Advancing to Tenth Stage Dou Qi

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, three years had passed.

The figure before the waterfall was no longer the child from three years ago. Liu Yun now stood around 1.85 meters tall, and his face had long since lost its babyish features. Yet time had not tarnished his looks in the slightest; instead, he had become even more breathtaking.

His bare upper body displayed beautifully defined muscles, giving him an exceptionally perfect overall impression.

By now, Liu Yun had broken through his own limits without using Dou Qi and stood before the waterfall, a place he had once thought impossible to reach.

He opened his Personal Panel.

Name: Mitel Liu Yun

Realm: Ninth Stage Dou Qi (Hundred Refinement Dou Qi 85/100)

Attributes: Metal, Wood, Fire

Aptitude: 60 (Through your unrelenting efforts, your aptitude has finally improved. But across the myriad worlds, you are still an utterly ordinary passerby.)

Charm: 100 (The system's accompanying transformation remodeled the host. Even across the myriad worlds, you remain among the most dazzling few.)

Comprehension: 35 (A comprehension too miserable for words, an ordinary passerby among the myriad worlds.)

Cultivation Method: Thousand Hammer Hundred Refinement Technique

Dou Technique: None

Mission: None

Mission Points: 0 (Mission Points can be obtained by completing missions.)

Items: Burning Heaven Immortal Art Cultivation Method, One-star Dou Huang Trial Card ×1.

System Function One: Return Binding Target 2/10. (Click to view details)

Seeing that his aptitude had jumped from 35 to 60, Liu Yun smiled happily, feeling a faint sense of accomplishment.

"Ding, Nalan Yanran has cultivated the Dou Technique: Wind Spirit Fractal Sword (Proficiency +1). Congratulations, Host, you have received a Return: Mysterious Tier Mid-grade Dou Technique: Wind Spirit Fractal Sword (Proficiency +1)."

"Ding, congratulations, Host, you have obtained the basic attribute: Wind."

Liu Yun froze. Ever since binding Nalan Yanran, he had never received any system Return. Only today's notification reminded him that he even had such a tool person.

He opened Nalan Yanran's Personal Panel:

Name: Nalan Yanran

Realm: One-star Dou Zhe

Aptitude: 90 (Top-tier on the Dou Qi Continent.)

Charm: 80 (Though still young, she is already delicate and lovely. Once she grows up, she will definitely become a stunning beauty.)

Comprehension: 90 (Gifted with a photographic memory and astonishing natural comprehension. Even across the entire Dou Qi Continent, she is among the top few.)

Binding Method: 100% Dou Technique Return (The Return Ratio depends on the relationship between the Host and the bound target. The current relationship is "First encounter.")

Sure enough, Nalan Yanran had already stepped into the ranks of Dou Zhe. Three years ago, she had still been at Seven-stage Dou Qi, while Liu Yun had already reached Ninth Stage Dou Qi.

Now, three years had passed. His realm was still lingering at Dou Qi, while she had already surpassed him.

Thinking further, Nalan Yanran could not possibly have gone three years without cultivating any Dou Techniques. That meant the system's Return had certain restrictions—at the very least, only Mysterious-tier Fighting Skills, perhaps even Mysterious Tier Mid-grade Dou Techniques, could be returned.

Picking up a nearby branch and using it as a sword, Liu Yun formed a hand seal and waved lightly. The Wind Spirit Fractal Sword unfolded as though he had studied it for a long time, flowing as naturally as an arm. Energy gathered, forming a wind sword that radiated terrifying sword aura.

The next instant, Liu Yun swung the branch forward, and the wind sword shot out abruptly toward the waterfall ahead.

Boom!

A thunderous explosion rang out. The waterfall even stopped flowing for a brief instant, water splashing everywhere. A horizontal trench appeared behind the waterfall, showing just how powerful this Dou Technique was.

"Wow, I finally have a Dou Technique worth showing off," Liu Yun said smugly.

Sure enough, a life with cheats was full of surprises.

Looks like I need to build a good relationship with Nalan Yanran! Liu Yun thought.

Just as Liu Yun was marveling at how useful Nalan Yanran was, the system's mechanical voice rang out once more.

"Ding, Yun Yun has advanced to Three-star Dou Huang. Congratulations, Host, you have received a Return of 100,000 points of Dou Qi."

Dou Qi surged wildly from within his body. In that instant, Liu Yun felt as though he were about to burst apart. The meridians throughout his body swelled frantically, and the pain made him bare his teeth.

Blood seeped from his pores, and before long, he had turned into a man covered in blood.

Liu Yun endured the swelling agony in his head and refused to let himself lose consciousness. Then, he desperately circulated the Thousand Hammer Hundred Refinement Technique.

Ninth Stage Dou Qi, Tenth Stage Dou Qi... Ninth Stage Dou Qi, Eighth Stage Dou Qi, Seven-stage Dou Qi... Eighth Stage Dou Qi, Ninth Stage Dou Qi...

As the cycle repeated itself, Liu Yun felt as though he were on the verge of collapsing. If he had not endured the pressure of the raging current every moment for the past three years and painstakingly tempered his body, he would probably have exploded to death by now.

Even with his current physical condition, the sudden influx of a One-star Dou Huang's Dou Qi still tortured him until he felt half-dead.

Thus, one day passed, then two days, then three. Liu Yun's body finally stopped bleeding.

The Dou Qi infusion lasted a full three days and three nights before it finally ceased. A Dou Huang's Dou Qi truly was terrifying.

"Ding, because the Host was unable to withstand Yun Yun's returned Dou Qi, the Protection Mechanism has been activated. The excess Dou Qi has been dispersed."

Liu Yun felt that the system was truly considerate. If that One-star Dou Huang's Dou Qi had flooded into his body all at once, he would probably have exploded without even a scrap left.

After three days and three nights of torment, Liu Yun felt utterly exhausted in body and mind. His eyes closed beyond his control.

When he woke up, it was already the next morning.

The first thing Liu Yun did upon waking was check his Personal Panel.

Name: Mitel Liu Yun

Realm: Tenth Stage Dou Qi (Hundred Refinement Dou Qi 100/100)

Attributes: Metal, Wood, Fire, Wind

Aptitude: 65 (Through your unrelenting efforts, your aptitude has finally improved. But across the myriad worlds, you are still an utterly ordinary passerby.)

Charm: 100 (The system's accompanying transformation remodeled the host. Even across the myriad worlds, you remain among the most dazzling few.)

Comprehension: 35 (A comprehension too miserable for words, an ordinary passerby among the myriad worlds.)

Cultivation Method: Thousand Hammer Hundred Refinement Technique

Dou Technique: Wind Spirit Fractal Sword (Mysterious Tier Mid-grade)

Mission: At the Host's current realm, directly kill 10 First-order Peak Magical Beasts of different species. (Current mission progress: 0/10.)

Mission Points: 0 (Mission Points can be obtained by completing missions.)

Items: Burning Heaven Immortal Art Cultivation Method, One-star Dou Huang Trial Card ×1.

System Function One: Return Binding Target 2/10. (Click to view details)

"Hm? There's actually a mission now?" Liu Yun said in surprise.

He then checked the system notifications. Sure enough, there was a mission release notification. He had probably been sleeping too deeply at the time and failed to hear it.

"Mission released: With the Host's current Tenth Stage Dou Qi cultivation, directly kill a total of 10 First-order Peak Magical Beasts of different species. No tricks are allowed, and no person or Magical Beast may interfere during the process.

Mission completion reward: Mission Points ×30, Sixth-grade Pill: Qi Gathering Pill, Earth Tier Middle-grade Dou Technique: Wrath of the Storm."

Qi Gathering Pill: A Sixth-grade Pill that can condense a Dou Qi Vortex with 100% certainty under any circumstances and correspondingly improve the quality of the Dou Qi Vortex.

"Tsk, tsk, these rewards are seriously generous!" Liu Yun could not help clicking his tongue.

First of all, there was no need to say anything about the Qi Gathering Pill. It was definitely an advanced version of the Qi Gathering Powder. There had never been such a pill in the original work, which showed just how precious it was.

As for the second reward, an Earth Tier Mid-grade Dou Technique, it was something one could only hope to encounter by chance. Even the Misty Cloud Sect, the number one sect in the Jia Ma Empire, did not currently possess a single Earth-tier Fighting Skill.

From the moment he saw the mission rewards, Liu Yun decided that he was absolutely doing this mission. Not even Jesus could stop him.