A Dou Shi Already?

Yao Chen had now successfully fused completely with this body.

Standing on the ground, he casually threw a punch, and the entire cave shook in an instant.

"Though I'm nowhere near as strong as I used to be, at least this is a real body. With the system on my side, I'll definitely recover my cultivation."

Yao Chen felt the power coursing through his new body and spoke with confidence.

Two days had passed since Xiao Yan left. Their appointed meeting time was just one day away.

Since he still had a little time, Yao Chen thought he would switch his cultivation method to the Flame Mantra first. After he found a Heavenly Flame, he would pass it on to Xiao Yan, then use the rewards returned by the system to upgrade the Flame Mantra.

Besides, Yao Chen already had the Bone Spirit Cold Flame. He could upgrade it once beforehand.

With that, Yao Chen sat cross-legged atop a huge slab of blue stone and began to change his cultivation method.

The Dou Qi around him surged chaotically and fiercely. Gale winds howled, whipping his white hair into disarray.

Yao Chen's expression was grave, and a resolute light flickered in his eyes.

He took a deep breath and slowly stirred the Dou Qi within him. The paths followed by his original cultivation method began to grow disordered, and his body trembled involuntarily. Beads of sweat as large as beans rolled down his forehead.

"Pfft!" A mouthful of blood sprayed out. Yao Chen's face instantly turned as pale as paper, but his gaze grew all the more steadfast.

He knew that abandoning his original cultivation method would be excruciating, but it was the price he had to pay to pursue a higher realm.

As the last trace of Dou Qi from his original cultivation method faded away, Yao Chen felt utterly drained, as if all the strength had been sucked from his body.

However, he didn't hesitate for even a moment. He immediately began guiding his Dou Qi according to the Flame Mantra's cultivation method.

As soon as the Flame Mantra's cultivation route began to circulate, a violent force rampaged through his body.

Yao Chen gritted his teeth, enduring the agony that seemed ready to tear him apart. His hands formed one seal after another as he tried to control the force.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth around him began to surge toward him in a frenzy, forming a gigantic vortex.

Yao Chen's body was enveloped by this immense force, and a strange radiance shimmered across his skin.

Under the force's impact, Yao Chen's meridians continually expanded and repaired themselves, while his bones crackled.

His body seemed to be undergoing a baptism, pain and hope intertwined.

After an unknown length of time, Yao Chen finally steadied the Dou Qi within him, and the rampaging force gradually fell under his control.

He slowly opened his eyes, a trace of delight and exhaustion flashing across them.

"Changing cultivation methods is truly painful!"

Yao Chen didn't rest there. He planned to seize the moment and have the Flame Mantra devour the Bone Spirit Cold Flame right away.

The process of devouring the Bone Spirit Cold Flame turned out to be easy.

Since the Bone Spirit Cold Flame had originally belonged to Yao Chen, reclaiming it went smoothly, and the Flame Mantra evolved to the Profound-tier High-grade cultivation method.

"Time flies! It's almost time to meet Little Yan. I'd better get ready."

After saying that, Yao Chen walked out of the cave and swam beneath the waterfall below it.

Bare-chested, he sprang nimbly into the water, like a lithe fish.

"It feels so good to have flesh and blood again!"

A while later, Yao Chen sat in the cave wearing flowing white robes, his face flushed with health.

Xiao Yan arrived at the cave at that very moment and bowed to Yao Chen. To his surprise, his teacher was no longer floating around—he had a body now.

"Teacher, when did you get a body?"

"I have my own secret method! Come, Little Yan, stand in front of me. I'll use a secret art on you to rapidly increase your cultivation, with no side effects."

Xiao Yan was utterly shocked. As far as he knew, there wasn't a secret art anywhere on the Dou Qi Continent that could directly help someone increase their cultivation.

"Um, teacher, is it safe?" Xiao Yan asked cautiously.

"Don't worry. It's perfectly safe!"

"All right, teacher. Go ahead."

Yao Chen stood in front of Xiao Yan, his expression serious and focused. His hands rapidly formed seals as he chanted under his breath. A mysterious, powerful force slowly surged out of his body.

As Yao Chen's hand seals shifted, that force gradually gathered into a dazzling beam of light, enveloping Xiao Yan from head to toe. Xiao Yan's body began to tremble slightly, as if it were bearing tremendous pressure.

Yao Chen's gaze was firm. He shouted, "Teaching Art, activate!"

The light blazed brighter in an instant, pouring into Xiao Yan's body in a frenzy.

Xiao Yan felt a surging energy rampage through his meridians, pain and exhilaration tangling together.

He clenched his teeth and struggled to guide the energy, directing it to flow through his meridians in an orderly fashion.

Under the impact of this immense energy, the Dou Qi vortex inside Xiao Yan spun rapidly, continually absorbing and refining the foreign power.

His aura rose along with it, gradually approaching the Dou Shi realm from One-Star Dou Zhe.

At last, as the light slowly faded, Xiao Yan abruptly opened his eyes, and a powerful aura burst from him.

Xiao Yan had successfully advanced to One-Star Dou Shi.

Just as Yao Chen continued using the Teaching Art to transfer cultivation to Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan stopped him in time.

"Teacher, my body can't take any more."

Yao Chen still wanted to continue, but considering Xiao Yan's long-term development, he finally lowered his hands.

Using the Teaching Art this time had dropped Yao Chen's cultivation directly from One-Star Dou Wang to Eight-Star Dou Ling.

"Ding! Congratulations, host! You have successfully imparted cultivation to your disciple. Reward triggered!"

"Generating random return multiplier... Ding! The return multiplier is one thousand times. Reward: three years of cultivation."

"Congratulations, host! You have advanced to Eight-Star Dou Wang."

Hearing the system's voice, Yao Chen smiled with satisfaction, then turned to look at Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan was still nearby, slowly digesting the cultivation he had received and stabilizing his realm.

"Let me see... I've already given Little Yan a cultivation method and cultivation. I can still give him a Dou Technique or pills. I don't have time to refine pills right now, so I'll give him a Dou Technique later."

Looking at Xiao Yan, Yao Chen recalled the plot of Battle Through the Heavens, which he had read in his previous life. He was supposed to teach Xiao Yan the Earth-tier Low-grade Dou Technique: Flame Splitting Wave Ruler.

Yao Chen searched through his Storage Ring for the Dou Technique, along with the Heavy Profound Ruler needed to use it.

"Finally found them!"

Xiao Yan had just finished digesting his new cultivation. He looked toward Yao Chen gratefully.

"Teacher, I'm a Dou Shi now?" Xiao Yan swung a fist in disbelief. The stone beside him instantly exploded.

"Of course! My secret art is no ordinary thing."

"Thank you, teacher. In the blink of an eye, I've gone from One-Star Dou Zhe to One-Star Dou Shi. And this cultivation feels just like something I earned through daily practice. It's incredible."

"Little Yan, I haven't taught you a Dou Technique yet. Here, take this Earth-tier Low-grade Dou Technique, Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, and this Heavy Profound Ruler."

With that, Yao Chen handed them to Xiao Yan.

A simple, pitch-black heavy ruler and an ancient red book covered in flame patterns were placed before Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan held the heavy ruler and swung it around. He found the weapon incredibly weighty, and it even seemed to suppress Dou Qi.

And an Earth-tier Dou Technique like this—if it appeared in the Jia Ma Empire, it would surely spark a struggle among all the major forces.

Xiao Yan slowly opened the book, Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, an Earth-tier Low-grade Dou Technique. A red aura streamed from its pages and shot straight into Xiao Yan's mind.

In an instant, Xiao Yan grasped the intricacies of every move in this Earth-tier Dou Technique.