Advancing to Dou Emperor
The Scarlet Red Magma World was filled with deathly silence, and in the endless lava, a Green Lotus Pedestal stood in one of the places.
On the Lotus Pedestal, Lin Ming sat cross-legged, his tightly closed eyes showing his complete concentration.
Within his body, under the infusion of the five-colored torrent, the execution meridians outside the second layer of the Chaos Spirit Five Elements Technique were gradually being opened up. Feeling this massive torrent of five colors, Lin Ming was not worried at all about running out of energy, so much so that he watched the opening of the five-colored torrent like a spectator.
Two days passed, and under the flow of the five-colored torrent, the unfamiliar network of meridians closed up once again.
In that instant of closing and converging, a massive amount of energy was instantly poured into the Five-Colored Qi Vortex, causing Lin Ming Dou Qi, which had already reached the Dou Wang Peak, to begin to fluctuate and become unstable.
"With the opening of the third level of the Cultivation Method, the speed at which energy is gathered is indeed much faster than that of the second level. At the same time, the energy here is also abundant, so I will break through to the Dou Emperor realm here!" Feeling that he already had the signs of advancement under the surging of the gathered Dou Qi, Lin Ming thought to himself and directly initiated the realm breakthrough.
Time flies, and years pass quickly. Before we knew it, a year had passed since that earth-shattering battle that took place in the Inner Academy.
In just one year, the Inner Academy, which had been almost reduced to Ruins during the great war, has been completely transformed.
Throughout the year, some senior students left, and many more new students arrived. The entire Inner Academy remained vibrant, with countless new students working tirelessly every day to earn the honor of being ranked on the Strong Ranking. However, when the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower opened, there were always occasional pauses where people would pause and recall that earth-shattering battle that was gradually being buried deep in their memories, and the young elder who was already 6th Grade Alchemist.
Within the Inner Academy, there were not only students, but also many elders. Among them, the Great Elder Su Qian commanded all the Inner Academy.
Deep within the Inner Academy, before the window of a secluded pavilion, stood two figures with white hair and beards, their aged faces serene like those of old monks. Their gazes fixed on the greenery outside the window, and their soft voices drifted out. "Qin Xuan, is everything alright in the Inner Academy?"
"Don't worry, Great Elder! All the buildings in the Inner Academy have been fully restored, and all the students are back on track!" The figure behind Su Qian immediately replied in response to his question.
After receiving Qin Xuan's reply, Su Qian nodded. After all, the Inner Academy was the most important part of the Jia Nan Academy, and as the academy's Great Elder, he had to support the entire academy in the absence of the Dean.
"Is there anything unusual about the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower?" Su Qian asked after a moment.
"Great Elder, everything is normal Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower," Qin Xuan replied to Su Qian's question. After speaking, he suddenly remembered something and added with some doubt, "However, there is one thing that's not quite right!"
Looking at Great Elder Su Qian, who was staring at him after he finished speaking, Qin Xuan thought for a moment before saying, "There haven't been any unusual movements from the Fallen Heart Flame beneath the tower, but over this period of time, I've noticed that the cultivation effect of the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower is somewhat worse than before. And this is becoming more and more obvious now."
Upon hearing Qin Xuan's words, Great Elder Su Qian immediately frowned. After all, the Heart Flame within the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower was the key to the Inner Academy's existence, and now that this crucial item was showing signs of abnormality, it should be inspected immediately.
However, ever since the last outbreak of the Fallen Heart Flame, the bottom layer of the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower has been completely sealed off, and even Su Qian himself is unable to go down there to find out the specific situation. So now, even he doesn't know how to handle it.
"Sigh! Keep an eye on it. If it continues to weaken, I'll see what to do!" After a long while, Su Qian finally said with a sigh.
"Yes, Great Elder!" Qin Xuan replied immediately.
"By the way, what's Zi Yan's situation now?" Su Qian asked suddenly, as if she had just remembered something.
"Ever since the great battle last year, Zi Yan has been saying that Lin Ming is not dead. Then she started frantically consuming various medicinal herbs to refine and improve her cultivation. I haven't seen her during this time. I guess she's gone somewhere to get more medicinal herbs." Knowing the Great Elder's attitude towards Zi Yan, Qin Xuan immediately told him what he knew.
"Alright! You can go now." With another sigh, Su Qian waved his hand and said.
Nodding, Qin Xuan clasped his hands in a fist salute and withdrew, after which the quiet Courtyard fell silent once more.
Meanwhile, somewhere in the Magma World beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, on an Azure Lotus Pedestal, a pair of eyes that had been closed for nearly a year finally opened slowly, with a slight tremor!
His eyes opened, and lightning flashed across his dark pupils like a thunderstorm. At that moment, a series of explosions resounded from within the deathly silent magma.
As those eyes opened, a powerful aura that had been dormant for nearly a year finally roared like Giant Dragon awakening, announcing the return of its king in this ocean of magma.
"Pfft!"
Under this overwhelming aura, several times stronger than before, certain undercurrents within the magma were instantly altered with a series of sounds. And amidst these sounds, the figure seated cross-legged on the blue lotus rose up, its legs crossed in the void, suspending itself in mid-air without any external force.
"This... this is the feeling of Dou Emperor? It is indeed stronger than Dou Wang!" Lin Ming slowly spread his hands, feeling the mighty Dou Qi within his body that was like a mountain torrent bursting forth, and a faint smile immediately appeared on the corner of his mouth.
At this moment, a feeling of grandeur, as if the world were in his palm, welled up in his heart. At the same time, a powerful Soul Power, centered on his body, swept out in all directions like a storm, as fast as lightning.
The powerful Soul Power rapidly spread throughout the Magma World. As the Soul Power spread, all the scenes along the way were reflected into Lin Ming's mind.
In this scene, besides the view of the Inner Academy students above, a figure entirely crimson is also revealed deeper into the magma below.
Its crimson body is covered with red scales, and its round head has a large mouth that opens to reveal a dense array of sharp teeth. Its small eyes gleam with ferocity, and it stands upright, occasionally flicking its red scaly tail. It is exactly like a lizard capable of walking upright.