Devouring, Advancement

After dismissing these people with a few words, Xiao Ming left the area. He flew for half a day, found a place, built a Cave Mansion, and then began refining the Nai Qiong Divine Ice.

Although it's called Cave Mansion, it's actually just a rather secluded mountain cave.

Sitting cross-legged in the center of the cave, Xiao Ming did not choose to swallow the Nai Qiong Divine Ice directly. Instead, he summoned his spirit and let it devour it.

The Nai Qiong Divine Ice was clearly not easy to devour. As the spirit approached it, a faint Energy Tide emerged from the Nai Qiong Divine Ice, actually keeping the spirit at least five centimeters away, preventing it from getting any closer. For a moment, the two were locked in a stalemate.

Moreover, Xiao Ming even sensed the Ice Attribute Energy rapidly gathering in the surrounding world, and even saw a large number of sand-sized ice fragments appear in the Cave Mansion.

Faced with this situation, "Ling" was not to be outdone.

To combat ice, one naturally needs to use fire.

A blazing White Flame erupted from the void, raising the temperature of the Cave Mansion several degrees.

The White Flame and the Nai Qiong Divine Ice both affected half of the Cave Mansion, one extremely cold and the other extremely hot, leaving Xiao Ming in a state of Double Heaven of Ice and Fire.

The two clashed, and within moments, the Cave Mansion began to collapse.

"This can't go on."

Xiao Ming frowned. At this rate, it would take quite a while to successfully swallow the Nai Qiong Divine Ice.

He's already spent a lot of time on this trip, he doesn't have time to waste anymore. →

He gently raised his right hand, and a powerful burst of Fire Attribute Dou Qi erupted from his body, expelling the energy surrounding the Nai Qiong Divine Ice and suppressing its body.

With the combined efforts of Xiao Ming and Ling, Nai Qiong Divine Ice was quickly defeated and devoured by Ling.

After swallowing the Nai Qiong Divine Ice, the spirit changed from pure white to blue, and Xiao Ming could sense the energy conflict contained within it.

With a gulp, Xiao Ming swallowed the spirit into his stomach, then closed his eyes and began to circulate the Spirit Nourishing Technique.

If someone had X-ray vision, they would be able to see that within Xiao Ming's body, Ling was flashing with a blue light.

With each flash, the blue color dims a little.

After an unknown amount of time, the blue light almost disappeared.

Seeing that the spirit had returned to its pure white state, Xiao Ming knew that the Nai Qiong Divine Ice had been almost completely refined.

"Spirit Nourishing Technique, refine!"

Xiao Ming whispered in his mind, changing his hand seals.

As Xiao Ming's hand seals changed, some energy appeared in his "spirit." Soon, a vast energy, like liquid, spread throughout Xiao Ming's body like a flood.

Xiao Ming's robes shattered into dust almost instantly, and a terrifying energy surge emanated from his body, causing cracks to spread across the nearby ice and stone.

Xiao Ming has no time to worry about the outside world right now; he can only focus on refining the energy within his body.

He steadied his mind and began to slowly and steadily gather his energy. Under his near-perfect control, the surging energy began to return to his control one by one.

In just a short time, the meridians in the body were filled to the brim. Flesh, muscles, bones, cells, and so on were all frantically devouring the endless and vast energy, like hungry ghosts that had been starving for decades.

"Splash!"

Feeling the rapid filling sensation within his body, Xiao Ming's mind stirred, and a Formless Flame appeared within him. The vast and unparalleled energy surged into the flame like a tidal wave.

The feedback continued, with streams of energy being expelled by the spirit like a tide. These energy would then circulate within Xiao Ming's body before being sent into the Fallen Heart Flame. After being tempered by the Heart Flame, the energy would then be channeled into Xiao Ming's meridians.

These energies, which were transmitted back again, naturally became even purer.

The pure energy circulated within Xiao Ming's body again, and then entered the Fallen Heart Flame.

As this refining process continued, a perfect cycle gradually formed within Xiao Ming's body. The vast, ever-flowing energy washed over every part of Xiao Ming body again and again, and his Aura steadily increased over time.

"Call..."

In the center of the Cave Mansion, Xiao Ming sat cross-legged, a thick Aura of energy emanating from his nostrils, coiling upwards like a dragon of energy before finally disappearing into the world.

"It's about time for a breakthrough."

After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Ming realized that his accumulated Dou Qi had reached a certain level, so he decided to break through and Spirit Nourishing Technique to its limit.

Intense fluctuations emanated from the space. It was as if all the energy in this area was being drawn in at this moment, surging forth in an overwhelming torrent. Finally, above Xiao Ming's Cave Mansion, it converged into a massive energy storm that pierced through the Cave Mansion and ended right above the top of Xiao Ming's head.

Xiao Ming suddenly opened his tightly closed eyes, and a burst of energy shot out, directly piercing two dark holes of unknown depth in the mountain wall in front of him. Then, he raised his head and took a deep breath.

"Boom!"

With this inhale, a massive energy storm, hundreds of feet in size, surged down, flowing down his throat and into Xiao Ming's body.

"Crack! Crack! Crack!"

As more and more energy was absorbed into Xiao Ming's body, traces of energy fluctuations also overflowed, causing the surrounding hard ice and stone to crack into countless huge fissures. The boulders also rolled down with a rumbling sound. Finally, the Cave Mansion collapsed completely, and Xiao Ming was exposed to the blue sky.

"Call out!"

The commotion caused by Dou Sheng's breakthrough was not insignificant.

The commotion that erupted near the Fallen God Abyss naturally attracted the attention of many powerful local figures.

Several streaks of light flashed from afar and finally appeared above Xiao Ming's Cave Mansion. Judging from their attire, they belonged to two different factions.

Several elders with Aura above the Half-Saint also looked at Xiao Ming, who was devouring the Heaven and Earth Energy, with surprise in their eyes.

"Such a powerful Aura! This person is probably close to reaching the level of Two Star Dou Sheng!" an old man with a scorpion tattoo on his face exclaimed in surprise.

Upon hearing this, another elderly man with tattoos nodded in agreement, saying, "This person is probably trying to break through to the Two Star Dou Sheng. I wonder if he will succeed."

"I wonder where this person came from. Should we take this opportunity to make a move? I don't need to tell you about the wealth of a Dou Sheng!"

"Forget it. Those three old guys from the Fire Toad Palace are here too. If we make a move, they might stop us. In that case, our Ice Dragon Scorpion Tribe might face annihilation."

The offer was tempting, but it was still rejected.

The same conversation took place at the Fire Toad Palace.

"Bang!"

As these people talked in the sky, the enormous energy storm was completely absorbed into Xiao Ming's body. As the last bit of energy entered his body, the world gradually quieted down.