Advancement! Great Dou Master!

Time passed slowly. Inside Lin Ming's dantian, under the combined effects of the high-speed rotation of the Five-Colored Qi Vortex and the compression of Lin Ming's Spiritual Strength, the liquid Dou Qi was rapidly decreasing. Everything was proceeding in an orderly manner under Lin Ming's control.

As the Five-Colored Qi Vortex spun continuously at high speed, all the liquid Dou Qi in Lin Ming's dantian was drawn into the Five-Colored Qi Vortex and compressed.

After half an hour of compression, the liquid Dou Qi Energy within the Five-Colored Qi Vortex has now been depleted, and a transparent rhomboid crystal the size of a walnut has appeared at the very bottom of the Five-Colored Qi Vortex.

After absorbing the last bit of liquid Dou Qi, the transparent rhomboid crystal changed from its original static state.

Under Lin Ming's Spiritual Strength visualization, he saw the transparent rhomboid crystal slowly floating upwards. In a short while, it moved from the lowest point of the Five-Colored Qi Vortex to the center of the Five-Colored Qi Vortex, and then calmed down again, as if it had found the most comfortable position, and stayed in the center of the Five-Colored Qi Vortex.

Under Lin Ming's Spiritual Strength visualization, he saw the transparent rhomboid crystal stop moving after reaching the center of the Five-Colored Qi Vortex. A feeling of comfort emanated from the depths of his soul, a feeling that made him feel light and airy, as if he were ascending to heaven. If he weren't in the midst of an advancement, Lin Ming probably would have cried out in comfort.

Enjoying the comfort emanating from the depths of his soul, and looking inward at the transparent rhomboid crystal resting within the Five-Colored Qi Vortex, Lin Ming knew that he had basically completed the advancement from Dou Master to Da Dou Shi.

The feeling of comfort emanating from the depths of the soul is only experienced during each advancement in spiritual level, after the soul has been elevated.

The transparent, rhomboid crystals are the solidified Dou Qi Energy that Lin Ming obtained by compressing liquid Dou Qi to its extreme. This solid crystalline energy, formed from compressed liquid Dou Qi Energy, is called "Dou Crystal!"

"Dou Crystal" is the crystallization of a person's Dou Qi, just like the Magic Core of Magical Beasts. Only Magical Beasts with Magic Core are considered true Magical Beasts in people's hearts. Those Magical Beasts without Magic Core are not true Magical Beasts, but just wild beasts that are slightly stronger than ordinary wild beasts.

Therefore, in the eyes of many powerful individuals, only after possessing Dou Crystal can one truly enter the hall of Dou Qi cultivation and be qualified to talk about entering the realm of Dou Qi cultivation.

At this point, Lin Ming has completed more than half of his advancement to the Da Dou Shi level. The reason for saying more than half is that the energy of the Earth Core Flame has not yet been fully refined. Lin Ming has been constantly diverting a portion of his mind to circulate his Dou Qi, allowing the Earth Core Flame energy, refined by the Flame Gold Flame, to circulate through his Cultivation Method and meridians.

The Earth Core Flame energy was constantly being refined. The most dangerous thing was that after Lin Ming's dantian was filled with liquid Dou Qi Energy, it had not yet completed the conversion from liquid Dou Qi Energy to solid Dou Qi Energy.

At that time, the dantian could no longer bear the excess Dou Qi, but the energy of the Earth Core Flame continued to refine and converge towards the dantian.

If Lin Ming hadn't solidified the liquid energy before it gathered in Earth Core Flame dantian, thus freeing up some space to accommodate the newly Earth Core Flame energy, it's unknown whether Lin Ming dantian would have been ruptured. However, his attempt to advance to the Da Dou Shi would have definitely failed.

Now that the Dou Crystal has been condensed, as long as the Earth Core Flame Energy is continuously refined normally in the coming period, and the refined Earth Core Flame Energy is slowly absorbed by the Dou Crystal after entering the Dantian, without allowing the Dou Crystal to directly contact the unrefined and violent Earth Core Flame Energy, then when the Earth Core Flame Energy is completely refined, that will be the time when Lin Ming successfully advances to the Da Dou Shi.

Newly formed Dou Crystal are extremely fragile; even the slightest intense energy impact could shatter them. If the Dou Crystal, all of Lin Ming's hard work over the years will have been for nothing.

Not only will Lin Ming's cultivation level drop to Dou Master due to the Dou Crystal, but the shattering of the Dou Crystal will also cause Dou Qi Energy to dissipate. At that time, it would be the limit if Lin Ming could retain his eight- Dou Master cultivation level.

Not only would Lin Ming's cultivation over the past few months be wasted, but the Earth Heart Fire Stone would also be directly wasted, and he would suffer serious injuries from the energy impact of the shattered Dou Crystal.

Tomorrow is the start of the Inner Academy Selection Tournament, which is something Lin Ming cannot accept.

Therefore, even though he has now basically succeeded in advancing to the next level, Lin Ming has not relaxed his attention at all. He has focused all his energy on circulating his Dou Qi, and is carrying out the energy of the Earth Core Flame, which has been refined by the Flame Gold Flame, along the meridians of the first level of the <Chaos Spirit Five Elements Art Cultivation Method.

Several hours later, after Lin Ming had focused intently on refining an unknown amount of Earth Core Flame energy, the Flame Gold Flame Origin Fire Seed snake, whose belly had been swollen, had now become slender again.

After the Flame Gold Flame Origin Fire Seed snake exhaled its last breath of Earth Core Flame energy, it stopped moving and fell silent.

Originally, the Flame Gold Flame Origin Fire Seed was golden, but now it is no longer golden; instead, it is a combination of blue and gold. Its back is blue, while only its abdomen retains its golden color.

Seeing the changes in the Origin Fire Seed the Flame Gold Flame, Lin Ming knew that the Flame Gold Flame had definitely changed as well. However, there was still a last bit of Earth Core Flame energy that had not been refined, so it was not the time to test the changes in the flame.

In no time, Lin Ming had finished refining the last of the Earth Core Flame energy and had the Dou Crystal within the vortex absorb it.

The transparent Dou Crystal within the Five-Colored Qi Vortex now appears not only more solid than when it was condensing, but it has also increased in size.

"Phew! This feeling of full power is indeed incomparable to that of Dou Master Stage!" After refining the last bit of Earth Core Flame energy, Lin Ming exited his cultivation state, clenched his fist, and spoke after feeling the full power.

After refining all the energy of the Earth Core Flame, Lin Ming assessed his current cultivation level. He realized that he had likely skipped the stage of advancing to the Great Da Dou Shi realm and directly reached the One-Star Great Dou Master level. Furthermore, he had already progressed quite a bit beyond the One-Star Great Dou Master realm and was not far from becoming Two Star Dou Grandmaster.

When Dou Master Da Dou Shi, they don't immediately become a One-Star Great Dou Master. They need to spend time stabilizing their cultivation and accumulating energy after the advancement before they can be considered One-Star Great Dou Master. This period would probably take at least a month, or even longer.

Now, thanks to the refinement of the Earth Core Flame energy, Lin Ming has skipped this step and reached the cultivation level of One-Star Great Dou Master, and has even made some progress in this area. This has saved Lin Ming at least two months.

Now that he has successfully advanced to the rank of Da Dou Shi, Lin Ming naturally wants to try out the most iconic ability of Da Dou Shi — Dou Qi Armor.

With a thought, a stream of Dou Qi passed through the Five-Colored Qi Vortex within the transparent Dou Crystal. The transparent Dou Qi immediately transformed into the same five colors as the vortex, then traveled along the meridians throughout Lin Ming's body, reaching his skin, and finally leaving his body to form a five-colored armor on Lin Ming skin.

The five-colored armor completely enveloped Lin Ming's body. From the outside, Lin Ming, dressed in armor, looked like a bewitching and domineering war god.

The alluring five colors did not diminish the armor's imposing presence at all; on the contrary, it was like the face of an angel and the figure of a devil, a perfect combination that brought out the best in each element.

Covered in armor from head to toe, Lin Ming felt no obstruction to his vision; on the contrary, his field of vision was clearer and wider. At that moment, Lin Ming thought of the Armor Hero he had seen in his previous life, and then he couldn't help but smile.

The shape of the Dou Qi Armor is unique to each person; everyone can condense different shapes of Dou Qi Armor according to their own habits.

The Dou Qi Armor of Da Dou Shi is essentially the Dou Master Dou Qi Gauze Robe. Due to the Qualitative Change in Dou Qi, it transforms from liquid Dou Qi into solid Dou Qi, thus significantly enhancing its attack, defense, and resilience.

This allows for a higher level of application of this solidified Dou Qi Energy. Whether it's Dou Master's Dou Qi Gauze Robe or Da Dou Shi's Dou Qi Armor, it's only because they haven't reached the Dou Ling cultivation level that they can't release their Dou Qi outside their bodies to attack enemies. Therefore, they can only attach it to their bodies to form a layer of Dou Qi barrier to protect themselves.

However, the quality of Da Dou Shi's Dou Qi is better, and their Spiritual Strength is stronger, so they can form a more compact and delicate Dou Qi Armor around their body, much like armor. This greatly enhances its defensive capabilities compared to Dou Qi Gauze Robe, and it also possesses some offensive power.

However, the Dou Qi Gauze Robe of Dou Master and the Dou Qi Armor of Da Dou Shi are essentially the same.

After the Dou Qi Armor was activated, Lin Ming could feel that its defensive capabilities were exceptionally strong.

In his current state, if Lin Ming were to encounter Zuo Rulong again from the end of last year, Lin Ming would be able to defeat him with his Dou Qi Armor alone, without even needing to use Dou Technique.

After some experimentation, Lin Ming realized that the Dou Qi Armor summoned using the Five Elements Energy was at least as strong defensively as the Dou Qi Armor of those who had just purchased high-level Da Dou Shi.

However, Lin Ming's Five Elements Dou Qi cannot be exposed now, so it is time to re-compress the attributes, retaining only the Fire-Wood Dual Attribute.

With a thought, the Five-Colored Qi Vortex within his dantian gradually changed. In a short while, the original Five-Colored Qi Vortex disappeared, leaving only a two-colored vortex with one side golden and blue and the other pure blue.

After converting the Qi vortex in his dantian back into Fire-Wood Dual Attribute, Lin Ming tried using the Dou Qi Armor again. In an instant, Lin Ming was enveloped in Dou Qi Armor that was mostly cyan and partially gold, leaving no gaps.

After experimenting with the Fire-Wood Dual Attribute Dou Qi Armor, it is at least comparable to the Dou Qi Armor of Three-Star Dou Master. Although it is still not as good as the five-colored Dou Qi Armor, it is likely to be the best in this Inner Academy Selection Tournament.

As for the Flame Gold Flame, Lin Ming sensed that it was still undergoing transformation, so he didn't test it yet. He figured that once the transformation was complete, it would bring Lin Ming a pleasant surprise.

He stood up, glanced at the afternoon sky, and saw that the Inner Academy Selection Tournament was only a few hours away. Lin Ming clenched his fist and said, "Inner Academy! Here I come!"