Advancing to Da Dou Shi! Mid-Autumn Festival Bonus Chapter! Wishing All Readers a Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

On the back mountain of the Xiao Family, Xiao Ze sat cross-legged atop a stone platform and chose to claim Xiao Xun'er's feedback reward from this period!

Boom!

The Dou Zhi Qi Cyclone Xiao Ze had suppressed for so long began spinning madly. Vast amounts of natural energy poured into his body like rivers flowing into the sea.

Not far away, Xiao Yi Xian had changed into a new outfit and dressed herself beautifully.

She stood beside Xiao Xun'er, the two holding hands like a pair of inseparable sisters.

The two sisters possessed distinct grace, each with her own charm!

"Does Xiao Ze always make such a huge commotion when he breaks through...?"

Looking at the energy vortex that had already formed around Xiao Ze, Xiao Yi Xian could not help but ask.

If Xiao Ze had not said earlier that he was breaking through to Da Dou Shi, she would have thought some even higher-ranked cultivator was making a breakthrough!

"Brother Xiao Ze's talent is among the very best even in the Jia Ma Empire. This is perfectly normal."

Xiao Xun'er offered an explanation, wearing an expression as though it were only natural.

She had completely forgotten that when she had watched Xiao Ze break through last time, her face had been equally full of astonishment.

Hearing Xiao Xun'er's explanation, Xiao Yi Xian could not help looking at Xiao Ze.

For a genius, this should be normal, right?

For this breakthrough, Xiao Xun'er had informed Xiao Zhan in advance.

She told the members of the Xiao Family not to make a fuss.

When Xiao Zhan received the news, the shock in his heart had been beyond words.

At the key intersection leading to the back mountain, Xiao Zhan stood with his hands behind his back.

He looked up at the vortex of natural energy forming atop the back mountain, his face filled with amazement.

"Ze'er's talent... is truly unheard of!"

He was not even twelve yet, and he was already preparing to break through to Da Dou Shi!

Comparing himself to Xiao Ze, Xiao Zhan suddenly felt that his own five-star Da Dou Shi cultivation was nothing special.

Am I really getting old... Perhaps once Ze'er breaks through to Dou Ling, I should pass the position of Patriarch on to him.

With the strength of a Dou Ling, no one in the family should dare oppose him as Patriarch.

Xiao Zhan was still calculating how to make Xiao Ze the Patriarch so he could enjoy his old age in peace.

Xiao Ze, who was currently striving to break through, had no idea that Xiao Zhan was already preparing to throw a massive burden onto his shoulders.

He only sensed that the Tenfold Return reward from Xiao Xun'er's ordinary improvement differed from his previous breakthroughs.

It seemed that only Xiao Xun'er's advancement rewards were special!

Even so, the solid foundation laid by the "Dou Zhi Qi Cyclone" and "Dou Qi Liquefaction" before this—

—still allowed Xiao Ze's breakthrough to proceed exceptionally smoothly.

Boundless natural energy surged into Xiao Ze's body through every pore, rampaging wildly within him.

Unlike Xiao Yan, who always relied on medicinal pills for breakthroughs—

Xiao Ze's breakthroughs, aside from the system's energy feedback, relied even more heavily on natural energy!

This placed greater demands on the strength of his Meridians!

Xiao Ze needed to personally sort through the natural energy flooding into his body.

This natural energy was nowhere near as gentle as the medicinal power of pills. It was immensely violent and mixed with countless impurities!

With the experience from his previous breakthrough, Xiao Ze knew that the amount of natural energy he required was enormous.

Thus, he no longer suppressed the Dou Zhi Qi Cyclone's pull.

Using his breathing as a guide, Xiao Ze sorted through the natural energy pouring into his body, guiding it along the circulation path of his cultivation technique before finally funneling the massive energy into the Dou Zhi Qi Cyclone.

The peculiar cyclone within his body accepted everything without refusal, spinning madly at tremendous speed.

It compressed this immense, impure natural energy through its high-speed rotation!

Great amounts of impure energy were flung away, leaving only the essence to condense into a mist.

Then, under the cyclone's immense pressure, it transformed into Dou Qi of even higher quality.

"Creak—"

Xiao Ze seemed to hear the sound of something being crushed beyond its limits.

Under the terrifying pressure of the Dou Zhi Qi Cyclone, the liquid Dou Qi that had once filled the entire cyclone began to compress sharply!

Though the volume of the liquid Dou Qi shrank wildly, Xiao Ze felt that the energy it contained was multiplying explosively!

Crack! Crack!

The sound of liquid flowing by Xiao Ze's ears suddenly turned into the sound of solids colliding.

Xiao Ze hurriedly turned his awareness inward toward the Dou Zhi Qi Cyclone. He found that it was now empty, save for a dark blue crystal spinning rapidly within it!

The dark blue crystal was perfectly round, only the size of an ordinary pearl.

Yet Xiao Ze could sense the vast, ocean-like energy contained within it!

Dou Crystal!

Many experts on the Dou Qi Continent believed that one could only truly enter the hall of Dou Qi cultivation after condensing a Dou Crystal!

This tiny crystal was the crystallization of a cultivator's internal energy!

It looked insignificant, yet the energy it contained was astonishing!

Xiao Ze continued maintaining his absorption of natural energy.

However, a trace of doubt arose in his heart. Of course, he understood Da Dou Shi cultivation.

Breaking through to Da Dou Shi meant condensing the Dou Qi within one's body into a higher form of energy!

This was also the foundation that allowed Da Dou Shi practitioners to form Dou Qi armor and release Dou Qi beyond their bodies!

But ordinarily, the crystal condensed within one's body should be diamond-shaped.

Why had he condensed a smooth, round bead instead?

Xiao Ze could not figure it out, so he could only attribute it to the system.

As long as the Dou Crystal was real, that was enough!

Xiao Ze slowly opened his eyes, and a flash of seven-colored light passed through them.

This was the mark of his Perfect Calamity Poison Body!

Unlike an ordinary Calamity Poison Body, which possessed a seven-colored hidden line at the lower abdomen—

—once that line spread to the heart, its owner would suffer the agony of countless poisons devouring their body.

Xiao Ze's Perfect Calamity Poison Body did not possess this trait.

The Perfect Calamity Poison Body could perfectly control the poison within the body.

No matter how terrifyingly powerful the poison became, the Calamity Poison Body could suppress it completely!

This was entirely different from the path Xiao Yi Xian had taken in the original story.

Xiao Yi Xian had first frantically consumed poison, accumulated an ocean of poison power, condensed a Poison Pill, and constructed runes. Only then did she finally gain perfect control, her strength reaching Seven Star Dou Venerate!

But Xiao Ze was different. He possessed the Perfect Calamity Poison Body!

From the very beginning, there had been no risk of his poison power going out of control.

He could consume as much poison as he wanted!

Any poison that entered his body would be instantly suppressed by the Perfect Calamity Poison Body!

The stronger the Calamity Poison Body became, the richer the seven-colored hue in his pupils would grow.

This was Xiao Ze's only Calamity Poison Body trait!

"Phew... The breakthrough went smoothly!"

Xiao Ze rose to his feet and looked at the two women with a smile.

"Brother Xiao Ze, tomorrow is Jia Nan Academy's recruitment day."

"I heard that the one coming to recruit students in Wu Tan City is Cousin Xiao Yu's instructor, a great beauty."

Xiao Xun'er walked over with a smile, speaking meaningfully.

"The minimum requirement for a Jia Nan Academy instructor seems to be Da Dou Shi."

"If Brother Xiao Ze attends the recruitment ceremony, that beautiful instructor will probably be so shocked her jaw drops!"

Xiao Yi Xian asked in surprise, "Ah? Doesn't that mean Xiao Ze could become an academy instructor?"

"Don't! Being an instructor is such a hassle! You don't have to look after students like children, but when students have problems, they still have to come find their instructor. Just thinking about it gives me a headache!"

Xiao Ze quickly waved his hands in refusal.

This made the two women's eyes crinkle with amusement as they laughed softly.

They knew Xiao Ze's fear of trouble and desire to keep a low profile all too well.

When they had soaked in the hot spring before, the two of them had even had an in-depth discussion about it!

Ignoring Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian's teasing, Xiao Ze stretched his body and said to them.

"I'm going out to visit Miss Ya Fei. She helped me greatly during this trip, so now that I'm back, I can't just say nothing."

"Do you want to come with me?"

Xiao Ze asked for their opinions and received unanimous refusals from Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian.

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