Revising the Cultivation Method

Xiao Jin sat cross-legged on the ground and opened his mouth. The Deep Purple Flame immediately drilled into it.

This left Xiao Jin stunned for a moment.

You're being a little too proactive, aren't you?

Unlike when Xiao Yan refined the Three Thousand Burning Flame in the original story, which involved a desperate struggle, the Three Thousand Burning Flame in the Storage Ring seemed to have been waiting all along for the day Xiao Jin would refine it.

Because the Three Thousand Burning Flame was being far too proactive, Xiao Jin failed to notice in his astonishment that the other twenty-one Heavenly Flames in the Storage Ring were sending over waves of envy.

They envied the Three Thousand Burning Flame for becoming the first Heavenly Flame Xiao Jin refined.

Especially the Nihility Devouring Flame and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. As the strongest existences among the Heavenly Flames aside from the Emperor Flame, they considered themselves powerful enough to leave the other Heavenly Flames far behind.

Why wouldn't Master choose us as his first Heavenly Flame? Why choose the utterly useless Three Thousand Burning Flame instead?

Isn't it just because he has some lousy Three Thousand Star Physique? Can that possibly compare with our power?

Hmph, let you go first, then. When Master refines us, won't you still have to obediently bow and scrape before us?

As the Three Thousand Burning Flame entered his body, a terrifying temperature instantly spread throughout him, distorting even space itself.

The Pill Tower Ancestor waved his hand, and a spatial barrier enveloped Xiao Jin. This both prevented the energy from leaking out and stopped the terrifying flames from devouring his residence.

After all, Xun'er was still beside Xiao Jin, refining an Eighth-Grade Medicinal Pill.

The Pill Tower Ancestor possessed an Emperor Realm Soul and the strength of a Dou Venerate, so he did not fear the terrifying temperature of the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

But Xun'er, who only possessed the strength of a Dou Zhe, could not withstand the scorching of a Heavenly Flame. Although she also possessed a wisp of the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, a single wisp was still insufficient to rival a Heavenly Flame ranked among the top ten of the Heavenly Flame Ranking.

Xiao Jin knew nothing of what was happening around him. At this moment, all his mind was focused on his own body.

The mark of the Dou Ling realm was the formation of a Dou Qi crystal within the body. At first, the Dou Qi crystal resembled a sea urchin, with a total of nine spikes.

Every time one advanced by a star, one spike would retract.

Once all nine spikes had retracted and the Dou Qi crystal transformed into a lustrous, jade-like sphere, the cultivator would naturally advance to the Dou King realm.

At this moment, not a single spike could be seen on the Dou Crystal within Xiao Jin's body. Only some unevenness remained on its surface, indicating that he was just one step away from becoming a Dou King.

As the Three Thousand Burning Flame entered his body, its terrifying flames instantly wrapped around the Dou Crystal and continuously roasted it. The unevenness on its surface was quickly smoothed away, and the entire Dou Crystal became bright and even.

At the same time, Xiao Jin's Dou Qi began circulating at an astonishing speed. The Xuan-Tier High-level cultivation method, Green Sun Burning Wood Art, was driven to its limit as he desperately absorbed the immense source energy of the Heavenly Flame.

His aura also rose rapidly, soon touching the barrier separating the Dou King and Dou Ling realms.

Once the Dou Crystal had finished tempering, streams of tiny purple flames traveled along Xiao Jin's meridians through every part of his body. Eventually, they even spread across his skin, tempering his body from the inside out.

His meridians, flesh, skin, bones—every corner of Xiao Jin's body was filled with the presence of the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

His body gradually grew tougher under the tempering of the Heavenly Flame, and his cultivation rose with it.

"Pfft!" After a soft sound, the barrier separating the Dou Ling and Dou King realms was easily pierced through, and Xiao Jin's aura expanded several times over.

One-Star Dou King—achieved!

His advancement did not stop. As the tempering continued, his aura kept rising.

Mid-Stage One-Star Dou King... Late-Stage One-Star Dou King... Mid-Stage Two-Star Dou King... Mid-Stage Three-Star Dou King... Peak Three-Star Dou King!

About seven days later, Xiao Jin's aura finally stopped at the level of Peak Three-Star Dou King, only one step away from Four-Star Dou King.

Of course, taking that step might require him to spend a great deal of time waiting.

Before his body had been tempered to a certain level, Xiao Jin would not continue raising his cultivation.

With the Pill Tower Ancestor's reminder, he had already understood the importance of the body.

Since he had decided to become the strongest, he would not allow himself to have any shortcomings.

As his realm stabilized, Xiao Jin slowly opened his eyes.

He instinctively twisted his neck. A series of crackling sounds rang out, and a refreshing sensation spread through all his bones.

Xiao Jin clenched his fists and felt the Dou Qi within him, which was more than ten times as vast as before. He could not help sighing.

"So this is the Dou King realm? No wonder anyone who advances to Dou King can rank among the Ten Great Experts of the Jia Ma Empire. It really is on a completely different level from Dou Ling."

The Pill Tower Ancestor's voice suddenly rang out. "It's merely the Dou King realm. Back in my day, I could have killed one with a casual backhand strike."

Xiao Jin rolled his eyes. I know you're powerful. Are you satisfied now?

Indeed, not to mention a mere Dou King—even a Peak Nine-Turn Dou Venerate would probably be no more than a matter of lifting one finger before the Pill Tower Ancestor, who possessed the strength of a Late Nine-Star Dou Sheng.

After boasting, the Pill Tower Ancestor continued, "However, your cultivation method is no longer sufficient. It's time to switch to a higher-grade cultivation method."

Many people had a misconception that the higher the grade of the initial cultivation method, the better.

According to the descriptions in the original story, a Heaven Tier Cultivation Method could devour the spiritual energy of heaven and earth like a whale while circulating. If a Dou Zhe practiced it, regardless of the difficulty, merely circulating it would probably cause his body to explode from being overfilled.

Xun'er came from the Ancient Clan, yet the cultivation method she prepared for Xiao Yan in the original story was only an Xuan-Tier Technique.

Therefore, after breaking through to Dou Zhe, Xiao Jin had also chosen an Xuan-Tier High-level cultivation method called the Green Sun Burning Wood Art.

This cultivation method had accompanied him for nine years. Now, it was time to change it.

There were higher-grade cultivation methods in the Storage Ring, and Xiao Jin had chosen one long ago: an Earth-Tier High-Grade Cultivation Method called the Sun Nirvana Scripture.

Upon hearing the Pill Tower Ancestor's words, Xiao Jin nodded in complete agreement.

He glanced at Xun'er on the bed, who was still absorbing the medicinal effects. After confirming that she was fine, he took out an ancient scroll.

The Pill Tower Ancestor gave an almost imperceptible nod. Although this brat could sometimes infuriate people half to death, he truly had excellent judgment, and his temperament was remarkably steady.

He had initially thought that after achieving the Dou King realm, Xiao Jin would become conceited and immediately practice a Heaven Tier Cultivation Method.

He had not expected this brat to have enough self-awareness to know that an Earth-Tier cultivation method was appropriate as a transition.

Moreover, he had seen most of the cultivation methods in the Storage Ring. The Sun Nirvana Scripture was indeed the most suitable cultivation method for Xiao Jin at present.

The Sun Nirvana Scripture could cultivate Supreme Yang True Fire. At the same time, by using the trace of wood-attributed Dou Qi naturally contained in an Alchemist's Dou Qi, it could form a Tree of Life within the body.

Combined with the Three Thousand Star Physique brought by the Three Thousand Burning Flame, the Pill Tower Ancestor had already foreseen that Xiao Jin's physique would improve rapidly over the next few months.

Within a year at most, even an ordinary Dou Emperor would be unable to compare with his body.

"Little fellow, hurry up and become stronger. I can sense that those existences are already getting restless." The Pill Tower Ancestor suddenly muttered, his gaze drifting into the distance.