Nine-Star Dou King (Part 1)

As soon as the Spirit Dou Pill entered Lin Ming's body, it transformed into a surge of scorching medicinal power, flowing into Lin Ming's meridians and flesh.

As the immense, pure medicinal power of the Spirit Dou Pill surged into his body, Lin Ming's lips trembled slightly. Fortunately, Lin Ming's physical strength was far beyond that of ordinary people, allowing him to absorb such a massive amount of medicinal energy with relatively little effort.

As the medicinal power of the Spirit Dou Pill surged into his meridians and flowed through them, Lin Ming immediately activated his mind. The Mysterious Yellow Flame burst forth from various parts of Lin Ming's body and rushed into his meridians, quickly enveloping the massive medicinal power. Then, he forcefully guided this unbridled medicinal power, like a wild horse, along the cultivation path of the Chaos Spirit Five Elements Technique Cultivation Method.

As the medicinal power surged within Lin Ming's body, intense energy fluctuations also appeared around Lin Ming in the outside world.

A stream of Heaven and Earth Energy condensed above Lin Ming's body, forming an energy vortex. Lin Ming was at the bottom of that vortex, absorbing the penetrating energy.

Possessing Heavenly Flames, even though the Mysterious Yellow Flame is only ranked last on the Heavenly Flame Ranking Heavenly Flames of fire, it is still Heavenly Flames. Therefore, when facing these mottled Heaven and Earth Energy, another function of the Heavenly Flames becomes apparent. That is, it can completely refine away the impurities in these mottled Heaven and Earth Energy, so that the energy injected into Lin Ming's body is pure enough.

Seeing the commotion in Lin Ming's room, Zi Yan immediately released a ball of energy to cover the area. Otherwise, the Heaven and Earth Phenomenon in Lin Ming's room would likely attract attention.

With the completion of Zi Yan's Energy Barrier, the anomaly caused by Lin Ming was instantly concealed.

As the medicinal power within his body gradually dissipated, everything proceeded smoothly. With Lin Ming's current cultivation level, although the medicinal power of this Spirit Dou Pill was immense, it was not enough to cause him to panic. Everything proceeded as smoothly as flowing water.

As the medicinal effects were refined, Lin Ming maintained his current state. Two days Lin Ming in this unchanging posture.

After two days of refining, the immense medicinal power of the Spirit Dou Pill, under the refinement of the Mysterious Yellow Flame, transformed into surging Dou Qi, flowing through the meridians like a tide.

Meanwhile, although the Zi Yan Beauty Barrier concealed the abnormality from the outside, the energy vortex within the barrier never ceased. As a result, this Heaven and Earth Energy, after being refined into pure Dou Qi by the Mysterious Yellow Flame, also merged into the energy pool within these meridians.

Of course, although this energy vortex looks powerful and majestic, after being refined through multiple processes, the amount of pure Dou Qi left for Lin Ming to absorb is not much.

However, it's better than nothing. Little by little, water can become a river, and water can wear away stone. Over time, the accumulated Dou Qi can reach an extremely terrifying number.

After all, cultivators accumulate most of their Dou Qi in this way. Relying on pills to improve strength is merely a shortcut and should not be overused, otherwise it will backfire.

In two days, Lin Ming had fully refined the medicinal power of the Spirit Dou Pill. However, after completing the refinement, Lin Ming did not stop immediately, but chose to continue cultivating.

Lin Ming had a vague feeling that the energy he had accumulated might not be enough to directly raise his cultivation level by two stars and reach the level of Nine-Star Dou King.

Lin Ming's current feeling is that he can reach that critical threshold, but whether he can pass it depends on luck. If he's lucky, he'll pass; if he's unlucky, he'll be stuck at the peak of the Eight-Star Dou King.

Putting aside whether Lin Ming pursues perfection in his work, Lin Ming simply cannot tolerate the existence of anything that involves gambling on luck. For Lin Ming, such a thing is extremely unpleasant. It's like trying to take a dump, only to have it suddenly stop halfway through – just thinking about it is unpleasant.

Moreover, in order to achieve a two-star upgrade and reach the level of Nine-Star Dou King, Lin Ming specially refined this perfect Spirit Dou Pill. Therefore, Lin Ming would not allow the situation of only upgrading by one star to occur.

Therefore, with the mindset of being determined to improve his cultivation by two stars, Lin Ming calmly circulated his cultivation Cultivation Method and continued to absorb the Heaven and Earth Energy from the outside world.

Three more days passed. In these five days, Lin Ming devoted almost all his attention to absorbing the Heaven and Earth Energy. Under Lin Ming's continuous absorption, the Dou Qi flowing in his meridians gradually became more powerful and surging.

After that, every time Lin Ming circulated his Cultivation Method, it brought him an almost inexhaustible feeling. This sense of fullness gave Lin Ming an urge to let out a long, cathartic roar.

Of course, this impulse ultimately did not materialize; Lin Ming suppressed it all. Lin Ming was well aware that if he had actually shouted it out, all the hard work he had put into cultivating these past few days in order to directly increase his cultivation level by two stars would have been for nothing.

As the sun rose and set, time flowed on once more. On the morning of the sixth day, Lin Ming, who had been sitting motionless, finally stirred slightly.

The swirling energy vortex, trembling slightly, slowly dissipated, and the surrounding environment gradually returned to calm.

Shortly after the energy vortex dissipated, Lin Ming's eyes trembled slightly as he slowly opened them.

His eyes were jet black, simple and unremarkable, as calm as the water in a deep abyss, without the slightest ripple.

As the hand seals slowly dissipated, Lin Ming slowly raised his head, spread his palms out, and instantly mobilized his mind. The surging Dou Qi flowing in his meridians suddenly erupted, like a flood released from a dam. Without the restraint of the dam, it burst out of his meridians and flowed into Lin Ming's body in an instant.

As the surging Dou Qi flowed into every part of his body, a sharp glint suddenly appeared in Xiao Yan's dark eyes, growing stronger and stronger. His aura also surged at this moment, quickly breaking through the seven-star level and entering the eight-star ranks.

After breaking through to the eighth star, his aura did not stop there, but continued to rise rapidly. Of course, he had originally planned to increase his cultivation by two stars, and now that he had only broken through from the Dou King Seven Stars to the Dou Wang star, there was still a lot of Dou Qi that had not been released. Therefore, the continuous increase in Dou Qi was expected and there was nothing surprising or delightful about it.