The day of the finals dawned with the first light of morning.

Nanyan City had long since awakened from its slumber, engulfed in a near-frenzied fervor. The central square was packed tight, with several times more people than the previous two days combined. Countless cultivators had flocked from all directions, eager to witness the glorious moment of the Pill King's decennial emergence.

The news of the "Dao Elixir" appearing yesterday swept through the Southern Domain's cultivation world like a twelfth-level spiritual power storm. It elevated the already highly anticipated Pill King Conference to unprecedented heights.

The name "Master Lin" had, in just one night, become more than a title; it was synonymous with legend. People discussed him, speculated about him, revered him. The mysterious figure shrouded in a black robe became the greatest enigma in everyone's hearts.