Chapter 1316 - 1316: Clearing the Field Directly

The Elders from Nine Revolutions Pill Sect and Purple Nether Palace, who had already been eliminated, also started stepping on Celestial Pill Department again.

"Turns out their power is lacking, not even qualified to encounter danger."

"This Supreme of Celestial Pill Department is really no good."

"Hahaha, not just anyone has the qualifications to meet a dummy with combat power over ten thousand."

Tian Lin and Taiheng were so angered by them that their beards trembled wildly.

For god's sake, can't you live without stepping on Celestial Pill Department?

Just then, a figure flew out from Jade River, landing in front of everyone.

Everyone showed expressions of "as expected."

"Haha, as expected, Venerable Juqiu was also knocked out!"

"I said Celestial Pill Department wouldn't be an exception..."

The person who said this suddenly fell silent.

The words that followed were swallowed back.

Because they finally saw clearly who had just been knocked out—it wasn't Venerable Juqiu.

It was Venerable Rainy Obscurity who ranked behind Juqiu, and he wasn't from Celestial Pill Department, but from another Alchemy Sect, Taiyun Pavilion.

With their sect's talented disciple eliminated, the Pill Hall Elders of Taiyun Pavilion weren't too shocked or really disappointed.

After all, there were already four precedents right in front of them.

With the likes of Venerable Luo Yun and Venerable Du Feng as front-runners, they had now become quite accepting of being knocked out of Jade River.

In fact, it seemed quite normal.

But the problem was, something else wasn't normal.

"Why is Venerable Juqiu still above?"

"Right, isn't it supposed to be his turn to be eliminated?"

"Looking at his current position, he's reached the area where Venerable Xu Xing was eliminated before, right?"

"Logically, it should be him first, and then it's Rainy Obscurity's turn!"

Elders from various sects, who thought they understood the pattern, were slapped in the face by this wave.

It seems the elimination order in Jade River isn't what they speculated.

"This shouldn't be happening!"

"It makes no sense."

"Juqiu shouldn't still be up there; he should've come down already!"

"Exactly, why is he staying up there?"

The high-ranking members of Celestial Pill Department didn't like hearing this.

"What do you mean by that?"

Taiheng Daoist Venerable glared, angrily retorting, "What do you mean by Juqiu shouldn't still be up there? What do you mean by he should've come down already?"

"Huh?"

"Just because your person came down, does he also have to come down?"

"Could it be that it's a mistake for him to continue going up?"

Whether it's Nine Revolutions Pill Sect or Purple Nether Palace, the faces of their high-ranking members turned a bit awkward.

But it was only for a brief moment.

The next moment, everyone raised a wave of even more fierce rebuttals.

"That's right, him staying above is indeed abnormal!"

"What is Venerable Juqiu's power, we don't know, but you yourselves should be clear!"

"Among the few before him, who is not stronger than him?"

Venerable Jinpi frowned and said, "This competition isn't solely about power; luck and intelligence are also part of it. Maybe Venerable Juqiu can truly laugh last..."

"Still laughing last?"

Everyone suddenly burst into laughter.

"Your Celestial Pill Department is really daring to think."

"It was just a minor upset earlier. I dare to bet the next one is Venerable Juqiu!"

"Exactly, it's his turn next!"

Everyone spoke with great confidence, almost ready to wager for real.

However, the next moment, they were slapped in the face again.

Another figure flew out from Jade River.

"Is it Venerable Juqiu?"

"Who's been eliminated?"

"Damn, it's our Purple Nether Palace's Pisheng Daoist Venerable!"

White Nether Palace's Sect Leader slapped his leg hard, angered to the point of blowing his beard and glaring.

"Wasn't it supposed to be Juqiu's turn, why is it our person again?"

"Damn it, what's going on with Jade River?"

"Why is Juqiu being spared?"

During the time they were speaking, Venerable Juqiu had already risen another section.

This was making all sects a bit anxious and upset.

Internally in the Land of Dao Extinction, there's naturally competition between the various Alchemy sects and families; their relationships weren't all that friendly.

But when it comes to Celestial Pill Department, they can temporarily unite.

Celestial Pill Department is affiliated with Celestial Palace, and doesn't really share interests with these sects.

So, at every Alchemy Dao Exchange Conference, the primary goal of each sect and faction is to overshadow Celestial Pill Department.

Originally, things were going well, and Celestial Pill Department had been pushed out of the top three.

Now, however...

"At this rate, isn't Venerable Juqiu going to take first place?"

"He's already widened the gap with the one behind him!"

"No way, the next one to be knocked out is him!"

"Yes, he's next!"

They were expecting and waiting for Venerable Juqiu to also be knocked out.

At least, Celestial Pill Department mustn't win first place; otherwise, where will all the sects of the Land of Dao Extinction show their faces?

But things don't always turn out as hoped.

In the next while, the competing disciples from various sects were sent out of Jade River one after another.

Talk about lack of pattern, all these individuals came out in descending order.

It was very patterned.

Talk about pattern, yet there were a few along the way who were spared.

And the spared ones, without exception, were the Immortal Officials of Celestial Pill Department.

The crowd at the venue gradually realized the problem.

"This isn't right!"

"How is it only us facing problems, while Celestial Pill Department's seem fine?"

"Isn't this too strange?"

"Cheating, Celestial Pill Department must be cheating!"

Beihe Daoist Venerable argued based on reason, "This is your Land of Dao Extinction's venue; what could we, Celestial Pill Department, do to cheat?"

Unfortunately, this didn't persuade the crowd.

When the last contestant from the Land of Dao Extinction was knocked out, only five Immortal Officials from Celestial Pill Department remained inside Jade River.

Seeing this scene, even Brother Cheng couldn't help but feel amused.

His original plan was actually to just knock out the four or five people around Venerable Juqiu.

But Three-Eyed Tiger evidently got playful.

Other than Celestial Pill Department's people, disciples from other sects weren't spared, even the one ranked dead last wasn't let off.

Seeing him work so hard, Jiang Cheng couldn't bring himself to stop him.

Anyway, this result seems pretty good.

And by this point, the situation had become immensely clear.

If these five all reach the summit, Celestial Pill Department would sweep the top five places.

As for other sects...

Sorry, no sixth or seventh place.

With their early elimination, they don't even have a performance ranking, naturally, no standings either.

If this scene eventually becomes reality, it would be quite a spectacle.

The Alchemy Dao Exchange Conference is quite popular with countless Immortals from both Celestial Palace and Land of Dao Extinction.

If those five indeed sweep the top five places, the reputation of Celestial Pill Department would rise to the peak without a doubt.

The clueless Immortal bystanders would regard Celestial Pill Department as the singular light, lighthouse, Everlasting Star of the entire Primordial Immortal Realm's Alchemy Dao...

As for the sects of the Land of Dao Extinction, they'd definitely be labeled as subpar and not even worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as Celestial Pill Department.

When imagining that 'frightening' scene, Elders from various sects couldn't sit still.