Dou Zhe (Signed)

Outside the Mountain Cave, across from the sheer cliff, clouds and mist swirled. Beneath them lay the incomparably perilous Magical Beast Mountain Range, while below the cliff was a bottomless abyss.

Over the following period of cultivation, Xiao Chen practiced techniques such as the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength, the Azure Sky Dragon Transformation Art, and the Dragon Phoenix True Scripture. At the same time, faint sounds would occasionally ring out from within his body.

Outside the Mountain Cave, streams of dou qi continuously poured in. At that moment, Xiao Chen absorbed the incoming dou qi, drawing it into his body and refining it.

Time flowed slowly like water through one's fingers, and in the blink of an eye, five months had passed.

At this moment, Xiao Chen sat cross-legged in a wooden barrel filled with dark green liquid. The once dark green liquid had now turned pale cyan; clearly, the medicinal effects of the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid had been exhausted.

Just then, Xiao Chen drew the last wisp of dou qi into his body. His tightly shut eyes fluttered slightly, and a moment later, his pitch-black eyes suddenly opened. He then exhaled a mouthful of stale air.

"Ten stages of Dou Qi."

Xiao Chen sensed the results of his months of cultivation. His dark eyes gleamed, and with a smile on his face, he muttered to himself.

Xiao Chen knew that he had broken through to the tenth stage of Dou Qi so quickly thanks to the assistance of the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, which had accelerated his cultivation speed many times over.

Moreover, the Chaos Bloodline within his body had greatly increased his cultivation speed. Although absorbing such a massive amount of dou qi for cultivation could very well burst his meridians and rupture the channels within his body—

Xiao Chen cultivated the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength, so his physical body was exceptionally powerful. At the same time, he had consumed Progenitor Dragon Essence Blood and Phoenix Essence Blood during cultivation. The essence blood of these two divine beasts had further strengthened his body.

Feeling the more than one hundred awakened Giant Elephant Micro-Particles within him, Xiao Chen only needed a thought to activate the Giant Elephant Power in his body. At this moment, he could feel infinite strength filling him.

Xiao Chen recalled the results of his cultivation over the past few months. He had actually absorbed ten drops each of Progenitor Dragon Essence Blood and Phoenix Essence Blood. At the same time, more than a hundred Giant Elephant Micro-Particles had awakened, while techniques such as the Azure Sky Dragon Transformation Art and the Dragon Phoenix True Scripture had also advanced considerably.

"Next, I'll break through to Dou Zhe."

Xiao Chen took out a white jade bottle from his Cosmos Ring. Then, he poured out a round pill about the size of a longan. Ripples surrounded the pill—those were Pill Markings. Xiao Chen looked at the pill in his hand. It was precisely a Qi Gathering Powder.

Qi Gathering Powder: 100% guaranteed to successfully condense a Dou Qi Vortex.

On the Dou Qi Continent, to become a true Dou Zhe, one first had to condense a Dou Qi Vortex within one's body. Yet condensing a Dou Qi Vortex carried a considerable chance of failure. With Qi Gathering Powder, however, one could certainly condense a Dou Qi Vortex successfully and truly become a Dou Zhe.

Xiao Chen opened his mouth and tossed the Qi Gathering Powder in his hand into it. The instant it entered his mouth, a faint coolness spread through it.

A moment later, a warm and pure energy surged directly from his mouth into his body. Xiao Chen's body immediately shuddered violently.

Xiao Chen promptly sat cross-legged and formed a Cultivation Hand Seal with his hands. With a thought, the dou qi in his body entwined around that powerful, pure medicinal energy and began refining it frantically.

Two energies clashed within Xiao Chen's body, causing waves of stabbing pain to continuously shoot through his meridians. Fortunately, Xiao Chen's body was already powerful, and the meridians within him were even tougher.

As time passed, Xiao Chen gradually grew accustomed to the pain caused by the collision of the two energies. The medicinal power of the Qi Gathering Powder was continuously refined by him. When the dou qi within his body reached a critical point—

"Condense."

Xiao Chen's hand seal suddenly changed. His index fingers and thumbs connected, his middle fingers touched, and his ten fingers formed a strange hand seal.

As Xiao Chen's hand seal changed, the surging dou qi within his body seemed to be seized by a fierce suction force and rapidly contracted toward his lower abdomen. Next, Xiao Chen continuously compressed the dou qi in his body with his soul perception.

Boom!

As Xiao Chen continuously compressed the dou qi, a muffled sound suddenly rang out from within his body at a certain moment.

Hearing the sound from within, Xiao Chen knew that he had successfully condensed a Dou Qi Vortex. Successfully condensing a Dou Qi Vortex meant that Xiao Chen had become a Dou Zhe.

Afterward, Xiao Chen sank his consciousness into his lower abdomen. A milky-white vortex the size of a palm slowly rotated there. Around its outer edge wrapped a layer of milky-white, nebula-like energy. This should be the Dou Qi Vortex.

Internal vision was an auxiliary skill that only those at the Dou Zhe level could master. The stronger one's cultivation, the more thoroughly one could examine the conditions within one's body.

After checking himself and finding nothing unusual, Xiao Chen tidied up the Mountain Cave.

Xiao Chen's dark eyes turned toward a spot within the Mountain Cave. A mysterious and profound rune had been inscribed upon the stone wall. The rune carved into the wall was the Space Imprint Rune.

With this Space Imprint, Xiao Chen could tear open space from a great distance, create a Space Passage, and teleport back here.

Within the void of space, without an exact coordinate, even if one tore open space to form a Space Passage, there was no telling where one would be sent.

Xiao Chen then left the Mountain Cave where he had cultivated bitterly for several months. He arrived at the mountaintop and headed down the mountain.

After returning to the Xiao Family, Xiao Chen entered his private courtyard and went into his room. There, he saw Meng Er sitting cross-legged and cultivating.

"Young Master Xiao Chen."

Meng Er, who was cultivating, seemed to sense Xiao Chen's arrival. Her tightly closed eyes suddenly opened. When her beautiful eyes saw Xiao Chen entering the room, she quickly rose and bowed.

Xiao Chen looked at Meng Er with his dark eyes, a smile on his face. He nodded, then instructed her to prepare some food. He was planning to have a good meal.

Hearing Xiao Chen's words, Meng Er nodded lightly and hurried off to the kitchen.

When Meng Er brought out the fragrant dishes, Xiao Chen swept the food from the table clean like a whirlwind. He nodded in satisfaction, praising inwardly that Meng Er's cooking was getting better and better.

Watching Xiao Chen eat, Meng Er felt a sense of satisfaction in her heart. Once she saw that Xiao Chen had finished all the food on the table, she cleared away the remaining dishes. Xiao Chen, meanwhile, lay down on the soft bed and muttered inwardly:

"By my calculations, the pre-Coming-of-Age Ceremony assessment should be starting soon, right?"

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