silly girl, I missed you too.”

Since their parting at Jia Nan Academy years ago, the two had not seen each other for several years. After returning to the Gu Clan, the pressure Xiao Xun Er endured and the efforts she made were far beyond what outsiders could imagine. She looked forward to the day she could break through to the Dou Sheng Realm and offer everything she had, without reservation, to the man before her.

After a long while, Xiao Xun Er slowly lifted her head from his chest. Her golden eyes, washed by tears, appeared even more clear and moving. She wiped the tear stains from the corners of her eyes, and then, as if performing magic, took out a large pile of radiant, treasure-filled jade bottles, scrolls, and various rare natural treasures from her storage ring. ”Sister Yun Yun, Sister Cai Lin...”

She looked at the women present, a gentle yet dignified smile—bearing the air of a ”primary wife”—appearing on her face. ”These are some small gifts I brought from the clan for all my sisters. They are all medicinal pills and cultivation resources unique to the Gu Clan. I hope everyone can cultivate diligently and never lose face for our husband.”

Her words were flawless; she expressed intimacy while subtly asserting her status. The women present, looking at the young girl who was barely in her twenties yet full of grace and majesty in her speech and manner, felt a complex mix of emotions. Especially the garment she wore, which looked like a beautiful dress but was actually... more like a luxurious gown tailored for an ”Empress,” making them instantly realize the ambition of this Gu Clan heiress.

She wanted to be the Empress, the mother of the world! ”Hehe, you are very thoughtful, Sister Xun’er.”

Yun Yun, as the eldest sister among the group, was the first to step forward. She smiled gently and took the medicinal pills Xiao Xun Er handed over, her expression calm. ”You are right; we truly cannot hold Xiancheng back. Today’s events have indeed made us feel the pressure. It seems that after the Pill Gathering ends, we sisters really should go into secluded cultivation for a while.”

Cai Lin, Wind Idle, and the others also nodded in deep agreement. Although their personalities were different, they were surprisingly unanimous when it came to protecting Yun Xiancheng. Xiao Xun Er’s appearance made them truly feel the gap in strength and a sense of urgency.

However, the younger generation present did not react as calmly. Nalan Yanran, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian, seeing Xiao Xun Er acting as the ”mistress of the house,” exchanged glances without a word, instantly reaching an unspoken consensus.

Especially Xiao Yi Xian, who viciously thought that if it weren’t for her husband’s true Heavenly Emperor bearing and decisive nature, Xun’er would definitely stop other girls from approaching him. She even felt that she might be kicked out of Yun Xiancheng’s side by this poisonous woman, Xun’er. Very well, an Empress, are you? Want to be the big sister? Did you ask us first?

A secret organization named the ”Anti-Xun’er Alliance” was quietly established in that split second!

471 Pill Gathering Champion

The massive waves stirred up by the name ”Young Dou Di” had not yet subsided in the slightest when the final battle of the Pill Gathering began under the gaze of the masses. The atmosphere of the entire Holy Pill City was pushed to an unprecedented boiling point. Countless gazes were no longer just focused on the outcome of the competition; they were also focused, with a pilgrim-like mood, on the three peerless beauties who had a close relationship with the ”Young Dou Di.”

The trip to the Pill World was nothing more than a relaxing outing for Xiao Yan, Cao Ying, and Dan Chen. The venue for the finals was set on the most magnificent white jade platform in the center of the square. Thousands of antique-looking stone cauldrons were arranged in an orderly manner, and the sunlight shining upon them reflected a warm, gentle luster.

The Alchemists who had passed the first two rounds of tests were now solemn, sitting cross-legged before their respective stone cauldrons, adjusting their breathing, and attempting to bring themselves to their peak state. However, no matter how hard they tried, they could not ignore the three figures as dazzling as the bright moon.

Xiao Yan wore a black dress, her expression cold and arrogant. Standing quietly before her stone cauldron, she possessed a powerful aura that looked down upon the heroes. Cao Ying remained as enchanting and moving as ever, her red dress like fire, and with every glance of her eyes, she could steal the souls of countless people. As for Dan Chen, she wore simple green clothes, her temperament gentle and elegant. Standing there quietly, she was like a green lotus bud, evoking love and pity.

The three of them were like an invisible barrier, forcibly dividing this Pill Gathering final—which should have been a struggle among heroes—into two distinct worlds. One was the competition of beauty and skill between the three of them, and the other was the dimming of everyone else.

”The finals begin!” Following the command of the Pill Tower elder, thousands of flames of various colors rose from beneath the stone cauldrons almost simultaneously! The terrifying high temperature instantly scorched the air above the square until it twisted. A rich medicinal fragrance began to permeate and intertwine across the square.

Inside the private room, the atmosphere appeared exceptionally relaxed. ”Brother Cheng, come eat some fruit!” Xiao Xun Er, who had returned, no longer had the graceful and majestic air of an Empress that she had displayed earlier. Instead, like an ordinary girl next door, she snuggled affectionately in Yun Xiancheng’s arms, pointing at the water mirror below, her tone full of pride as if she shared in the glory.

Yun Xiancheng nodded with a smile, his gaze fixed softly on the three beautiful figures below. He had absolute confidence in their strength. ”That goes without saying,” Nalan Yanran, who was beside him, let out a soft snort. While competing for favor with Xiao Xun Er, her eyes were actually full of pride. ”Don’t look at who their man is. A mere Pill Gathering, isn’t it just something they can easily grasp?”

This woman Xun’er, putting on the air of an Empress in front of us, and now acting like a cute girl next door, she is truly a poisonous woman.