Breaking Through to Immortal Qi Stage Nine, Comprehending Top-Tier Dou Techniques

Two months later.

The sun rose and the moon fell. Dazzling golden radiance spilled over the Mountain Peaks, while brilliant silver bands hung upside down across the starry sky.

The extraordinary and refined young man sat cross-legged. Wisps of immortal spiritual aura actually rose from the earth, emerged from mountains and rivers, and drifted over along the waterways.

Streams of immortal qi, blessed by Heaven and Earth, poured into the young man's body.

As the Immortal Qi around the young man formed a ring of energy, mountains and rivers, sun and moon, spirit beasts and immortal spirits evolved within it. Heaven and Earth rang out in alarm, and a dull sound echoed.

The young man had broken through!

"Immortal Qi Stage Nine!"

The young man slowly opened his eyes. The immortal qi throughout his body was already extremely dense, and his Immortal Meridian was quite full.

It had not been in vain that he had spent these two months seeking out places blessed by nature and absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy.

Nurturing an Immortal Meridian required one's physique to be pure, one's inside and outside clear and bright, and an understanding of the immortal Dao of Heaven and Earth.

But absorbing Immortal Qi was different.

Immortal Qi was different from ordinary Dou Qi. Ordinary Dou Qi could be absorbed and cultivated anywhere, filling Heaven and Earth; it was only that in certain treasured lands, cultivation speed would increase.

But Immortal Qi was generally nurtured within Heaven and Earth's nature. Only lands of excellent feng shui, places removed from the mortal world, possessed that spiritual liveliness wrought by creation's divine beauty. They were also the best places for Su Qingyun to cultivate.

This was also why Su Qingyun had asked Xiao Zhan to let him cultivate above some of the Xiao Clan's mountains, rivers, and streams. He wanted precisely to find a place suitable for his own cultivation, where he could absorb Immortal Qi Rhyme.

However, Heaven and Earth's immortal qi stood beyond the mundane world; it was not endless, nor inexhaustible.

Mountains and marshes had spirits, and flowers, grass, trees, flying fish, birds, and beasts all had their own qi rhyme. Yet this kind was born through the turning of Heaven and Earth over countless thousands of years, and was truly rare.

Su Qingyun had practically traveled all over the Xiao Clan's territory, absorbing the power of the stars, sun, and moon.

With his current perfect Immortal Emperor body, loved and accepted by Heaven and Earth's nature, Su Qingyun had actually broken through from Dou Zhi Qi Stage One to Immortal Qi Stage Nine in just two months! Only the final stage of Dou Qi remained before Su Qingyun could condense a qi vortex and become a Dou Zhe! No, using immortal cultivator to describe Su Qingyun's Dou Zhe realm might be more accurate!

If this spread now, perhaps even the top experts of the Jia Ma Empire would marvel at this cultivation speed.

Ten years of transformation, erupting in a single day—how terrifying was that! Aside from the improvement of his Immortal Qi, Su Qingyun had also comprehended two Dou Techniques.

This was another function of the Immortal Emperor Sacred Void Body.

The immortal body merged with the Great Dao and nature, comprehending Heaven and Earth; its understanding was maxed out, and it was often easier to awaken Dou Techniques that belonged to oneself.

Of these two Dou Techniques, one was a Movement Dou Technique Su Qingyun comprehended while crossing mountains and rivers, roaming freely between Heaven and Earth—Carefree Steps, at the Mysterious Tier High-Grade.

The other Dou Technique was an immortal killing move Su Qingyun comprehended while cultivating, when he recalled the grandmother who had raised him: Immortal God's Lament Second Form. The first form had already reached the Earth Tier Grade, and the second form had reached the quality of Earth Tier High-Grade.

It was only a pity that although Immortal God's Lament had boundless power, its grade was high, and the Immortal Qi it consumed was all the greater. With Su Qingyun's current strength, he could only use the second form once while at full strength! But once he unleashed it, it would probably be enough to instantly kill a Nine Star Dou Zhe! If the matter of Su Qingyun comprehending these two Dou Techniques spread, let alone the Jia Ma Empire, perhaps even the center of the Dou Qi Continent, the Central Plains, would be shocked.

Dou Techniques were resources on the Dou Qi Continent. High-level Dou Techniques in particular were the foundation of a clan, of a force.

An Earth Tier Dou Technique would move even the Misty Cloud Sect, the number one force of the Jia Ma Empire. Looking across the Central Plains, it would also be a top-tier technique! Yet a Dou Technique of such a grade had actually been comprehended by a young man in his teens!

Standing atop the Mountain Peaks, Su Qingyun exhaled a breath of white air and murmured, "Immortal Qi Stage Nine. With the advantage of my Immortal Qi, defeating a Nine Star Dou Zhe shouldn't be a problem. Add in the two Dou Techniques I've comprehended, and even against a Dou Shi, I would have the strength to fight."

"But it still isn't enough."

Su Qingyun gazed at the manors of the Jialie Family and the Aoba Family, and said solemnly.

Moreover, the strongest experts of the two great clans were Da Dou Shi. Between them and him were still the two major realms of Dou Zhe and Dou Shi! ...

"Brother Qingyun! Something incredible happened! Can you believe it? Green smoke came out of the ring!"

"Brother Qingyun, come look! This ring my mother left me has the soul of an old man inside who claims to be a strong expert! So the reason my realm regressed over these past three years was all because of him!"

"Brother Qingyun, so everything you said was right. I, Xiao Yan, am not trash! I, Xiao Yan, have finally turned my luck around. One day, I'll make everyone look at me in a new light!"

At the foot of the Mountain Peaks, Xiao Yan clutched that pitch-black ancient ring and ran over excitedly, unable to stop himself from shouting toward Su Qingyun.

After obtaining such a fortuitous encounter, the young man had not secretly hidden it in his heart. Instead, he had come to share it at the first possible moment, without the slightest concealment or scheming.

Inside that pitch-black ring, the soul of the old man dwelling there felt a headache. "You brat, you're really foolish. You're going to expose This Old Man's existence so casually? How are you supposed to survive on this continent of intrigue like this? And what do you think the reason was that, even though your realm had clearly regressed all these years, he was still willing to share the few Dou Qi Grass and pills he had with you? Wouldn't that have been a waste?"

"You brat, don't tell me you really think he didn't know about my existence?"

When the old man's words came, Xiao Yan froze. "I'm not afraid. Brother Qingyun is the person I trust most. But... Brother Qingyun... really knew?"

"I originally wasn't sure either. But after waking up, after hearing your admiration for this Brother Qingyun of yours and learning how he helped you, I became more and more certain.

Besides, you clearly wanted to give this ring to him, yet he refused to accept it. Instead, he told you to keep the ring safe, encouraged you to cultivate, comforted you that one day you would make something of yourself, and even staked his own major event of a marriage engagement on you. A piece of trash at Dou Zhi Qi Stage Three against Heaven's Proud Daughter, and he still dared to bet...

The more I listened, the more I felt that he had long known I was asleep inside this ring. He might even know that This Old Man was extraordinary in strength before death, and could help you counterattack in life and soar on the spot!"

The old man's voice sounded especially confident and peaceful.

Hearing this, Xiao Yan also came to a sudden realization and felt that it made a lot of sense.

At once, his heart was greatly moved. So Brother Qingyun knew everything and has been silently pushing me forward all along! "Brother Qingyun really treats me too well!"

"Old Ya, Brother Qingyun is the most important person in my life, and also the person I trust the most. If you're really a strong expert, can you treat us equally and teach both me and Brother Qingyun at the same time?"

"You mean you want me to take this Brother Qingyun of yours as a disciple? Who do you think This Old Man is? Before my death, This Old Man was at least an existence admired by all. On the Dou Qi Continent, who knows how many proud talents begged and brought gifts to acknowledge me as master? I don't accept just anyone."

Inside the Black Ring, Old Ya crossed his arms over his chest, becoming somewhat haughty.

Xiao Yan quickly said, "Old Ya, Brother Qingyun is different from everyone else. He's a true genius, with the Immortal Emperor's Physique. If you don't accept Brother Qingyun as a disciple, you'll regret it!"

"Regret it? What a joke. When This Old Man roamed the Central Plains, which of those who wanted to take me as master didn't claim to be a peerless genius? This Old Man only accepts those fated with me. Although from what you've said, that Brother Qingyun of yours can be considered loyal and righteous, in the end, we are still un..."

"Un what? Huff—huff—"

While they spoke, Xiao Yan had already run to the top of the mountain.

There stood a peerless young man in white robes, elegant and handsome, his build tall and imposing.

Sensing someone arrive, the young man slowly turned back. Wreathed in golden sunlight and white immortal mist, he seemed like a banished immortal from the heavens, carrying an aura untouched by the mortal world. His flawless appearance made Old Ya fall into a brief suffocation. The next second: "Un... unable not to accept this disciple!"

"Good disciple, you must help This Master secure this Senior Brother!!!"