Breaking Through to Great Dou Master
The Flame Gold Flame Origin Fire Seed is like a greedy little golden snake, freely weaving through the Earth Core Flame energy cluster. Each time it traverses, it reduces the Earth Core Flame energy cluster by one unit, while the Flame Gold Flame Origin Fire Seed grows stronger accordingly.
In no time, a fist-sized ball of Earth Core Flame energy disappeared, leaving behind only a small golden snake that looked like it had eaten too much, its belly bulging.
Lin Ming watched as the Flame Gold Flame Origin Fire Seed swallowed the Earth Core Flame Energy Ball, and knew it was time. He waved to the golden snake that the Flame Gold Flame Origin Fire Seed had conjured, and the bulging golden snake came toward Lin Ming.
Because the Flame Gold Flame Origin Fire Seed Origin Fire Seed refined by Lin Ming, even though it has separated from the body and has consumed the Earth Core Flame Energy Cluster, its affinity for Lin Ming remains unchanged.
Therefore, when Lin Ming summoned it, the Flame Gold Flame Origin Fire Seed came into Lin Ming's hands.
Sensing the immense energy contained within the Flame Gold Flame Origin Fire Seed, Lin Ming knew that if he delayed any longer, he didn't know if the Flame Gold Flame Origin Fire Seed would be able to suppress this energy.
The Flame Gold Flame Origin Fire Seed that has now separated from the body is not being replenished by Lin Ming's Dou Qi; it is refining the Earth Core Flame Energy Cluster entirely through its own energy.
Without Lin Ming's Dou Qi replenishment, if the energy from refining the Earth Core Flame is insufficient to meet the energy consumption of refining the Earth Core Flame energy cluster, a situation of insufficient input will arise.
At that time, the Origin Fire Seed the Flame Gold Flame might be absorbed by the Earth Core Flame energy cluster and become its own energy.
So after recalling the Flame Gold Flame Origin Fire Seed Origin Fire Seed Lin Ming Dou Qi Flame Gold Flame it in one gulp.
With the Flame Gold Flame Origin Fire Seed isolating the Earth Core Flame energy, and further enveloped by Dou Qi, the high temperature of the Earth Core Flame energy is completely contained within the Flame Gold Flame Origin Fire Seed. Even if some leaks out, they cannot break through Lin Ming's Dou Qi encirclement.
Therefore, Lin Ming was able to swallow it directly without worrying about any accidents. This is also one of the advantages of using the Origin Fire Seed to refine the Earth Core Flame energy.
After the Flame Gold Flame Origin Fire Seed entered his stomach, it seemed to feel the call of home and spontaneously began to travel along the meridians, soon arriving at Lin Ming's dantian.
Then, the Flame Gold Flame Origin Fire Seed passed through the energy vortex and returned to its home in the empty space that had been cleared out within the Dou Qi vortex.
Lin Ming breathed a sigh of relief after sensing the empty space created within the Dou Qi vortex by the return of the Flame Gold Flame's Origin Fire Seed.
At this moment, Lin Ming felt the Flame Gold Flame Origin Fire Seed within his Dou Qi vortex frantically drawing upon his Dou Qi. Upon noticing this phenomenon, Lin Ming not only did not panic, but instead revealed a smile.
Sure enough, not long after, the Flame Gold Flame Origin Fire Seed fed back to Lin Ming a pure cyan fire attribute energy.
Upon the arrival of this pure cyan fire-attribute energy, Lin Ming knew that the Flame Gold Flame Origin Fire Seed was already refining the Earth Core Flame Energy. Therefore, Lin Ming did not dare to delay and immediately sat cross-legged to enter a state of cultivation, absorbing and refining the Earth Core Flame Energy fed back by the Flame Gold Flame Origin Fire Seed.
Within his body, Lin Ming circulated the Earth Core Flame energy fed back from the Flame Gold Flame Origin Fire Seed according to the Cultivation Method's circulation path.
Even after the azure energy of the Earth Core Flame entered Lin Ming's meridians and was refined by the Flame Gold Flame Origin Fire Seed, it still maintained a considerable temperature.
At that moment, Lin Ming felt as if a red-hot charcoal was traveling through his meridians, causing Lin Ming meridians to ache from the heat.
Outside the body, Lin Ming gritted his teeth, enduring the burning pain.
He knew that the Earth Core Flame energy had already been refined by the Flame Gold Flame Origin Fire Seed, and apart from the pain, it wouldn't cause him any other harm.
Moreover, the temperature emitted by the current Earth Core Flame energy has been greatly weakened by the refinement of the Flame Gold Flame Origin Fire Seed. If he can't even withstand it now, how can he talk about refining Heavenly Flames in the future? The burning pain he will face then will be many times greater than it is now.
Thinking this, Lin Ming gritted his teeth and continued to manipulate the azure energy of the Earth Core Flame through his meridians.
After Lin Ming circulated the cyan Earth Core Flame energy through his meridians for one cycle, its color changed from cyan to transparent. Then, it gathered in his dantian and merged with Lin Ming's other Dou Qi Energy liquid.
At this moment, Lin Ming's dantian was almost completely filled with Transparent Energy liquid.
Once his dantian is filled with the Transparent Energy liquid, Lin Ming can launch his attack on becoming Da Dou Shi and officially begin his breakthrough. With the energy provided by the Earth Core Flame, Lin Ming only needs to circulate it a few more times to fill his dantian with liquefaction. Therefore, Lin Ming is not delaying and continues to refine the energy of the Earth Core Flame.
Once again, Lin Ming channeled the Earth Core Flame energy into his meridians, following the Cultivation Method's route to allow the Earth Core Flame energy to circulate within the corresponding meridians.
During this process, Lin Ming felt that his meridians had become noticeably stronger and larger.
This discovery made Lin Ming feel that the pain from the Earth Core Flame energy circulating in his meridians had dissipated considerably. If just a little pain could make his meridians stronger and wider, then Lin Ming was willing to endure this pain forever.
The benefits of having wider and stronger meridians are numerous. It allows for faster absorption and circulation of Dou Qi during cultivation, thus accelerating the cultivation process. In battle, it also enables faster circulation of Dou Qi and the execution of Dou Technique. The body's strength and resilience will also be enhanced.
So, after sensing the changes in his meridians, Lin Ming circulated the Earth Core Flame energy even faster within them. As for the pain, hehe. I'll endure it!
After circulating the Earth Core Flame energy through the meridians of his Cultivation Method, Lin Ming Lin Ming gathered the now-transparent liquid into his dantian. With each gathering, the liquid energy in Lin Ming dantian finally filled it.
Feeling his dantian swell with liquid energy, Lin Ming knew the time had come. Now was the moment to charge towards becoming Da Dou Shi.
The process of Dou Master advancing Dou Zhe Da Dou Shi is actually the same as that of an Advance to Dou Shi. The only difference is that when Dou Zhe Advance to Dou Shi, they compress their gaseous Dou Qi into liquid Dou Qi; while when Dou Master advances to Da Dou Shi, they compress their liquid Dou Qi into solid Dou Qi.
The essence of both advancements is the same: compressing low-quality Dou Qi to condense it into higher-quality Dou Qi.
Knowing the method of advancement, Lin Ming released the suppression of his Dou Qi vortex attribute. Maintaining Five Elements Balance is necessary during advancement, so suppressing other attributes at this point would prevent Lin Ming from advancing further.
Originally suppressed by Lin Ming, the golden and azure Dou Qi vortex changed after Lin Ming relaxed his mind and stopped suppressing it. Fire generates earth, earth generates metal, and metal generates water.
In an instant, the golden and cyan Dou Qi vortex transformed into a five-colored Dou Qi vortex of red, cyan, yellow, black, and white. The lingering flames of the Flame Gold Flame swirled around the vortex, like the most loyal guardians.
After the Dou Qi vortex returned to its five colors, Lin Ming changed his hand seals, and the slowly rotating Five-Colored Qi Vortex suddenly stopped. Then, like a sprinter in a 100-meter race, the stopped Five-Colored Qi Vortex accelerated from a standstill to its maximum speed in a very short time after hearing the starting gun.
The Five-Colored Qi Vortex is now like a sprinter in a 100-meter race, going from a state of complete stillness to a state of high-speed rotation in a very short time.
Lin Ming's dantian, which was already filled with liquid energy, rippled as the Five-Colored Qi Vortex suddenly accelerated.
The transparent liquid Dou Qi reacted more and more violently, and finally, under the fierce rotation of the Five-Colored Qi Vortex, it almost bubbled up like boiling water.
At this moment, the Five-Colored Qi Vortex was like a howling tornado, pulling all the liquid energy around it into the vortex.
Under the violent pull of the Five-Colored Qi Vortex, the liquid Dou Qi in Lin Ming's dantian was completely encompassed by the Dou Qi Vortex, constantly converging and compressing towards the bottom of the vortex.
When this Dou Qi is compressed to its maximum and condensed into solid Dou Qi, that will be the time when Lin Ming breaks through to become Dou Master and becomes Da Dou Shi.
As the Five-Colored Qi Vortex spun at high speed, five-colored arcs appeared around it, and the whistling sound emitted by the rotation spread throughout Lin Ming's body.
The whistling sound, as if containing some strange power, passed through Lin Ming's meridians, through Lin Ming bones, and reached the outside of Lin Ming skin, penetrating into the Dou Qi Gauze Robe that was constantly fluttering on the surface of Lin Ming's body.
After the whistling sound entered Lin Ming's Five-Colored Dou Qi Gauze Robe, the five-colored Dou Qi seemed to be frozen and stopped swirling.
However, at that very moment, the Five-Colored Light around Lin Ming's body surged, and the five-colored Dou Qi Gauze Robe melted away, then reassembled and merged again amidst the surging Five-Colored Light.
The Five-Colored Light gradually dissipated, and a five-colored suit of armor appeared on Lin Ming's body.
Putting everything else aside, the appearance of this five-colored armor alone far surpasses that of the Five-Colored Dou Qi Gauze Robe from before.
Lin Ming vaguely sensed the changes outside his body, but now was not the time to be distracted by the Dou Qi Armor.
Within Lin Ming's dantian, the Five-Colored Qi Vortex continued to rotate at high speed under his control. In addition, under the pressure of Lin Ming's Spiritual Strength, the liquid Dou Qi in Lin Ming's body was gradually gathered at the bottom of the Dou Qi Vortex.
At one moment, something the size of a grain of rice appeared within the compressed Dou Qi.
Seeing that solid Dou Qi Energy had already condensed, Lin Ming was overjoyed, knowing that the most difficult step had been overcome.
The biggest fear for Dou Master on the path to becoming Da Dou Shi is failing to solidify their liquid Dou Qi. All Dou Master attempting to break through to the Da Dou Shi level gather a large amount of energy during the breakthrough.
If the liquid energy cannot be compressed and liquefied at this point, the already full dantian will be unable to contain the incoming Dou Qi, which would be no joke. At best, the Dou Qi will become chaotic, leading to failure of the breakthrough; at worst, the dantian may rupture.
Therefore, Lin Ming was overjoyed when he sensed rice-grain-like objects appearing within the compressed energy. This indicated that Lin Ming's Dou Qi had begun to solidify. As long as he maintained the current state and continued the solidification of his liquid Dou Qi, his advancement to the Da Dou Shi level would be secure.