A Year and a Half

In the quiet hall, time flew by, and ten days passed in the blink of an eye. During these ten days, Xiao Yan's body was immersed in the blood pool. As the blood was cleared over these ten days, Xiao Yan had become almost skin and bones, and his face was terribly pale. If it weren't for the faint breaths still remaining in his nostrils, no one would probably think he was alive.

Beside the blood pool, Xun'er witnessed the changes in Xiao Yan over the past ten days, and her heart was breaking. Watching her beloved gradually become like this was a painful experience for anyone.

However, Xiao Yuan was worried about Xiao Yan's change.

With Xiao Yan's current strength, even if he really dies, his soul can remain. When Xiao Yuan leaves the Heavenly Tomb, he can simply kill a Dou Sheng to refine a new body for Xiao Yan.

These are all minor issues! Besides, Xiao Yan won't die.

With his current quasi- Emperor Realm soul power, monitoring Xiao Yan's physical condition would be a piece of cake!

Xiao Yan also had a life-saving pill given to him by Yao Lao. As long as he took the pill before he died, he would be able to jump around on the spot.

With multiple layers of protection, Xiao Yuan was naturally not worried about Xiao Yan dying.

Moreover, Xiao Yuan had considerable confidence in Xiao Yan. This was someone who was destined to become Dou Di, so how could he possibly fall here?

Although Xiao Xuan remained calm, he was still somewhat nervous inside.

"Thump!"

As the three waited with such complex emotions, about twelve days later, a faint sound suddenly came from the calm blood pool. Then, blood bubbles rose from the blood pool and finally burst open. At the same time, a blood-red vortex formed, and at the center of the vortex was Xiao Yan, who was as thin as a skeleton.

"The Blood Exchange is halfway complete. Next, all we need to do is infuse the blood with the power of the Xiao clan into his body, and Xiao Yan will be able to possess the power of the Xiao Clan's bloodline once again!"

Seeing this change, Xiao Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and quickly formed a hand seal. A beam of blood-red light shot into the blood pool.

"Gurgle, gurgle."

As the crimson light shot in, the blood pool suddenly boiled, with blood bubbles rising continuously. At the same time, strange crimson liquid separated from the pool water, eventually climbing onto Xiao Yan's body and flowing into him through his pores.

As the blood-red liquid, brimming with strange energy, entered Xiao Yan's body, his originally extremely pale skin gradually regained a rosy hue, and his withered skin slowly began to bounce back.

Seeing this gradually improving situation, Xun'er breathed a sigh of relief and whispered:

"Senior Xiao Xuan, is there still some energy in this blood pool that you sealed away back then? If Brother Xiao Yan absorbs all of this energy, it should cause his strength to increase dramatically, right?"

"Hmm," Xiao Xuan nodded, glanced at Xun'er, and smiled, "I know what you're thinking. This kind of strength that increases rapidly by relying on external forces, if not controlled properly, will become a huge obstacle to advancing to Dou Sheng in the future. However, Xiao Yan should also understand this principle. Having come this far, I believe he will choose the most rational way to trust him."

Xun'er nodded silently. She was indeed a little worried. The energy left behind by Xiao Xuan must be extremely large. It was not impossible for Xiao Yan to suddenly soar to the Dou Zun Peak. But if that were the case, Xiao Yan's chances of advancing to Dou Sheng in the future would become negligible. From a long-term perspective, this was extremely unwise.

However, she wasn't too worried. After all, she knew Xiao Yan very well. He was always rational and quite cautious about such external forces. She believed that Xiao Yan would not do anything that would be a losing proposition.

"Next, we'll just have to wait for the Blood Exchange to finish; that will probably take quite a long time."

Xiao Xuan said softly.

Xun'er, who was standing to the side, nodded slightly and stared at the blood pool for a while. After seeing no unusual changes, she finally felt a little relieved and entered a state of cultivation.

Seeing Xun'er enter a meditative state, Xiao Xuan smiled slightly, looked at Xiao Yan in the blood pool, and murmured, "This little guy is quite charming."

As the former patriarch of the Xiao Clan, Xiao Xuan naturally understood very well that people of Ancient Race with God Grade Bloodline would gradually become more perfect as they grew older, and under this perfection, they would rarely have any special feelings for the opposite sex.

However, Xiao Yuan did tell him some things about Xiao Yan and Xun'er, and he laughed happily at the time.

After all, it was practically like his own son had won over his good brother's daughter, so Xiao Xuan, as an elder, naturally felt gratified and happy.

Just as Xiao Xuan said, it will take Xiao Yan quite a while to absorb the energy he left behind. During this time, Xun'er quickly entered a state of cultivation, Xiao Yuan studied Dou Technique and switched to cultivating cultivation methods, and Xiao Xuan also needed to recover his soul power.

Therefore, the entire hall fell silent once again.

In this desolate environment, time slips away as quickly as sand through one's fingers.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, a year has passed quietly in this silent ancient palace. During this year, Xun'er spent most of her time cultivating. The energy here is the most concentrated in the Heavenly Tomb, so she has made considerable gains this year, and her aura has become much stronger.

At her level, the improvement of her strength is extremely slow, but at least within this Tomb Mansion, this slow pace has been significantly accelerated.

When Xun'er occasionally awoke from her cultivation, Xun'er would keep an eye on Xiao Yan, who remained motionless like a statue in the blood pool. For a year, Xiao Yan showed no sign of opening his eyes. The extremely dense energy flowed into his body endlessly, but despite the terrifying amount of energy poured in, Xiao Yan's aura remained stagnant, showing no increase whatsoever. Xun'er wasn't surprised by this, because she knew that the true explosion would occur when the last surge of energy entered Xiao Yan's body! As for Xiao Xuan and Xiao Yuan, Xun'er's gaze was fixed on the semi-transparent space beside them. The two figures clashed, and almost every exchange tore the surrounding space open with gruesome wounds.

In that space, sometimes thousands of huge fireballs, like meteorites, would crash down; sometimes snowflakes would flutter down, Ice Seal the Heavens and Earth; and sometimes giants would roar with earth-shattering fury. Such terrifying power would make even some powerful Dou Sheng Expert ' scalps tingle!

"Third Brother's strength is becoming more and more terrifying."

Xun'er looked at Xiao Yuan, who was holding his own against Xiao Xuan, and couldn't help but shake her head and sigh.

Although Xiao Yan gained quite a bit from this trip to the Heavenly Tomb, the biggest beneficiaries were clearly Xiao Yuan, and even Xiao Xuan!

Xiao Yuan spent three months switching to cultivation techniques, and then spent the next nine months cultivating Dou Qi and Dou Technique.

In the fourth month of practicing Dou Technique, Xiao Yuan began sparring with Xiao Xuan.

Now that Xiao Yuan is the master of the Heavenly Tomb, he can find a desolate, uninhabited area with a thought and spar with Xiao Xuan.

Of the ten Heaven Rank Battle Skill techniques, four are Heavenly Rank cultivation techniques and six are Heaven Rank Battle Skill.

They are: a high-level Heavenly Rank cultivation technique of the fire attribute, the Three Yang Gathering Fire Skill; Heaven Rank Low Grade cultivation technique of the metal attribute, the Hidden Edge Art; Heaven Rank Low Grade cultivation technique of the earth attribute, the Barren Scripture; Heaven Rank Middle Level cultivation technique of the Ice Attribute, the Ten Thousand Realms Ice Seal Art.

In addition, there are the following high-level fire-attribute Heavenly Rank Dou Technique: Three Yang Profound Fire Talisman; Heaven Rank Middle Level fire-attribute Heavenly Heaven Rank Middle Level Dou Technique: Prairie Fire Starfire Spear; mid-level fire-attribute Heavenly Rank combat Dou Technique: Heavenly Fire Burning Soul; Heaven Rank Low Grade earth-attribute Heavenly Rank body-refining Dou Technique: Desolate Barren Law Body; mid-level Ice Attribute Heaven Rank Middle Level Dou Technique: Ice Seal Realm; and low-level Ice Attribute Low-Level Heaven Rank Dou Technique: Eternal Frozen Qi.

Clearly, knowing that Xiao Yuan was cultivating the Five Elements Qi Palace Secret Method, Xiao Xuan's Dou Qi method for Xiao Yuan was also specifically tailored to that purpose.

Unlike Low-Level Heaven Rank Dou Technique like the Great Heaven Creation Palm, the Dou Technique passed down by Xiao Xuan include three Heaven Rank Middle Level Dou Technique and one high-level Heaven-rank Dou Technique. These are much more difficult to cultivate, and mastering them requires a significant amount of time and effort!

To speed up this process, you have to fight! That's why Xiao Yuan and Xiao Xuan sparred and exchanged ideas.

The sparring between the two lasted quite a while, so after watching for a while, seeing that they showed no signs of ending, Xun'er slowly closed her eyes and continued to cultivate.

As Xun'er continued her cycle of awakening and cultivation, time continued to pass. Fortunately, it could be seen from the increasingly clear pool water that the vast energy contained within was becoming increasingly scarce as Xiao Yan absorbed it bit by bit.

The blood pool became clearer and clearer until, about a year and a half after Xiao Yan entered the blood pool, the last trace of blood color finally disappeared completely. At this moment, the pool water returned to the tranquil state it was when Xiao Yan first arrived.

As the last wisp of energy from the blood pool flowed into Xiao Yan's body, Xun'er, who was standing by the pool, seemed to sense something and opened her eyes, staring directly at Xiao Yan, whose eyes were closed in the water.

Under her gaze, Xiao Yan remained completely still, even his aura remained calm. However, with Xun'er's strength, she could naturally sense the terrifying energy within Xiao Yan's body, like a volcano about to erupt! "Boom!"

This silence lasted for about half an hour, until the calm pool water, which had not rippled at all, suddenly erupted like a thunderclap, with a huge column of water shooting out and finally pouring down in mid-air like a torrential rain.

Xun'er paid no attention to the torrential rain, her gaze fixed on Xiao Yan without blinking. As for the splashing water, it would automatically vaporize and rise as steam after it landed around her.

His aura began to surge.

Suddenly, Xiao Xuan and Xiao Yuan appeared, and Xiao Xuan spoke calmly.

"Boom!"

As soon as Xiao Xuan finished speaking, a vast aura suddenly surged out from Xiao Yan's body, and then this aura began to rapidly increase at a terrifying speed.

"Six-star peak, seven -Seven Star Peak, eight-star"

As Xiao Xuan and Xun'er sensed Xiao Yan's aura surging almost unstoppable, their expressions grew increasingly solemn.

"Nine stars already"

In less than ten minutes, Xiao Yan's aura rose from the six-star level to the nine-star level, and this improvement showed a continuing upward trend.

"Almost at the peak of the nine-star level."

Two more minutes passed, Xun'er's face showed some worry again. If Xiao Yan's aura remained like this, his chances of advancing to Dou Sheng in the future would be very slim.

Xiao Xuan and Xiao Yuan appeared quite calm. Xiao Yuan had confidence in Xiao Yan, and Xiao Xuan, having learned about Xiao Yan's personality through Xiao Yuan, was naturally not too worried.

If all else fails, he will simply suppress Xiao Yan's aura.

He has recovered well over the past year and a half; it's not difficult to achieve that.

Under the watchful eyes of the three, Xiao Yan's aura finally surged to the peak of the Nine Stars Dou Zun, and even continued to climb towards the One Revolution Dou Zun Peak! "Brother Xiao Yan, if you go any lower, you'll be stuck at this level forever!"

Xun'er's eyes showed anxiety, and her jade hands clenched tightly.

However, although the rate of increase began to slow, a strange muffled sound suddenly emanated from Xiao Yan's Xiao Yan. The three then saw his face turn extremely red, and as his expression changed, his surging aura began to rapidly diminish. Whoosh!

Feeling Xiao Yan's rapidly weakening aura, Xun'er finally breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Xiao Yan did not disappoint her!

Xiao Yan's aura rapidly weakened, and in just a few minutes, it directly decreased from the Two Revolutions Dou Zun Peak level back to around six stars. Of course, this six-star level was completely different from the six-star level that Xiao Yan had before. Although the two levels seemed to be the same, they were actually fundamentally different.

"This guy's really pressing down hard, but it'll bounce back!"

Xiao Xuan clicked his tongue. He hadn't expected that Xiao Yan's move would directly suppress his aura from the peak of the nine-star level back to the six-star level.

The moment this thought crossed Xiao Xuan's mind, Xiao Yan's aura, which had been suppressed to the sixth star, began to rebound again. However, the speed of this rebound was clearly controlled by Xiao Yan to be much slower.

Six-star peak, seven-star Seven Star Peak, eight-star, nine-star!

The aura slowly rose, eventually rebounding back to the nine-star level, but it did not rise to the peak of the nine-star level again.

"It can't be compressed anymore."

Xiao Yuan said from the side.

"Gurgle."

In the clear pool water, bubbles kept rising, and Xiao Yan's aura gradually and completely stopped at the Nine Stars Dou Zun stage. No matter how much he compressed it, it could not be lowered any further.