This Is What Flying Feels Like

"Three days! Do you know how I spent these three days!?"

"I couldn't sleep soundly, had no company while refining pills, and even gossip lost its flavor!"

"Finally, you finally stopped cultivating in seclusion, Miss!"

Within Cao City of the Pill Domain, the young girl Cao Ying slapped her slender thigh, her eyes curved with excitement.

She had been eagerly anticipating what came next, only for the man to stop abruptly, leaving her so frustrated she wanted to write it herself.

If she could, she wanted to lock Chu Xiao in a little dark room where he could do nothing else, only obediently write his life experiences into stories for her to read.

Finally, she had finally lived to see an update.

"Hm? A Da Dou Shi?"

Cao Ying lifted the blanket off herself, looking somewhat bewildered.

In three days, he had gone from newly entering the Dou Master realm to becoming a Da Dou Shi.

Had he swallowed a Grade 8 Pill, or was he cultivating a Heaven Rank technique?

"If it's a technique, why didn't he explain it in the Diary?"

Cao Ying puffed out her cheeks. She wanted to share in that good fortune too.

At the same time, within Wutan City.

"Cough, cough, cough~"

Ya Fei choked on her water. In her carelessness, she knocked over the cup in her hand, spilling water all over herself.

Many parts of her dark black dress immediately turned translucent, revealing glimpses of her alluring figure.

Unfortunately, Yun Yun was the only one present, and she was unmoved by the sight. No one got to feast their eyes.

"Even for a reincarnator, this cultivation speed is too outrageous." Yun Yun's ample chest rose and fell slightly.

Even if he had taken a year to achieve it, she would still have been shocked.

"Sister Yun, your idea of accepting him as a disciple on your master's behalf can't be realized now." Ya Fei pressed her red lips together and teased her.

Yun Yun had thought of that as well and was already feeling regretful. Hearing this, she said with slight annoyance, "Rather than that, you should first find out whether Xun Er has a Diary Copy. Someone said it would be easy, yet three days have passed and it still isn't settled."

Ya Fei: "..."

This really wasn't her fault.

That very day, she had found an excuse to visit the Xiao Family, saying that Mittel greatly valued the talent Chu Xiao had displayed and was willing to offer him a VIP card.

After "learning" from Xiao Zhan that Chu Xiao had entered seclusion, she naturally asked whether the Xiao Family had any other talented youths, smoothly steering the topic toward Xun Er.

The result was that Xun Er was in seclusion too!

"Today, this little sister will confirm it." Her black hair fluttered as a glimmer of light appeared in Ya Fei's eyes.

If Xun Er had a Diary Copy, she would surely know that Chu Xiao had come out of seclusion and would certainly end her own seclusion as well.

"Brother Chu Xiao is coming out of seclusion?"

Inside a secret chamber, Xun Er, who had been cultivating diligently, opened her eyes.

After giving it some thought, she placed part of her attention on the Diary Copy, then closed her eyes again and continued cultivating.

If she wanted to remain by Brother Chu Xiao's side, she needed sufficient strength.

At the same time, a Gale Horse carriage from Green Mountain Town slowly entered through the massive gates of Wutan City.

Inside the carriage sat Xiao Yi Xian, whose temperament was elegant and otherworldly.

"Coming early is better than coming at just the right time~" Xiao Yi Xian smiled radiantly.

For a moment, all the women holding Diary Copies diverted part of their attention.

But what left them dumbfounded was that after writing that sentence, Chu Xiao made no further move.

Within the Dou Di Fragmented Space, a massive gap in the clouds over a hundred zhang wide appeared above Sky Pillar Peak.

At the very center of the opening, directly facing the ground below, Chu Xiao slowly rose to his feet. His black hair moved without wind, while a suit of purple-black Dou Qi Armor condensed around his body—the mark of entering the Da Dou Shi realm.

Even he had not expected that the Thunder Flame Emperor Flame devouring the juvenile Golden Emperor Sky-Burning Flame would allow him to refine such an enormous amount of natural energy.

"But the main reason is still that it fused with the characteristics of the Golden Emperor Sky-Burning Flame."

Chu Xiao raised his left hand and summoned the Thunder Flame Emperor Flame with a thought.

Allowing the flame to burn freely, it directly ignited his Dou Qi Armor, devouring it and leaving a gap behind.

This was the Golden Emperor Sky-Burning Flame's special ability: even Dou Qi could be burned to ashes and turned into its own fuel.

When he fought others in the future, he could use the Thunder Flame Emperor Flame to ignite their Dou Qi and even send it deep into their bodies.

As long as their bodies still contained Dou Qi, the flames would keep burning.

"Is this the Dou Qi Continent version of Amaterasu?" A strange light flashed through Chu Xiao's eyes.

The Fallen Heart Flame, ranked fourteenth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, was born from the heart. It tempered qi and refined bones, and was known as a "cultivation cheat." It could accelerate cultivation. A single Heavenly Flame Training Pagoda had brought Jia Nan Academy countless benefits, while refining it allowed one to remain in a state of cultivation at all times.

The Three Thousand Burning Flame, ranked ninth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, was also known as the "Three Thousand Starry Sky Burning Flame." It could absorb the Power of Stars and grow stronger without end, granting its refiner the Three Thousand Starry Sky Physique, also called the "Undying Body." So long as one was not blasted into a pulp, one could recover with the Power of Stars. It was merely a matter of time.

As a Heavenly Flame ranked fourth, the Golden Emperor Sky-Burning Flame naturally possessed more than just the ability to burn Dou Qi.

Perhaps because it was too scarce and mysterious, and because it was the Ancient Clan's inherited flame, so little information about it had been revealed.

The Golden Emperor Sky-Burning Flame could also temper and strengthen one's bloodline, improving both one's own talent and that of one's descendants. This was a power that only high-level Dou Saints could touch.

Beyond that, it could refine natural energy and absorb it into the body without impurities, equivalent to adding a layer of buff to one's cultivation technique. The stronger the technique cultivated, the greater the increase in cultivation speed and results.

The technique Chu Xiao was currently cultivating was the Yellow Rank mid-level Thunderclap Art. It was already the highest-level lightning-attribute technique in the Xiao Family, which was why, despite his excellent talent, he had only reached the Dou Master realm.

If he possessed a wood attribute, he could cultivate the Xuan Rank mid-level Wood Spring Longevity Art together with Fang Yi. By eighteen, even if he had not become a Da Dou Shi, he would at least be a high-level Dou Master.

But the Golden Emperor Sky-Burning Flame's characteristics gave his cultivation of the Thunderclap Art an effect comparable to a low-level Xuan Rank technique.

If the Heavenly Flame grew stronger, this amplifying effect would also grow stronger. Of course, the farther one progressed, the wider the gap between technique grades became.

In short, the current Thunder Flame Emperor Flame had gained three new characteristics.

"I remember that Xun Er could fly while still in the Dou Zhe realm."

"It was said that she used a secret technique and would be weak for a time afterward, but it couldn't possibly have raised a Dou Zhe to the level of a Dou Wang."

"Most likely, she used the power of the still-immature Golden Emperor Sky-Burning Flame."

"And now that I'm a Da Dou Shi, I can already form Dou Qi Armor."

Chu Xiao's eyes grew brighter and brighter. He felt that he might be able to gain flight before becoming a Dou Wang without relying on conventional flying Dou Skills.

As for whether this guess was true, he would know once he tried!

Whoosh!

His Dou Qi Armor formed as the Thunder Flame Emperor Flame gathered beneath his feet and flowed to his back, transforming into a pair of purple-black wings.

But that alone was not enough to fly. These wings formed from Heavenly Flame could at most be used as a glider.

The mark of a Dou Wang was achieving resonance between one's Dou Qi and natural energy of the same attribute, mobilizing that natural energy for one's own use.

Merely condensing Dou Qi wings made one a quasi-Dou Wang. Only after forming Dou Qi wings and being able to hover and fly through the air could one be considered a true king. This required one's Dou Crystal to become truly full and powerful enough to enable the body to directly absorb natural energy of the same attribute.

"I'm only a Da Dou Shi. My Dou Crystal can make Dou Qi surge out of my body and form armor, but I'm still far from resonating with natural energy of the same attribute, much less using it as my own—unless my soul realm breaks through."

"But the Thunder Flame Emperor Flame, after devouring the juvenile Golden Emperor Sky-Burning Flame, can do it."

Chu Xiao carefully sensed the Heavenly Flame wings on his back, attempting to touch the fire-, lightning-, and wood-attribute natural energy around him.

At this moment, the comprehension enhanced by the Azure Sky Chart revealed its power.

About half a quarter-hour later, he suddenly opened his eyes.

Whoosh!

His entire body shot into the air.

"This is what flying feels like."