Qi Martial Realm, Ninth Layer (Please Follow and Vote Monthly)

An eleven-year-old Three-Star Dou Zhe had appeared in the imperial capital! He possessed exceptional talent in alchemy! He had taken Fa Ma, the president of the Alchemist Guild, as his master!

Under President Fa Ma's guidance, that genius became a First-Grade Alchemist in less than a month!

News after news about the peerless genius Gu Yi rapidly spread throughout the Jia Ma Imperial Capital.

As time passed, the news spread to every province of the Jia Ma Empire, becoming known and discussed by countless people.

The people of Wutan City were no exception.

As it happened, the Xiao Family of Wutan City had also produced an eleven-year-old genius, Xiao Yan, who had broken through to the Dou Zhe realm.

Both were geniuses, so Gu Yi and Xiao Yan inevitably became subjects of comparison in people's conversations.

Everyone believed that the future top ten experts of the Jia Ma Empire would surely include a place for both of them.

However, just then, news came from the Xiao Family that Xiao Yan's Dou Qi had inexplicably vanished. His strength had fallen from a One-Star Dou Zhe to the ninth stage of Dou Qi!

Xiao Yan had finally embarked on his three-year journey as trash...

In contrast, Gu Yi's influence in the Jia Ma Empire reached an extremely high level, far surpassing what it had been in Douluo Continent and Nine Heavens Continent.

As a result, while Gu Yi was in the Dou Qi Continent, the source energy the Myriad Worlds Gate could absorb each day directly surged to forty points.

After that, Gu Yi studied alchemy under Fa Ma. From time to time, he also returned to the Cloud Sea Sect to seek guidance from Elder Bei and several other alchemists of the sect.

There were quite a few differences between the Alchemy Paths of Nine Heavens Continent and Dou Qi Continent.

For example, the Beauty Retaining Pill was not considered a high-level medicinal pill in Nine Heavens Continent. Some Cloud Sea Sect disciples at the seventh level of the Qi Martial Realm could hunt a few demonic beasts, obtain beast cores, and exchange them for one within the sect.

Yet in Dou Qi Continent, medicinal pills like the Beauty Retaining Pill were at least fourth-grade pills, beyond what ordinary people could afford.

The reason was that Nine Heavens Continent possessed medicinal ingredients that Dou Qi Continent lacked, and in vast quantities—enough for alchemists to refine enormous amounts of Beauty Retaining Pills.

There were many examples of pill formulas like the Beauty Retaining Pill.

Some things existed in Dou Qi Continent but not in Nine Heavens Continent.

Others were the reverse.

Even their alchemy techniques differed between the alchemists of the two worlds.

Under such circumstances, Gu Yi absorbed the alchemical knowledge of both worlds and made it his own.

The sun and moon turned, while the years showed no mercy.

In the blink of an eye, another four years had passed.

Gu Yi had reached the age of twelve.

Over those four years, Gu Yi's days had been incomparably fulfilling.

Every day, Gu Yi spent his time meditating and cultivating, practicing spear techniques, practicing archery, refining pills, and fighting.

He became a master of time management, traveling back and forth between Douluo Continent, Nine Heavens Continent, and Dou Qi Continent.

He would stay in each world for several days before showing himself in another world, changing environments and continuing his cultivation.

Whenever this happened, Gu Yi would announce that he was entering seclusion to cultivate or refine pills, forbidding anyone from disturbing him.

Ever since joining the Cloud Sea Sect and connecting to Dou Qi Continent, Gu Yi's strength had grown considerably, and he had stopped farming source energy from the students of Nuoding Academy.

After all, those students were far too weak. Compared to the time Gu Yi had to spend, the source energy he gained from defeating them was no longer worth mentioning.

With that time, he would rather fight the other disciples of the Cloud Sea Sect.

Or he could travel to Black Wind Ridge in Nine Heavens Continent, the Magical Beast Mountain Range in Dou Qi Continent, or the Star Dou Great Forest in Douluo Continent to gain experience, hunting a few demonic beasts or first-tier magical beasts comparable to the Qi Martial Realm.

Depending on the strength of the demonic beasts and magical beasts, Gu Yi could gain as few as five or six points of source energy after killing them, or as many as seventy or eighty points.

Moreover, fighting all kinds of demonic beasts and magical beasts could temper Gu Yi's combat experience with spear techniques, archery, and more.

As for beast cores, magic cores, pelts, and the like produced by these extraordinary creatures, he was an alchemist and did not care much for such resources.

It was precisely through Gu Yi's unrelenting cultivation that his strength increased greatly over those four years:

Master: Gu Yi

Age: Twelve

Cultivation: Level 49 Four-Ring Soul Ancestor, Ninth Level Qi Martial Realm

Source Energy: 36,830 points

Talents: Blood Martial Soul, Bone Martial Soul

Abilities: Alchemy (Third Grade), Pill Formulas—Return to Origin Pill, Essence Cultivation Pill, Beauty Retaining Pill...

Martial Skills—Iron Blood Malice Art (Yellow-tier High-grade), Indestructible Golden Body Art (Mystic-tier Low-grade), Life-Taking Spear Technique (Mystic-tier Mid-grade), Gale Spear Technique (Mystic-tier Low-grade)... Crimson Rainbow Arrow (Yellow-tier High-grade), Consecutive Meteor Arrows (Yellow-tier Mid-grade), Eight Desolations Seal (Yellow-tier High-grade), Ninefold Wave (Yellow-tier High-grade)...

Dou Techniques—Purple Cloud Wings (Mystic-tier High-grade), Mad Lion Spear Technique (Mystic-tier High-grade), Blood Flame...

Soul Skills—First Soul Skill: Blood Refinement (2,400-year Purple Soul Ring), Second Soul Skill: Blood Ignition (5,300-year Soul Ring), Third Soul Skill: Blood Escape (10,000-year Black Soul Ring), Fourth Soul Skill: Blood Burst (25,000-year Soul Ring)...

Items: Myriad Worlds Gate, Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame Fragment Map, Crimson Cloud Cauldron, Purple Fire...

Worlds: Douluo Continent, Nine Heavens Continent, Dou Qi Continent, Jade Dynasty World

First, in terms of cultivation, compared to four years ago, Gu Yi's cultivation had risen from the fourth level of the Qi Martial Realm to the ninth level, while his Soul Power had increased from level 24 to level 49.

This increase in cultivation appeared somewhat slower than his training speed four years earlier.

The main reason was that Gu Yi primarily cultivated the martial path of the Nine Heavens World. Of the Heaven and Earth Origin Qi he absorbed, one portion was used to temper his body, while another was used to condense essence blood.

By now, Gu Yi possessed over a thousand drops of essence blood throughout his body.

—The higher one's physical attributes and strength rose, the harder they became to improve, and cultivation speed would inevitably decline.

Otherwise, if Gu Yi had only cultivated the soul master system of the Douluo Continent and focused solely on increasing his Soul Power, his cultivation would have long since reached level fifty or sixty.

But a level-fifty or sixty cultivation like that would not necessarily have made him stronger in battle than he was now.

After all, the strength of ordinary level-fifty or sixty Soul Kings and Soul Emperors on the Douluo Continent could not reach more than nine thousand jin!!

Next came his alchemy and the cultivation of various martial skills, combat techniques, and soul skills.

Over these four years, with the full support of the Cloud Sea Sect and the Alchemist Guild, Gu Yi had never needed to worry about a shortage of medicinal ingredients in his pursuit of the Alchemy Path.

Thus, supported by countless medicinal ingredients, Gu Yi's alchemy steadily improved.

By now, Gu Yi was already considered an advanced third-grade alchemist on the Dou Qi Continent and had mastered numerous pill formulas.

As for the spear arts and archery he cultivated, Yellow-rank skills such as the Charge Spear Technique, Prairie Fire Spear Technique, Consecutive Meteor Arrows, and others had all been trained to perfection. His spearwork had reached an astonishing level.

Even Roar of the Mad Lion, a high-grade Profound-rank combat technique, had been cultivated by him to major mastery.

Most importantly, Gu Yi had made a breakthrough in his spear realm. He had entered the realm of Spear Intent several years ago and was now advancing toward the Subtlety Realm.

Because of this, Gu Yi's true combat strength could not be judged merely by his apparent level-49 cultivation or ninth level of the Qi Martial Realm...

Moreover, over these four years, Gu Yi had experienced quite a few things and obtained many treasures.

For instance, he had used the Myriad Worlds Gate to connect to a third world!