Yue Mei arranged for Lu Heng to stay in a stone chamber in a side hall of the Holy City.
Lu Heng closed the stone door, carefully took Little Heaven-Swallowing Python from his sleeve, and placed her on a beast-hide rug.
The seven-colored little python was curled into a ring, the sheen on her scales flickering between bright and dim as she breathed evenly.
Lu Heng sat cross-legged beside her and began properly acclimating himself to the One-Star Dou Emperor realm.
The greatest difference between a Dou Emperor and a Dou Wang lay in their ability to draw upon external energy.
At the Dou Wang stage, cultivation mainly relied on absorbing Dou Qi from heaven and earth into the body and converting it.
Upon reaching the Dou Emperor realm, one could draw large amounts of compatible external energy for personal use. Both endurance and explosive power in battle underwent a qualitative leap.
However, Lu Heng discovered that his situation differed somewhat from that of an ordinary Dou Emperor.
After the Small Five Elements Spirit Body awakened, his absorption efficiency for external energy was absurdly high.
As long as spiritual energy of the five attributes—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—existed around him, his Gray-White Qi Ocean would automatically absorb it.
This process barely required his deliberate guidance. The spirit body itself was already operating.
The Five Elements Roulette was even more powerful.
While cultivating, the phantom of the Five-Color Wheel behind him would automatically form and slowly rotate, sweeping the surrounding five-element spiritual energy inward circle by circle and pouring it into his Qi Ocean.
The speed was so fast that even he was somewhat surprised.
At this rate, if he could find a cave abode where all five elements gathered and cultivate in seclusion there, his cultivation speed would likely