Dou Qi Continent, Wutan City (Please Follow and Vote)

Gu Yi walked along the city streets, listening to the countless clamorous voices around him.

His mind raced, accurately distinguishing every sentence, studying their tones and phrasing, then searching for patterns.

In just over ten minutes, Gu Yi had successfully learned the language of this new world.

"How many gold coins for this first-tier fire-element Magic Core?"

"Four hundred and twenty gold coins!"

"Shopkeeper, how much is this Magical Beast corpse worth?"

"Have you heard? The Xiao Family's third young master has already reached the tenth stage of Dou Qi."

"What? The tenth stage of Dou Qi? Hiss~ The Xiao Family's third young master is only eleven this year, isn't he? He's already reached the tenth stage of Dou Qi. It probably won't be long before he condenses a Dou Qi vortex and becomes a Dou Practitioner."

"Terrifying!"

"An eleven-year-old Dou Practitioner is something Wutan City only sees once in a century."

"It seems that in a few years, the Xiao Family will become Wutan City's number one family."

Dou Qi... Wutan City... the Xiao Family...

As Gu Yi walked down the street, his expression turned strange. From this information, he had already learned which world he had transmigrated into.

Battle Through the Heavens, Dou Qi Continent!!

This was a world where Dou Qi had developed to its peak. From weakest to strongest, cultivators were ranked as follows: Dou Qi, Dou Practitioner... Dou Saint, Dou Emperor!

Although the cultivation ceiling of Dou Qi Continent did not compare to Nine Heavens Continent, it far surpassed that of Douluo Continent.

At that moment, Gu Yi was overwhelmed with delight, feeling that his decision to cross into another world once again had been the right one.

Dou Qi Continent contained many unclaimed opportunities, including one or two that Gu Yi could obtain right now.

Of course, Douluo Continent and Nine Heavens Continent also had many unclaimed opportunities.

But many of them either had not yet reached the time to appear, their opportunities still hidden.

For example, Tang San's External Soul Bone, the Eight Spider Lances, and the Nine Heavens Azure Dragon Cauldron in Tianluo Ancient City of Snow Moon Kingdom.

Or Gu Yi was simply not strong enough to obtain them.

For example, the various immortal herbs within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well on Douluo Continent, the inheritance of the Demon Sealing Great Emperor, and so on.

Although Gu Yi knew the location of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, in Sunset Forest, he did not dare go there yet.

After all, while Gu Yi was not weak at present, he was still no match for a Titled Douluo.

Even the weakest one, Poison Douluo, was no exception.

Gu Yi had also considered waiting for a day when Poison Douluo was absent and sneaking into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

But he quickly abandoned the idea.

That was because Poison Douluo had set up a poisonous miasma around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Even ordinary Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts did not dare barge through it.

Gu Yi knew that his current attainments in poison were still shallow, and he was not completely confident that he could pass through the poisonous miasma.

So, Gu Yi planned to cultivate for a few more years and study alchemy during that time, so that after gathering the immortal herbs in the future, he could maximize their medicinal effects.

He had no intention of doing as Tang San did and simply eating the immortal herbs raw.

—This was also another reason why Gu Yi had chosen to join the Cloud Sea Sect.

As one of Snow Moon Kingdom's eight top forces, the Cloud Sea Sect had quite a few alchemists.

Gu Yi had originally planned to learn alchemy at the Cloud Sea Sect.

Across the Myriad Heavens and Worlds, there were all kinds of cultivation arts and professions. Yet regardless of the world, alchemy, artifact forging, formations, and talisman arts were all among the foremost paths, aside from a few exceptional worlds.

That was because, compared to other supplementary cultivation systems, they could significantly increase a cultivator's strength.

Mastering alchemy would be of great help to Gu Yi's future growth.

Furthermore, studying alchemy was also a way to increase Soul Power.

But now, it seemed that aside from learning alchemy at the Cloud Sea Sect, Gu Yi could also study it on Dou Qi Continent!

After all, besides its distinctive Dou Qi System, Dou Qi Continent also possessed a complete alchemist system, from the lowest First-Grade Alchemist to Ninth-Grade Alchemists, and even Emperor-Grade Alchemists. It had a complete path of inheritance.

Back to the matter at hand.

Gu Yi began considering how to obtain the few known unclaimed opportunities on Dou Qi Continent that he could seize right now.

"From what the people around me are saying, Xiao Yan is currently eleven years old and about to become a Dou Practitioner."

Gu Yi calculated the timeline. That means Xiao Yan has yet to go through his three years as a cripple, and the true plot of Battle Through the Heavens has not yet begun.

Realizing this, Gu Yi could not help complaining, "The timelines of Douluo and Nine Heavens are also before their stories begin."

"Could it be because I'm too young, so the protagonists of the worlds connected by the Myriad Worlds Gate are around my age as well?"

Gu Yi had studied the Myriad Worlds Gate for several years, yet he still could not figure out what criteria it used to seek out new worlds.

"Forget it. The plot not having begun is a good thing for me. That way, I can get to the Magical Beast Mountain Range before Xiao Yan and take the fragment of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map."

Gu Yi's eyes brightened even further at the thought of obtaining the Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame.

On the Dou Qi Continent, there existed certain supreme treasures born from heaven and earth—Heavenly Flames.

The Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame was one such Heavenly Flame, and it ranked among the top three.

If Gu Yi obtained that fragment map in the Magical Beast Mountain Range first, it would have a tremendous impact on the plot of Battle Through the Heavens.

That would mean Xiao Yan would basically have no chance of subduing the Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame in the future, which would greatly affect his strength.

In that case, Gu Yi could obtain an enormous amount of source power.

Moreover, aside from the Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame Fragment Map, that cave also contained other treasures.

Most importantly, the fragment map was located in the outer region of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where there was not much danger nearby. In the original story, even Xiao Yan, who was merely a Dou Zhe, had been able to reach it.

With Gu Yi's current strength, he could handle it easily.

—Just now, Gu Yi had sensed the strength of the surrounding crowd and discovered that the auras of several people calling themselves One-Star Dou Zhes were slightly weaker than his own.

Thus, Gu Yi deduced that his cultivation on the Dou Qi Continent was probably equivalent to that of a Two- or Three-Star Dou Zhe.

As for his combat strength, it should be several minor realms higher still.

"Since that's the case, after obtaining a Dou Qi Cultivation Technique and solving the problem of how much harder it is to refine the heaven and earth energy of this world, I'll head to the Magical Beast Mountain Range and search for the cave where the fragment map is located."

Having made up his mind, Gu Yi followed the flow of people to a marketplace.

From the conversations around him, Gu Yi learned that this marketplace belonged to the Xiao Family.

People came and went here, making it exceptionally lively. Some merchants even brought out Dou Qi Cultivation Techniques and Dou Skills for sale.

Of course, those cultivation techniques and Dou Skills were all the lowest-grade Yellow Rank techniques and skills.

Speaking of the ranks of cultivation techniques and Dou Skills, the first few levels on the Dou Qi Continent and the Nine Heavens Continent were divided the same way: Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow.

However, their ranks could not simply be compared directly.

The Heaven Rank Cultivation Techniques and Dou Skills of the Dou Qi Continent were far stronger than the Heaven-tier Cultivation Techniques and Martial Skills of the Nine Heavens Continent. They should correspond to the "Imperial Scriptures" of the Nine Heavens Continent.

Furthermore, the cultivation techniques and Dou Skills of the Dou Qi Continent emphasized attributes rather than martial souls.

Whatever type of elemental constitution a Dou Qi Continent cultivator possessed determined what attribute of cultivation technique they cultivated.

If they cultivated one of another attribute, at best their progress would be twice as hard for half the result; at worst, it could easily cause an attribute conflict and lead to cultivation deviation.

Naturally, there were not such strict requirements when cultivating Dou Skills. Cultivators could practice across attributes. For example, Xiao Yan, who possessed fire and wood attributes, could cultivate the lightning-attribute Three Thousand Lightning Movement.

Gu Yi did not have high requirements for a Dou Qi Cultivation Technique, so he casually selected and purchased a low-grade Yellow Rank technique from the marketplace.

He merely wanted to refer to the portion of a Dou Qi Cultivation Technique concerning the absorption of heaven and earth energy, then incorporate it into the Iron Blood Malice Art he cultivated. That way, Gu Yi would not find cultivation on the Dou Qi Continent any more arduous in the future.

Of course, the Dou Qi System still had worthwhile aspects. For instance, Gu Yi could learn the methods used in the first stage of the Dou Qi System, Dou Qi, to nourish and expand the meridians, making his own meridians broader and more resilient, thereby indirectly increasing his cultivation speed.