Boom!
While Xun'er, Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Queen Medusa plotted in secret, Xiao Ting swallowed a pill and began his breakthrough, Dou Qi surging wildly around him.
Waves of dense energy ripples flowed from his dantian throughout his body, spilling from his meridians and acupoints to form visible Dou Qi.
The Dou Qi Armor he had condensed now looked completely like real clothing. Bolstered by this Dou Qi, it grew thicker and more sharply defined.
As the energy circulated along the cultivation method's pathways, the meridians within his body became increasingly resilient and spacious. This allowed him to output more Dou Qi at once and endure greater intensities of it.
Within the vortex, nine extremely condensed droplets of liquid spun continuously, gathering toward a single point under the pill's energy and Xiao Ting's guidance.
Compressing gaseous energy into liquid was the secret of Dou Qi Armor and the foundation of why Dou Shi were stronger than Dou Zhe.
Liquid energy could likewise be compressed into an even higher form of solid energy. This was the secret behind Da Dou Shi summoning Dou Qi armor that resembled physical substance, and the foundation of a Da Dou Shi's strength.
As the nine droplets nearly merged together, they began undergoing some mysterious transformation. The Dou Qi flowing from the vortex changed as well, entering his meridians, passing through his bones and acupoints, and gathering within the twisting silver-purple Dou Qi Armor on the surface of his body.
Silver represented the lightning attribute of his Dou Qi, while purple was the fire-attribute Dou Qi Xiao Ting had gained under the influence of the Amethyst Winged Lion King's purple flame.
After an unknown amount of time, the silver-purple light around Xiao Ting condensed into a suit of silver-purple armor, with intertwined lightning and